Illegal Parking on Ubud Streets, Dozens of Vehicles Tagged with Stickers
Joint officers from the Gianyar Transportation Department and Ubud Police Station cracked down on several vehicles parked on Jalan Hanoman and Jalan Monkey Forest roads in Ubud, Gianyar, Bali. Dozens of motorbikes and cars were caught in the illegal parking raid on the road body in that tourist area.
“The raid targeted two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles parked using the road body along Jalan Monkey Forest and Jalan Hanoman, in Padangtegal Environment, Ubud,” said Ubud Police Chief Kompol I Wayan Putra Antara in his statement on Thursday (7/5/2026).
Officers issued fines to a dozen vehicles parked haphazardly on Ubud’s streets. In addition, officers affixed violation stickers to 20 other vehicles.
“Officers gave warnings and advice to drivers who parked their vehicles on the road body,” said Antara.
Antara emphasised that the crackdown on illegal parking was carried out to reduce traffic density in the Ubud area. According to him, congestion is triggered by vehicles parked haphazardly.
Cat-and-Mouse Game
The crackdown on illegal parking on Ubud’s streets has been carried out for several years. Despite this, there are still residents who park their vehicles on the roadside.
Wayan Repot, one of the clothing shop owners on Jalan Monkey Forest in Ubud, said that online taxi and online motorcycle drivers most often park haphazardly on the roadside. According to Repot, they often play cat-and-mouse with officers during raids.
“The most stubborn are the online taxis. If there are no officers, they park on the roadside. If officers raid, they immediately speed off,” said Repot.
Repot recounted that several online taxi drivers even eat and sleep in their cars all day while parking on the roadside. In fact, there are four public parking spots available around Jalan Monkey Forest.
“The parking costs Rp 5,000. Maybe they are reluctant to pay for parking,” said Repot.
Repot said that the habit of ojol and online taxi drivers parking haphazardly on the roadside was once complained about by shop owners in the area. They are disturbed because the haphazardly parked vehicles block the view of tourists passing in front of their shops.
“The shop owners here have complained before. Their habit (of stopping) on the roadside blocks access for visitors to enter their shops,” Repot lamented.