JAKARTA - Two motorcyclists flew into a rage recently when they were stopped from riding on a footpath by a group of pedestrians in Indonesia's capital. The study used data consisting of 68 million days of physical activity for 717,527 people who use a step-tracking app on their smartphones. Jakarta, a megacity of 10 million people, is struggling with an inadequate public transport system and dilapidated infrastructure. The impediments force pedestrians to walk into the streets to get around them, endangering themselves in the process. In August, the city administration launched the so-called Orderly Pavement Month, during which more than 8,000 motorists who used footpaths at the expense of pedestrians were ticketed.

Source: The China Post September 13, 2017 15:33 UTC