Administratively, it is located in Menteng, Tanah Abang, Setiabudi, Kebayoran Baru, a small part of Tebet, Pancoran, and Mampang Prapatan sub-districts of Jakarta.
Many commercial centers have been gradually developed as clusters within the Golden Triangle area, such as the Hotel Indonesia roundabout, SCBD, and Mega Kuningan.
The Golden Triangle is formed by three major streets, on which most skyscrapers, business centers, and foreign embassies in Jakarta are located.
To reduce the gridlock in the Golden Triangle Area, since the 1990s, the Government of Jakarta began to implement the High-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) 3+ scheme (commonly known as three in one or 3 in 1) on the West Medan Merdeka, Sudirman, Thamrin, and Gatot Subroto Streets.
Currently, odd–even rationing is implemented every Monday to Friday from 06:00-10:00 and 16:00-21:00 on West Medan Merdeka, Sudirman, Thamrin, Gatot Subroto and 22 other streets in Jakarta.
[9] To reduce air pollution as the major impact of the gridlock in the Golden Triangle area, In September 2007, the Government of Jakarta held the city's first Car-Free Day that closed the main avenue of the city from cars and invited local pedestrians to exercise and having their activities on the streets that were normally full of cars and traffic.
Along the road from the Senayan traffic circle on Jalan Sudirman to the Selamat Datang Monument at the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout on Jalan Thamrin, all the way north to National Monument Central Jakarta, cars are cleared out for pedestrians.
The North-South line of the Jakarta MRT crosses the area with multiple stations and is also served by the Jabodebek LRT.