Corporation hopes for behavioural change

The Greater Chennai Corporation has been monitoring the continuous violation of the parking rules along the pedestrian plaza at T. Nagar, says an official. “There is not much difference in the rents c

The Greater Chennai Corporation has been monitoring the continuous violation of the parking rules along the pedestrian plaza at T. Nagar, says an official.

“There is not much difference in the rents charged for on-street parking and the multi-level car parking. So people tend to park on the street. We have increased the rate to ₹30 for cars and ₹10 for two-wheelers on a trial basis. But it is not having much of an impact,” he said.

“We have to look at increasing the amount to bring about a behavioural change. It is by trial and error that we have to find out at what amount the multi-level car parking will reach its optimum capacity of 80%,” the official said.