
Motorists trespass in the bus lane, forcing a bus into traffic during the city's peak rush hour in Jakarta, on November 13, 2015.

Vehicles sit in traffic on a main road during the morning rush hour in Jakarta, on May 19, 2016.

Motorists in a traffic jam on a main road in Jakarta on June 21, 2016.

Motorists suffer through a traffic jam in Jakarta on February 4, 2016 near a construction site. Indonesia lacks a mass-transport system, forcing its increasingly affluent 260 million people to rely heavily on private transport.

Go-Jek, a popular motorbike-hailing app, is putting a new spin on smartphone taxi services in the Indonesian capital. Thousands of motorcyclists in distinctive green jackets and helmets offer commuters an escape from Jakarta's notorious traffic gridlock.

Drivers log onto the Go-Jek app, which has seen 25 million downloads since its launch in 2015.

Go-Jek drivers are easy to spot in their bright green uniforms.




