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PARKING

EV Charging Integration:
To ensure that streets can
accommodate the growing
number of electric vehicles (EVs),
the parking policy emphasises
the need to integrate both
on-street and off-street e-charging
infrastructure. By planning for EV
charging within parking spaces,
the policy supports the shift to
cleaner mobility.

Travel Demand Management
(TDM): The policy also allows
to create customised strategies
for schools, workplaces, and
commercial hubs by promoting
sustainable commuting options,
staggered work hours, and
shared mobility to reduce peak-
hour congestion.
Implementation and

monitoring
Currently CUMTA has kickstarted
Parking Fee collected from this could increase to Rs. 3.3 crore the implementation of the policy
the area to be re-invested back per year. This is because, the current through Area Level Plan in Anna
in the area practice in Anna Nagar involves Nagar. It will roll it out by hiring
pricing per parking slot, rather than,
Surplus parking revenue will be parking service providers who
ring-fenced for local improvements, an hourly basis, and not all streets will manage collection of fees,
including better footpaths, cycling have designated parking slots, enforcement etc. This will be
infrastructure, and public spaces. resulting in an isolated approach. In a pilot intervention, learnings
This approach ensures that the contrast, the proposed plan adopts from which will inform future
benefits of effective parking a cluster approach with hourly implementation. Since this is
management are directly felt by the pricing, ensuring a more organised a technology driven parking
community, enhancing the quality and efficient system. This revenue management plan, CUMTA has
of life and encouraging more will be reinvested into improving also initiated the development of
sustainable modes of transport. Anna Nagar’s mobility, streets, a parking app and a centralised
green spaces, etc. command center for monitoring.
Unlike traditional models where The implementation of this pilot
parking fees is looked at as a Future-Proofing Chennai’s will be monitored through 14
general pool of revenue, not linked Streets robust Key Performance Indicators.
to any one location, Chennai’s The policy also allows for some
Parking Policy ensures that the future-proof strategies including: The policy doesn’t force citizens
revenue collected is re-directed Urban Freight Management: to choose between driving
to prioritise improvements in that This is a structured city-level and and walking or taking public
specific location. transport. Instead, it ensures that
area-level approach to regulate everyone gets their fair share of
Currently, the annual parking the movement of goods. This space on the road. It isn’t just a
revenue in Anna Nagar is ensures dedicated loading/ document—it’s the end of a bad
approximately Rs. 35 lakhs. unloading zones are allocated on game and the beginning of a
However, with effective parking the streets to reduce congestion better city. And that’s a milestone
management, it is estimated that and improve last-mile logistics. worth celebrating. TT

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