Reprinted: The supply of berths in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City is about 110,000, and the gap is nearly 50%

 At the beginning of this year, at the Fifth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress of the city, several delegations put forward their opinions and suggestions on the difficulty of parking in the urban area. Yesterday, a reporter from Nandu learned from the Environmental and Resource Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress that in order to understand the situation and respond to the concerns of representatives, the working committee, under the leadership of the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, recently conducted a special issue on the difficulty of parking in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City. research. As of the first half of this year, the car ownership in Zhongshan City has reached about 670,000, increasing at a rate of 15% per year. According to regulations, the total demand for parking spaces in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City in 2015 is about 200,000, while the current supply of parking spaces in Zhongshan is about 110,000. "It can be seen that there is a large gap in parking spaces."

Current situation: The berth gap is close to half of the demand

According to relevant persons who participated in the special survey of the Environmental and Resource Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, the survey found that the number of cars in Zhongshan City was about 550,000 in 2013 and about 640,000 in 2014. As of the first half of 2015, the number of cars The number of cars is about 670,000, and the number of cars is increasing at a rate of 15% per year. According to the forecast results of motor vehicle population in Zhongshan City, the number of passenger vehicles in Zhongshan City reached 170,000 in 2015, and the number of passenger vehicles in Zhongshan City will reach 290,000 in 2020. On the other hand, the growth rate of parking spaces is far behind the growth rate of car ownership. According to the "Guidelines for Urban Parking Facilities Planning" issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, for cities with a planned population of more than 500,000, the total supply of motor vehicle parking spaces should be controlled between 1.1 and 1.3 times the number of motor vehicles; calculated according to this standard In 2015, the total demand for parking spaces in Zhongshan City was about 200,000, and in 2020 it will reach 350,000. At present, the supply of parking spaces in Zhongshan is about 110,000, and the gap is close to half of the demand.

With such a huge gap, what measures have the relevant departments taken to try to solve the problem? According to the "Research Report on Solving the Difficulty of Parking in Urban Areas" (hereinafter referred to as the "Research Report") written by the Environmental and Resource Protection Working Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, in fact, in order to alleviate the rapid growth of motor vehicle ownership and parking The city planning department has introduced many solutions to the tension between supply and demand of berths. Among them, in 2011, the "Street Parking Plan in Zhongshan City Center" was completed, and it was proposed to set up 225 on-street parking sections in the central city area, and 8,285 on-street parking spaces were planned; in 2012, the "Zhongshan City Center Urban Public Parking Lot Planning, which proposes to plan 144 parking lots, provide 24,753 berths, and occupy a land area of ​​703.19 mu; in 2014, the "Research on Parking Allocation and Construction Indicators for Construction Projects in Zhongshan City" was completed, updating and improving the parking allocation of construction projects in Zhongshan City built indicators.

According to the relevant persons involved in this survey, my country divides parking lots into three types: built-in parking lots, off-street parking lots and on-street parking lots. The auxiliary parking lot refers to the auxiliary parking facilities of the building (three-dimensional garage, intelligent parking equipment), which is the parking lot set up by enterprises and businesses; the off-street parking lot refers to the public parking lot for social vehicles; the on-street parking lot is It means parking along the street. At present, the hospitals and businesses in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City have built parking lots according to certain standards; the housing construction department and the former City Investment Group have also built some off-street parking lots and on-street parking lots according to certain plans and requirements.

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Planning: Zhongshan urban construction planning lacks forward thinking

"Most of the traffic problems are caused by planning." A person in the planning industry said, "Zhongshan's urban construction, especially in the old city, many plans are lagging and scattered, lacking forward thinking, and are limited to solving The current problem is that after the facilities are completed, it is found that the capacity cannot keep up with the demand.” This statement is also echoed in the “Research Report on Solving the Difficulty of Parking in Urban Areas”. The report pointed out that in the early years, due to the low level of car ownership and the lack of contradiction between the supply and demand of parking, the commercial, school, market, and residential buildings built in the old city hardly considered building parking spaces. "Some newly-built hospitals, schools, and markets in urban areas lack forward-looking planning, low construction standards, and insufficient parking facilities. For example, the planning standard for the construction of parking lots for People's Hospital, Xinzhong Hospital, and Bo'ai Hospital is 2.5 parking spaces/100 square meters (that is, one hundred The construction area per square meter is equipped with 2.5 parking spaces), and the current actual configuration is 0.31, 1.48, and 0.75 respectively, and the configuration standard is obviously too low", and two of them are less than half of the standard.

Reporters from Nandu visited the three major hospitals mentioned above and found that parking difficulties do exist. In the Municipal People's Hospital, at about 15 o'clock, Nandu reporters found that there were already a large number of vehicles waiting in line at the gate of the main intersection of the hospital. The security personnel said, "The parking spaces in the hospital are relatively tight. It is basically necessary to queue up to find a parking space before 6 pm." Mr. Yang, a citizen, took his wife to see a doctor yesterday. He said that he searched four or five times in the hospital before he found a parking space. "Just looking for a parking space took about 20 minutes." In fact, this situation is not uncommon in major hospitals, and it also exists in the Municipal Bo'ai Hospital and Xinzhong Hospital.

