China Parking Industry News Bulletin (Issue 199)

This issue’s summary:

1.  The consultation meeting for Shenzhen’s local standard, “Safety and Security Requirements for Parking Garages (Lots),” was held successfully.

2.  Nanjing: Jiangning plans to add more than 1,700 parking spaces, with the project slated for completion within two years.

3. Zhejiang: Wenling, Taizhou, has launched the province’s first shared parking platform.

4. A nine-story smart parking garage has been built on a leftover plot of land, adding more than 600 new parking spaces in Hanyang.

5. This year, Dalian City will prioritize the construction of 12 parking lot projects.

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The consultation meeting for Shenzhen’s local standard, “Safety and Security Requirements for Parking Garages (Lots),” was held successfully.

On the afternoon of October 12, 2019, a consultation meeting on the Shenzhen local standard “Safety and Security Requirements for Parking Garages (Lots),” drafted under the leadership of the Shenzhen Parking Technology Enterprises Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”), was successfully held in the Association’s Secretariat Conference Room.

Gao Hao, Deputy Section Chief of the Parking Lot Management Section of the Traffic Police Bureau of the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau, and Officer Xu Zicheng attended the meeting. During the session, the association’s secretariat presented the standard’s structure and its drafting rationale, and, in close consultation with the leaders of the competent authorities, thoroughly reviewed and refined the standard’s content, thereby ensuring that its formulation is more scientifically sound.

Next, the drafting team will further refine and finalize the “Safety Prevention Requirements for Parking Garages (Lots)” standard in preparation for submission for review.

Source: Parking Technology Network

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Nanjing: Jiangning plans to add more than 1,700 parking spaces, with the project slated for completion within two years.

Recently, reporters learned from the Jiangning District Urban Management Bureau that the district plans to construct and renovate seven parking lots across areas including Xinyi Road, Dongxin South Road, and Kening Road over the next two years, adding 1,743 parking spaces to further alleviate parking shortages.

According to reports, Jiangning District has nearly 530,000 registered motor vehicles, yet only 319,600 parking spaces, leaving a significant shortfall. “To alleviate the parking shortage, we must address urban congestion at the planning stage,” said Han Zhixiang, Director of the Parking Office of the Jiangning District Urban Management Bureau. Preliminary surveys revealed that areas such as Dongxin South Road, Kening Road, Jinbao Decoration City, and Tianyuan Jidi in the main urban district experience heavy traffic and acute parking scarcity. “Therefore, we have been strategically tapping into available space around these neighborhoods to build or renovate new parking facilities.”

The Xinyi Road area is one of Jiangning District’s major commercial hubs, surrounded by numerous shops and residential complexes. With heavy daily traffic, parking spaces are in severe short supply. “After assessing the available resources in the vicinity, we decided to repurpose an existing vacant lot to build a civil‑defense underground parking facility with a central garden,” said Han Zhixiang. Currently, the project has completed preliminary preparations, including erecting construction barriers, and is slated to provide more than 350 parking spaces. “Once the underground parking is finished, we will also green the rooftop, transforming the site into a multi‑functional central park that combines fitness, recreation, and parking—alleviating parking pressures while enhancing the surrounding environment.”

In addition to making efficient use of existing resources and expanding public parking infrastructure, Jiangning District is vigorously promoting staggered‑peak and shared‑parking initiatives. It encourages government agencies, enterprises, institutions, and older residential communities to retrofit their internal parking facilities for staggered‑peak and shared‑use arrangements, thereby alleviating parking shortages in surrounding areas. Furthermore, Jiangning District is accelerating the development of a district‑wide public parking information‑guidance system, which, through a unified data interface, systematically directs vehicles to park in an orderly manner and advances the digitalization of parking management.

“The second phase of the Jiangning District smart parking system, currently under construction, will integrate information on off-peak parking, commercial parking, and on-street parking, effectively providing residents with real-time updates on available spaces and helping to alleviate congestion,” said a responsible official from the Jiangning District Urban Management Bureau. “Going forward, we will progressively launch construction of the Jinbao Decoration City parking lot, the Tianyuan Jidi parking lot, the Dongxin South Road parking lot, and the Kening Road P+R parking facility, further addressing the challenges of insufficient and disorganized parking.”

Source: China Jiangsu Net

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Zhejiang: Wenling, Taizhou, has launched the province’s first shared parking platform.

On the afternoon of October 10, Wenling City in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, held a press conference to announce the launch of a public parking‑space‑sharing platform, marking the official commencement of operations for the region’s first such platform. According to reports, the platform initially integrates 56 public parking facilities across Wenling, offering a total of 6,287 shared parking spaces, covering locations such as corporate and institutional sites, commercial parking lots, and tourist attractions.

As early as 2009, Wenling launched its “metered parking” service. However, given the stark disparity between the number of metered parking spaces and the city’s vehicle ownership, the supply‑demand imbalance remained acute. Starting in 2017, Wenling undertook an intelligent upgrade and modernization of its existing metered‑parking infrastructure. Building on this foundation, Wenling’s public‑sector parking‑space‑sharing platform went live for a trial run in early September this year, accessible via the Xiniu Parking and Wenling Smart Urban Management official accounts.

According to reports, the fee structure for public parking lots integrated into the platform varies depending on each lot’s existing pricing and will not result in any additional charges. Meanwhile, drivers can pay using a variety of methods, including cash, Alipay, WeChat Pay, and electronic vouchers.

Going forward, the scale of this shared‑parking platform will continue to expand: it is expected to first integrate parking facilities operated by enterprises and public institutions for external use; open internal parking lots of these entities to the public during idle periods; make commercial‑complex parking (available at night) and residential‑community parking spaces (available during the day) accessible through the system, thereby enabling time‑shifted sharing of parking resources; and, in an orderly manner, open up parking spaces within government offices during their spare capacity.

