Loke calls for fewer parking bays near transport hubs

SERDANG: Housing developers should consider reducing the number of parking bays to be provided in new housing projects developed near public transport stations, transport minister Loke Siew Fook said.
He said a proposal had been submitted to the housing and local government ministry.

Loke said the current requirement of one or two parking bays per residential unit was among the factors contributing to higher property prices.


“For projects close to public transport stations such as the LRT or MRT, parking requirements could be lowered to encourage residents to use public transport,” he said after opening a new office building here.

He said several transit-oriented development projects in Kuala Lumpur had been allowed to apply for a relaxation of parking requirements imposed by local authorities.

Asked about concerns that many households now own more than one vehicle, Loke said the proposal applies only to new developments and was primarily aimed at young residents living near urban rail networks.

“If they live close to public transport stations, the need to own a car may be lower. This can also help reduce their living costs,” he said.

Loke added that the initiative is intended to support a long-term shift towards a lifestyle that depends more on public transport.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-transport-hubs

Ini cadangan bodoh

if the public transport was reliable and user friendly, no need to impose such thing to encourage people to use pun

Bodoh. Travel from KL to Terengganu use lrt? What if they work in Jinjang or Port Klang? Use MRT also kah?

lower your lj meh, live near station are compelled to use it meh?

dllm you think the public transport is so good now is it?

lagipun you never see malaysians parking mentality? you dont put parking space you think they dont park ke?

and for ppl who bought the unit, if the family already have 2 cars how? tell them to sell one before buy unit? go park at shoplot and increase the double parking? park at road shoulder to cause more problems?

Depend on public transport?

Last i check im not staying in singapork.......

The destination may not be public transport friendly.. So still need car....

At the moment, not a wise proposal...

property near LRT stations
where can get cheap
even with zero parking bays, developer will jack up kaw kaw la

Loke please resign

1.99 Ron95

dap pun makin bodoh...

The most stupid idea, he with his idea during PH1.0,

Especially Monorail. Traveling at a snail's pace (Bukit Bintang to Titiwangsa takes 20-30 minutes) for stopping at every station for an extended period of waiting time.

From Pucheong to Sunway also cannot use LRT

It is a good idea I think.

If you buy a condo, nowadays, they include one or two parking bays into the price. It is not free. You want more, you pay more.

So with this, you are given the additional option of 0 parking lots. If you want, you can always add on a parking lot as well.

edit: For context,



https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...property-prices

I think this is exaggerated, mana ada 500 sq ft parking bay in these small condos. But even if it is 100 sq ft for two parking bays, that is an extra 14-15k.

This post has been edited by loserguy: Dec 8 2025, 12:30 AM

seriously.... this is dumb....

what happened to DAP???? really, is it true that after a party became the gov, the MPs of that party will gradually become stupid???

Fully agree.

Patut lah kalah habis kat sabah.

Loke ada consult nga kor ming ?

Project near mrt lrt shud provide even more parking bays.. like 500 1000 visitor carpark that can be charged per entry..

Look at that kuchai lama mrt.. parking also not cukup, until overflow.. if far east project got additional capacity, then can rent out for income

This post has been edited by Boomwick: Dec 7 2025, 09:32 PM

Lol then road jammed since people park outside.

Bodo

Come out this kind of suggestion betul is gao loke 7

Shud build more la . 5 6 storey lagi bagus

the fastest way to get people take the public transportation is hike the petrol pump price and access to vehicle financing be stringent

dude went full retard

Loke Zai out of touch, he thinks everyone can afford stay near LrT?

He always go spot check never see a lot of people from far away place drive to park near LrT then take LRT to work?

Jadi government straight bodoh

u want to separate malaysians from their cars? impossibru

I don't see a problem. If you want more parking space, just don't stay in new apartment near LRT station. Realistically, the odds of someone with multiple cars wanting to stay in a new apartment near an LRT station is very low.

This post has been edited by ReoAyanami: Dec 7 2025, 09:57 PM

Focus on selling no. plate je lahh...

Developers will just use this as excuse to only give 1 parking spot as default for everyone and open bidding for additional parking lot at high price.

not possible. malaysian, car > house

and neighbors can fight each other....
or road ragers can start whacking illegal parking cars...

