An electronic toll collection pile for the electronic parking fee system is installed on a roadside in Beijing, China, 6 February 2018. Beijing plans to complete the electronic toll collection system for roadside parking by the end of 2019, said the authority. Rong Jun, spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, said during a news conference that the government has installed electronic parking meters for 4, 086 spots covering six districts in the city area and 37 roads in the Tongzhou district, which is a sub-center of the capital. "Those meters are now in operation, " he said. "The system is able to not only collect parking fees, but also monitor parking conditions and analyze the data for better service." According to the commission, by the end of 2016 Beijing had 3.82 million parking spots, including 2.19 million for residential use.
