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There are now more than 10 million motor vehicles plying Jakarta’s 7,650 meters of roads, with public transport accounting for only 2% of this. With the number of vehicles growing by 9.5% annually and new roads by just 0.01%, it is predicted that by 2012 all of the city’s main roads will be gridlocked 24 hours a day. Estimated losses due to congestion have now reached $2 billion a year in wasted time, fuel and health costs.