Subway ready to roll out park-and-ride lots

Beijing will introduce a new transfer model to ease commuting pressures by building 12 parking lots along the five subway lines that will open by the end of this year.

According to the plan, the parking lots will be mainly located around subway stations in the rural-urban fringe zones. No lots will be built within the Fourth Ring Road.

The Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport released the news on Saturday in response to suggestions by Shi Xiangyang, a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Beijing committee member.