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HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property. PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPEST Lessons Learned & New Initiatives Ferenc Arpad KOCSIS Chief Secretary, HUNGAROPARK.
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HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPESTLessons Learned & New InitiativesFerenc Arpad KOCSISChief Secretary, HUNGAROPARK
REMEMBER THE IRON CURTAIN?DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE CEE REGION YEAR ‘89/90. • Significant increse in nr. of shopping malls, mobile phones, vehicles, etc. • But, no change in old habits, intolerant & undisciplined behaviour in traffic & parking. • Pioneer steps towards organised on-street parking system in Hungary & CEE too. • Implementation of parking contoll & enforcement across Hungray(First P&D machines, then mobile phone parking system, which won EPAAward)
SPECIAL FEATURESIN HUNGARIAN PARKING ENFORCEMENT SOLUTIONS: • Transforming Parking attendants to City police officers. • Penetration of Pay-by-Phone Parking. • GPS controled ITS systems & instruments in parkingand toll road menegement. In Hungary, more than 50% of the parking revenues are coming from the enforcement, due to the unpaid parking tickets. (legal proceedings, bailiffs.)
HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPEST | Ferenc Arpad KOCSIS – Hungarian Parking Association PARKING ENFORCEMENTIN PRACTICE • 23 districts, 11 has on-street parking scheme. (Parking is still free in 12 districts.) • No central coordination. • Each district is providing the same (parking) service. Franchise? • Hungaropark is taking the lead! We step-by-step try to become aSTRONG COORDINATOR. • Unique position and opportunity to shape the face of the Hungarianparking industry.
BUDAPEST & THE CEE REGION:EMERGING MARKETS FOR PARKING INDUSTRY On street parking: • Implementation of systems & tools i.e. P&D machines, mobile phone parking, smartphone apps, etc. Off street parking: • Parking techologies implementations(pay stations, CCTV, OCR, RFID) • Mechanized & automatized car parks • Consturcting new parking garagesbelow and above the ground
HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPEST | Ferenc Arpad KOCSIS – Hungarian Parking Association T H E KEY CHALLENGES GREAT • ON-STREET PARKING: TAX OR SERVICE? • Private operators vs. Municipality owned operators. • No vacant place on the street, while parking garages are empty. Why? • Congestion Charging in Budapest is a must accoridng to EU. • Drivers are not really following up parking matters. No interest? PARKINGRESISTENCE
HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPEST | Ferenc Arpad KOCSIS – Hungarian Parking Association PARK LOCAL THINK GLOBAL • Parking problems should be solved in people’s minds; not on the street. • Back to basics: The root cause of parking issues is: when buying a car you also buy the parking problem. • Discipline or Self Discipline? (Punishment vs. Cooperation). • The role of NGO’s.
HUNGAROPARK Where Traffic Meets Property PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN BUDAPEST | Ferenc Arpad KOCSIS – Hungarian Parking Association PARKING AWARENESS PROGRAM [PAP] • From Car Dealers to Parking OperatorsGoal: to cover the whole end-to-end process. • Get support from other participants of the mobility channel. • Get Real-estate developers to build parking garages. Parking Car-care Insurance Car dealers Energy Telecom
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