CAR PARKING - FROM THE GROUND UP

Some multi-storey car parks which either do not fully meet the requirements for parking or else have high maintenance costs and a short life, are still being built. Some of the basic problems are covered in this paper and some points are discussed where no single or satisfactory solution can be found. Many improvements at design state carry no, or little, increase in capital cost but are effective in reducing maintenance or increasing income. The author considers capacity, internal flow, entry and exit, site dimensions, materials for construction and cost of construction, durability, the possibility of blast damage, water proofing, ventilation, management of shopping trolleys, ticket kiosks and UK building regulations. (TRRL)

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • Millington, G S
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 19
• Serial:
  • HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • ISSN: 0265-6868

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Capital costs; Construction; Costs; Design; Drainage; Durability; Highway capacity; Income; Intersection elements; Maintenance management; Multistory structures; Parking garages; Planning; Service life; Structural design; Traffic flow; Ventilation systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Change; Entrances; Maintenance costs
• ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 3655: Construction; 224: Cost; 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 5910: Durability; 426: Entrance; 425: Exit; 924: Multi storey parking garage; 143: Planning; 671: Traffic flow; 3392: Ventilation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386619
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM