Parking @ Bangalore

Parking is challenge in Bangalore or rather is no of cars on road a challenge.

Today I had to meet a prospective client on lavelle road, I realised only when I arrived that parking has been taken off on Lavelle Road.

I requested the security person of the company I was visiting to let me in. He was very nice to let me in and park in a certain corner, until the villain (another guard) came around. He questioned the other guard if he checked I am an employee, to whom I responded I am not and was only there for a meeting.
Now the nice guard also turned villain telling me to take the car out and park it on the road. I requested saying I will be out in 15 minutes as it was a short meeting.

This time the guard became a more aggressive saying I have to take the car out and there is no choice of parking the car in the premises for outsiders. I requested again (as it was almost 7pm) saying many cars are going out home, so you let me park it for a while. The guard was really nasty is starting to use language on me, this time though my temper rose, I said calmly now that I have parked my car here, I am not taking the car out till I come back

My blog is not about my problem with the security guard, but the problem behind this whole thing...is it right to get so many cars on the road without proper infrastructure to have space to drive them on road ( perfect example Bangalore traffic) or the space to park them ( Bangalore infrastructure). What should be the solution?
Should the citizens themselves stop buying/ using automobiles or the government should stop issues permits to drive so many vehicles on the road. Should people mandatory made to use the public transport or should government first improve the public transport? Should we follow the Singapore model to allow only automobiles with permits to be driven or improve our infrastructure?

It’s worse than a chicken and egg case...all I can do now is ask for comments

Like Billy Connolly says "I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far. "

- Anand Varadaraj