With the BMC inviting contractors for its digitised parking service, activists and people’s representatives demand to know what the civic body is doing about the proposed regulator, which was conceptualised 10 years ago. First set up the authority, then move ahead, they have suggested.

The proposed Mumbai Parking Authority (MPA) will have the power to approve charges, fines and regularise parking across the city. Its key tasks would also include policy formation, fixing parking rates, deciding fines for related offences, issues about traffic signs and boards and launching a software for on-street and off-street parking.