Beijing universities build garages for students
12/8/2003 15:31
The growing number of undergraduates buying cars has encouraged
universities in Beijing to build underground garages, eastday.com reported
today.
The College of Business with the Beijing Union University plans to
construct an underground garage for 200 cars, and Beijing University established
an underground garage for each apartment building of post-graduates, each holds
45 cars.
The number of motor vehicles exceeded two million in Beijing to
date, with 1.28 million private vehicles, or 64 percent of the total, according
to statistics.
More young people, especially university students buy cars
nowadays, and there is no ban from universities that prevent students from
driving their cars to campus, said Li Jingli, general manager with the Beijing
North Vehicle Distributing Market.
A growing number of university teachers
currently purchase cars, with some 25 percent of teachers in a Beijing local
university owning cars.
However, there are no large-size parking lots in the
university campus, so students or teachers have to park their cars before the
class buildings or near the avenues.
"We build garages for the conveniences
of both teachers and students, as we cannot keep those driving their own cars
away from the campus," said Prof. Sun Ming, director with the College of
Business with the Beijing Union University.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
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