Police Clear Dukuh Atas Zebra Cross from Citayam Fashion Week on Weekends

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Several police officers were seen guarding the zebra cross at the Dukuh Atas area, Central Jakarta, where the Citayam Fashion Week had been held. The urban fashion event has been now banned to be held at the location as it disturbed the traffic.

Based on Tempo's observation at the location at around 17:00 today, July 30, five police officers were standing by at each corner of the zebra cross. They were assisted by civil service police unit (Satpol PP) and Transportation Department officers who control the traffic and passerby crossing the road. 

"This is just a normalization of the function of a zebra cross, as it's no longer allowed to take photos at zebra cross. They may take pictures by the sidewalk," said a police officer on the site, Saturday, July 30.

The activities of the youth known as SCBD (Sudirman, Citayam, Bojonggede, Depok) teenagers have indeed been moved to the sidewalks near the area. They usually dance for social media content, play skateboard, pose or do a fashion show wearing quirky clothing.

There is no road closure at the location. The transportation department officers only block the Sudirman bike lane with an orange rubber traffic cone. They said that the purpose is to block motorcycle drivers from entering the bike lane and avoid the lane in front of the BNI City railway station to be used as a parking area.

Previously, Central Jakarta Police assured that they would patrol the Dukuh Atas area routinely, specifically at the location where the Citayam Fashion Week show had been held. This is due to the congestion caused by the people crowding the area. 

The Central Jakarta Police Chief, Sr. Comsr. Komarudin said that based on their monitoring held every Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday, or even Monday, the traffic jam always occurs due to the Citayam Fashion Week show.

"We monitor until Monday that the activities are extraordinary and affected the traffic congestion. Based on our observation, the traffic jam even reached Senayan, Semanggi, and areas heading to Dukuh Atas," Komarudin said Wednesday, July 27.

Therefore, the police chief said that the normalization program would be done if the activities of the SCBD teenagers are centered on the road, such as by using the zebra cross for a catwalk every day.

Arrijal Rachman

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