In a major turn of events, the Bengaluru traffic police have identified 66 spots for building multi-level car parking facilities (MLCP) mainly in high footfall and commercial hubs.
Multi-level Car Parking Facilities To Tackle Parking Problem In Bengaluru
The move is mainly aimed to tackle the increasing parking problem in the city reportedly.
Moving ahead, these sites are planned on metro parking plots, nearby junctions and roadside government land.
When it comes to the smart MLCP, it is automated or semi-automated technology which is equipped with lifts, hydraulic platforms or robotic systems to stack vehicles vertically and horizontally.
Each of these systems will house 485 cars in its G+9 floor layout with seven lifts.
How Does This Help?
With the implementation of this system, they are expecting to eliminate space required for circulation ramps and driveways hence maximising capacity in a small footprint said M Maheshwar Rao, Greater Bengaluru Authority Chief Commissioner.
This would be very friendly for the vehicle owners as they simply need to leave their vehicle at an entry bay.
After that the automated system uses sensors and computerised tracking to store and retrieve it.
This automated system will definitely reduce retrieval time and manual intervention.
Further, the Chief Commissioner said, “The city is grappling with major parking issues and this system is among the many solutions mooted.”
For the expenses, its estimated cost will be borne by the GBA, and the entire project will be executed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
The timing of this initiative is impeccable as the police were planning to tow away wrongly parked vehicles.
There is a need for a structured parking solution in the Bengaluru City as informed by the Bengaluru traffic police in a recent letter to the GBA Chief Commissioner.
Further this letter highlighted that despite declaring 1,194 roads as ‘no-parking’ zones, lack of designated parking forces commuters to violate rules, thereby choking arterial roads.
This system is already successfully implemented in Hyderabad and now it requires immediate intervention in Bengaluru, said Karthik Reddy, Joint commissioner of police (Traffic) in a media interview.