Malaysia, a place where everyone mau public transport terbaik so others take public transport while he can drive with lesser traffic.

End up, everyone own a car, continue complaining traffic jam, complaining public transport suck and he's not gonna use it also.

iinm, there's rule on parking allocation based on house size.

Vote this guy out in the next GE pls. Useless

it feels like dap ultra pro developer one.
and they're not even shy about it.
create lesser parking space dev can goreng parking spot like china liao.
yes, they goreng the parking space until it can reach sky high price.

My place the option is 0 or 1 car park bay only

I live near transport, no issues with double parking

but I live in fallen country

Developer cry tear of joy no need provide carpark anymore

Bodoh. Singapore can do it well because they are a one small state. You limit parking bays then how people gonna go balik Kampung during raya. Our last mile also suck.

Also houses to condo are expensive because of all these fucking conglomerates building left and right

Not possible 🤦‍♀️ because P1 and P2 will collapse

As transport minister 🤦‍♀️ he still doesn’t understand last mile connection otherwise why on earth transit stations are full vehicles in 1st place

They need to seriously about last mile before spewing such stupidity

DAP dah kena santau ke?

Bodo.

A lot of developers find that building parking space is not revenue generating and expensive, so they do not want to provide parking to house buyers. A lot of developers been lobbying government to make it a regulation/law so it does not look as if the property developer is supplying less (in fact it is). Property developers rather convert the parking floor to house unit so they can sell for money ...

So maybe they kaotim Loke already to be their spokeperson.

In Malaysia, less parking space = more people park roadside ... so Loke must be thinking the road is DBKL problem not MOT ...

People stay next to public transport doesn't mean they don't need parking for their car cause public transport can't get you everywhere in Malaysia ...

This post has been edited by p4n6: Dec 8 2025, 12:36 AM

Sohai getting more sohai by the day. He think this is Singapore where everything is within walking distance.

Need to serve a very strong kopi o black pekat to knock some sense into him.

I think I have a different perspective because I am older than many of you guys here. I am not like Atok, most likely I won't be able to continue driving forever. So yeah, a car is just a car, not really that attached to it. I will be happy if food, and some shopping is within walking distance. You guys need to consider school, work, etc.

There are people who really need their own cars, think families with school going children or if the workplace is far from any public transport terminal. This might not be suitable for them. If you already own a car, why insist on staying somewhere near public transport where the prices are likely higher?

But there are also those, who go to work at a place close to these public transport terminals, come back home and sleep nearly every day. For these guys, maybe they can get by with public transport with an occasional grab ride. For them, there is going to be significant financial benefits from NOT owning a car. Add it together with 10-20k cheaper housing, and I can see why Loke thinks this is a good idea.

Modern parking bays usually 2.5m x 5m which is about 130ft sq. Plus driveway lift lobbies staircases what's not on the same parking floors, average space occupied by 1 parking bay is around 300 to 400dt square depends on the efficiency of the car park design

This post has been edited by yeapsc73: Dec 8 2025, 01:33 AM

Nowadays even small studio unit 400 ft sq also will be provided 2 parking bays

Just imagine. With 80% floor efficiency, 400ft square unit will occupy around 500ft sq gfa, while the 2 nos car park come together with it occupy total about 700 ft sq gfa. Funny isn't it?

No sane developer will build a home without parking facilities & even if they do. Only a.very naive person like anthony will truly believe that the price will be cheaper especially if it's near public transport.

Developers are greedy bastards who will find ways to maximise profits & come up.with 101 excuses on why no car park doesn't mean unit is cheaper.

Owning a home is the.biggest investment a person can make & whether u drive frequently or not is another matter. U still want parking facilities as our public transport isn't well connected & to.make it easier to resell at a fair value or the very least get your roi back.

Mansuhkan subsidy. Then can see different edi

How developer increase price evolution:

Stage 1. Last time 1 unit 2000 sqft getting smaller become 300 sqft, they can sell more units at higher price per sqft.

Stage 2. Then they build higher from 10-20 floors to 50 floors. So more units more revenue.

Stage 3. Then they saw a problem, despite smaller units, they need to provide 2 car parks per unit despite smaller unit, and car parks not revenue generating and wasting floor space. The more units they squeeze in = the more floors for parking. So, they start to drop parking bay per unit. This does not look good on them to propose so they lobby gov people to make the voice to justify their greed.

