Parking Issues

Steep parking fees all over the world are a deterrent to bringing more cars on the road. In the city , where onstreet parking restricts smooth traffic flow, such a step may not be far away . In its draft policy , Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), has proposed up to three-fold rise in charges to […]

Almost a year ago, SPPU had finalised parking charges in affiliated colleges after students protested irregularities of parking on college campuses; but clearly, even premium city colleges seem to be failing to adhere to the regulations. It was also decided that a designated parking attendant be placed to care for the parked vehicles. The decision

वाहनतळावर दुचाकी लावायची असेल तर तब्बल दहा रुपये… चारचाकी असेल तर थेट चाळीस रुपये… हे पार्किंगचे दर कोण्या मॉल किंवा मल्टिप्लेक्‍सचे नसून, पुणे रेल्वे स्थानकातील वाहनतळाचे आहेत. यातच भर म्हणजे वाहनतळासाठीच्या राखीव जागेबाहेरची जागाही कंत्राटदाराने सोडलेली नाही. पुणेकरांची अशी लूट होत असताना रेल्वे प्रशासन आणि पोलिसांचेही त्याकडे दुर्लक्ष होते आहे. या तीनही वाहनतळांचा ठेका माजी

शहरातील नो-पार्किंगमध्ये लावलेली वाहने उचलण्यासाठी नेमलेल्या टेम्पो आणि क्रेन प्रादेशिक परिवहन कार्यालयाकडे (आरटीओ) नोंदणी नसल्याचे आढळून आले आहे. या वाहनांची नोंदणी नसताना देखील या टेम्पो, क्रेनचा वापर करून वाहने कशी काय उचलली जातात आणि त्यांच्यावर आरटीओकडून कारवाई कशी काय केली जात नाही, असे गंभीर प्रश्न उपस्थित झाले आहेत. त्याचबरोबर इतरांसाठी नियमांवर बोट ठेवणारे आणि नियम

If you reside in the Pune Camp area and park your vehicle on the roadside, then you better start looking for a new parking spot. You will now not be allowed to park your car on the Mahatma Gandhi (MG) road. The Pune city traffic police have send a letter to Pune Cantonment Board (PCB)

The PMC general body on Tuesday postponed a decision on the much-debated pay-n-park scheme for two-wheelers on 15 roads of the city. The scheme was first introduced in 2010 and was withdrawn the same year under pressure from civic groups and citizens. A proposal to reintroduce the scheme was pending with the standing committee for

The civic administration on Monday proposed to reintroduce pay-and-park scheme for two-wheelers on 15 main roads of city, the reluctance of elected representatives notwithstanding. The administration proposed Rs 3 for two-wheeler parking for the first hour and Rs 5 for every subsequent hour. They tabled the proposal before all party leaders meeting held in the

After witnessing regular traffic jams, Pune traffic police had asked PMPML authorities not to park buses on the road near the PMC building, but the buses continue to be double parked on the road. NGOs had demanded that PMPML should not park their vehicles on the road to avoid chaotic conditions. Nearly 100 buses continue

Three locations in Pune had been reserved for the use of parking for trucks and private buses at plot no 2 in Hadapsar (6 hectares), survey number 26/1A in Balewadi (4 hectares) and survey number 19A/4A-B in Dhankawadi (2 hectares) in 2002. However, even after 10 years, none of them are being used for parking.

Traffic police observe employees of industries on the Old Pune-Mumbai Highway stretch regularly going the wrong way on narrow service roads to avoid a detour away from city, posing grave risks to other commuters While several traffic initiatives have been undertaken by authorities all over the city to facilitate commuters in corpo rate-heavy zones, it