Rajiv and USJ parking

[jimmyay]

As long as there will never be anymore space in this commercial area to cater for more parking, this problem of double parking will continue to exist..sorry i dont forsee any solution in the near future.

Be positive. Focus on 20% of ways that will get 80% of the result.

[Sentinel]

Is there say, a Commitee for USJ Parking and who is In-Charge?

It seems to me that a lot of responsibilities is trusted to one man ie Mr Rajiv.

As far as I know ( I stand corrected) Mr Rajiv is only a councillor and with due respect, he can only do that much.

Sorry, if I say the wrong thing---nothing personal.

Why don't you volunteer to assist him?

[firefox]

Be positive. Focus on 20% of ways that will get 80% of the result.

Today MU is beating manchester city, i very postive about that. sorry i couldnt resist saying this.

[rajiv]

Is there say, a Commitee for USJ Parking and who is In-Charge?

It seems to me that a lot of responsibilities is trusted to one man ie Mr Rajiv.

As far as I know ( I stand corrected) Mr Rajiv is only a councillor and with due respect, he can only do that much.

Sorry, if I say the wrong thing---nothing personal.

In MPSJ Council, there is 2 committees which is involved with car park - finance, which determines car park rates/conditions/time limits if any & infrastructure, which decides where to build more car parks, traffic circulation and the likes of that.

Both committees have about 10 councillors, so rest assured that I won't be making any decision single handedly. If you guys would like to form a committee on car park to assist me, I welcome it...

[Sentinel]

Rajiv, I hope you are logged on to usj.com.my only these two days of Raya break coz I don't see you have much time to do the work if you are here all the time. Why? Because I think soon everyone will be posting their woes and complaints... wakakaka...

Maybe come online 1/2 hour per day at 5.00pm?

[rajiv]

Rajiv, I hope you are logged on to usj.com.my only these two days of Raya break coz I don't see you have much time to do the work if you are here all the time. Why? Because I think soon everyone will be posting their woes and complaints... wakakaka...

Maybe come online 1/2 hour per day at 5.00pm?

Haha, so you noticed...
dun worry (or worry?)... I'll be here much less after the hols

[rajiv]

Hi everyone,

This is what I'd written sometime back, and we're in the process of seeing if we can make it work. If we can, before we do so, we'll have a meeting with the residents & business community to explain the ideas.
http://rajiv4malaysia.blogspot.com/2...ng-issues.html
Target date of implementation, 1st Jan 2010

*note, we are going for the limit to one hour, not increase in rate.

[kuma]

Bangkok has a unique system of legalized double parking. When you double park, do not use steering locks, leave your hand brakes off....took me a while to get use to it, but it seems to work...

I have seen something similar being done in Jakarta.....they do it in the parking area in Malls too.

Cars are left double parked and unlocked....should you be blocked, just push the car. But then over there, there's always someone to help for a few rupiah

I once asked a friend if they were ever worried if the car will be stolen....he looked puzzled as if such things rarely happened.

[kwchang]

I agree for short term parking in shop-fronts. Why we never thought about that...

I remember a few years ago at the Shell HQ at Damansara Heights, they have a number of parking bays right in front of the building's lobby. The parking rate is FREE for 15 minutes but right after that it is RM5 per hour. The whole idea is to allow people to hop in and park for a quick errand, maybe send in some documents to the office but need to leave within 15 minutes or less - so no hassle to look for parking. However, right after that grace period, they pay RM5 per hour, no negotiations.

In the case of Taipan, due to the large number of bank branches and food outlets, I suggest a similar setup but with HIGHER penalties. Give everyone free parking for the first 15 minutes and this is regardless whether anyone is waiting in their cars while a passenger runs to the shop for a short errand. Once 15 minutes is up, the parking rate is RM5 per half hour followed by RM10 for the subsequent hours. Anyone wishing to park for longer than 15 minutes should park at the multi-story car-parks at current rates of RM0.50 per hour - ensure that lower levels are reserved for hourly rates while long-term carparks at higher floors.

You will face a number of problems with this implementation -

• Need to have reasonable long-term parking rates at multi-story carparks for shop tenants
• Need large force of dedicated parking wardens to issue tickets
• Need clear signages to inform of parking rates
• Heavy penalties for double-parking

[CS Chua]

Where Taipan is concerned, I believe even putting a full time traffic warden(s)/enforcement officer(s) there is self-paying. If they diligently issue summons there, the revenue generated will be more than sufficient to cover for more than just one officer stationed full time there.

This is one thing I never understand about our Malaysian authorities. All over the world, consistent and regular enforcement are commonly used to solve problems and they are so effective. But in Malaysia, they love spot checks, ad hoc enforcement with many agencies every once in a blue moon and the occasional visits by politicians who moan and moan about public apathy - which incidentally is universal whether in Singapore, Australia or Europe. What keeps these citizens in check and well-behaved in these countries is consistent enforcement. What can't our local authorities do that? They have such high tolerance for these unsocial behavior. Place traffic wardens full time there for a year and see what happens.

[Naka]

Why don't you volunteer to assist him?

Well, you are more local, you do it.

[firefox]

I never venture into Taipan area as its not only congested and polluted but also very dirty, especially the eatries. At all means i usually do avoid this area and do my eating and business elsewhere.

[jimmyay]

This is one thing I never understand about our Malaysian authorities. All over the world, consistent and regular enforcement are commonly used to solve problems and they are so effective. But in Malaysia, they love spot checks, ad hoc enforcement with many agencies every once in a blue moon and the occasional visits by politicians who moan and moan about public apathy - which incidentally is universal whether in Singapore, Australia or Europe. What keeps these citizens in check and well-behaved in these countries is consistent enforcement. What can't our local authorities do that? They have such high tolerance for these unsocial behavior. Place traffic wardens full time there for a year and see what happens.

Totally agreed with your point. Enforcement is all that it need. Not supplementary law one after another.

[Sentinel]

Well, you are more local, you do it.

If I am still staying in USJ, you can bet yr last ringgit I will. I will not just complain. You can bet I will even start community camping at Subang Ria Park.

[bslee]

Totally agreed with your point. Enforcement is all that it need. Not supplementary law one after another.

FINES and SAMANs ARE neither EDUCATIONAL, DISCIPLINARY nor improve attitudes. Its just blantantly PUNITIVE and I see authorities raking in like some revenue generating authority till kingdom come!, so much so NOTHING much have change and Malaysia still a cowboy country as far as I've seen past donkey years. Dare to tell me I'm wrong? (Errr.... IDIOTIC MALAYSIANS are also to blame for this all!)
My 2 sen!