Strategic parking management system / Noraini Mohamed Zin

Parking facility can be considered as part of planning requirement that can affect development scheme as a whole. The increases of population, paralel with the increasing of road users lead to parking concerns, especialy in Muar Johor. Insuffiecient car park and congested traffic occured in that area, and the study keen to conduct a research to identify the factors that contribute to the problem. Therefore, parking should always be well manage with the strategic parking management system. The author will investigate the parking management system at Muar town from planning, organising and controlling point of view. The demand for property in Muar is increasing, but with problems of lack of parking space and congested area can change property buyers decision. As a result of the review of literature several authors previously found that, there are several factors that contribute to parking problem in Muar area, and public behavior and the poor management at Majlis Perbandaran Muar are two major concerns that the study will focus on. The objective is to study the Parking Management System, to identify the parking problem in Bandar Muar, to evaluate the feedback and response among community regarding to parking issue in use, to give suggestion or recommendation in problem occurs. Bandar Muar (Johor) was selected as the study area due to the many complaints received by the Majlis Perbandaran Muar (MPM). The data obtained through observation, interviews and questionnaires of the officers and staff council and users who frequently use the parking facility in Bandar Muar. The findings of this study have found that the parking management system in Bandar Muar under the local authorities are still moderate. Suggestions are made to improve the parking management system of local authorities to ensure the parking management system at a higher level.