Response to Reviewer 1 Comments

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you so much for your time and valuable suggestions. The authors have carefully and
seriously considered the questions and suggestions enclosed in the review and made necessary
revisions.
The modified content in the article is in Red.

Point 1: Extra literature on cruising: actually there is more literature suggesting cruising is not that
big problem as you described. You simply added two papers saying what are the negative aspects
of cruising.

Response 1: Thanks very much for your comments. It is very useful for our academic advancement.
We rewrote the article's narrative to more clearly describe the problem of cruising for parking. We
first described the causes of cruising for parking, then objectively described the impact of cruising
for parking, and finally introduced the Intelligent parking services (IPS) and its advantages. The
specific modifications are shown in lines 30 to 48 of the paper.

The revised contents are as follows.

With the improvement of residents’ consumption levels, the rapid growth of motor vehicles
brings numerous parking problems. In urban central business districts, there is a shortage of
parking supplies, which makes it more difficult for later arriving vehicles to find a suitable parking
space at their destination, even there is no parking space. It makes them have to spend more time
searching for parking spaces in other areas, which leads to the phenomenon of cruising for parking.
Generally, it takes about 7 to 8 minutes for people to find a suitable parking space, which reduces
their parking efficiency [1]. When the number of cruise vehicles increases to a certain extent, it will
have an impact on the surrounding road traffic, leading to traffic congestion and increasing
environmental pollution [2]. Relevant research shows that 30% of vehicles in the traffic flow
cruising for parking [1]. And due to cruising for parking, the road traffic flow has increased by 25-
40% [3]. The annual economic loss caused by cruising for parking in Schwabing, Germany, is
estimated at 20 million euros [4]. Intelligent parking services (IPS) can provide travelers with real-
time parking occupancy information by integrating wireless communication technology, mobile
terminals, and GPS. Parking recommendations and reservations can help travelers find a free
parking space faster and easier, thereby reducing cruising time, improving parking efficiency and
maximizing parking resources, thus greatly reducing the impact of cruising vehicles on road traffic
[5]. Therefore, IPS is an effective method to solve the parking problems in big cities.

Point 2: Asking a question in a survey is almost per definition a stated preference; revealed
preference is when you observe an event.

Response 2: Thanks very much for your suggestions. After careful discussion, we strongly agree
with your suggestion that this article does not include the revealed preference survey. We have
carefully revised the narrative of the article accordingly. The specific modifications are shown in
lines 166 to 170 of the paper.

The revised contents are as follows.

In order to analyze travelers’ parking decision behavior under a parking recommendation

system, a stated preference was used to design a parking behavior survey for shopping trips. First,
we asked people if they drive regularly to filter out the groups that travel by car, and then we
conducted a questionnaire. The survey contents consist of the following parts:

Point 3: I am sure YOU are familiar with China and Baidu; my point is that most readers are not.

Response 2: Thanks very much for your suggestion. We have provided a more detailed description
of Baidu Maps. Baidu Maps is an application that displays the location of travel start and end points,
travel distances, travel routes, and the distribution of parking lots near travel destinations. In our
survey, we used screenshots of Baidu Maps to show the distance between the start and end of the
trip, as well as the distribution of parking lots near the destination Xidan Joy City. The specific
modifications are shown in lines 188 to 190 of the paper.

The revised contents are as follows.

(1) Stated preference survey on sequential parking decision behaviors.

It is assumed that a shopping travel scenario is presented by a screenshot of the Baidu map
(Baidu Maps is an application that displays the location of travel start and end points, travel
distances, travel routes, and the distribution of parking lots near travel destinations.). The trip
origin of the home (i.e., the Century oriental garden community) and the trip destination of Xidan
Joy City are marked on the map. The travel distance is about 15 kilometers and the travel activities
of shopping and eating last about 3 hours. During the travel process, travelers can check the real-
time parking information through the parking recommendation system and reserve a parking lot as
required.