‘Where is the public transport?’Narasimham Vadlamani, Landscape architectIt is a horrible idea. The government needs to ensure that the designated parking spaces as per permit remains as parking space only. Banks with car loans are pampering every individual. They should propose alternatives based on car sales patterns and oil sales. They need to provide connectivity and accessibility. KD35-33-04XC If the desired effect is to have lesser traffic on our streets, it is better to increase the tax on a second car that a particular household purchases, than ask them to show a parking space certificate. This would be easy to implement than the rule proposed by the government. But this whole certificate business, I’m not sure if it can be effectively implemented. PHATAK, Urban planner and former chief town planner with the MMRDAI think some kind of car restraint is necessary in a city like Mumbai.‘Some kind of car restraint is necessary in Mumbai’V.In a new scheme to tackle the issue of decongestion of roads, the government is mulling the option of allowing registration of vehicles, only after production of parking space availability certificate to the authorities. It is not the government’s duty to provide parking space for shop customers, but the responsibility of the shop owners themselves.
‘They need to provide connectivity’R.. One family shouldn’t be allowed to have more than one car. There’s no capable transport minister and the government doesn’t take help from transport planners or consultants. The government has been promising every year, but in vain. The government is the one to be blamed because they have not planned anything well. To seek a solution to parking woes in big cities — especially in existing high-rise multi–storied buildings — what needs to be ensured is that the space earmarked as parking be utilised as parking space itself and not for any other commercial or recreational use.‘The move will benefit metro cities’P.Multi–level parking is a good option in many cases, which can benefit commercial and residential buildings.There is no space in the city and citizens cannot be blamed for that.K. But for an upper middle class, or for those households that own more than one car and have enough parking spaces, the scheme won’t have any effects.
‘The scheme is only going to affect the middle class’Sam Paul, Advocate, Madras High CourtOne of the biggest problems on Indian roads is car traffic. Where is the public transport?In Hyderabad, proper transportation planning has never been done. Nobody knows when the metro will finally start functioning. However, permanent parking slots in burgeoning cities as well as metropolitan ones are hard to come by, despite car owners having enough money to purchase and maintain a vehicle. Union minister Venkaiah Naidu, in an event this week, said that the government was in touch with the Surface Transport Ministry to make it mandatory for car buyers to provide proof of parking before buying a car.Sajan, ArchitectAs far as Kerala goes, there is no difficulty in parking cars at night in the confines of your home or in by lanes. Many public buses are bought and let loose on the roads; many don’t use them because they’re in such bad condition. The only solution that can be applied is a very effective public transport system.
We are comparing our situation with Japan and Singapore and they are highly populated countries, where the rules are very strict.Srinivas, Town and Country PlannerTo implement this rule practically will be very difficult. What needs to be addressed is the issue of car parking during the daytime on roads. Not everyone is allowed to buy a car easily, and the public transport is top notch. We speak to celebrities, prominent town planners and architects, as well as members of law and order and ask them if this move is a difficult one to implement, and what could be a realistic and ideal way of managing the growing traffic on the streets.B. The government should stop troubling citizens for everything and take up some responsibility on their own. I think the option of allowing registration of vehicles after production of parking space availability certificate will benefit metro cities by bringing down parking of cars in the daytime on roads. By asking people to show an allotted parking space proof through this scheme, it is only going to affect the middle class and lower middle class, who mostly park their cars on the roads even in metros.In a country like Singapore, this wouldn’t happen. Professionals and not ministers who are slacking should run the state.
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