Parking Nightmare in Bangalore

Mpower · 19th September 2006, 23:51

So over the weekend, my folks set out to Commercial Street to do some shopping and apparently after going around for 1/2 hour, could not find a single place to park. Driver is off for the day.

So they had to come halfway home leave the car somewhere and take an rick to C.Steet.

Is the situation in B'lore really that bad? Any secrets you guys can share on where to park. I can see a lot of shoppers going to places like Forum just for the parking structure.

Zappo · 20th September 2006, 01:33

Mpower... its not just Bangalore buddy, even Hyderabad is fast catching this malady. On weekends if you go to areas like MG Road you can just keep crawling for hours and yet won't find a parking space. And then when a frustrated driver decides to park a car somewhere vacant, say in front of a closed shop, it is either towed away in minutes or at the least gets slapped with a parking ticket.

Different cities, same pain

spadival · 20th September 2006, 02:01

What do u expect? Most of the commercial establishments dont even bother about providing parking facilities to their customers.. They even use the basement area to setup shops..

So moral of the story is to go to a place where there is good parking facility. Spencers Plaza in Chennai is a model on how to provide good parking facilities with a muli-level car park attached to the shopping area.

deepakhon · 20th September 2006, 06:33

Yes. Parking in Bangalore is a major nightmare. To quote an instance, we had been to Jayanagar 4th Block shopping complex to purchase a pram for my little Smriti. I dropped my wife near the shop and started looking at a parking lot for my Palio. I went around the entire block around 3 times after which I found a parking lot. The moment I parked, I got a call that the purchase has been made and I just took my car near the shop again and drove back with a pram.

These days, if I need to go to areas like MG Road and Commercial Street, I will use the autos.

condor · 20th September 2006, 08:28

It's really bad. Got to take a driver when going into city. Even then, we call him on the mobile to come and pick us up. And situation is not limited to the city center - same situation in areas like Jayanagar 4th block, Koramangala, Malleswaram, Indiranagar ..

And even with a multi-storey car park like the Kempegowda Maharaj complex, the place is absolutely congested - the parking slots and the ramps between floors.

Harrie · 20th September 2006, 08:38

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Any secrets you guys can share on where to park. I can see a lot of shoppers going to places like Forum just for the parking structure.

Whenever we wanted to do some shopping at Commercial street, we would either go there by 9.30 AM, find a parking space, walk over to MG road, have breakfast and get back by 10.30 to do some shopping. Or we park in Garuda mall and get a rick. Simple.

ajmat · 20th September 2006, 08:40

only way is to go at 10.00 am. Parking is available as the tidal shopping wave occurs 10.30 onwards

akroy · 20th September 2006, 08:54

Ya parking in blr is nightmare, especially in commercial street and MG, brigade road and the malls...Hence, I never take out my car for these places...
Go for shopping to these places on weekdays say on a Monday and preferably go by bike...Even by car you might get parking...I do the same and i have been successful in the last one year...I take my bike to FoodBazar(Blr Central mall), brigade road, commercial street and prefer on a monday and plan it out a week in advance so that i am back fom office early...

In weekends either I am out of bangalore or totally confined inside the house (if i am inside blore)....

Try that out, you will not get frustrated again...

Abhi

hondadude · 20th September 2006, 09:23

Yup, parking is a nightmare. That's why these days I go only to malls. I would wager that as more malls open up and parking situation gets worse in commercial and brigade areas, people will gradually start shopping from malls as opposed to these areas and the shopkeepers will eventually lose out.

Forgot that asked for tips. There are none these days as far as Commercial street is concerned. A few years back, I could find the parking on the road that leads to Manipal center or on the bylanes but these days there is no secrets as far as commercial/Brigade/MG road area is concerned.

Joz · 20th September 2006, 09:40

Tell me about it. I face this everyday. I work on Brunton Road. If a reach office late (which i usually do), the alloted parking lots are full. And you will not find any parking on the roads, thanks to the passport office. Earlier a friend of mine used to live at Victoria Layout so i used to park there and walk back. But she shifted out!! From then on, all hell broke loose. I spend a minimum 20 - 30 minutes looking for parking. Once i parked at Garuda Mall paying Rs. 70 for the whole day. That was it.

Now i make it a point to wake up much early and reach office by 9:00 or take a rick to work.

