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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 323

Parking Charges - Impact of Increases

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services:

(1) What has been the impact of the increased all-day parking charges introduced earlier this year upon (a) the number of vehicles parked in long-stay carparks; (b) ACT Government revenue; and (c) the income of private parking operators.

(2) Is there any evidence of increased use of ACTION buses by commuters as a result of the increased parking charges.

Mr Duby - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) (a) Parking surveys conducted by my Department in March 1990 (before the increase in parking charges) and September 1990 (after the increase in parking charges) showed virtually no change in the number of vehicles parked in long-stay carparks in Civic and Woden in that period.

(b) Total ACT Government revenue from long stay carparks over the period May 1990 to November 1990 increased by about four percent.

In November 1990, the daily revenue figure was $12,369, compared with $11,417 in May 1990. This represented an increase in daily revenue of around eight percent. However, it is difficult to determine what has been the direct impact of the increased parking charges on ACT Government revenue as can be seen from the fluctuations in monthly and daily revenue figures in the following table.

c) The income of private parking operators is the commercial information of those operators, and is not known by me or my Department.

(2) Morning peak-hour bus patronage surveys conducted by ACTION in March and September 1990 showed virtually no change in bus use levels in that period.

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