Stage 4: Parking bays sold separately, can opt not to buy it.

Note that price of property will not drop, per sqft will go higher and higher … property developer will always profit … they spend alot of money to lobby politicians and ministers to speak and amend laws for them …

This is exactly how HK people suffer and over several decades, this will lead to poor people live in cage room … what companies in HK richest? Property Developer ….

This post has been edited by p4n6: Dec 8 2025, 03:24 AM

Somehow this fella now become sohai. Macam semua orang tinggal next to LRT MRT station.

Cheebye Rabidkl no bus. My side 15 minutes per bas becum 30 minutes. Apa lanijiao, can u just fire that bodo rapidkl CEO? Dou

This post has been edited by kcchong2000: Dec 8 2025, 07:07 AM

INb4, roadside become parking at night and weekends, causing traffic jams and accidents. 😂😂😂😂😂

Maybe he would like to clarify the term ‘near’ by how many km or by minutes of travel first before he opens his mouth.

This post has been edited by fongsk: Dec 8 2025, 07:23 AM

driving save more time than taking public transport for me :X

[quote=fongsk,Dec 8 2025, 07:22 AM]
INb4, roadside become parking at night and weekends, causing traffic jams and accidents. 😂😂😂😂😂

Can be solve, just build one lane streets to/back the condo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lol
People will park roadsides if no parking space

This is bad you’ll end up with cars parking on the roadside creating even more jam

A lot of ktards are transport experts. They know better and give good suggestion on how to tackle our traffic jam problem. They are so expert until they don't read the article and make their own conclusions. They complain everyday about traffic jams but when someone gives out of the box suggestions, they are automatically pro-developers and bodoh not fit to be ministers because they are the experts government should employ 😝

[quote=qsub,Dec 8 2025, 07:30 AM]
[quote=fongsk,Dec 8 2025, 07:22 AM]
INb4, roadside become parking at night and weekends, causing traffic jams and accidents. 😂😂😂😂😂

Can be solve, just build one lane streets to/back the condo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Goo idea. I am sure the ‘strategic partners’ will be more than happy to do this…

Loke: we will research why we lose. We accept lose

Loke: heres another number plate for auction, apps to use and TADA another Stupid idea from us.

when you bodoh, it shows....

you wanna park your B40 car...go buy the land next to station la.....

sembang kencang keluar dari gua semalam.....simpan je la.

confirm no parking wont make it cheaper.

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Urban vertical living wanting to do off with parking lots?? Good luck

Your rail is not everything, dah la rail infra planning came in so late, last mile feeder connectivity is not well in place.

Never fail buat benda terbalik, last last bush fire fighting

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Dec 8 2025, 08:40 AM

how much lower without parking space? hello minister, this is capitalism country, no such thing as lower price la.

Good

Reduce jam

More parking more car more jam

AL must resign! 😡

I been to countries where people can go around without car

1. Extensive rail system
2. Well planned side walk (🚶 in town planning)
3. Concentrated downtown offices
4. Reliable bus service
5. Weather suitable for outdoor walk

Malaysia failed 5/5 therefore people still partially need car/bike to travel.

To give context:

1. Msia only has 4 reliable transport rail (KTM commuters and monorail are rubbish), circle line coming up. As compared to other cosmopolitan city, probably at least 10.

2. Msia side walks despite having some become motorbike parking, others have to walk on road instead, some out of sudden will block by tree / lamp post, poorly planned side walk. And our road can be hilly at some area.

3. Klang Valley has a lot of satellite cities that not easily accessible by public transport. Unlike others with a downtown, KV offices widely spread around.

