[sustran] Re: Pay four times more to park your car now in Mumbai

[Jains]

Vinay,

The news article appears to be a bit dated - Jan 09. Do you know whether or
not anything came out of this proposal?

Regards
Alok


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Kanthi Kannan <kanthikannan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Vinay and all
>
>
> Greetings!!
>
> Good to hear the news about the increase in parking fees. But I think that
> there is one very important step towards decongestion.
>
> Why don't all Government Employees use PT + Cycle + Walk once a week to
> commute?
>
> Regards
>
> Kanthi
>
> THOSE WHO WALK CANNOT DECIDE AND THOSE WHO DECIDE DO NOT WALK
>
>
>
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> Subject: [sustran] Pay four times more to park your car now in Mumbai
>
> *Pay four times more to park your car now*
> <
> http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_pay-four-times-more-to-park-your-car-
> now_1225515>
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> http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_pay-four-times-more-to-park-your-car-n
> ow_1225515
> Additional 5% hike likely in parking charges every year for next 30 years
>
>
> Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants to apply the
> brakes on vehicles in the city so either you shell out more for parking
> with
> each passing year or watch your car sit tidily in the garage.
>
> In a bid to cope with traffic congestion and shortage of parking space, the
> civic body is all set to implement a four-fold hike in parking charges. The
> BMC hopes steeper rates will deter people from bringing their vehicles on
> the roads to some extent.
>
> While parking charges for four-wheelers are likely to be hiked from Rs5 per
> hour to Rs22 per hour, for two-wheelers it will be Rs5 per hour from the
> current Re1. The same rates will apply for the entire city. Once approved
> by
> the standing committee, the rates will be effective for the next 30 years
> with a 5% annual hike. You will have to fork out the same amount for
> multi-storey parking too.
>
> The traffic department has drawn up the proposal for the new parking
> charges, which after administrative approval, will be placed before the
> standing committee.
>
> The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is set to increase parking charges
> four times to discourage owners from bringing their vehicles on the roads
> and, instead, opt for public transport.
>
> Currently, there are more than 14 lakh private vehicles in the city. The
> number increases by 6% every year, but infrastructure has not been able to
> keep pace with this.
>
> An official from the road and traffic department of BMC said, "The hike in
> parking charges is the first step to discourage citizens from bringing out
> their vehicles on the roads. This will help decongest traffic on the
> roads."
>
> Seven spots have been reserved for parking lots across the city as per
> development control (DC) rules. The civic administration has also
> identified
> another 150 locations for multi-storey car parks. These car parks may be
> underground or overground.
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