Parking problem not difficult to solve

THE BEIJING MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OF TRANSPORT issued a report on local parking places on Wednesday, which said by the end of last year, the city's urban districts had parking space for 3.82 million cars, while 3.84 million cars were parked at night. Beijing News comments:

The report seems contrary to what car owners in Beijing say - for long they have been complaining about the lack of parking space during the day.

The city needs to take proper measures to ensure all available parking spaces are optimally utilized. For example, in many residential communities, the parking spaces can be sold to "outsiders" whose workplaces are in the neighborhood, so that after the community residents leave for work in their cars, their parking spaces, instead of lying vacant, can be used by the "outsiders" to park their cars.