Proposed parking scheme includes insurance: Rodja
Proposed parking scheme includes insurance: Rodja
JAKARTA (JP): A parking scheme which also includes insurance
and a sports fund was proposed by a private company to the City
Council yesterday.
Councilor M. Rodja said under the proposal, a parking fee of
Rp 1,000 (41 U.S. cents) for the first hour and Rp 500 for
subsequent hours for sedans would be charged. Motorcycles would
be charged a flat rate of Rp 500.
"We welcome the proposal which includes insurance because it
would protect motorists. But a private company cannot determine
the amount of parking fees collected by the city," said Rodja,
who attended a meeting on the proposal.
Earlier, a municipality proposal on increasing parking fees
raised an uproar. Critics said an increase should cover
insurance.
The parking scheme was proposed by PT Kartika Talang Mas, of
which Army-owned Kartika Eka Paksi Foundation owns 17 percent.
In the proposal, the initial fee of Rp 1,000 for sedans would
be divided into Rp 500 for parking, Rp 300 for insurance and Rp
200 for the National Sports Council (KONI).
The Rp 500 for motorcycle parking would comprise Rp 300 for
parking, Rp 100 for insurance and Rp 100 for KONI.
The company said the scheme aimed at involving the public in
sports development. Many have blamed the country's poor sports
performance on a lack of funds.
Rodja, a member of the council's Commission D for development
affairs, said all parking fees should go to the city.
"If parking tickets were to include insurance or sports fund-
raising, it would be up to the municipality to determine the
allocation," Rodja said.
PT Kartika said the scheme was expected to prevent the
collection of illegal parking fees and to raise city revenue.
Motorists are often charged more than official rates.
The company said an insurance company would cover motorists
for stolen or damaged vehicles on a parking lot if reported
within 48 hours.
Claims
Motorists would have to show a parking ticket and their claims
would have to be supported by parking attendants.
However lost items in cars and car accessories like tape
recorders would not be covered.
PT Kartika recorded that in 1995, 859 cars and 3,200
motorcycles were stolen in parking areas. In 1996, 983 parked
cars and 2,597 motorcycles disappeared. From new year to March
this year, 168 cars have been stolen.
The company estimated it could gain Rp 500 million per day, or
Rp 150 billion per year, from around 500,000 cars parked once a
day.
From motorcycles, the company estimated it could collect Rp
500 million per day and Rp 150 billion per year from one million
motorcycles parked once a day.
Rodja said the scheme was the first proposed that included
insurance. Other private companies had lost interest in managing
parking after further study of the city's parking problems.
The parking agency has come under fire for its failure to
reach its revenue target. In the 1995/1996 fiscal year, the
agency collected Rp 11 billion ($4.5 million), Rp 5 billion ($2
million) less than expected.
The city now has some 2,450,000 cars and 4,238,000
motorcycles. (ste)