4. Bus … needless to say.

5. Our weather is 27-30 degree + humid = sweat like hell if expose too long, need to shower in office / destination. Sometimes rain like hellfire …

This post has been edited by p4n6: Dec 8 2025, 08:48 AM

You go and see the surroundings of Muhibbah station and Bandar Sri Permaisuri first. Both areas are focused on its proximity to LRT station and cars are double parked everywhere due to lack of parking space in the apartment.

i think the first response from every1 here is NOOOOO. BODO. how am i gonna go anywhere. but dont always so negative la. think from other views first. while i memang the type which need my car but i got a few frens who totally hardly use cars. 1 got axia but never use. go work take bus, lrt, he work near to company. go out always car pool or take grab. then another fella totally no car. grab and lrt. he said he got no issue. so ah loke cadang those near to public facilities. not whole msia, so luaskan minda and see from different angle b4 even shoot shoot shoot.

halo bang, yala. ur extensive view macam atas but open mind sikit., he not saying whole msia. he said near those public transport area nia. seriously u got take onot. u said buss needless to say but do u know the bus system now edi improve a lot?

3. Klang Valley has a lot of satellite cities that not easily accessible by public transport. Unlike others with a downtown, KV offices widely spread around. - unless u r a salesperson which of course need a car o else u keep moving office meh. sometimes giving out alot reasons dont show u smart but only a smart alec

This post has been edited by Femsroot: Dec 8 2025, 08:59 AM

Frankly, property prices are demand driven. How much is your house worth? Will you take the value from your yearly assessment tax? Or will you say something like "fuiyooh, our neighbor's house a few doors down sold for 3M", and suddenly the asking price for ALL the houses in that area magically goes up to that region?

If you have a condo in that same area offering 2 parking bays, and another condo offering 0 parking bays with an option to add 1, will you buy the condo with 0 parking bays if the prices are the same? Most likely not, right? We have a glut of condos, if prices are unreasonable, they just stay empty. Nobody can force you to buy.

Edit: to answer your question directly, I don't know. But I am hoping for at least a 10% lower price.

This post has been edited by loserguy: Dec 8 2025, 08:59 AM

Eventually parking spaces will be a ‘selling point’ for all condominium…. 😂😂😂😂

Sounds like shitty town planning by.............politicians. Not planners.

thats y lo. those that suddenly rant so loud here dont tink out the box. not everyone need to go out clubbing and drink everynight. even that now ppl take grab. like me i just go work come home sleep. if ok i aso dunwan touch my cars. too many stupid driving the road. all thinking themselves is daytona drivers.

Ppl duduk near public transport = work or destination near public transport or accessible via public transport ka ?

I duduk pj wanna go 1u duduk public transport 1jam. Driving 10min.

Then it is not suitable for you. It might also not be suitable if you have kids who need to go to school or after class activities. But there are people who do work near public transportation terminals. Especially for singles, this is something to consider.

How much of your monthly paycheck goes towards your car?

u cant compare like tat boss. so u expect taking public transport is 10 mins aso? even in spore theres time difference la. if take public transport means u got to plan ur time la. if wan fast then take grab. u those that even drunk die die must drive one. can see from ur replies. learn to plan, patient and u dont live in so much anger.

My car is fully paid off.

Sorry to say, I don't even drink. No idea where did you even get that assumption from. I myself do take public transport occasionally especially to bukit bintang area, or otherwise whenever convenient.

So, you think spending 1 hour just to get to 1u while the journey takes 10 min is viable ? I have to transit from LRT KJ to MRT just to get to 1u, so, you would do that eh ?

last week my fam went to bukit jalil for sporting event. There are 4 of us. Because malas wanna cari parking, we took LRT. From BK5 to Bukit Jalil, RM2.50. 4 of us, is already RM10. both way already RM20. Took about 15min to reach.

Next day I drive, parking only RM3. Took 5min to reach.

So how?

Want to lessen the car, senang je. remove subsidy all together. See berani or not.

So, how much did you pay for it? Wouldn't it be nice to have that cash lying around somewhere?

Do a rough comparison over your years of ownership, how many grab rides would that car have supported?

Well, sad to say, my car wasn't my choice. The only car i really bought for myself is kancil MYR 4.5k.

Grab rides ? Oh please, did you even check the cost of grab ride these days ? Not to mention the countless of trips I had going to other states. Car rental ka ?

Roadtax, maintenance, tyres, insurance etc.

You said it yourself "malas wanna cari parking". It isn't just endless driving on a clear scenic highway on a beautiful day, it is also traffic jams, floods and yes, fighting for parking space.

You didn't really answer my question, so I will do it for you if you don't mind.

