Jaipur: Around 35,000 cars are parked every day without paying charges which is leading to ever-increasing congestion on the city roads, reveals a survey carried out Tuesday it was learnt that civic bodies charge only 1000 cars per day for parking which is encouraging more users. Suggestion to impose parking charges at majority of places to discourage private vehicles was given by the (UMTC), consultant appointed by the Central government, which is carrying out research studies in 12 cities of the country. To ensure safety for cycle riders and pedestrians, it was suggested that cycles tracks and footpath can be constructed on shared basis if the road width is less. An official explained that a similar pattern is followed in China and other European countries. Recently, after creating much hype on construction of a dedicated cycle track for the first time in the city, the JDA has shelved the project as it will cover a lot of space. Survey also revealed pedestrians and cyclists travelling in the night are not safe in the city. “The lights are erected in the middle of the roads on medians. Due to this pedestrians and cyclist are forced to travel on the roads making it risky.” Suggestions were made provide lights near the footpaths. Other than this, it was suggested that the city traffic should flow on a same speed after fixing a speed limit. “The speed limit of the two-wheelers and fourwheelers should be fixed and on a road there should be minimum red lights to reduce congestion.” A senior official at JDA said, “The research will be useful for designing future strategies on road safety. Also, the projects will propose consideration of data of the new study.” An official explained, with the number of vehicles increasing manifold and parking areas becoming a major problem, the state government is also planning to draw a parking policy for the city. The policy will be drawn taking a cue from the model parking policy of the Union government. It was proposed that in commercial areas and workplaces, there should be no subsidized parking and the parking facility should be made very costly so that individuals switch to mass transportation rather than using personal vehicles.