In order to solve parking problems, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport is working on guidelines for shared parking in the city. 

A recent survey shows over 80% of interviewees from Beijing are in favor of shared parking. 

According to Nie Yaguang, deputy director of the Static Traffic Management Department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, the city's newly established vertical lifting parking facilities provided over 20,000 parking spaces in its six downtown districts last year. Though the trend of increasing parking space shortage has slowed down, the estimated gap still stands at as high as 850,000. 

Nie said there are around 900,000 parking spaces in public buildings that lie idle during the night. "If 50% of the nightly idle parking spaces can be leveraged to compensate for the shortage in residential areas, 35% of the present gap will be filled, equaling the total vehicles that are usually parked on the roadside during the night," he added.

Xicheng district has already piloted shared parking in some subdistricts. Shared parking facilities have been set up with the support of subdistrict offices, companies and off-road operating parking enterprises. The district has also persuaded a group of state organs to open private parking spaces in their buildings to neighboring residents. 

In a further move to promote shared parking, both municipal and district governments are planning to provide incentives for the suppliers of shared parking facilities. Meanwhile, the city is also working on a digital parking resource platform for information sharing, which will make it more convenient for residents to find a nearby parking space.

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