This on-street parking policy is aimed at limiting parking on-street and discouraging long-term parking in the most congested areas of the city center, so as to enhance environmental quality and maintain a high proportion of public transport usage. The city’s all on-street parking spaces must be controlled to ensure that they are used in the most appropriate manner for the efficient operation of all users of the central business district. On-street curbside parking in the city center must be restricted for the use of service vehicles, and short term parking for retail and commercial.

The objectives of this on-street parking policy are as follows:

(i) To provide a rational approach for the provision of “no standing” and “no parking” restrictions. In areas where such restrictions are warranted for safety or capacity considerations, such restrictions will be limited to the time period during which they are necessary.

(ii) To provide more and better managed parking for city shoppers and other short stay users. The differing needs of the various users in different parts of the city will be incorporated in the implementation of the policy.

(iii) To minimize all day commuter parking on-street in the city center, and discouraging long-term parking on-street, in the vicinity of major institutions such as schools, government institutions and hospitals.

(iv) To implement an on-street parking control system which is simple, legible, uniform, clearly understood, easily enforceable, efficient and cost effective, taking into account the standards and policies developed by other capital cities, adopting symbolic signage and using recyclable plastic signs.

(v) To control the use of loading zones so that public transport vehicles can obtain more efficient access to loading/unloading spaces where private use vehicles are discouraged.

(vi) To achieve consistent and coordinated parking enforcement throughout the city center.

Source: Final Iloilo TTMP Document.