Source: Taizhou Daily

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A nine-story smart parking garage has been built on a leftover plot of land, adding more than 600 new parking spaces in Hanyang.

Utilize leftover corner plots from municipal projects to construct a new intelligent mechanical parking facility. On October 8, two newly built smart parking garages in Guocikou and Wangjiawan, Hanyang District, Wuhan, were put into operation—one an eight-story structure and the other a nine-story one—adding more than 600 parking spaces, both equipped with DC charging stations.

According to a relevant official from Wuhan Bridge Construction Group, which is affiliated with Wuhan Urban Investment Group, The group proactively planned ahead and promptly responded to the municipal government’s directives. By leveraging two corner plots within the Wangjiawan area of Hanyang District, it invested in the construction of the Hanyang District Provincial Transportation Planning Institute Smart Parking Garage and the Guocikou Smart Parking Garage. Both facilities officially opened to the public today, significantly alleviating the longstanding parking shortage in the Wangjiawan area of Hanyang.

The reporter learned that the two smart parking garages together occupy a total area of over 6,000 square meters and offer more than 600 parking spaces. Among them, the Provincial Transportation Planning Institute Parking Garage is an eight‑story, modern structure located in the heart of the Wangjiawan commercial district in Hanyang District. Covering approximately 2,000 square meters, it provides 165 parking spaces and, in addition to its parking function, features 19 DC charging stations on the ground level. The Guocikou Parking Garage is situated south of Beida Resources’ First Building, spanning about 4,000 square meters. It comprises nine levels with 390 parking spaces and includes 19 DC charging stations on the ground floor.

The parking structure integrates parking, leisure, and cutting-edge technology, featuring a vertical‑lift system with large car‑cabin bays. A rotating turntable at the entrance allows vehicles to enter and exit directly. The design incorporates an interactive human–machine interface: when dropping off a vehicle, drivers simply drive it to the entrance, park, confirm the deposit at the garage door, and then leave; an automated robotic carrier will move the car to an available space. Upon returning, drivers swipe their card at the entrance to retrieve their vehicle, and an intelligent transporter automatically retrieves it and delivers it to the exit. In addition, the smart garage offers convenient features such as real-time vacancy monitoring, reservation for storage and retrieval, and online payment. The entire process—from drop-off to pick-up—takes no more than 90 seconds, truly delivering “fully intelligent parking.”

Source: Chutian Metropolis Daily

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This year, Dalian City will prioritize the construction of 12 parking lot projects.

In recent years, as the number of private vehicles has continued to rise, the challenge of finding parking has become increasingly acute. The Dalian Municipal Housing and Urban–Rural Development Bureau stated that, while prioritizing the implementation of 12 parking‑lot projects this year, it will also identify suitable sites in areas with significant parking shortages to develop a number of parking facilities, construct simple mechanical multi‑storey parking structures, and advance the conversion of surface parking to underground or elevated parking.

In a proposal, Dalian Municipal Political Consultative Conference member Zang Weili stated that China’s private car ownership is growing at an annual rate of 20% to 30%, with roughly 3 million new parking spaces added each year. Based on the current vehicle stock, the city currently has about 580,000 public parking spaces, leaving a shortfall of approximately 260,000 and placing significant pressure on urban parking. In its response, the Municipal Housing and Urban–Rural Development Bureau indicated that advancing parking‑lot development will focus on addressing the construction of “public parking facilities.”

In 2019, Dalian City prioritized the construction of mechanical multi‑storey parking facilities and the conversion of surface parking lots into multi‑storey structures. First, building on the 12 parking projects already designated as key initiatives this year, district governments were tasked with identifying additional sites for new parking facilities, focusing on areas with significant parking shortages around public institutions, hospitals, schools, shopping malls, and other high‑demand locations, where simple mechanical multi‑storey parking systems would be installed to advance the conversion of surface to multi‑storey parking. Second, the city explored retrofitting retaining walls and implementing integrated urban improvement measures to increase parking capacity and alleviate parking difficulties in neighborhoods adjacent to such structures. In addition, thorough feasibility studies were conducted to assess the potential of converting existing bus depots (turnaround yards) located in prime areas into multi‑storey parking facilities.

Going forward, we will accelerate the industrialization of parking‑facility development, explore diverse public‑private partnership models—including PPP and BOT—liberalize market access, and encourage state‑owned enterprises to actively engage in market competition. By fostering healthy competition with private firms or promoting collaborative partnerships, we aim to leverage complementary strengths and advance the outcomes of parking‑lot construction.

To strengthen citywide scientific parking management and alleviate parking pressure, in recent years, the relevant municipal parking authorities have enforced strict controls on on‑street parking. Guided by the principle of “returning roads to traffic and to the public,” they have standardized the placement of parking spaces in accordance with the following guidelines: prioritize static parking over dynamic use; prohibit parking on main thoroughfares and sidewalks; exercise caution on secondary arterial streets; and allow appropriate parking on minor and medium‑sized streets. At the same time, they have curtailed the scale of on‑street parking as new parking facilities are developed, reducing it year by year, while intensifying enforcement and imposing stricter penalties for unauthorized or improper parking to ensure unobstructed traffic flow. In line with the Dalian Municipal Measures for the Administration of Motor Vehicle Parking Lots, nearly 400 nighttime on‑street parking spots have been established in older residential neighborhoods, providing a total of 54,000 parking spaces as a supplementary measure. These nighttime on‑street parking spaces operate from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the following day.

In addition, Cheng Liang, a member of the Dalian Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has proposed that enterprises and public institutions located near older residential neighborhoods open their internally managed parking lots to the general public during non-working hours, allowing residents to park free of charge within designated time frames.