Parking

The management and operation of on-street metered parking spaces is
contracted out to a private operator. On-street parking is provided where
traffic conditions permit. At the end of the year, there were 14 190
parking spaces in Hong Kong, with meter charging mainly between 8 am
and midnight from Mondays to Saturdays.

Meter charging in areas of high demand has been extended to include
Sundays and public holidays to facilitate a better turnover of parking
spaces. The maximum meter charge was $2 per 15 minutes.

To improve the efficiency of parking meter operations, a new contract for
the supply of electronic parking meters which accept smart cards was
awarded in late 1997. Installation of the new meters will start in April
1998.

The government owns 14 multi-storey carparks which provide a total of
8 250 parking spaces. They are operated and managed by two private
operators.

Off-street public parking is provided by the Civil Aviation Department at
the Hong Kong International Airport, the Housing Department in its
housing estates and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation at its
terminus in Hung Hom. Private sector multi-storey and open-air public
carparks in commercial/residential buildings and open-air lots provide
more than 156 000 parking spaces.

 

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