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The real-time occupancy board directing drivers to Zhonghai Guangchang’s off-street <strong>parking</strong> garage (picturedleft) only shows a vacancy of 30 spaces, where the real-time occupancy sign at the garage itself (pictured right)shows a total of 470 vacant spaces. The pictures were taken at the same time.Mechanical <strong>parking</strong> used for storage.Parking guards charge for legal <strong>parking</strong> on the rightside of the street, but also for illegal <strong>parking</strong> on the left.Parking guards give discounts to achieve 100% occupancyand maximum revenue. They leave no <strong>parking</strong>spaces open and encourage illegal <strong>parking</strong> for whichthey charge driversA <strong>parking</strong> guard writes a receipt and is paid in cash bythe driver. Parking revenue and data on <strong>parking</strong> use areunknown to the government.<strong>Beijing</strong> Parking, <strong>ITDP</strong>-<strong>China</strong> 131 March 2015

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