"Zhongshan has not formulated the parking system planning of the central urban area." According to relevant persons from the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress who participated in this investigation, the development of urban parking involves many factors such as policy, planning, construction and management. It is a systemic issue that must be combined The needs of urban and transportation development, combined with the characteristics and market conditions of the city, comprehensively consider the strategy and planning of urban parking development. "At present, Zhongshan has not compiled a parking master plan, and there is a lack of relevant parking development policies." According to the person, "Currently, although Zhongshan City has issued a lot of parking lot construction documents, they are relatively scattered and single, and have not yet been compiled systematically. , Overall planning.” “There is no parking master plan, and there is also a lack of relevant parking development policies, resulting in the lack of forward-looking guidance for current policies, and the lack of in-depth research on the characteristics of urban development and market conditions, making it difficult to make effective plans for future needs. lead and think."

Construction: Part of the planned parking lot has not been implemented

In addition, the "Research Report" also shows that Zhongshan City's investment in the construction of public parking lots is still insufficient. The report pointed out that "public parking lots are part of public service facilities, and the government has not fully considered the construction of public parking lots when building public service facilities. Secondly, the government does not support and encourage social capital to invest in the construction of parking lots. Big. The "Notice on Encouraging Real Estate Developers to Build Parking Spaces" issued in 2008 aims to encourage real estate developers to build parking lots, but there is no mention of encouraging various social investment entities to build public parking spaces."

Due to limited land and road resources, some planned parking lots have not been implemented, resulting in less supply of parking spaces and tense relationship between parking supply and demand. "For example, according to the "Public Parking Lot Planning in Downtown Zhongshan City", a total of 10 public parking lots were planned in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City from 2012 to 2015, providing 2,553 berths. Up to now, there are underground parking lots at Zimaling West Gate and Zimaling North Gate. field has not yet been implemented”.

Management: The problem of disorderly parking of motor vehicles is still serious

What is the current management situation of public parking lots in Zhongshan City? The "Research Report" shows that for the 8,000 road parking spaces built in the central urban area, Zhongshan Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. selected Zhongshan Fourth Road and Liantang North Road as pilot road sections according to the "Work Plan for Implementing Road Parking Parking Parking Charges in Zhongshan City" The first phase of road parking berth charging project will be implemented, and the second phase of roadside parking berth charging project will be implemented to construct and operate a total of 1,855 road parking berths in 36 road sections within the eastern district of the central urban area. But in fact, the existing parking facilities have not been effectively utilized. According to reports, road parking spaces are selected as pilot road sections to implement road parking parking fees. Under the price leverage, most vehicles choose to park for free in the streets and alleys around the toll road section, resulting in congestion in the inner streets and alleys and vacant road parking spaces. Phenomenon: On-street parking and off-street parking prices are unreasonable, and the cost of on-street parking is low or no cost, resulting in many vehicles being parked on the road for a long time or even all day long, which seriously deviates from the short-term parking function on the roadside; some Due to the lack of guidance on the number of parking spaces and the direction of parking in the tight parking lot, the parking time is too long and the turnover rate is reduced.

Nandu reporters found during the visit that there were not many vehicles parked in the toll parking spaces originally set up on Zhongshan Fourth Road, but the streets adjacent to Zhongshan Fourth Road and the roads in the old community were full of vehicles. A resident of the community said, "Driving on these roads, because they are two-way two-lane, or even one-lane, and then parked full of cars, they are so crowded that they can't move at all when they get off work." When visiting Jianshe Street in the Eastern District, some neighbors said that some "zombie cars" had been occupying the road for half a year and had been left unattended. On Huaxia Street and Qihao Street in the East District, a large number of vehicles parked on the side of the road, making driving on the narrow road even slower. In addition, during the visits to some hospitals and markets by Nandu reporters, they found that there is no relevant parking direction guidance, and basically need to rely on manpower to direct, but "there are few cars, but there are too many cars, and one person can't direct them at all." Relevant security personnel complained that "this seriously reduces the turnover rate of parking spaces."

In addition, "joint law enforcement needs to be strengthened", according to relevant persons involved in the investigation of the Environmental and Resource Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress. In residential areas, firefighting and ambulance vehicles cannot arrive at the scene in time; some businesses on both sides of the streets in the central city have drawn lines or set up parking spaces with "ice cream cones" without approval to meet customers' parking requirements, causing chaos on motorways and sidewalks Parking is rampant.

