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Parking Solutions for Mumbai
Mumbai Environmental Social Network
Ashok DatarSept 14, 2009
www.mesn.org email : [email protected]
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Time to Take Parking Seriously Very high density of vehicles
Impending arrival of Nano
No demand mgmt measures in sight
higher subsidies for diesel & gas meana fuel shift and not reduction in cars
Oil price rise offers window to revisitparking policy, we should not miss it
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Are We Afraid & Clueless ? Increasing mismatch between demand
and supply of parking – now a menace
No clarity of role and responsibilitiesbetween mahapalika and traffic police
No sense of urgency and seriousness
Current pay and park operation isspineless and totally out of sync
No change in tariff or fines for years!
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Parking on Agenda? –Never! M V Asia Parking Strategy submitted in
Feb 2006 costing Rs. 4.5 cr ignored.
a hike in tariff rejected as “middleclass cant afford”
Parking considered “an irritant”
not a worthy instrument to regulatetraffic & manage congestion
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Parking is a governance issue Acute & sustained lack of governance in
urban land use manifests in extremely uneven rents, property prices &
taxes,
slums, hawkers, no green spaces
Chaotic & free parking on road
It is a part of landscape and we don’t evennotice the huge ironies
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Drivers make parking discipline
difficult
Two third of all cars are driven bydrivers with a mobile phone .
Drivers avoid parking hassles.
Popular belief that if a driver is in thecar, parking rules don’t apply!
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2 sides free parking in a narrow lane –
ideal for one side pay and park
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Current parking anarchy
parking right at the bus stop
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Outside Khar Police Stn
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Linking Rd , Bandra more lanes
blocked by free parking
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free 90 degree parking at Linking Rd
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Parking Philosophy for Mumbai Parking at public spaces is a privilege, not a
right . It is a private use of public space
Pricing is the best mechanism to ensure abalance between demand and supply.
Regulated parking is the first step towardssustainable transportation in congested cities.
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Acceptance of Parking
Philosophy is a Pre Condition we continue to allow explosive growth of cars
when each vehicle requires 3 parking spaces.
should prevent inevitable anarchy, gridlock & road rage if we continue to ignore parking
Regulation of parking- the first step towardssustainable transport in a congested metro
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Multi & Underground Parking
is (a small) part of Solution Inox- the first multi storied lot mostly
empty in spite of free use of prime land
but we take this as a primary solution !
such solution can provide 5000 spacesat a land giveaway worth several crores
At best, this will be a minor solution
UNLESS
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Sensible Overall Parking Policy We need pay and park on and off road in
substantial number – say, min 30,000 ?
at fair prices , say Rs. 10 to Rs. 30/hr ?. To be operational in few months
unified management, use of IT and emphasis
on governance Commitment and effective communication of
the objectives of parking policy
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Unified Parking Authority This is a first step with required police
personnel becoming a part of this authority.
Choice of locations and compliance can beintegrated with supervision
Use of database for drivers and numberplates, ticket fixing and smart cards to
encourage cashless transactions . This authority will provide service, regulation
and run parking as a business
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Solutions - Necessary & Possible Convert a no of free permitted parking
on and off road into pay and park
A survey of sites meeting the specs canidentify 1000 sites with 30,000 spaces
involves pain to those accustomed to
free parking –to be minimized by lowcost resident permits within such areas
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Graded Tariff with Innovations Tariff to vary with locations ( two classes)
Two types of cars (beat middle class bogey)
Use of IT for metering & smart prepaid cardswith discounts to encourage cashlesstransactions to cut out malpractices
Area night parking @ low tariff & badges
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Run Parking as a Public Utility There is more to parking than tariffs.
Parking lots with a min 25 spaces at
Rs. 10 to Rs. 30/hr will be viable. Pre paid smart cards with 20% disc and
programmed meters at sites offer good
incentive and reduce malpractices. All parking spaces should be individually
marked,numbered & accounted
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Logic of Graded Tariffs Graded tariff are applicable for water
and electricity and possible for parking
To make increase in tariff acceptableHigher tariff for larger , expensive cars& lower for smaller , cheaper ones.
Commercial, crowded locations to havehigher & others to have lower tariffs.
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Compliance of Parking Rules In 2007 , 61 cranes made 303,000 cases-( 15
cases/day/crane)
To collect Rs. 100 fine, we spend Rs. 200towing charges ( 4.44 cr in 2007).
Cranes cant capture many offenders.
constable can fix 50 tickets/day to improve
the compliance ratio & deterrence value. progressive fines for multiple offences, a
much larger collection & effective deterrence
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Better Governance &
Management Seriously administered parking will
mean less congestion on roads and
better discipline. this is a worthy initiative which can
benefit even those who will be forced toadhere discipline and pay little more.
This is a non inflationary measure tocope with high oil prices.
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From Anarchy to Governance This can be the first step towards
improved urban governance.
It will be completely self financed.
It will improve the operations of BEST
After regulating anarchic parking, nexttarget can be regulating hawkers
encourage carpooling thru discounts
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Regulated High Quality Parking- I
step in traffic mgmt This is the area specific congestion
charge- most direct and effective.
Very effective in curbing privatetransport as it makes space andpassengers available to buses
The city needs to restore faith in itself by asking top 10% pop to followdiscipline first.
Parking is the real problem but it is
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Parking is the real problem but it is
confidential- no discussion allowed
A menace & getting worse. No rage yet..But Spreading like scabies on all roads andlane.
But city is busy doling out fsi of 200 sqf (worth Rs. 2 mil) for every flat of 700 sqf .
If its not enough , allowing further 300 sqf fsifor providing a public parking space invertical towers failed miserably so far.
Regulation, marking, meters, smart cards ,fair pricing at level out of focus for govt & motorists!
MESN
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The sense and non sense in
Parking Est cars parked on road – 350,000 ( of which
10,000 for scrapping but on road for months
Parking spaces under pay n park – 8000 -annual revenue Rs. 11 cr ( tariff R. 10/hr andRs 15/ 3hrs and so on ( avg Rs 4.50/hr)
Vertical parking spaces so far -1200 ( mostlyempty)investment – Rs. 240 cr
MV Asia report (2005) (@ Rs 5 cr) proposing aparking authority & raising tariff not read
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FSI financed vertical public parking
empty and ignoredMESN
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Empty multi story parking at Nariman PointMESN
Free double parking in shopping areas is
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Free double parking in shopping areas ismost common practice
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