The Analysis Of The Problem And Strategy Of Car Parking In Beijing’s Residential Districts

The economy and society of our country develop rapidly, the living standards of cityresidents have been improved so much with a higher per capita disposable income. Ourcountry has entered into the consumption age with a higher quality of our residents’ liferepresented by houses and cars owned by a family. With respect to the travels rate, comfortand economy, cars have their irreplaceable advantages compared with other vehicles—theyare fast, convenient and comfortable. in the long-distance journey, cars are the mostconvenient traffic tools. At present, it is common for a family to own a car. With theincreasing number of private cars, residential parking problems become prominent, especiallyin Beijing. This problem is becoming increasingly serious. Parking facilities of residentialdistricts are facing the ordeal both in a short and a long term. During1980s, people’s traffictools are mostly bicycles and motorcycles, thus, the planning of residential districts almostignore the parking areas, people would use empty grounds or roads in the district for parking.But in recent decades, as private cars are entering into more and more families, especially inBeijing, the number of private cars grows sharply, the parking facilities of residential districtsare facing a serious test.How to effectively relieve or solve the parking problems of residential districts are the topconcern of our government and people. The parking problems of residential districts has alsocaused a series of complications, for example, taking up green spaces for parking, occupyingfire exits for parking, the poor traffic condition, and the bad environment in undergroundparking lots which leads to higher vacancy rate and other problems. Therefore, in the near orfar future, the solution of parking problems in residential districts is urgently needed.The paper selects the old and new representative residential districts in Beijing to doinvestigation, collecting and arranging the relevant information for studying, and summarizesthe main parking problems of Beijing residential districts, then studies and analyses the causesof parking problems deeply, using successful examples both at home and abroad of dealing with the residential districts’ parking facilities which put forward corresponding solutions andmethods to the problem. Through these explorations, the paper wants to provide referentialand feasible suggestions for the city community planning and the sustainable development ofthe residential districts.