Travel: Private car travel accounts for nearly 30% of motorized travel

"The concept of green travel needs to be strengthened." According to the "Research on Parking and Construction Indexes of Construction Projects in Zhongshan City" (2014), the travel rate of private cars in the main urban area of ​​Zhongshan City is relatively high, accounting for 28.4% of motorized travel. The number of motor vehicles has increased significantly, and the proportion of private car travel has also increased year by year. Some citizens believe that the high rate of private car travel has something to do with the imperfection of public transportation facilities. "I work in the ancient town and live in the eastern district. If I don't drive, can I get to the unit on time by taking the bus every day?" Ms. Liu, who works in a public institution, said that the connection between the main urban area and the township is not close enough, and there are few shifts. I don't want to take the bus to go to work at all. "It's more difficult to go to other towns. Once I went to Huangpu, I had to wait for 40 minutes for a bus to come." As far as the type of public transport is concerned, Zhongshan City has established a public transport service system such as ordinary public transport, Dazhan Express, rapid public transport, and customized public transport. No matter how various bus services are implemented, the overall bus trip rate will not change much.” Some citizens said that no matter how many new bus service forms are developed, it is better to increase the density of bus trips in urban and townships, Efforts to increase frequency, extend service hours, and optimize bus routes are more effective.

On the other hand, the "Research Report" suggests that the quality of some drivers needs to be improved. As of the end of 2011, there were 166,700 motor vehicle drivers in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City. According to forecasts, the number of motor vehicle drivers in the urban area of ​​Zhongshan City will reach 230,000 by the end of 2015, and will reach 340,000 by the end of 2020. "With the increasing number of drivers, some drivers have insufficient awareness of standardized parking and weak awareness of law-abiding, which directly leads to the occurrence of random parking and parking of vehicles."

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Compilation of parking system planning in central urban area

In order to effectively alleviate the parking problem, the Environmental and Resource Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress passed the "Research Report", suggesting that the municipal government and relevant functional departments should formulate a scientific and reasonable parking plan to ensure that the plan is implemented in place. "The key is to formulate the parking system planning in the central city." According to relevant persons who participated in the investigation of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, it is recommended to start from the overall development strategy of the city's social economy and comprehensively consider the number of motor vehicles in the city, the status and nature of land use, and public transportation. Based on factors such as development status, road conditions, urban layout, environment, etc., the planning of the parking system in the central urban area shall be prepared.

At the same time, strengthen the implementation of the parking plan to ensure that it is in place. "The planning department should strictly control the planning approval. For new construction, reconstruction, and expansion projects that do not reasonably determine the parking facility allocation indicators, they will not approve the construction, and ensure the number of parking spaces for specific projects from the source; strictly control the acceptance. , For projects approved for construction, if the parking lot is not provided according to the planning requirements, the parking lot must be equipped or added, and it must be gradually supplemented or expanded according to the planned construction procedures."

Encourage various investment entities to build public parking lots

The "Report" also suggested that the construction of public parking lots in urban areas should be accelerated, "promulgate relevant regulations on preferential policies and management for the construction of off-street public parking lots, and make full use of social funds to invest in the construction of off-street parking lots. Encourage various investment entities to build public parking lots In terms of land supply policy, management right policy, commercial development policy, parking fee policy and operation guarantee measures, etc., preferential policies and guarantees are given, thus driving the investment enthusiasm of various investors.”

Introduce intelligent management and implement regional management

Regarding the problems existing in the management of parking spaces, relevant persons involved in the research suggested that the management of the parking lot should be deepened and the operating efficiency of the parking lot should be improved. "Implement regional management, adjust the current road parking charges from road section charges to regional charges, and increase the utilization rate of road parking spaces through price leverage; introduce intelligent management, build a parking guidance system, and provide travelers with parking lot locations in a timely manner , the number of vacant parking spaces, the price of parking charges and other information can improve the efficiency of parking lot use while reducing the time wasted and ineffective traffic generated by drivers looking for parking spaces.

The "Research Report" also suggested that relevant departments should coordinate the joint meeting system, formulate a comprehensive management plan, implement leading departments, and strengthen joint law enforcement. "Departments such as planning, construction and management should clarify their responsibilities in accordance with the comprehensive management plan, standardize and institutionalize parking management, and improve the efficiency of the use of limited resources. For example, those who park without approval will be responsible for returning to their original state; If the purpose is changed and used for other purposes, it shall be responsible for gradually restoring the parking function; if the relevant buildings are not equipped with parking lots or the proportion of parking lots is insufficient, they shall be responsible for improvement; the traffic management department shall strengthen road inspection and law enforcement, and increase Increase the severity of penalties, increase the cost of violations, and promptly investigate and deal with relatively common traffic violations such as parking on the road and reverse parking.”

A medium-sized bus can replace 15 taxis

The "Research Report" also recommends vigorously developing public transportation to reduce blind spots of public transportation. Drawing lessons from the experience of developed cities at home and abroad, developing public transportation is one of the good strategies to solve urban traffic congestion. According to expert calculations, the road area occupied by a medium-sized bus is equivalent to that of 10 bicycles and 2 taxis, but from the analysis of the number of passengers, a medium-sized bus can replace 15 taxis.