Can parking fees increase so that bus funds can come down?

In some parts of Beijing, parking fees have been raised since April 1, up to 15 yuan/hour. One of the direct consequences of the implementation of the policy is that some of the districts have started or are planning to increase parking space rents. This result is inevitable, because non-residential areas, parking fees rise, the office workers will certainly think of the car parked around the unit's community, and the community certainly can not afford this pressure, so follow suit.

When it comes to cars, people habitually think about buses. If a bowl of water is flat, everyone has nothing to say. The question is: After the increase in parking fees, the cost of car ownership for private car owners will increase. How will the official car be affected? On the one hand, the parking spaces of government agencies have been relatively abundant, and there has been a constant call in the community to appeal for the opening of parking spaces for organizations. On the other hand, official vehicles parking in urban paid parking lots are also used as public money. This does not necessarily mean that the organs and units have a lot of pain.

No wonder people say: Who will benefit from the increase in parking fees? With the increase in parking fees, there will be a large number of private cars parked, which serves as a buffer. The biggest beneficiaries are the owners of high parking fees rather than the official vehicles of various government agencies. Having said that, if the effect of this move is not obvious, what is the benefit of such a sharp increase in parking fees? Not to mention that even if the official car can afford the parking fee, the extra budgetary expenses are also the taxpayer’s money.

On March 26, Premier Wen Jiabao pointed out at the fourth work conference on clean administration that the "three publics" expenditures at various levels of budgetary arrangements should be further reduced, and special vehicles for official vehicles should be implemented. It was emphasized that the expenditure on official vehicles should be disclosed in detail. Now, in the context of high parking costs, can Beijing's official car expenses fall?

Obviously, since the Prime Minister emphasized that the “three-public” expenditure should be further reduced, if the expenses of Beijing’s official vehicles are not to be raised and reduced, it is necessary to reduce the number of official vehicles. Otherwise, if a private car is forced to reduce travel due to the increase in parking fees, it is probably not appropriate for the official car to travel as normal as it used to.

It is not uncommon to control traffic congestion by increasing charges, and even some experts recommend charging for road congestion. In fact, this is not the fundamental policy to stop the problem. The way to ease traffic congestion is also to build public transport, reduce bus travel, and promote green travel. They are trying to dig out existing resources and improve traffic management services.