PARKING LOT DESIGN STANDARDS

EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT AUTOMOBILE DIMENSIONS ARE MORE VARIABLE THAN THEY WERE 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO. THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERED HERE FOR SURFACE LOTS RANGE BETWEEN 8-1/2 AND 9-1/2 FEET (2.6 AND 2.9 M) FOR STALL WIDTHS AND SPECIFY PARKING MODULE DIMENSIONS BASED ON A STALL LENGTH OF 19 FEET (5.8 M). EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED NOT ON SIMPLY PRODUCING TABLES OF ACCEPTABLE DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT ON SHOWING THAT EACH FACILITY MERITS AN EVALUATION OF ITS EXPECTED PARKING CHARACTERISTICS, ITS NEEDED EFFICIENCY, AND ITS AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF PHYSICAL SITE CONDITIONS. THE DESIGNER MUST THEN BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS OF EFFICIENCY AGAINST QUESTIONS OF THE PATRON'S EASE IN PARKING AND OF THE NEED FOR AESTHETIC TREATMENT. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808871?urlappend=%3Bseq=471
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410713
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Kanaan, G E
  • Witheford, D K
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 451-473
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Design standards; Dimensional analysis; Economic efficiency; Location; Parking lots
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203843
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 2001 12:00AM