SHOPPING CENTER PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND DISCUSSION

THIS PAPER REPORTS ON RESEARCH WORK CARRIED OUT FOR THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE TO ESTABLISH THE PARKING STANDARDS THAT SHOULD BE USED IN THE DESIGN OF SHOPPING CENTERS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEMAND FOR PARKING FACILITIES AT 270 CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WAS UNDERTAKEN. THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING THESE STANDARDS, SUCH AS PARKING HABITS, TRADING AREA, MODE OF TRAVEL, AND THE PRESENCE OF NONRETAIL USES IN THE SHOPPING CENTERS. THIS RESEARCH POINTED OUT THAT AT A SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THERE IS LITTLE WALK-IN OR TRANSIT TRADE 5.5 SPACES PER 1000 SQUARE FEET OF GROSS LEASABLE AREA WILL ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE PARKING DEMANDS ON ALL BUT THE THREE HIGHEST DAYS OF THE YEAR, WITH ALLOWANCE FOR PARKING MANEUVERING. THIS IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN MOST ZONING ORDINANCES IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEMAND FOR PARKING FACILITIES AT EXISTING SHOPPING CENTERS AND, ON THE BASIS OF THESE OBSERVATIONS TO ESTABLISH PARKING STANDARDS TO BE USED IN THE DESIGN OF SHOPPING CENTERS. THESE STANDARDS ARE TO REFLECT THE PRESENT CONSUMER SHOPPING HABITS AND OWNER OPERATIONAL PRACTICES AT SHOPPING CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/130/130-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Parking and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Voorhees, Alan M
  • Crow, Carolyn E
• Discussers:
  • Bates, A James
  • Evans, Henry K
  • Voorhees, Alan M
  • Crow, Carolyn E
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 20-43
• Monograph Title: Shopping centers and parking
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 130
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Parking; Parking demand; Shopping centers; Shopping trips; Studies
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking studies; Shopper transportation; Shopping habits
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224784
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 20 1994 12:00AM