MBPJ Standardises Reserved Bays into 24-Hour Parking

The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will standardise all reserved parking bays into 24-hour spaces starting next year, in a move aimed at improving consistency and boosting council revenue.

Currently, these bays are reserved for businesses only during office hours, and open to the public after 6.30PM, as well as on weekends and public holidays.

Mayor Mohamad Zahri Samingon said the exercise will involve converting 1,000 reserved bays, along with another 54 blue-lined bays that will be repainted red to indicate 24-hour use.

“We will use only one colour for the reserved bays, red,” he said. “The bays marked with blue lines, which currently indicate 24-hour parking, will be phased out.”

In total, 1,054 bays will be designated for 24-hour use, rented out at RM400 per month. The move is expected to increase MBPJ’s parking revenue and create a more uniform parking system across the city.

Mohamad Zahri made the announcement during a special meeting on MBPJ’s Budget 2026, where he also revealed that revenue from parking fines is expected to decline slightly next year, from RM17.66 million in 2025 to RM15.95 million.

He said this was due to improved enforcement under a new parking concessionaire, which is expected to encourage better compliance and payment among motorists.

Source: The Star