The Phenomenon Of Pedestrian Crossing Bridges

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The Phenomenon of Pedestrian Crossing Bridges in Jakarta Are you a person who always uses pedestrian crossing bridges in Jakarta? If your answer is “ YES”, then what can you say about those bridges? Are they in a good condition? I am sure you will answer “NO”. Actually, as one of many public facilities in Jakarta, a pedestrian crossing bridge plays a very important role in saving someone’s life. It prevents pedestrians from having an accident when crossing the busy and crowded street. But, if we compare the bridges in Jakarta to the bridges in other countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, we will feel sad. Of course, the malfunction of some pedestrian crossing bridges in Jakarta does not happen by itself. In my opinion, there are three causes that make those bridges look terrible. The first cause is that some irresponsible people make graffiti on the bridges. The graffiti makes pedestrian crossing bridges in Jakarta looks awful. Sometimes, there is an officer who is ordered to paint the pedestrian crossing bridge (again), but it is futile because those irresponsible people will make a graffiti again. These people have to be stopped. Maybe government should provide them some space to do their hobby so that they don’t make graffiti illegally on the bridge. The second cause is that beggars and vendors occupy the pedestrian crossing bridges. Beggars are really bother pedestrian who use the bridge. They are often want to get an attention, so sometimes they force pedestrian to pay attention with some way such as give pedestrian empty envelope, bring their child with dirty shirt, tell a lie, etc. Vendors also bother pedestrian. They sell goods on the bridge, so when their goods are stepped by a pedestrian they will angry. Actually, they are the wrong one. Finally, many motorcyclists use the pedestrian
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