Jakarta's pedestrians are putting their collective foot down.<br/> <br />They say pavements are for people, roads are for traffic, not the other way round.<br/> <br />And they're stepping up their campaign to push home their message in the Indonesian capital where motorcycles and street vendors appear to occupy almost every centimetre of crumbling walkway.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: ACTIVIST AHMAD SAFRUDIN SAYING (Bahasa Indonesia):<br/> <br />"We demand that the government does not prioritise road construction, (THIS MAN SAYS) because it will only accommodate private car owners who only account for 14 per cent of road users."<br/> <br />Every Friday the protesters pick an area of Jakarta where pavements are overrun by vehicles and vendors.<br/> <br />In December the government finally passed a long-awaited land acquisition law to speed up road, port and airport projects.<br/> <br />But progress is slow.<br/> <br />And some pedestrians say more roads are not the answer.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: HIKMAWATI, PEDESTRIAN, SAYING (Bahasa Indonesia):<br/> <br />"The government must build more parking spaces for vehicles so pedestrians will not be affected."<br/> <br />Official figures show Jakarta's 25 million residents have more than 11 million vehicles between them, mostly motorcycles.<br/> <br />However much the pedestrians take a stand the number of vehicles is still rising.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
