Beijing-parking-ITDP-China

Comparison of Beijing’s vs. best practice on-street parking systemPriceZoningPaymentoptionsOperationEnforcementGovernmentrevenueTraffic DemandManagementSetbackparkingBeijing on-street parking systemPrice is negotiable with the guard andheavy discounts given for long-term(office & residential) parking. This leads toovercrowded streets and no disincentivesto drive.No comprehensive parking zonesimplemented, so demand is not directedaway from valuable areas. Many streetseven have free parking.Cash.Guards having assigned the operationof a certain amount of parking spaces,resulting in high human resource costsand ‘deals’ between guards and drivers.Traffic police hardly enforces, resulting inabundant illegal parking.Near to nothing.Information on parking demand,occupancy, vacancy, turnover and revenueis unknown to the governmentFrequent, making walking and buildingaccess difficult.Best practice on-street parking systemHigh enough to manage demand, resultingin short-term parking and sufficient onstreetparking vacancy.Price is set based on occupancy, spreadingdemand among available spaces.Cell-phone, pre-paid card, bank card, creditcard, cash.Efficient operation, integrated with datasharing and enforcement.Strict enforcement (usually by operator)and high fines, resulting in compliance toparking regulations.Substantial, financing other transportationsystems.Because of the use of high-technologysoftware and hardware, the governmentknows the parking demand, occupancy,vacancy, turnover and revenue and uses itfor traffic demand management purposesand in communication with the public.Not allowed and not practiced, creatingpleasant environments where residents andbusinesses thrive.Street in Guang’anmen area. Illegal, unpaid parking occurs on the bike lane, whilepaid parking 50 meters ahead is emptyBeijing Parking, ITDP-China 941 March 2015