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the surrounding district. The parking lot ownercan significantly increase its parking revenue bycharging drivers for parking spaces that wouldotherwise be unused. Parking fees, and penalties,are needed though to encourage users to notoverstay parking hours and ensure vacancy duringoffice hours. Also an agreement can be signedbetween the parking lot owner and user, as isapplied in some cases in Beijing and Shanghai.7.8.2 Parking sharing for newparking supplyFor new developments the Planning Commissionshould forbid operators to sell or rent individualparking spaces to single users and parking sharingshould be made a requirement for operators ofoff-street parking. Monthly and yearly rental canstill be sold to users, but a fixed parking spaceshould be banned to ensure maximum occupancyof all parking spaces and ensure efficient use ofland. Other stimuli could be higher allowablefloor area ratios (FARs) for a higher percentage ofshared parking.building used to host the former city governmentheadquarters and now hosts multiple state-ownedenterprises and government-affiliated organizations.It has over 300 on-ground parking spaceswhich are mostly used during office hours bydrivers who have a sticker on the car’s windshield,indicating payment of a monthly parking fee.After office hours at 6.30pm the parking lot opensup for visitors; especially residents in nearby areasuse the parking lot at night. During our timeof visit in late October 2014 at 9.00pm, manyresidents had parked inside the premises but evenmore spaces were vacant.When visitors come parking at night, theparking guards ask visitors when entering whenthey will leave. They are asked to leave before 7amif they park inside. If drivers wish to park longer,guards only allow them to park on the setbackoutside the gate. The parking price is 150RMB/month for visitors who join the parking sharingscheme.7.8.3 Chinese parking sharingexamplesOver 14 Chinese cities have a policy to encourageand guide parking sharing or have implementedparking sharing, including Beijing, Shanghai,Guangzhou, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Hefei, Xi’an,Jinan, Zhengzhou, Nanjing and Quanzhou.In 2011 the Beijing government announced thea notification of parking sharing to encourageand guide institutions in opening their parkinglots to the public after working hours. By 2011, 61parking lots were sharing 8,946 spaces in 6 centraldistricts. Most of these shared parking lots areopen to residents in the surroundings between6pm and 8am. In late 2013 the Beijing governmentapproved another policy on parking sharingwhere more details of the mechanism wereexplained and where charging parking fees wereallowed as long as these follow the Parking Pricepolicy and after registration with the Industrial &Commercial Bureau.An example of parking sharing in Beijing isthe Shifu Dalou on the corner of HuaibaishuJie and Changchun Jie in Xicheng district. ThisShifu Dalou building: parking for employees during theday (above) and for residents at night (below)Beijing Parking, ITDP-China 1551 March 2015