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Parking Solutions for Mumbai

Mumbai Environmental Social Network

Ashok DatarSept 14, 2009

www.mesn.org email : [email protected]

http://www.mesn.org/

http://www.mesn.org/



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



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!



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



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



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!



2 sides free parking in a narrow lane –

ideal for one side pay and park



Current parking anarchy

parking right at the bus stop



Outside Khar Police Stn



Linking Rd , Bandra more lanes

blocked by free parking



free 90 degree parking at Linking Rd



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.



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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.



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



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.



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



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



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



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



FSI financed vertical public parking

empty and ignoredMESN



Empty multi story parking at Nariman PointMESN

Free double parking in shopping areas is



Free double parking in shopping areas ismost common practice

MESN

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