TRAFFIC JAMS IN JOGJA

Jogja is increasingly getting more crowded recently. Traffic jam is almost everywhere in Jogja. Those small roads are full of buses, cars, and motorcycles. They compete each other to get ahead, to claim the access to roads. Traffic accidents frequently occur, and traffic dispute increases in number. Such this traffic jam happens every day, at any hour: from early morning to late night. Jogja seems like a never-sleep town! God!
This traffic problem has started since long time ago, but prominently since ten years ago, when people turned to private transport from public transport. Cars and motorcycles replaced the function of buses. People gave up public transport because they are not efficient. They spent much time and money to take a short route. This is because buses halted some time at some places to collect passengers. Moreover, people disliked buses because the crew were rude and impolite. They shouted and dropped passengers abruptly and rudely.
Such a negative experience is complicated by the fact that the physical conditions of public transports were very poor: hot and smell bad. On the other hand, people could afford cars and motorcycles at very low down-payment. Since then, many regular passengers turned to cars and motorcycles, and the increasing traffic began.
The simple procedure and low down-payment for private transports have contributed to the increasing number of private transports. Many bikers are now the kings of the road in nearly all traffic routes in Jogja. Together with private cars, motorcycles clog all streets. Now, it is difficult to cross.
About 10 years ago, the number of private vehicles was not as many as today. At that time, public transport was the primary transportation means for students and workers. We had popular name of "colt kampus", representing mini-buses that transported students to schools and campuses. And then there was also larger buses that delivered workers to offices. But they are now very limited in number. They are becoming less popular presently. They are considered polluting and time-consuming. Yes, it takes much time just to take a short route from home to school, because the bus has to halt for some time at some sites. Wufff! It is even worse that the impolite behavior of the drivers has resulted in a phobia of public transport. And this also contributes to the preference to the use of private transport: cars and motorcycles.
Ooh God, Jogja is now pedestrian-unfriendly too. Those bikers sometimes take over the side-walks from pedestrians. The condition becomes more complicated because some vendors occupy the side-walks to run their business. ...I'm dreaming to have a quiet Jogja, just the way it was when I was young.....