Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya (MBSJ) has announced that payment for its two-hour parking lots can now be made via Touch n Go eWallet, in addition to Setel, which was integrated late last year. Originally, one could only pay with Smart Selangor Parking and Flexi Parking apps. The JomParking app is also supported to make it five payment options in total.
The new app additions improve convenience significantly, as Touch n Go eWallet is a widely used e-wallet. Setel is also a popular app among regular Petronas users.
For the uninitiated, the Subang local council enforced the two-hour parking lots in September 2022. The lots are marked with an orange border and have “Zon Parkir 2 Jam” painted on it.
Note that time limit aside, these lots are also more expensive to park in, priced at 50 sen for half an hour instead of 50 sen for a full hour. If you park in a two-hour parking lot but pay the standard fee, you can be fined, so choose the correct payment category. See the demo video below.
As for PJ folks, this two-hour parking system has already started in PJ State and might spread to a commercial area near you soon. The idea is to remove those who hog public parking lots for the whole day (people who work in the area) in busy commercial squares, giving customers and those running errands a higher chance to get parking. What do you think of this initiative?
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it is annoying just how many apps we need to install onto our phones just to pay simple, everyday things like parking. I travel across malaysia often, and each blardy city council has their own app. Some states has multiple councils, and thus more than 1 app. And that is only for car parks! Why cant we have 1 app across the country? such an inefficient country!
The local authorities (nationwide not just MPSJ and MBPJ) should increase no. of parking bays in commercial centers as matter of civic duty. And not limit the parking duration or increase parking rate to deter decent hardworking folks from parking all-day. That is just capitalizing on limited parking space to increase revenue. Alternatively, expand the public transport network and raise the public transport frequency. For example, bus stops in London have pre-determined schedule of bus arrivals. Each bus no. arrives every few minutes (less than 10 minutes interval) and most importantly they arrive on time with less than 1 minute margin of error. That is public service efficiency of the highest order. Best case scenario, issue a bye-law that offices / businesses situated in surrounding commercial centres can only require their employees to work 2 hours daily. Make sense??? Do the hard work for long term sustainability and not take the lazy route for quick gain.