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PARKING

we used to sell parking spaces, now we he pointed out that the cost of the
have to provide it for free. So the cost of land on which a car parks is several
construction for a developer increases.” times the cost of the car itself. He said
He mentioned that in some cases that while the cost of constructing a
though, builders have been able to parking space is not much, commercial
take advantage of a rule that allows rates for the land used should be
them to use extra FSI in exchange for
using some of their space for public charged to the owner of the car.
car parking. Pillai said that Mumbai’s Chennai’s parking management
municipal corporation has announced system was launched in a full-fledged
the constitution of a new Parking manner instead of first doing a pilot
Authority which will plan, regulate project. This approach was to get The parking
and manage all parking at the street management is
level, as well as private parking within things at least 80% right and forge
buildings under the physical jurisdiction ahead. “At some point, you have to extremely important
of the municipal corporation. act, you can’t just keep talking and and for which there has
Regarding the allocation for bus talking”, said Cherubal. Often it I stated
parking in Mumbai’s Development that money generated from parking to bundling of on-street
Plan, Datar said that earlier, public enforcement should be injected back and off-street parking
buses were never parked on road. into local infrastructure to motivate
But with bus depot space now being the community to accept the system. “ where a single authority
commercially sold off by the transport can implement parking
authority, there will be lesser space to Eventually, the public should be able to
house buses. Agreeing with the point know that a certain public convenience management.
about parking spaces in residential or structure was paid for exclusively
buildings being provided free of cost, by collecting parking charges.” Vickram B Pillai

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