Jakarta to introduce new parking system<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The city administration will introduce on a limited basis next
\nmonth a new on-street parking system that will employ prepaid
\ncards, with the goal of increasing the annually disappointing
\nparking revenue.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the city's parking agency, Yani Mulyadi, said
\non Tuesday that under the new system, which will only be applied
\nfor on-street parking, motorists will be required to give prepaid
\nparking cards to attendants who will use portable machines to
\nregister them.<\/p>\n
He said car owners would purchase prepaid parking cards of
\nvarying values and fees would be deducted from these cards based
\non how long the cars were parked. The cards will be available for
\npurchase from head parking attendants and designated retail
\noutlets.<\/p>\n
\"We are not changing the parking rates. It still costs Rp
\n1,000 (11 U.S. cents) per car per hour to park,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Yani said the new system would be operated by a firm appointed
\nby the city administration, PT Adi Wira Sembada. The company
\nalready has 200 portable electronic registers ready for use, with
\neach machine costing Rp 17.15 million.<\/p>\n
The new parking system will first be introduced in five
\nlocations as a pilot project. These areas are Jl. Agus Salim in
\nCentral Jakarta, Jl. Raden Patah in South Jakarta, Jl. Jatinegara
\nTimur in East Jakarta, Jl. Bulevar Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta
\nand Jl. Gajah Mada in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
These five locations are included among the 434 official on-
\nstreet parking locations in the city. However, Yani said there
\nwere another 87 unofficial on-street parking areas run by thugs.<\/p>\n
\"By using modern technology we hope to minimize the corruption
\nthat has resulted in the loss of parking revenue,\" said Yani
\nafter demonstrating how the electronic registers work to Governor
\nSutiyoso at City Hall on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The city administration's revenue target for on-street parking
\nhas never been met, a fact non-governmental organizations blame
\non poor management by the parking agency.<\/p>\n
Last year, the city administration set a revenue target of Rp
\n32 billion from on-street parking, but only about 40 percent of
\nthis amount, or Rp 13 billion, was collected. The administration
\nhas set the same revenue target for this year.<\/p>\n
Asked when the new system would be fully implemented, Yani
\nsaid it depended on how well the pilot project ran.<\/p>",
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