DOUBLE PARKING NOT ONLY IN KLANG VALLEY
PIC: thestar.com.myInconsiderate behaviour also happens in Taiping especially in Prima Restaurant and Jalan Panggung Wayang. Take a look from day to dawn. The condition from bad becoming worse during peak hours. The parking lots exist are enough to accommodate the customers. The problem lies on the 'tidak apa' attitude where the common lines 'Sekejap saja, 'Everyone park like that' and 'Who cares? Police does not care. Why you care?'
Disorderly parking causing daily traffic chaos in the Klang Valley
THE most critical problem concerning parking in the Klang Valley seems to be the lack of parking space in busy commercial areas. This has snowballed into issues like illegal parking and double or triple parking, which causes massive traffic congestion.
Illegal parking is perhaps the biggest headache contributing to chaotic traffic congestion motorists endure every day.
The problem persists because of inconsiderate motorists wanting to save some money on parking and poor enforcement by the police and local authorities.
It is compounded by a lack of parking bays especially in commercial areas.
Even if there are parking facilities available at such areas, the charges are quite exorbitant which explains why many motorists to resort to double-park, even at the risk of getting parking summonses.
A nightmare: Cars double-parked in Desa Sri Hartamas and being a nuisance to road users.
A survey of the various busy areas by StarMetro uncovered some interesting facts.
There are several multi-storey parking complexes for the public in congested areas such as PJ New Town, Damansara Uptown and Tai Pan in USJ Subang.
StarMetro checked out some of these parking facilities in Petaling Jaya and found that motorists are not using the indoor parking facilities available as they are not willing to pay the high parking charges.
At about 10.30am on the day of the StarMetro survey, the ground floor and first floor of the MBPJ parking complex A in PJ State were full with cars parked there, but there were still some empty parking lots on the second and third floors while the top floor was almost empty.
At the same time, many cars were spotted double parking along the road in front of the shop lots, causing a bottleneck on the road. Motorists had to squeeze through.
Shop owner Jeff Wong admitted that there were times where he had to resort to double parking.
No takers: Vacant bays available in a multi-storey car park in Damansara Uptown while motorists park illegally on the streets (below).
“There’s just not enough parking space in PJ. The fee at the parking complexes is too expensive at RM1.50 per hour. For those who work during the 9-to-5 office hours it would mean a fee of RM12 per day,” he said.
“We pay road tax so why do we still have to pay for parking? It’s a burden to us,” he said.
Wong said the MBPJ parking complexes should not charge such a high fee as it is owned and operated by the local government.
“The parking fee should be cheaper, if not free. I would not mind parking there if the charge is 60 sen per hour like the metered parking bays,” he said.
“Plus, there’s the security problem at the parking lots. One of my customers who pays for a monthly pass to park at the parking complex was robbed when she went to get her car after working till late at night. Fortunately, she escaped unharmed,” Wong said.
A bookshop owner who wanted to be only known as Din said that the relevant authorities should increase the parking lots to accommodate more cars.
“Even the multi-storey parking complex is sometimes full. Many of those who park illegally are in a hurry and they have no choice but to do so. They park for just a while and hurry off to run errands such as banking or paying bills,” he said.
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