CSE round table on ‘Debating the Draft Parking Policy 2017
Centre for Science and Environment organized half a day round table workshop on ‘Draft Parking Policy 2017’ that the Department of Transport, Government of Delhi has issued recently.
Parking Policy for Clean Air & Liveable Cities
After Delhi implemented its first generation air pollution control measures during the early part of the last decade, there was an improvement in air quality. But this gain in air quality was soon lost.
Parking restraint must to reduce car usage and promote clean commuting practices, says CSE analysis
Car-free days and lower traffic volumes on holidays can lower air pollution in Delhi – parking restraint measures can help reduce air pollution
CSE's international conference on parking reforms
Call for a parking strategy for better management that can control traffic chaos as well as dampen parking demand and car usage
Parking: Multi-level dilemma
Lessons from Multi-Level Parking in Delhi CSE calls for end to parking subsidies, an effective increase in parking charges, stringent enforcement and high penalties for violations. Read full Report (pdf)
CSE Survey for Parking Charges: Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi
Parking pricing strategies are essential tools for bringing about a balance in the modal split between private vehicles and the public transport by influencing the traveller’s choice. High congestion levels are due to the travellers’ preference for the private mode of transport. Therefore, in order to bring about a better modal split balance, it becomes imperative to improve the public transit quality and also to charge a fee in the form of congestion fee or parking fee in order to check the growing congestion.
The Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) welcomes Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) proposal to hike parking charges as a step towards further reform.
City needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage. Higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport
Parking that can't be found
Khan Market in boulevard Delhi is said to be the most expensive real estate in India, maybe even in the world. But in this richest shopping destination, buyers do not want to pay for parking their vehicles.
Is free parking our inalienable right?
'We want free parking…..' is the petulant tantrum of the rich in Delhi. Read this news…The trader association of one of the most happening, and upmarket area in Delhi – Khan Market has moved the High Court to oppose the orders of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to charge for parking.