Samurai · 20th September 2006, 09:45

Parking problems... Hmm... I kinda remember them...

Yes, it is coming back to me now.

I too started going to the malls because of parking problems. However, you still have to go to good old commercial street or Gandhinagar if you want something specific or specialized. And it will be cheaper too. Malls only have items of consumer interest, hangout space and lots of entertainment.

Vid6639 · 20th September 2006, 09:54

the best thing to do is go there on weekdays. weekends is chaotic. all the malls are crowded mg road and brigade rd hav horrid traffic. commercial street doesnt have place to walk.
weekdays is much better. parking is available on kamraj road easily.
thankfully pay and park is coming back soon. shud give some respite.

Rover · 20th September 2006, 10:06

To Bangalore boys -

Have you noticed how crowded the parking spaces in the malls have become? I was in que for 30 min for a parking slot at Bangalore Central. Last saturday I waited 20 min to get into Forum and gave up (to the disappointment of the family).

Prestige men's shop has valet parking in Commercial street. If I have to do any shopping in Comm street, I normally go to Prestige use the valet service and after work at Prestige go around comm street for the other bits and get back to prestige to retrieve the car.

There is a building on Kamaraj road (forgot the name) which usually has parking at the basement at Rs 15 per hour. It is the 3rd building after Metro shoes at the junction of Kamaraj road and comm street. Lately it is becoming crowded as well.

TSEA · 20th September 2006, 10:31

Driving in Bangalore in itself is a nightmare, leave alone parking. I usually let my wife do the shopping, while I wait in the car (saves me from the intricacy of typical female shopping). If I have to buy something for my self, I prefer my bike over my car.

For Jaynagar 4th block, I park my car inside some sidelanes, in front of somebodies house (no other choice) and walk to the shopping center.

Commercial street! Hmm a long wait usually..

gkrishn · 20th September 2006, 10:46

Have you guys ever heard of a underground parking lot in MG road??? Its pretty close to b'lore central, brigade road. I park here, and almost all the time I get space.

