ONE of the ways to curb indiscriminate parking in commercial areas is to create more parking bays by changing traffic flow, said Subang Jaya municipal councillor Rajiv Rishyakaran.

Rajiv said said the method had proven effective in USJ 2 and USJ 4.

He said the Subang Jaya Municipal Council’s (MPSJ) engineering department had changed the traffic flow in both areas and created more bays to tackle the parking problem and curb congestion.

“In USJ 2, we changed the stretch of Jalan USJ 2/1 in front of the shops to one-way and created 12 parking bays along the road.

“Previously, motorists parked along the two-way road and traffic came to a gridlock,” he said.

In USJ 4, Jalan USJ 4/6B was also made one-way and about 20 parking bays were added on the left side of the road.

Rajiv suggested implementing the same in USJ 9.

“We will be adding parking bays at the roadside as well as the backlane and it will be done in stages,” he said.