The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The document provides an overview of the different approaches to on-street parking management and provides advice to policy makers dealing with problems arising from unmanaged on-street parking. It addresses common problems that occur from illegal parking and circulating traffic searching for parking and points out approaches to overcome them. This …
Charges for surface parking lots in areas with multi-level facilities could be hiked by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to encourage the use of the latter. The SDMC’s Standing Committee decided on Wednesday to explore the option of increasing the rates for the surface level parking lots in Hauz Khas, …
SMP2.0 has been collaborating with six cities to test and refine its methodology and tools for integrated sustainable urban mobility planning. Indore has been one of the six cities and has worked with Ford Motors (lead), BMW Group, Feedback Brisa Highways (Ezeeway), Volkswagen and Fujitsu from July 2014. This report …
Urban transport systems are essential for economic development and improving citizens' quality of life. To establish high-quality and affordable transport systems, cities must ensure their financial sustainability to fund new investments in infrastructure while also funding maintenance and operation of existing facilities and services. However, many cities in developing countries …
Over 70 per cent of the malls and hospitals in south Delhi have allowed free parking at their premises as per instructions issued recently by the area's civic body. This was disclosed at the standing committee meeting of the corporation held here on Monday. Standing Committee chairman Radhe Shyam Sharma …
The Centre of Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the public notice of South Corporation stopping charging parking fee in commercial complexes, malls and hospitals and called it regressive and harmful to the environment. CSE director media, Souparno Banerjee said, “When the capital is grappling with a severe air pollution …
Reacting to a public notice from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which said that shopping complexes and malls cannot charge for parking, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has maintained that it is shocked by the move. On Tuesday, the SDMC had issued a notice saying that malls …
A proposal to hike the one-time parking charges will be considered on Wednesday by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee, which, if passed, will be the first step towards a revision. Delhiites may have to shell out a lot more for new cars if the proposal is implemented, as …
Choked roads, polluted air and road injuries are but a few symptoms of the severe and crippling mobility crisis in Delhi. Polluted air snuffs out one life every hour. Studies carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board and National Chittaranjan Cancer Research Institute have shown that every third child …
Municipal corporations have proposed a hike in parking charges, particularly during peak hours, as a means to keep vehicles off the roads and reduce the city's air pollution. Green experts, however, dismissed some of these 'solutions' as empty talk and doubted if the civic bodies could implement the hikes. Responding …
This report studies Beijing’s existing parking policies and systems and studies several parking locations, residential, commercial, office and mixed use areas, both on-street and off-street, documenting existing parking practices in Beijing. An analysis of problems identifies the main parking issues and Chinese and international best practices described. Recommendations are given …
MoEF suggests ban on diesel vehicles, plying of private cars on alternate days and allowing only BS-III and BS-IV vehicles If the Delhi government agrees, parking charges may be doubled and commuters will be allowed to take out their cars only on alternative days. In an affidavit filed by the …
The Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) has come up with an innovative plan to encourage people to pay their house tax on time - it is mulling to provide free parking in the city for a year to residents who pay property tax. For instance, if the free parking is implemented …
An efficient public transport system and pedestrian-friendly roads could be the ideal way out of the city's parking mess, but for now what Pune needs are immediate solutions and the civic body's attention to the problem, say experts. They suggest both immediate and long-term solutions to tackle the growing concern …
This paper examines the feasibility of implementing a congestion tax for the city of Chennai in the State of Tamil Nadu. Based on secondary data, it calculates the time cost, fuel cost and cost of emissions due to congestion and makes recommendations regarding the effective design and application of such …
The primary solution to decongesting Delhi is prioritization and promotion of public transport and inducing people to shift towards it, from their private vehicles says the High Powered Inter-Ministerial Committee in this ‘Action Plan to Decongest Delhi’. The National Urban Transport Policy notified by MOUD states the objective that the …
In most Indian cities, parked vehicles dominate the public realm by consuming more and more of our cherished parks, plazas, streets and common spaces. Each parking space consumes from 15m2 to 30m2 , and the average motorist uses two to five different parking spaces every day. Hence, many cities are …
Rs.20 per hour for cars, Rs.10 per hour for two-wheelers now. Soon visitors to South Delhi will have to pay double for a parking spot, with the Standing Committee of the local civic body on Thursday passing a proposal to hike rates. Parking rates will be hiked from Rs.10 to …
Kamrup (Metro) Deputy Commissioner M Angamuthu is among the recipients of a notice that seeks all establishments situated between Khanapara and Bharalu to inform the administration within a month if they have parking provisions or not. This information, according to the deputy commissioner, will just be the precursor of an …
It's A Piecemeal Approach, They Say, As BBMP Selects 85 Roads For Differential Paid Parking System Park and pay is set to be a reality in many city areas. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified 85 roads where differential paid parking system will be implemented.But the moot question …