19th September 2006, 23:51	#1
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,729 Times View My Garage	Parking Nightmare in Bangalore So over the weekend, my folks set out to Commercial Street to do some shopping and apparently after going around for 1/2 hour, could not find a single place to park. Driver is off for the day. So they had to come halfway home leave the car somewhere and take an rick to C.Steet. Is the situation in B'lore really that bad? Any secrets you guys can share on where to park. I can see a lot of shoppers going to places like Forum just for the parking structure.
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20th September 2006, 01:33	#2
Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,919 Thanked: 2,652 Times	Mpower... its not just Bangalore buddy, even Hyderabad is fast catching this malady. On weekends if you go to areas like MG Road you can just keep crawling for hours and yet won't find a parking space. And then when a frustrated driver decides to park a car somewhere vacant, say in front of a closed shop, it is either towed away in minutes or at the least gets slapped with a parking ticket. Different cities, same pain
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20th September 2006, 02:01	#3
spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	What do u expect? Most of the commercial establishments dont even bother about providing parking facilities to their customers.. They even use the basement area to setup shops.. So moral of the story is to go to a place where there is good parking facility. Spencers Plaza in Chennai is a model on how to provide good parking facilities with a muli-level car park attached to the shopping area.
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20th September 2006, 06:33	#4
deepakhon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,441 Thanked: 65 Times	Yes. Parking in Bangalore is a major nightmare. To quote an instance, we had been to Jayanagar 4th Block shopping complex to purchase a pram for my little Smriti. I dropped my wife near the shop and started looking at a parking lot for my Palio. I went around the entire block around 3 times after which I found a parking lot. The moment I parked, I got a call that the purchase has been made and I just took my car near the shop again and drove back with a pram. These days, if I need to go to areas like MG Road and Commercial Street, I will use the autos.
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20th September 2006, 08:28	#5
condor Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Speed-brkr City Posts: 15,864 Thanked: 16,008 Times View My Garage	It's really bad. Got to take a driver when going into city. Even then, we call him on the mobile to come and pick us up. And situation is not limited to the city center - same situation in areas like Jayanagar 4th block, Koramangala, Malleswaram, Indiranagar .. And even with a multi-storey car park like the Kempegowda Maharaj complex, the place is absolutely congested - the parking slots and the ramps between floors. Last edited by condor : 20th September 2006 at 08:29.
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20th September 2006, 08:40	#7
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,858 Thanked: 27,925 Times View My Garage	only way is to go at 10.00 am. Parking is available as the tidal shopping wave occurs 10.30 onwards
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20th September 2006, 08:54	#8
akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,423 Thanked: 85 Times View My Garage	Ya parking in blr is nightmare, especially in commercial street and MG, brigade road and the malls...Hence, I never take out my car for these places... Go for shopping to these places on weekdays say on a Monday and preferably go by bike...Even by car you might get parking...I do the same and i have been successful in the last one year...I take my bike to FoodBazar(Blr Central mall), brigade road, commercial street and prefer on a monday and plan it out a week in advance so that i am back fom office early... In weekends either I am out of bangalore or totally confined inside the house (if i am inside blore).... Try that out, you will not get frustrated again... Abhi
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20th September 2006, 09:23	#9
hondadude Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,044 Thanked: 69 Times	Yup, parking is a nightmare. That's why these days I go only to malls. I would wager that as more malls open up and parking situation gets worse in commercial and brigade areas, people will gradually start shopping from malls as opposed to these areas and the shopkeepers will eventually lose out. Forgot that asked for tips. There are none these days as far as Commercial street is concerned. A few years back, I could find the parking on the road that leads to Manipal center or on the bylanes but these days there is no secrets as far as commercial/Brigade/MG road area is concerned.
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20th September 2006, 09:40	#10
Joz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dubai Posts: 247 Thanked: 2 Times	Tell me about it. I face this everyday. I work on Brunton Road. If a reach office late (which i usually do), the alloted parking lots are full. And you will not find any parking on the roads, thanks to the passport office. Earlier a friend of mine used to live at Victoria Layout so i used to park there and walk back. But she shifted out!! From then on, all hell broke loose. I spend a minimum 20 - 30 minutes looking for parking. Once i parked at Garuda Mall paying Rs. 70 for the whole day. That was it. Now i make it a point to wake up much early and reach office by 9:00 or take a rick to work.
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20th September 2006, 09:45	#11
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,813 Thanked: 45,447 Times View My Garage	Parking problems... Hmm... I kinda remember them... Yes, it is coming back to me now. I too started going to the malls because of parking problems. However, you still have to go to good old commercial street or Gandhinagar if you want something specific or specialized. And it will be cheaper too. Malls only have items of consumer interest, hangout space and lots of entertainment.
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20th September 2006, 09:54	#12
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,727 Thanked: 43,460 Times View My Garage	the best thing to do is go there on weekdays. weekends is chaotic. all the malls are crowded mg road and brigade rd hav horrid traffic. commercial street doesnt have place to walk. weekdays is much better. parking is available on kamraj road easily. thankfully pay and park is coming back soon. shud give some respite.
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20th September 2006, 10:06	#13
Rover BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore, Airplanes, Hotel Rooms Posts: 112 Thanked: Once	To Bangalore boys - Have you noticed how crowded the parking spaces in the malls have become? I was in que for 30 min for a parking slot at Bangalore Central. Last saturday I waited 20 min to get into Forum and gave up (to the disappointment of the family). Prestige men's shop has valet parking in Commercial street. If I have to do any shopping in Comm street, I normally go to Prestige use the valet service and after work at Prestige go around comm street for the other bits and get back to prestige to retrieve the car. There is a building on Kamaraj road (forgot the name) which usually has parking at the basement at Rs 15 per hour. It is the 3rd building after Metro shoes at the junction of Kamaraj road and comm street. Lately it is becoming crowded as well.
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20th September 2006, 10:31	#14
TSEA BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 420 Thanked: 852 Times	Driving in Bangalore in itself is a nightmare, leave alone parking. I usually let my wife do the shopping, while I wait in the car (saves me from the intricacy of typical female shopping). If I have to buy something for my self, I prefer my bike over my car. For Jaynagar 4th block, I park my car inside some sidelanes, in front of somebodies house (no other choice) and walk to the shopping center. Commercial street! Hmm a long wait usually..
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20th September 2006, 10:46	#15
gkrishn BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 623 Thanked: 91 Times View My Garage	Have you guys ever heard of a underground parking lot in MG road??? Its pretty close to b'lore central, brigade road. I park here, and almost all the time I get space.
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