Indah Setiawati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 02/11/2010 12:23 PM | City
Damantoro of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) said parking operators did not have clear reasons for setting overpriced fees.
“Why should parking fares hike?” he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. “Operators must reveal how they are increasing fares.”
Recently, many parking operators in dozens of locations in the city reportedly breached the 2004 gubernatorial decree regulating amounts.
They allegedly take illegal fees from the overpriced fares because the amount of retribution fees they pay is based on regulated prices.
Damantoro said parking areas in commercial buildings such as shopping centers were always crowded with vehicles, which should provide enough revenue for paying outsourced parking companies and receive profit.
He said providing a parking area in a commercial building was the building owner’s obligation. Investment on building the parking area, he said, was included in the rent fees paid by tenants. “Building owners cannot include investment in the parking fare,” he said.
The Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation said the city should set standard guidance of parking fees by gathering public input.
Foundation chairwoman Husna Zahir said consumers were unfairly treated by the recent parking policy and fees set by parking operators.
“Some parking operators count a minute on the second hour as one hour, which is annoying for customers.” She added that customers who regularly parked in buildings or malls suffered the most from the recent overpriced fees.
Husna said the city should not set high parking fares because the administration had not provided decent public transport.
“Using private vehicles is not a choice for people, but a force resulting from poor public transportation,” she said.
The City Council decided to invite the Association of Shopping Center Managers of Indonesia (APPBI) next week to explain the one-sided parking fee hike.
On Wednesday, councilors of Commission B overseeing economy met with parking operators who stated that they were forced to raise the fare because building owners demanded higher revenue from parking.
Toni, a representative official of Secure Parking, admitted that the price his company set breached the 2004 gubernatorial decree.
“We raised the fees on Feb. 1 because the building owners asked. The official parking fares cannot accommodate to the rising operational cost and annual increase of provincial wages,” he said.
He suggested that the city review the parking fee regulation once every two years.
A request to raise the parking fares, he said, was submitted in June to the administration to no avail.
Head of Commission B Selamat Nurdin blamed the city’s parking unit for not providing proper information to the public on the official parking fees, which made them unaware of the overpriced fares set by operators.
He said the revision on the bylaw on retribution would focus on improving the supervision matter.
According to the regulation, a parking fee inside buildings and multi-story parking lots for cars and minibuses is Rp 2,000 (US 21 cents) for the first hour and Rp 1,000 for each following hour.
Fares for buses is Rp 2,000 for the first hour and Rp 2,000 for each following hour, while motorcycles are charged Rp 750.
“Why should parking fares hike?” he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. “Operators must reveal how they are increasing fares.”
Recently, many parking operators in dozens of locations in the city reportedly breached the 2004 gubernatorial decree regulating amounts.
They allegedly take illegal fees from the overpriced fares because the amount of retribution fees they pay is based on regulated prices.
Damantoro said parking areas in commercial buildings such as shopping centers were always crowded with vehicles, which should provide enough revenue for paying outsourced parking companies and receive profit.
He said providing a parking area in a commercial building was the building owner’s obligation. Investment on building the parking area, he said, was included in the rent fees paid by tenants. “Building owners cannot include investment in the parking fare,” he said.
The Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation said the city should set standard guidance of parking fees by gathering public input.
Foundation chairwoman Husna Zahir said consumers were unfairly treated by the recent parking policy and fees set by parking operators.
“Some parking operators count a minute on the second hour as one hour, which is annoying for customers.” She added that customers who regularly parked in buildings or malls suffered the most from the recent overpriced fees.
Husna said the city should not set high parking fares because the administration had not provided decent public transport.
“Using private vehicles is not a choice for people, but a force resulting from poor public transportation,” she said.
The City Council decided to invite the Association of Shopping Center Managers of Indonesia (APPBI) next week to explain the one-sided parking fee hike.
On Wednesday, councilors of Commission B overseeing economy met with parking operators who stated that they were forced to raise the fare because building owners demanded higher revenue from parking.
Toni, a representative official of Secure Parking, admitted that the price his company set breached the 2004 gubernatorial decree.
“We raised the fees on Feb. 1 because the building owners asked. The official parking fares cannot accommodate to the rising operational cost and annual increase of provincial wages,” he said.
He suggested that the city review the parking fee regulation once every two years.
A request to raise the parking fares, he said, was submitted in June to the administration to no avail.
Head of Commission B Selamat Nurdin blamed the city’s parking unit for not providing proper information to the public on the official parking fees, which made them unaware of the overpriced fares set by operators.
He said the revision on the bylaw on retribution would focus on improving the supervision matter.
According to the regulation, a parking fee inside buildings and multi-story parking lots for cars and minibuses is Rp 2,000 (US 21 cents) for the first hour and Rp 1,000 for each following hour.
Fares for buses is Rp 2,000 for the first hour and Rp 2,000 for each following hour, while motorcycles are charged Rp 750.
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