The cheapest Axia Rahmah costs about 22k. I will forgo all the other stuff. Assume you own it for 5 years. That comes to about 4400 per year. Let's round it up to 4800 or 400 per month. Assuming an average of 100 per grab ride, you can go for ~1 grab ride every week. Is that so bad?

Should pilot test in his dept first, take out all car park in MOT for a year, Baru cerita.

You drove from ur house and park in Giant or Maybank or roadside under the overhead bridge? 😂😂😂😂😂
R u a BK resident, may I know?

Anyway, I think we must have a change of mentality if we were to make public transportation a success. Go and people must work hand in hand. Basics like clean safe walkways must be available first. And there must be shades or roofs to cool down, like Spore. I recalled those days when MRT was first introduced in Spore. Everyone also said fail fail. No one wants to walk to the stations etc. look at them now. Look at SK, Japan, China. They have undergone a walkways and a thriving one at that, just like HK.
When I was in HK in the 90’s, I was shocked to see them delivering using their MRT.
I don’t mind taking LRT or ETS if the destination that I am going have a good support transportation. When I was in Perth, we just sue their trains to travel and buses for the last mile. Even go airport, we took their buses. It was that convenient!

Unfortunately I have 0 intention to buy any new car and I indeed bought a kancil for 4.5k. I still have that Kancil.

Cost of the kancil over the past 16 years has been perhaps 15k including a complete restoration.

1 Outstation trip including a trip on every quarter would cost way more then the so called GRAB ride you're referring, including my occasional trip to Cheras.

I occasionally go on a road trip for Cameron, Ipoh, Perlis, Terrenganu, Johor.
I've done a Cameron, Malacca, Perlis, Terrenganu trip in a span of 2 weeks.

Please do calculate the cost of ownership including at least 4 roundtrips to and fro Cheras weekly.

Since, you're good at math. Do the Math for me.

Edited: if you insist on knowing what car I own, do the math, I got it for 30k, own in a span of 10 years now. Perhaps maintenance roadtax it has cost another 30k.

Let's see if your Grab is viable as well. I would love to know

This post has been edited by veiven: Dec 8 2025, 09:30 AM

As I said elsewhere in this thread, it is not for everyone. Certainly not for families.

For your use case, you use your car extensively, good to know that your 20+ year kancil is holding up for all these frequent outstation trips. Perodua strong

If that were the case, then why are you fighting for a place to stay near a public transport hub? There are others who are more suited for it. Wouldn't it make more sense to stay someplace landed where you do not need to drive endless loops around a multi level car park to get to your designated parking bay?

before buying the unit , change to Hilux then park anywhere as you wished.... our politician mentality...

I honestly am not, if I could use the public transport often, I would do so too. It's just not very connected and extended. I just so happen to rent a place near a public transport, which I occasionally use it.

First thing I did when come back from Singapore / UK was checking to see if I could get anywhere I frequently go with public transport. Gosh ! Perhaps, LRT KJ line sucks.

If there comes a day I can get anywhere with public transport, you think I WOULDNT ? STUPID ASS JAM !

I'm all for making public transport more efficient and well connected ! Screw cars daily

This post has been edited by veiven: Dec 8 2025, 09:39 AM

if public transport is good, have good public infra like good pedestrians, i would walk..but in reality, malaysia infra cannot la.

Are majority of those cars double parked owned by house owners, house rentors or LRT commuters?

Now - double park outside condo and lrt stations.

Future - triple park outside condo and lrt stations.

I tried to take public transport to work but after the retard LRT KJ line broke down twice in a month and the MRT 2 broke down once every 2-3 months..I gave up

Even less 1 parking it will not stop thr greed of the developers, they will build more rooms instead with same price.

Snake rats in a hole together

In Cantonese, 蛇鼠一窩

Bodoh.....

Snake will makan tikus one wo

Time to blame WKS la… 😎😎😎😎

public transport can pakai?
Always break down, delay
But you not dare to take action on the company

Peribahasa la woi, takde logik punya, janji hidden message is understandable

if anything, should increase number of parkings instead on mrt parking. those open space parking should be built to multi-storey of at least 5 to encourage ppl to use mrt. look at sg besi, upm, kuchai, taman naga emas etc.
kajang line one already will full by 715am usually. bodo punya orang confirm no use mrt during peak hour.