to control use of personal vehicles every year about 25 lakh vehicles are added to punes vehicular population and about 350 acre parking space is required every year to accommodate these vehicles provision of more and more parking encourages use of personal vehicles there is no need to subsidize parking instead public transport should be subsidized as majority of the people in city use it said sujit patwardhan of parisar patwardhan said that the worldover steps are being taken to curb parking in big cities around the world parking is expensive and so limited there are no parking slots at all in certain areas we keep saying that public transport is bad and hence there is no option but to use personal vehicles but this is not going to solve the problem but only add to it we have to push for good public transport and more voices will be raised in support of public transport once people realize that using personal vehicle is expensiveparking norms as per new policy prescribed parking for multifamily residential project for every tenement with carpet area of 150 sq m and above three cars two scooters and two cycles for every tenement with carpet area equal to or above 80 sq m but less than 150 sq m two cars two scooters and two cycles for every two tenements with each tenement having carpet area equal to or above 40 sq m but less then 80 sq m two cars four scooters and two cycles for every two tenements with each tenement having carpet area less then 40 sq m one car four scooters and four cycles however in congested areas only one car parking is prescribed note visitors parking in addition to the prescribed parking space should be 5 in all the above mentioned cases prescribed parking for lodging establishments lodging establishment and tourist home for every five guest rooms three cars four scooters and four cycles four star five star hotels for every five guest rooms three cars six scooters and four cycles restaurants grade 1 2 3 for every 50 sq m carpet area two cars eight scooters and four cycles in congested area no car parking but eight scooter and cycle parking is prescribed prescribed parking for health and medical institutions for every 10 beds three cars 12 scooters and 10 cycles the visitors parking in addition to the prescribed parking space should be 5 prescribed parking for educational institutes schools and the administrative as well as public service areas therein a for every 100 sq m carpet area of the administrative as well as public service area of the school two cars four scooters and four cycles b for every three classrooms two lcv including mini bus and tempo ten scooters and sixty cycles colleges and the administrative as well as public service areas therein a for every 100 sq m carpet area of the administrative as well as