It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the city’s plan to install electronic parking meters – despite the fact that they contributed almost Rp 5 billion to the city’s coffers from late 2014 to June 2015 on the select few roads that had already been installed along in order to measure their effectiveness.
But now the capital’s transportation agency is resuming its efforts to install e-parking meters on a larger scale, and it has already made plans to purchase enough to cover 16 streets throughout the city.
“There will be 201 electronic parking terminals that will be installed. They are being purchased this August,” wrote Jakarta Transportation Agency Head Andri Yansyah in a statement, as picked up by Kompas today.
The new electronic parking meters will be installed in the following 16 streets:
Central Jakarta –Juanda, Juanda III, Pecenongan
North Jakarta –Pluit Sakti, Sunter Paradise, Muara karang Raya.
West Jakarta – Pinangsia Raya, Pancoran, Pintu Kecil, Gajah Mada, Hayam Wuruk
South Jakarta – Raden Fatah Raya, Tebet Raya
East Jakarta – Pegambiran, Balai Pustaka, Pramuka
The agency is aiming to install all of the meters by the end of October. Each meter costs Rp 125 million and will be paid for by the city’s 2016 Regional Budget.
But the government is surely going to see a swift return on its investment if the project succeeds, based on empirical evidence.
“Previously in Sabang the daily income [from parking] was Rp 500,000, now it’s Rp 12 million [with electronic parking meters installed]. In Boulevard Kelapa Gading it used to be Rp 4.7 million [daily], now it’s Rp 43 million. In Fatalehan it used to be Rp 280,000 [daily], now it’s Rp 7 million,” Andri said.
