Paid parking at City Center
By hassan1024 •
Been hearing that City Center is to implement paid parking from July 1 onwards. Anyone have more details? From what I saw, everything seems to be in place, the ticket dispensers, the payment machines and all.
poor ppl i will only say who doesnt have single Riyal or never got salary.
what are you talking about??? The poor ppl do have options then Safari mall is built for those labors in industrial area and villagio and grand hayatt is near to them. and the one in doha can go to Mall or Landmark or souq.
and those so called poor ppl of yours do have enough money to buy fancy mobiles and video cams and sound system and ciggrette but cant pay 2 or 3 riyals.
grow up man
britey if ur bicycle has 4 wheels, then u will be charged ! :(
if the bicycles have number plates. :)
Will they charge for my bicycle also ?
Great! Now we can keep the poor out as well as those horrid bachaelors!
not pleasant to taste?
His old lungi - unpalatable, all was okay till the menu part. (LOL)
Apparently , cars with a "I LOve QL" sticker will get two riyal discount and a free windscreen wash from Rizks (Using his old Lungi) ..
LOL Mom_me !
Yes, Qlers will get discount if they buy a Family meal i.e. ( One cup of Karak chai 50Ltrs + 4 Porotas + Paani Pooris + 4 toothpicks and pickles)....:)
will that be at the entrance?
Rizks are you working in the dirty tricks department. Any discount for us Qlers ? (Just kidding :-))
LOL britey !
along with Karak chai, hot Porotas and Paani pooris will be served too with additional Qrs.8/- per plate...:O)
I think Mohandis Rizks was the key advisor in this instance..
He has also taken a Karak Chai franchise to cater for those drivers stuck in the exit line waiting to pay..
ill thought out decision. who should take the blame ;)
It will be additional cost for a mommy like me :( Even if the shops will validate the tickets and pay for the 1st hour, it will not be enough for shopping and dining. I'd rather go to Vilaggio and Landmark.
The New Car Park System estimated to be implemented on 1st July 2011
Of course, first week trial will be FREE of charge to familiarize the vistors to the system. Later, below charges will be as follows:
1st hour (2 Qrs.)
2nd hour (3 Qrs.)
3rd hour (3 Qrs.)
From then on... Further hours (10 Qrs.) each.
It's about time and I think it's more than fair. Those of you who still want to use up a space for a whole day and leave other in endless search for a space can now either PAY for your carelessness or go by TAXI! This will certainly reduce the congestion but will it be enough? we shall see.
I believe that now since people are getting used to paying for parking at areas such as Souq Waqif, it will be easier to implement at CC.
no much life for villagio, it will stop for 2022 WC project.
chocoholic, so they already plan it from year 2009 and yet nothing happen...
all shoppers will surely go to Villagio.
NO parking fee.
Same Shops.
Luxury Shops.
etc..
Much better than stay in city center and waste money on parking fees.
Deja vu!
2009:
http://qatarliving.com/node/581404
trying to re-stamp but it will collapse right now ...
it will cause empty in whole city ctr
Scorpio79 Nice bet.You just won one parking ticket.
how long till a landcruiser comes and bumps one of those parking machines down?
my bet is for 1 week..
about time.. the sooner the better.
thanks God. i guss this way we can find parkings in 20 mins time instead of an hour and fighting like bulls!!
blue.. thanks for readin :p
this really sucks, considering you dont have anywhere else to go apart from MALLS in this weather...... really unfair
this really sucks, considering you dont have anywhere else to go apart from MALLS in this weather...... really unfair
till the paid parking bug infects them
this is time to enjoy the open parking space of villagio!!! you can park for FREE as long as you want...lol!
the thing is once you enter the parking entrance and you did not find a vacant lot, you will be automatically charged 2QR even if you have not parked your car... :(
Cost of watching a 3 hour Indian movie + dinner or window shopping
1st hr = 2 QR
2nd hr = 3 QR
3rd hr = 3 QR
4th hr = 10 QR
parking costs = 18 qr..
Cost of watching a 2 hour English movie + dinner or window shopping
1st hr = 2 QR
2nd hr = 3 QR
3rd hr = 3 QR
parking costs = 8 qr..
the time required to find a parking has not been taken into consideration.
What about the Fitness First Members? They are not shoppers, so no validation for them?
Brilliant...and about time! At last, I'll be able to park without running the gauntlet for 20 minutes every time...
26 or 24 if the ticket is validated by the shop.
So if you go for a movie, you will be charged at least 6 riyals for parking.
Or if you have a game of ice hockey or bowling - you will still have to cough out more money.
Haven't been to City Center in nearly two years, precisely because of the atrocious parking and how frustrated I get. There is nothing there I can't find someplace else, so I choose to not even deal with the hassle.
Ditto for going to ANY of the malls after 2:00 on a weekend. I just refuse to do it because getting in and out of the parking lots (let alone driving around hunting for a space) becomes an exercise in futility.
I happily pay a bit extra and do most of my shopping online and ship stuff into Qatar to save myself the aggravation (added bonus: online prices are cheaper AND they usually have everything I want in stock!).
I'm glad they're trying to improve the situation, but I'd prefer to see them work harder on preventing parking problems in the first place. Maybe the municipality could issue more ample parking guidelines so that adequate parking facilities and spaces are built into future project's plan from the get-go.
Bottom line: it's not rocket science. They should be able to figure it out better than they have.
correct me if i am wrong please... so let's say if i stayed for 5 hrs, the computation will be:
1st hr = 2 QR
2nd hr = 3 QR
3rd hr = 3 QR
4th hr = 10 QR
5th hr = 10 QR
TOTAL = 28 QR... so shall i pay 28 QR for 5 hrs????
Hopefully one of those buildings is a car park :P
Good news for shoppers and those who do not work in the towers around city center and park their cars in City Center.
Validation machine - hmmm so the employees would still park their cars and validate their tickets. Hope they have a control on that.
But seriously, the issue arises on account of lack of parking spaces for the bldgs around west bay - for a young developing city that is a serious oversight.
hhmm.. nice
b2d - the open space nearby is betting filled with new buildings now.
According to a circular issued
to the tenants of the mall, the
parking fee has been fixed at QR2
for the first hour, QR3 for the second
hour, QR3 for the third hour
and QR10 each for every hour
thereafter
Besides, tenants can buy a
‘validation machine’ for QR5,000
which will enable them to validate
customers tickets for one
hour free parking as a customer
service, the circular added.
thats all about free parking. On an average it would take you more than an hour to do your shopping and come back to your car. this will not help out. moreover, if the first hour is free, would the billing start at QR2 or QR3 for the next hour?
thanks for info
@tryke
1st hour - QR 2
2nd hour - QR 3
3rd hour - QR 3
Subsequent hours - Qr 10 each.
Just hearsay, though.
@baldrick & s_isale - I read that the shops can validate your parking ticket and pay your first hour for you. But they'll have to buy a maching for that.
and how much would be the charge per hour? any idea?
Hopefully now I'll be able to drive & find a spot
Hopefully!!
Regards!!
No worries, I'll still park on the open plot outside when I want to run in for one item :o)
agree with baldrick... thumbs up...
good news !
theres nothing about the validation in the reports b2d.
Great news. Should be able to find a few spaces now.
Hopefully they'll validate so you get a refund for shopping and keep the ministry folk out too!
they will start on 1july me got the copy
earlier the plan was to bill only those who dont purchase anything from city center. Now if you dont get a parking lot and is forced to run around to get a parking, you will be billed irrespective of the fact that you are exiting due to lack of parking space.
so employees will look for other spaces to park their car the whole day and leave nothing to customers!