Living in a Wireless World
For the standard Jakarta commuter, getting to work takes anywhere between 30 minutes and two hours in heavy traffic. It is a real drag because you know you will be taking away as many as four hours a day sitting bumper to bumper on the road instead of completing your tasks at work or at home.
Calculate the cost of fuel, the pollution you generate, the effects of traffic on your physical and mental health, and multiply that by 3.5 million if you ride a motorcycle or 1.5 million if you drive a car because that is how many private vehicles there are in the capital city, according to recent police figures.
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