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(LtoR): Harmeet Malik, Rm Alagappan, Wilfred Menezes, Dierk Grunzig, Sachin Naik and Rajesh Krishnan

which might not be always within the area, the road widths, the road network, it actually encourages people to use
premises, but it can be within 100 and most importantly - what are the private vehicles since they have parking
metres or 200 metres from the place of underlying mobility and parking problems in their building & have already paid
stay. Otherwise s the vehicle will come we are trying to solve. Rather than having for it! In the past, one got parking
to the street. This should be taken care a static policy what we need is a frame for free around them by using any
of while we make any policy. work that allows policy makers and available space nearby but now one
The fifth pillar is the last and the most people that manage the smart cities to try must pay a lakh of rupees or more for
important one. When there is a good out new things and see how they work a fixed parking spot, depending on the
public transport system available on the in getting the right balance in quality of location. In spite of this, the cost of
corridor, we need to try and discourage life for all the citizens, whether they own the parking space is still well below the
parking on the corrido. We need to a vehicle or not. true market rate of land in many city
create more spaces so that people Talking of parking minimums, I centers. So, I think it is time for parking
would come to the public transport think it is time for parking maximums. maximums because otherwise you
stations and park their vehicles; Park Where parking minimums have been are going to have this problem where
and ride should happen but not implemented, the real-estate project people will tend to buy more and more
parking on the corridor. developer is forced to include the cost vehicles and it will continue to be a
Sachin Naik: Basically, we believe that of the parking space and pass that on bigger problem.
technology can solve problems but it is to buyers of commercial or residential Dierk Grunzig: In Delhi, rules may
important to solve the right problems. property. As a result, property prices be different. You can afford to build a
There are many variables here; the increase, and this makes it harder building and to rent it out or to sell it
population and vehicle density in that for people to buy property. Worse, out but the price per square meter is

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