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No garage, no problem: City mulls over review of carport regulation
Despite a regulation that requires car owners to have a garage in their home, residents still park their cars on the side of the road. Now, the city administration is planning to review the regulation.
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Some cars are parked on the side of a road in Palmerah, West Jakarta, in this May 11, 2015 file photo. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he increasing number of motorized vehicles in Jakarta combined with a limited and expensive living space have resulted in carport issue across the city.
Jakarta has some 15 million vehicles, but a significant number of car owners do not have a garage or carport in their home despite it being a requirement from the Jakarta administration.
Kebon Jeruk resident in West Jakarta, Supono, parks his car in front of an empty house in his neighborhood, on a narrow road that fits two vehicles.
The 51-year-old, who works as an app-based ride-hailing driver, claims no one has complained to him about the situation. Moreover, the road leads to a cul-de-sac and rarely experiences traffic jams, even with numerous cars parked in front of houses.
“Residents are very aware of the matter,” he told The Jakarta Post, adding that his neighbors who would move their cars whenever the community held an event.
He recalls a time when Jakarta Transportation Agency officers relocated some cars parked on the curb in front of a child-friendly public space (RPTRA) situated at the end of the road.
“Locals talked it over. One of the [solutions] was to allocate an empty plot of land for parking,” he said, referring to a parking spot located only a few meters away that can hold up to 50 cars.
