Drivers are asked to go to the transfer – Newspaper Kommersant No. 220 (7421) dated 11/28/2022
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Local authorities were invited to start a campaign to reduce parking spaces on the road network and intra-quarter territories. This is provided for by profile recommendations that the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation first developed for municipalities. The agency advises authorities to introduce parking fees when more than 85% of available spaces are occupied by vehicles. Previously, this milestone figure has been repeatedly cited by the Moscow Department of Transport, arguing for the introduction of another paid zone in the city. One of the regional officials, in an interview with Kommersant, called the document of the Ministry of Transport “a signal for the regions to tighten parking policies to curb the growth of motorization.”
The Ministry of Transport published methodological recommendations for the regions to determine the “required number of parking lots in the territory of municipalities, taking into account the relationship with the parameters of passenger transport.” The document was developed as part of the instructions of President Vladimir Putin.
The demand of the population for long-term – more than a day – car parking needs to be met by introducing off-street parking, parking lots and garages, the Ministry of Transport recommends to local authorities. At the same time, the number of places on the street-road network and on intra-quarter territories should, on the contrary, be reduced. Parking along the streets should generally be considered as a temporary measure, which is used only in cases where the capacity of the highway allows it. At the same time, it is recommended to introduce a parking fee when more than 85% of the available spaces are occupied by vehicles (with the exception of areas near polyclinics, hospitals and other social institutions). Recall that the milestone of 85% has previously been repeatedly cited by the Moscow deptrans, arguing for the introduction of another paid zone. Paid parking or parking with limited opening hours is recommended to be introduced in places where residential buildings are combined with non-residential buildings (for example, shopping centers or business centers) to “disincentivize long-term storage” of cars in places intended for their temporary storage.
Local authorities have been asked to take care of a system of “motivations” for car owners so that they leave their cars in park-and-ride parking lots and switch to public transport.
We recall that such parking lots have been used in Moscow for many years near metro stations, MCC and MCD. The Ministry of Transport proposes to place intercepting parking lots on the routes with the most intensive passenger traffic: from the suburbs to the city and from peripheral areas to the center. The speed of land transport is proposed to increase and shorten the intervals so that the trip is faster than by car. The total expenditure of drivers when using land transport should also be reduced, including by regulating the cost of tickets and parking rates. On the most congested streets, the Ministry of Transport recommends introducing dedicated lines to “damage compliance with regulatory values for the number of parking spaces.”
For nearby objects with different “functional purposes”, the Ministry of Transport recommends using one common parking lot. For example, during the day it is used by visitors to the administrative building, and in the evening – to the theater.
In the Moscow Region Ministry of Transport, Kommersant was assured that they were already applying the provisions of federal recommendations, for example, this year they were allowed to park on the principle of “visitors during the day, residents at night”. The government of the Lipetsk region reported that they plan to be guided by the methodology when introducing paid parking: “One of the tasks is to clear the roadway. In Lipetsk, the issue of creating paid parking lots is already being worked out, until a final decision has been made.” The Committee for Transport and Roads of the Kursk Region clarified that the recommendations would be “mandatory for implementation at the regional and municipal levels.” “The Ministry of Transport continues the theme of stimulating the population to abandon personal transport in favor of public transport,” the government of the Tambov region noted, commenting on the document. The Ministry of Transport of Crimea told Kommersant that the municipalities are ready to implement the instructions of the federal department. In the Ministry of Transport of the Rostov region, Kommersant promised that they would bring the recommendations to local administrations.
“The new methodology is a signal for the regions to tighten parking policies to curb the growth of motorization,” sums up an official from one of the regional departments. “In large agglomerations, new high-rise buildings have led to a significant increase in the car fleet, while the road transport infrastructure is catching up with it all the time. As a result, paradoxical situations arise when traffic jams form on new multi-lane roads. However, transferring people who are already accustomed to a certain level of comfort from personal to public transport will not be easy.”
“Regions are given absolutely correct recommendations, but in practice I don’t remember a single entity where they would be feasible,” says Anatoly Kobyashev, head of a separate division of the City Parking company in Voronezh. limit the possibility of implementing the recommendations in practice, infringing on the rights of building owners, developers, and simply pedestrians and motorists.”
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