According to transport department statistics, two-wheelers make up 28.13 lakh of Chennai's 36.82 lakh vehicles. An exponential increase in vehicles coupled with lack of parking management has resulted in chaos on the roads.
"Parking is a commodity, which has to be priced at market value. If land in T Nagar costs Rs 20,000 per sqft, the parking price should reflect the price of the land," said Raj Cherubal of NGO City Connect. Budapest has more than 70,000 official parking lots. Parking fees vary for commercial and residential areas and increase in proportion to occupancy. About 200 controllers check for parking violations. The team suggested that similar methods be employed in Chennai, including monitoring of the controllers by GPS .
.A team of ministers and bureaucrats makes a trip to Hungary, visits its capital Budapest and, hey, presto! Chennai now has a plan to end its vexing parking problem. The high-level team from the transport and urban development departments has recommended to chief minister J Jayalalithaa that a parking management authority be set up to deal with the issue that drives motorists up the wall every day.
The team has proposed that the authority, comprising Chennai Corporation, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the traffic police, work out a pricing mechanism for parking spots based on the land value of its location and outsource the various components that the system will require.
If the proposal is implemented, the city will for the first time have an independent body in charge of parking for its 36.82 lakh vehicles.
The team, led by transport minister V Senthil Balaji and housing and urban development minister R Vaithialingam, visited Budapest to participate in the summit 'Sustainable Transportation', organized by Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), New York. Members of the team visited various parts of Budapest and saw pathbreaking changes made in its transport systems. They decided to adopt the Budapest model of parking for Chennai.
"The visit helped us explore the possibilities of resolving traffic problems in Chennai, in particular by setting up a parking management authority," an official said. Source: The Times Of India
The team has proposed that the authority, comprising Chennai Corporation, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the traffic police, work out a pricing mechanism for parking spots based on the land value of its location and outsource the various components that the system will require.
If the proposal is implemented, the city will for the first time have an independent body in charge of parking for its 36.82 lakh vehicles.
The team, led by transport minister V Senthil Balaji and housing and urban development minister R Vaithialingam, visited Budapest to participate in the summit 'Sustainable Transportation', organized by Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), New York. Members of the team visited various parts of Budapest and saw pathbreaking changes made in its transport systems. They decided to adopt the Budapest model of parking for Chennai.
"The visit helped us explore the possibilities of resolving traffic problems in Chennai, in particular by setting up a parking management authority," an official said. Source: The Times Of India
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