Officials are drafting a gubernatorial decree to raise parking fees throughout the city within the next two weeks.
The Jakarta administration hopes to raise parking fees before the expected end of Governor Fauzi Bowo’s term on Oct. 7, Jakarta Transportation Agency chief Udar Pristono said on Thursday.
“We are working on it. I hope it won’t take long now that we have the new parking bylaw,” Udar said.
The Jakarta City Council approved on Wednesday a bylaw that amended a 2004 ordinance on parking.
Among other things, the bylaw imposed zone-based parking fees based on the amount of traffic in specific areas.
Udar said that the bylaw was enacted to better manage traffic and to increase the city’s share of revenue from parking fees.
“We’re going to have a better administrative system for parking revenue, although the main purpose of the regulation will still be traffic management,” Idar said.
The council is expecting the administration to collect to Rp 35 billion (US$3.6 million) a year in parking fees, up 66 percent from a current figure of Rp 21 billion per year.
Separately, Jakarta Parking Management Agency chief Enrico Vermy said that parking fees would go up under the gubernatorial regulation.
“In other countries, higher parking fees are used as one of many ways to control vehicle numbers,” Enrico said.
On-street parking fees are currently set at Rp 2,000, while off-street parking costs between
Rp 2,000 and Rp 3,000 per hour, although Enrico said that many people were paying much more.
The city proposed increasing parking fees based on vehicle types in 2011, wanting to increase car parking fees from Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,000 per hour, motorcycle fees from Rp 500 to Rp 2,000, and bus and truck fees from Rp 2,000 to Rp 6,000.
Enrico also said that the city would gradually and systematical extend its on-street parking ban.
“The main issue is providing substitute parking spaces when the ban is implemented in certain areas.”
According to the administration, there are 10,478 on-street vehicle parking spaces and 2,072 off-street parking spaces operated by the city, while private operators manage 300,000 spaces for vehicles and 197,000 for motorcycles.
The Jakarta administration hopes to raise parking fees before the expected end of Governor Fauzi Bowo’s term on Oct. 7, Jakarta Transportation Agency chief Udar Pristono said on Thursday.
“We are working on it. I hope it won’t take long now that we have the new parking bylaw,” Udar said.
The Jakarta City Council approved on Wednesday a bylaw that amended a 2004 ordinance on parking.
Among other things, the bylaw imposed zone-based parking fees based on the amount of traffic in specific areas.
Udar said that the bylaw was enacted to better manage traffic and to increase the city’s share of revenue from parking fees.
“We’re going to have a better administrative system for parking revenue, although the main purpose of the regulation will still be traffic management,” Idar said.
The council is expecting the administration to collect to Rp 35 billion (US$3.6 million) a year in parking fees, up 66 percent from a current figure of Rp 21 billion per year.
Separately, Jakarta Parking Management Agency chief Enrico Vermy said that parking fees would go up under the gubernatorial regulation.
“In other countries, higher parking fees are used as one of many ways to control vehicle numbers,” Enrico said.
On-street parking fees are currently set at Rp 2,000, while off-street parking costs between
Rp 2,000 and Rp 3,000 per hour, although Enrico said that many people were paying much more.
The city proposed increasing parking fees based on vehicle types in 2011, wanting to increase car parking fees from Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,000 per hour, motorcycle fees from Rp 500 to Rp 2,000, and bus and truck fees from Rp 2,000 to Rp 6,000.
Enrico also said that the city would gradually and systematical extend its on-street parking ban.
“The main issue is providing substitute parking spaces when the ban is implemented in certain areas.”
According to the administration, there are 10,478 on-street vehicle parking spaces and 2,072 off-street parking spaces operated by the city, while private operators manage 300,000 spaces for vehicles and 197,000 for motorcycles.
New measures introduced in 2012 parking bylaw
• Under the proposed zone system, parking spaces would be classified as either Zone A, for commercial and office districts with higher demand for parking spaces and frequent traffic jams, or Zone B, with lower demand for parking spaces and fewer traffic jams.
• Parking operators are required to insure all vehicles parked on their premises and must pay for loss or damage incurred by vehicles under their supervision unless the vehicles are already insured by their respective owners.
• Parking fees are to be reviewed at least once every two years.
• Under the proposed zone system, parking spaces would be classified as either Zone A, for commercial and office districts with higher demand for parking spaces and frequent traffic jams, or Zone B, with lower demand for parking spaces and fewer traffic jams.
• Parking operators are required to insure all vehicles parked on their premises and must pay for loss or damage incurred by vehicles under their supervision unless the vehicles are already insured by their respective owners.
• Parking fees are to be reviewed at least once every two years.
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