Most Indonesian citizens still use private vehicles to commute to work.

Air pollution in and around Jakarta continues to be a public complaint. Sources of pollution are considered diverse, ranging from motor vehicle exhaust to coal combustion activities at coal-fired power plants (PLTU) located in the Jabodetabek area. This aligns with statements from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

"Poor air quality in an area is caused by many factors, such as motor vehicles and the energy sector, such as coal-fired power plants (PLTU)," said the Acting Deputy for Climatology at BMKG, Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan, as reported by *CNN Indonesia* on Monday (21/8/2023).

Efforts to address air pollution are underway, one of which is reducing motor vehicle exhaust. The Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov DKI Jakarta) has also issued an appeal for the public, especially those who work in offices, to use public transportation.

However, do many Indonesian citizens still use private vehicles to get to work?

Based on a survey by the Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), the majority or 69.1% of respondents admitted to still using private vehicles to commute to work. This percentage is the highest compared to the use of other modes of transportation.

Online motorcycle taxis or taxis were used by 19.3% of respondents. Meanwhile, only a small number of respondents used public transportation to get to work, namely only 19.1%.

Furthermore, 15.2% of respondents worked from home (WFH), followed by 10.2% of respondents who walked to work.

In addition to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian also instructed civil servants (ASN) in the Jabodetabek area to use public transportation to the office.

This is regulated in the Minister of Home Affairs Instruction (Inmendagri) Number 2 of 2023 concerning Air Pollution Control in the Jabodetabek Area, issued on August 22, 2023.

One point of this Inmendagri contains an appeal for ASN who work from the office (WFO) to limit the use of conventional vehicles and utilize public transportation, shuttle buses, or electric vehicles.

Not only ASN, but Inmendagri also encourages private sector employees to switch to using public transportation.

This Kurious-KIC survey involved 512 respondents from various regions in Indonesia, with a proportion of 54.6% male respondents and 45.4% female respondents.

More than half of the respondents came from outside Jakarta in Java (62.5%), followed by respondents from Sumatra (14.6%) and DKI Jakarta (14.2%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.2% to 3.3%.

The majority of respondents were from the 25-34 age group (34.8%), followed by the 35-44 age group (29.9%) and the 45-54 age group (18.4%).

Data collection was conducted on August 21-22, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method with a margin of error of approximately 4.31% and a 95% confidence level.

(See also: Kurious Survey: Majority of Indonesian Citizens Consider Air Pollution a Problem)