| Summary: | It is commonly known that parking in the city of Yogyakarta has been a
commercial enterprise, for the management of shopping malls that have parking
lots commonly called private parking, and for local governments as a source of
local revenue (PAD) through parking charges at the edge of public roads (TJU)
and levy charges at a special parking place (TKP). Therefore, the Yogyakarta
Government set the Local Regulation No. 18/2009 on Parking and Local
Regulation No. 19/2009 on Parking Charges on Public Road. Beginning in 2010
the Yogyakarta government raised the parking fees for all types of vehicles,
simplifying the region, and increasing the portion of the parking income to
parking workers. With acceptance of this policy, it is expected that parking
revenues augmented, parking services will be more secure and comfortable, and
smooth traffic guaranteed. Based on this, the study seeks to examine how the
implementation of parking policy on the public roads as set out in the parking
laws and regulations and what factors influence the successful or unsuccessful
implementation of the on-street parking policy.
By using qualitative and descriptive research methods, it was concluded
that the on-street parking policy by reference to the indicators specified in the
laws and local regulations, failed to be implemented properly. On the
implementing process, several parking workers was found not to give parking
tickets, using tickets repeatedly, do not collect fees as applicable, unlawful
parking or set parking place on-site parking restrictions, and indecent parking
worker behaviors. As a result, parking revenue sharing has not been effective, as a
calculation for the results based on the number of tickets is not running due to
repetitive use of the ticket. Such practices along with other parking offences
brought the detriment to revenue potential that should go into the local treasury.
From the parking users point of view, the service and facility of on-street parking
is generally bad. Users complained about the services delivered, and
uncomfortable location of parking. These lead to the on-street parking policy
implementation does not work as suggested by the parking regulation.
Implementation failure was influenced by several factors including the partial
socialization of parking policies, the limited number of supervision and law
enforcement staffs, low commitment and meagre support on the part of parking
workers, the low commitment of law enforcement, the behavior of parking users
who park on-site parking ban, and ineffective coordination between the
implementer with other relevant agencies. The policy implementation that is not
such good cause user dissatisfaction and overburdened circulating traffic.
Based on these findings, the author recommended several solutions,
among others: 1) increasing the number of supervisory personnel to monitor based
on a daily basis, 2) the law enforcement, particularly to unlawful parking place
and parking-related contraventions, 3) information dissemination and training for
parking workers and parking users about parking and rule of the road, and 4)
making more effective the parking working group to coordinate parking
authorities and parking problems.
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