[sustran] Re: Parking Policy approved by Greater Bangalore City Corporation.

[Sujit Patwardhan]

Were you able to get hold of the  Policy Document?

It will be good to see what exactly it has ... because from what we
understand so far the policy is merely trying to increase road space by
discouraging/banning on street parking and trying to push the vehicles in
off street locations like multistory parking lots aven incentivising
off-street parking.

The need is to use parking hikes, parking  control parking ban to give
teeth to TDM. Unless this is done we will continue to suffer from "Personal
auto vehicle dominated" policy and the roads (now free from parked
vehicles) will become even more dangerous with faster moving vehicles.
There will be no dis-incentive to increasing use of personal auto vehicles
if supply of off street parking is encouraged.

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Sujit




On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM, H. S. Sudhira <hs.sudhira at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have a copy of the approved version of the Parking Policy for
> Bangalore. However, I have requested the Directorate to make it available
> or post it on their website. Hope they oblige.
>
> Regards,
> Sudhira.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Rutul Joshi <joshirutul at yahoo.co.in>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sudhira,
> >
> > Thanks for your post. I agree with Cornie. It would great if we could get
> > the policy document.
> >
> > However, it is heartening to see that the Indian urban authorities are
> > waking up to focus more on the streets instead of the off-street parking.
> >
> > Paul (Barter), any thoughts so far?
> >
> > Rutul
> >
> >
> >   ------------------------------
> >  *From:* Cornie Huizenga <cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org>
> > *To:* H. S. Sudhira <hs.sudhira at gmail.com>
> > *Cc:* Global 'South' Sustainable Transport <
> > sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
> > *Sent:* Monday, 23 September 2013 7:22 AM
> > *Subject:* [sustran] Re: Parking Policy approved by Greater Bangalore
> > City Corporation.
> >
> > Hi Sudihra,
> >
> > is the policy document available as well?
> >
> > Cornie
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:57 PM, H. S. Sudhira <hs.sudhira at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > The Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP, Greater Bangalore City
> > > Corporation) council has approved a progressive parking policy that
> > > essentially regulates on-street parking. Key highlights are:
> > > - Regulation of on-street parking (no more free and encourages
> short-term
> > > parking)
> > > - Incentivise off-street parking
> > > - No parking charges for non-motorised transport
> > >
> > > Needless to say, there have been mixed reactions. Some related news
> > > reports:
> > >
> > > The Hindu:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/pay-and-park-proposal-bbmp-steps-on-the-gas/article5147054.ece?homepage=true
> > > Deccan Herald:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/358269/parking-pricey-proposition-b039loreans.html
> > >
> > > The Directorate of Urban Land Transport <
> > http://urbantransport.kar.gov.in
> > > >,
> > > Government of Karnataka initiated and drafted the policy for Bangalore.
> > It
> > > has also lined up a similar policy for 9 more medium-sized cities in
> the
> > > state of Karnataka.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sudhira.
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> > Cornie Huizenga
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> >
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