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Park your vehicle considerately to create a better traffic environment for everyone.

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Understanding Parking	You can only park your vehicle at stipulated areas in Singapore. Housing Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) manage parking services such as season parking, purchase of parking coupons and parking offences for their respective car parks. You can pay for parking by: Using the Parking.sg app Purchasing coupons for coupon parking car parks Using a stored-value card at car parks with electronic gantries
Parking Information and Rules	Use the Parking Guidance System to check parking lot availability for selected areas. If you drive or own a heavy vehicle, you can only park it overnight at specified heavy vehicle parks with a valid vehicle parking certificate. It is an offence to park your vehicle outside of stipulated areas. Avoid committing an offence by learning more about illegal parking.
Parking Rates by Area	Orchard South & CBD Central, North & North East East West
Parking Rates for Commercial Buildings	Hotels Singapore Attractions
Related digital services	Pay LTA fines Apply for a new Heavy Vehicle Park licence Heavy Vehicle VPC Information

Understanding Parking

You can only park your vehicle at stipulated areas in Singapore. Parking along restricted areas may result in an offence.

HDB and URA Parking

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) provide the following parking services:

• Application for season parking ticket
• Renewal of season parking ticket
• Transfer of season parking ticket
• Termination of season parking ticket
• Purchase of parking coupons
• Payment of parking offence notices for HDB and URA car parks

Get more information on the above services from HDB and URA.

Paying for parking

There are 3 ways to pay for parking in Singapore.

1. Parking.sg

You can pay for parking at all coupon parking car parks by using the Parking.sg app on your mobile phone.

2. Coupon parking

For coupon parking car parks, if you do not use the Parking.sg app, you must display a parking coupon on your vehicle for the duration of your parking.

3. Stored-value cards for gantry car parks

For gantry car parks, you must pay for parking using a NETS CashCard stored-value card. For CEPAS EPS car parks, you can also use EZ-Link CEPAS and NETS FlashPay cards. Learn where you can purchase the following stored-value cards:

• NETS CashCard
• EZ-Link CEPAS Card
• NETS FlashPay Card

List of CEPAS EPS car parks

Real-time parking lot availability

The Parking Guidance System (PGS) provides real-time information on parking lot availability, allowing you to find lots quicker.

You can also find real-time parking lot availability information on your ERP 2.0 OBU Touchscreen Display and on roadside electronic information panels near the Marina Centre, Orchard and HarbourFront shopping belts.

Parking your heavy vehicle

Under the Vehicle Parking Certificate (VPC) scheme, heavy vehicles in Singapore need to have a parking space licensed by LTA.

A heavy vehicle is defined as:

• Any heavy goods vehicle or concrete mixer whose maximum laden weight is more than 5,000kg
• Any bus with a seating capacity of more than 15 persons, not including the driver
• Any trailer, container trailer, low loader or flat-bed trailer, whose maximum laden weight is more than 5,000kg
• Any mobile crane or recovery vehicle whose unladen weight is more than 2,500kg

Heavy vehicles must be parked at their VPC designated parking space.

During the registration of a new heavy vehicle, road tax renewal, transfer of ownership or conversion, the heavy vehicle owner must show proof that they have a designated parking space. Each VPC payable to LTA is $6 only. It is not transferable and must be valid for the period of the road tax of the vehicle.

When a heavy vehicle is not in use at night between midnight and 6 am, it is an offence to park it outside the designated parking space. The penalty can be a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment up to 3 months.

Procuring a designated parking space for your heavy vehicle

Approach HDB, URA or other licensed parking operators to procure a heavy vehicle parking space. The parking operators must issue a VPC together with your parking space.

Search for a heavy vehicle parking space

Search Private Parking Spaces

Search for an HDB Parking Space

Search for a URA Parking Space

Licensing of private heavy vehicle parking places

A residential development cannot be used to park heavy vehicles.

If you wish to maintain or operate a parking place for heavy vehicles, you must apply for a licence from LTA.

Apply for a new Heavy Vehicle Park licence

You must issue a VPC to the heavy vehicle owner who procured a designated parking space for his heavy vehicle at your parking place. You cannot issue VPCs to heavy vehicle owners who do not have a designated parking space in your parking place.

See legislation related to Heavy Vehicle Parking

Illegal parking

Parking indiscriminately can obstruct and inconvenience other road users. It may also block the view of pedestrians or other motorists, resulting in accidents.

Parking means stopping a vehicle other than to immediately pick up and drop off passengers, goods or luggage. A waiting vehicle can be considered to be parking even if the driver is present, or if the engine is running.

You may be penalised for illegal parking and receive demerit points for parking offences.

Parking and stopping offences along the roads

Double yellow lines	Single yellow line
No parking at all times on the road	No parking on the road between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm, except on Sundays and public holidays
Continuous single white line	Continuous double white lines
No parking on the road at all times on either side of the line	No parking on the road at all times on either side of the lines
Single yellow zig-zag line (Offence carries demerit points)	Double yellow zig-zag lines (Offence carries demerit points)
No parking at all times on the road or on the public footpath adjacent to the road	No parking or stopping at all times on the road or on the public footpath adjacent to the road
Single white zig-zag line (Offence carries demerit points)
No parking or stopping at all times on the road

