Moscow authorities can raise the cost of Parking in the city center up to 200 RUB per hour. A year ago, the DMV called it “detached from reality” and even “shocking people”, but now the amount proposed ceased to frighten officials. Pending is a list of the streets in the center where the Parking lots are filled more than 85%. The decision of the officials promise to take very soon, but did not specify when.
Recommendations of specialists of the Moscow road Institute (MADI) to increase the cost of Parking considering the Metropolitan government. This was announced at the Annual conference “Transport infrastructure of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region”. As explained in the DMV, the Department carefully considered the recommendations of the specialists of MADI to improve the situation with Parking in the city and will soon make the final decision.
“We agree with the proposals MADI, and soon will make the final decision, said during a conference the first Deputy head of the Moscow Department of transport Sergey Andreikin. — In General 230 RUB per hour it seems somewhat high rate, but on certain streets with special loading, we can consider the rate of about 200 rubles per hour,” he said.
According to Andreikin who the introduction of paid Parking in the centre proved that this measure works and allows you to adjust traffic.
“The Department of transport agree on the need to increase prices in areas of special attraction, where there is a real problem with free places for local residents.
This, for example, Neglinnaya street, Malaya Bronnaya, Petrovka.
The transport Department gives priority to their interests. For locals the cost of obtaining resident Parking permits should not increase,” said Andreikin — I Want to emphasize that Parking tariffs should be increased only in those streets where there is a shortage. If the study shows that Parking is filled at 85%, the Parking area should raise the price. On those streets where space is available to increase the tariff is not necessary.”
Deputy Minister of transport of Russia Nikolay Asaul in an interview with TASS expressed the opinion that only the regulation of the cost of paid Parking and the introduction of a progressive tariff will help to solve the problem of transport congestion in the cities. According to the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, if Parking in the city centre filled to 80%, no other way to adjust the situation, but to increase its value, does not exist.
Offers MADI
Earlier, head of Department of organization and traffic safety MADI Sultan Zhankaziev reported that specialists recommend the city authorities to raise tariffs on-street Parking to 230 rubles per hour, and the time of the “privileged” Parking limit to two hours. Also MADI was recommended to apply a progressive scale of charging on the busiest Parking lots. While proposals MADI, which so interested the DMV, nothing new.
So, in July 2015 MADI specialists have carried out a large-scale study of Parking spaces within the Boulevard ring by order of the government of the capital.
And then came to the conclusion that only a significant increase in the cost of Parking — 200 RUB per hour will be able to unload the center of Moscow.
Also in the list of proposals on optimization of traffic called the introduction of a progressive scale of charging for Parking and time limit Parking to two hours.
To assess the performance of paid Parking within the Boulevard ring were investigated territory the total area of about 650 hectares. the Experts recorded addresses, type of Parking, the congestion of streets, the number and types of violations, and conducted a detailed sociological survey of 2.5 thousand drivers.
So, according to the survey, a trip to Boulevard ring on weekdays for 63% of the respondents is primary, 64% parked on the street because of the low rate.
While 72% of respondents believed fraction of the cost of paid Parking “imperceptible”, and 39% of motorists admitted that the cost of Parking them is paid by the employers.
“We need to organize a Parking space so that it was used is told “Газете.Ru” first Vice-rector of MADI, head of chair of road design Pavel Pospelov. Also the solution may be a time restriction of entrance on the territory of the Boulevard ring up to two hours. If we want to see in the city centre there was no traffic jam, let’s create conditions so that people there just do not go. You need to clean the car, give priority to pedestrians who use public transport, ride bicycles.
A huge number of people is a paid Parking lot for 10-12 hours. They come to work to try to make it early and thereby deprived of the ability to Park those people who come to the center for one to two hours.”
Results of research of experts of the Moscow auto-road Institute supported the scientific Director of the Institute of transport and road facilities Mikhail Blinkin.
“Car stalls, old cars should not be, — said Blinkin. — Price below three euros per hour of Parking, that world cities do not exist.
70% of people say that they are satisfied with current rates, it turns out that Parking for them is almost free.”
Reaction will be a shock to the public… Or not
It is noteworthy that a year ago the DMV said that the proposal MADI to raise rates on Parking in the centre to 200 rubles. will be a shock for the population. So, answering the question of “Газеты.Ru” the same Sergey Andreikin said that the so-called “car stalls” — is really a problem for the city, but called the findings of the experts MADI, shocking and disturbing.
“The findings are shocking. However, part of proposals divorced from reality. The price increase of up to 200 RUB per hour, of course, will help to reduce wandering traffic, but the prices will rival that queries underground Parking.
Such a move may come as a shock to the public, so this approach is very simplistic, it’s premature,” said Andreikin in July 2015.
What happened over the past year, after which the rise in prices ceased to frighten the capital’s motorists, city officials said.
The coordinator of the movement “Blue buckets” Peter Shkumatov sure that this time, unlike last year, the rates actually increase.
“Other options the authorities there, because paid Parking is not working as I would like, — said Shkumatov. — The demand for Parking spaces is, regardless of their value. Paid Parking spaces are clogged during working hours. Will this increase to the fact that some of the seats vacant? Of course not. In Moscow more than 100 thousand premium cars, and the seats in the centre, only 2-3 thousand Unless these people have a problem with paying? Therefore, the main objective of officials just to get more money for the budget”.
