Governance of hutong parking problems in Beijing: Analysis from a perspective of policy tools

Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing 10015, China

^* Corresponding author: 1535494801@qq.com

Abstract

When managing the parking issue in Beijing’s Old City, finding a fair balance between space planning and parking demand is the most difficult challenge. Numerous policy studies on parking in Beijing’s hutongs have been conducted, with a massive number of studies aiming to develop parking devices utilizing new technologies and methods, proposing parking plans from a holistic perspective, etc. However, there is currently a scarcity of research focusing on a mix of policy tools. This paper investigates the challenging parking situation in Beijing’s hutongs, drawing on the classification proposed by Hood. Specifically, we collected 54 relevant articles from the official websites of Dongcheng and Xicheng Districts. Furthermore, we carefully read the document, extracted the keywords that indicate the four types of instruments, and classified all the policy texts into four categories based on Hood’s classification. Next, we correspond these keywords to the policy documents. Finally, we categorized the policy documents according to keywords hits in titles and counted the articles in each category in two urban areas. In conjunction with the above, this paper tries to determine which combination of policy tools can successfully improve the hutong parking problem during the implementation phase.