Random parking of vehicles on roads will become a thing of the past with the Mumbai Parking Authority's (MPA) on-street parking policy kicking off today. The MPA is mulling a valet parking service for people working in and around Churchgate, who find it difficult to reach the public parking lots situated at Colaba and Nariman Point during peak hours. The idea was discussed in one of MPA's meetings. "Many of the public parking lots in the city have been constructed in areas where there is no demand, and as a result, they are not being fully utilised. If the operators run a valet service then the vehicles that were being parked on road can be taken to the PPLs," said an MPA member.

For instance, for those who work in and around Churchgate, parking space is either available in CR2 Mall in Nariman Point (215 slots) or in the BEST depot in Colaba (80 slots). With a valet service, vehicles could be picked up from the busy areas, parked at these two parking lots and then dropped off at the pick-up point.
Shishir Joshi, advisory member of MPA and CEO and founder, Project Mumbai said, "We want to make the process of implementing the on-street parking policy as seamless as possible for citizens. Valet parking service is one of the many options that were discussed in the MPA meeting."