Odd parking pulls into Hanoi
The capital is limiting cars to parking on only one side of the road to tackle worsening congestion.
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| The parking restriction is being trialled on Nguyen Gia Thieu and Da Tuong streets, about 1 mile from Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the city, according to municipal transport authorities. |
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| As far as the restriction goes, on even days private vehicles can only park on the even-numbered side of the road and the same logic applies on odd days. |
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| This way, as shown in the picture, cars are parked neatly on one side of Da Tuong Street to allow more space on the road for traffic. |
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| Many streets in Hanoi, most of them in downtown areas, are constricted by vehicles parked on both sides of the road. A traffic sign, which is blue with two parallel white lines, means that no vehicles are allowed to park here on even days. |
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| Cars are allowed to park on one side of the road, about 1.8 meters from the pavement. |
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| Hanoi’s transport officials are working on a plan to expand the parking restriction to other streets. |
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| The restriction only works for two-way streets with no physical divider. |
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| In an attempt to ease traffic woes, Hanoi's transport authorities last year unveiled a controversial three-step plan aimed at removing all motorbikes from the city, initially from the core downtown areas during peak hours, and later from suburban streets. |
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| By some estimates, there will be more than 7.3 million motorbikes and 1.3 million cars on the city's roads by 2025. |
