Jakarta Selatan is the other half of the capital's centre of gravity — the embassies, the malls of Senayan and Kemang, the old kampung lanes that have been quietly absorbed into a city of glass towers. The cameras here read less like state surveillance and more like traffic management, with a thick concentration along the arteries that funnel commuters into the central business district every morning.
What you'll see
Long approaches on Sudirman as it bleeds south into Senopati. The TransJakarta corridors. The roundabouts at Semanggi and Bundaran HI, which photograph well at dawn and badly at every other hour. A handful of lenses sit on the side streets of Kemang and Cipete, where the city slows into something residential and tree-lined. Expect motorbike packs, the orange of Gojek jackets, and the long Friday-evening tailbacks toward the southern suburbs.
Notable streets
- Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
- Jalan Senopati
- Jalan Kemang Raya
- Jalan Wolter Monginsidi
- Jalan Antasari
About the coverage
Coverage in Jakarta Selatan runs a close second to Jakarta Pusat, weighted heavily toward the commercial corridors and the embassy belt. Residential coverage thins quickly once you move off the named arteries — there are entire RT and RW that the network does not reach. What's pointed at the city here is mostly pointed at its traffic, not its life.
