Twenty shared parking spaces have been provided to the public since Friday in the Huangsi 24 community, Desheng Street, Xicheng district, Beijing.

北京市西城区德胜街道黄寺24号社区于日前开放了20个共享停车位。

Parking issues are highlighted in Desheng district because there are a large number of communities and neighborhoods.

因为周边有大量的居民区和社区，德胜地区的停车问题很突出。

To solve the issue, the sub-district office and Shouzhong Investment Management Co. Ltd. (a joint venture by the Shougang Group and China International Marine¹ Containers) developed the first platform for shared parking spaces, the Desheng Parking Sharing app.

为解决该难题，由街道办事处和首钢投资管理公司（由首钢集团和中国国际海运集装箱合资经营）开发了第一个共享车位平台，即“德胜共享停车APP”。

People can offer their vacant parking spaces to others in the daytime using the app.

通过这款APP，人们在白天可以将闲置的居民停车位分享给别人使用。

Drivers use it to find the nearest parking space and make a payment online. The charge for each space is 6 yuan per hour, which is cheaper than parking spaces on the roadside.

驾驶员可通过该软件查找到最近的停车位并在线支付。每个停车位每小时的收费是6元，要比公路边的停车位便宜一些。

This can not only make the best use of vacant parking spaces in the community, but also benefit residents who provide parking spaces by giving them 60 percent of the dividends². Parking-space sharing will be promoted in other areas if this works well.

这不仅可以充分利用社区内的闲置车位，提供停车位的居民也能得到6成的红利。如果试行成功，共享停车位这一项目也将在其他地区推广。