Other parking and stopping offences

Parking against flow of traffic	Footway / Shared Path
No parking against flow of traffic	No parking on footway and shared path at all times
Grass Verge	Parking in such a manner as to cause unnecessary obstruction to other road users
No parking on grass verge at all times	Vehicles must not be parked in a way that obstructs entrances/ exits or footways
Parking within 3 metres of a fire hydrant	Parking within 6 metres of a junction
No parking or waiting at all times within 3 metres on either side of a fire hydrant	No parking or waiting at all times within 6 metres of any road intersection or junction
Parking within 9 metres of a bus stop	Failing to comply with “No Waiting” sign
No parking or waiting at all times within 9 metres from the tip of a bus bay or bus stop box	No parking or waiting at all times along the road
Failing to comply with “No stopping” sign	Parking or stopping in an obstructive way next to a stationary vehicle (Offence carries demerit points)
No parking, waiting or stopping at all times along the road	No parking, waiting or stopping next to a stationary vehicle, in a way that causes obstruction to other road users
Parking on a pedestrian crossing (Offence carries demerit points)	Parking and stopping at taxi stands and taxi stops
No parking, waiting or stopping at all times on a pedestrian crossing	No parking, waiting or stopping of private vehicles at taxi stands (orange sign) and taxi stops (yellow sign) At taxi stops, taxi can only stop briefly to pick up or drop off passengers. They cannot wait to queue for passengers At taxi stands, taxis can wait within the designated lots to queue for passengers

Locations for CCTV Enforcement for Illegal Parking

Download the list of locations (PDF,205.3kB)

CCTV Monitoring Zones

LTA has installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to deter illegal parking at hotspots. These CCTV zones have lamp posts and sign posts painted with a bright orange vertical strip. There are also “No Waiting” signs at passenger pick-up points where CCTV cameras are installed. These signs remind motorists that they are not allowed to wait at these locations other than to immediately pick up and drop off passengers.

Penalties for illegal parking

Penalties for illegal parking offences include fines and demerit points.

If you receive a notice for illegal parking, LTA may offer you the opportunity to settle the notice by paying a fine. If you do not pay the fine by the first deadline, it will increase by $20. If you still do not make the payment, you will need to go to Court and pay an even higher fine.

Offenders who receive two or more illegal parking notices within 12 months will be considered repeat offenders. Repeat offenders have to pay a higher fine, which can be up to 60% more.

If your vehicle is caught for an offence that carries demerit points, you need to provide the driver’s particulars when you receive the notice.

Please refer below for the penalties of various illegal parking offences for light and heavy vehicles. As the description of the offences below have been simplified for general understanding, it may not match the text in our official Notice of Traffic Offence.

Illegal Parking Offences (Fines only)
S/N	Offences	Light Vehicle		Heavy Vehicle
First-time offender	Repeat offender	First-time offender	Repeat offender
1	Failing to comply with the “No Stopping” or “No Waiting” sign	$70	$110	$100	$150
2	Failing to stop a vehicle parallel with and close to the edge of the left-hand side of the road	$70	$110	$100	$150
3	Stopping a vehicle in a manner such that it causes unnecessary obstruction to other road users	$70	$110	$100	$150
4	Stopping a vehicle without facing the direction in which the traffic moves	$70	$110	$100	$150
5	Stopping a vehicle on the right side of a two-way road	$70	$110	$100	$150
6	Parking a vehicle on a road which has an unbroken white line or unbroken double white lines	$70	$110	$100	$150
7	Parking a vehicle on a road with an unbroken yellow line or unbroken double yellow lines	$70	$110	$100	$150
8	Parking a vehicle on the grass verge of a road	$70	$110	$100	$150
9	Parking a vehicle within 3m of a fire hydrant, 6m of a road or street junction, or 9m of a bus stop	$70	$110	$100	$150
10	Parking a vehicle on a slip road, filter lane, fly-over or underpass	$70	$110	$100	$150
11	Parking a vehicle on a ramp leading to a fly-over or an underpass	$70	$110	$100	$150
12	Parking a vehicle on the footway of a road	$70	$110	$100	$150
13	Parking a heavy vehicle in any place other than the designated parking space	-	-	$100	$150
14	Stopping a vehicle on a road in a position that is likely to cause danger or undue inconvenience to other road users	$300	$450	$300	$450
15	Stopping or parking a vehicle at a taxi stop or taxi stand	$50	$80	$80	$120
16	Stopping a vehicle on a central divider of expressway	$70	$110	$100	$150

Illegal Parking Offences (Fines and Demerit Points)
S/N	Offences	Light Vehicle		Heavy Vehicle		Demerit Points
First-time offender	Repeat offender	First-time offender	Repeat offender
1	Parking a vehicle within a pedestrian crossing	$120	$180	$150	$230	3
2	Parking a vehicle on a road with a single yellow zig-zag line, or on the adjacent footpath	$120	$180	$150	$230	3
3	Stopping a vehicle on a road with double yellow zig-zag lines, or on the adjacent footpath	$120	$180	$150	$230	3
4	Parking abreast to another vehicle, causing unnecessary obstruction	$120	$180	$150	$230	3
5	Stopping a vehicle in a zebra-controlled area	$120	$180	$150	$230	3
6	Stopping a vehicle on a carriageway, shoulder or verge of an expressway	$130	$200	$160	$240	4

The information provided above may not be relied upon in Court and does not affect the scope or interpretation of the relevant legislation.

Other information about demerit points system

Refer here for more information on the demerit points system.

Appeal against parking summonses

Most motorists pay their fines on time, and the majority of appeals are rejected. Only appeal if you have a valid reason, such as a medical emergency. Your appeal should be accompanied with relevant documents to support your appeal. Repeated appeals without new evidence will not be considered.

You can submit your appeal here if you have a valid reason and documentary proof to support your appeal.

Report illegal parking

To report illegal parking, submit a violation report online. A Singpass account is needed to login.