Beijing-parking-ITDP-China

Langqin area parking analysisThe Langqin area faces high parking demand onstreets and illegal parking on streets, sidewalksand setbacks is frequent. The table below showsfor each section the parking demand, existingparking balance (i.e. shortage or vacancy of parkingspaces), the proposed on-street parking supply(as described on the next page) and the parkingbalance in the proposed on-street parking system.Some streets will have a shortage of parkingspaces, where others will have vacancy. At thesame time, numerous off-street parking spacesin the nearby Langqin Guoji development arevacant.This proves there is no shortage of parkingspaces, but the parking demand is distributedunevenly.Proper parking enforcement will force driversto make better use of existing vacancy and realtimeparking guidance systems can help directdrivers to vacant spaces. No additional off-streetparking facilities are required.There are a couple of other issues not taken intoaccount that prove there is no shortage of parkingspaces in the area:●●no other off-street parking facilities,such as the Langqin Huayuan residentialdevelopment, were studies, but additionalvacancies are expected in the area, whichcan serve drivers parking further away fromLangqin Guoji. Public access to off-streetparking, with parking sharing, is essential.●●When implementing a paid on-street parkingsystem drivers, parking demand will drop forseveral reasons. Some drivers will decide toshift travel mode and sell or relocate their car.Especially long-term parking will be affectedand move to off-street parking or areas outsidethe paid parking zones, where parkingis cheaper or free of charge and with no timelimits imposed. International experienceshows this drop in parking demand within thezone to be around 20-25%. Actual on-streetdemand in the Langqin area will therefore belower.The proposed on-street parking system first ofall makes better use of existing road space andlegalizes parking on most street sections that arealready used for parking illegally. The proposedstreets with on-street parking are shown inthe graph below. The total number of parkingspaces is shown as well. Additional bike lanes areincluded too (graph right), without reducing theroad capacity for car traffic.Street name Code On-streetparkingsupply[spaces]Setbackparkingsupply[spaces]Demand at area'smax. demandtime [cars]Balance (atarea's max.demand)[spaces]Proposedon-streetparkingsupply[spaces]Proposedsetbackparkingsupply[spaces]Type of parkingBalance forproposed supply(area's max.demand) [parkingspaces]Hongju Jie HJNW 19 0 17 2 22 0 Parallel 5Hongju Jie HJNE 12 0 16 (4) 21 0 Parallel 5Hongju Dong Jie HDN 17 0 20 (3) 31 0 Parallel 11Hongju Dong Jie HDS 0 50 93 (43) 50 0 Parallel (43)Hongju Jie HJME 19 0 13 6 29 0 Parallel 16Hongju Jie HJMW 20 0 19 1 25 0 Parallel 6Shoupakou Nan Jie SPNW 0 0 5 (5) 0 0 No parking (5)Shoupakou Nan Jie SPMW 0 0 65 (65) 43 0 Parallel (22)Shoupakou Nan Jie SPME 0 0 37 (37) 44 0 Parallel 7Shoupakou Nan Jie SPNE 0 0 5 (5) 20 0 Parallel 15Hongju Bei Jie HBSE 31 0 58 (27) 42 0 Perpendicular&parralel (16)Guang'anmen Chezhan Xi Jie GZXJ 0 26 47 (21) 0 26 Angled (21)Shoupakou Nan Jie SPS 0 0 5 (5) 18 0 Parallel 13Shoupakou Nan Jie SPM 0 0 28 (28) 29 0 Parallel 1Shoupakou Xi Yi Xiang SPXY 0 0 8 (8) 0 0 No parking (8)Hongju Bei Jie HBNE 51 0 60 (9) 59 0 Perpendicular (1)Hongju Jie HJSW 24 0 56 (32) 35 0 Parallel (21)Hongju Bei Jie HBNW 0 0 87 (87) 93 0 Perpendicular 6Hongju Bei Jie HBSW 0 0 104 (104) 95 0 Parallel (9)Hongju Jie HJSE 24 0 37 (13) 31 0 Parallel (6)Total or Average 217 76 780 (487) 687 26 Total balance: (67)Langqin Guoji vacancy: 377Total vacancy: 310Parking demand and proposed supply show there is only a small shortage of on-street parking spaces that caneasily be absorbed by off-street vacancy in Langqin Guoji. Note: red values in between brackets are negative.Beijing Parking, ITDP-China 461 March 2015