No More Illegal Parking in Malioboro Street

No more illegal parking in Malioboro street

Since  4^th of April 2016. The Malioboro street seems to have no more motorbikes parking by the edge of the street as the motor ways to the old parking spots are blocked with red fences, restricts the bikers from parking by the side of the road. Rather than have them to park their bikes on the new parking site, which is the Abu Bakar Ali Parking lot. This action was claimed to be one of several ways done by the Yogyakarta government to tear down the illegal parking issues and turn the side way of the street into a better and more comfortable place for pedestrians. Whose mostly are visitor or tourists to enjoy Malioboro in better and safer way. The government have also been planning on putting more facilities, such like gardens, rest points, tap waters and many more. The government also said that they will also plant some rare trees such as Gayam and Asem Jawa trees along the street of Malioboro.

The government action receives many good feed backs from the pedestrians and visitors, but surely were problems as well. As two of problems were the park mans who lose their job and also the walking distance from Abu Bakar Ali street to the other end of Malioboro street, which is the zero kilometer point that is quite far. But,  the government had already anticipated it by giving new jobs and compensation to the parkmans to handle the parking site in Abu Bakar Ali. And also by giving free shuttle bus facilities to pedestrians and visitors in Malioboro street.

Written by Muhammad Rizkie L. H.

Edited by Nensi N. Oktavianti