GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LAYOUT AND PLANTING OF PARKING AREAS

REGLES GENERALES POUR L'AMENAGEMENT ET LA PLANTATION DES AIRES DE STATIONNEMENT

This monograph gives some guidelines and describes methods of improving the appearance of parking areas thus contributing to the landscaping of towns. The following aspects are considered: (1) composition of the floor of car parks: wearing course and roadbase. Bituminous materials are excluded in favour of a double surface dressing consisting of 5/10 river gravel. Costs are quoted for different solutions proposed. (2) soil gradient - transverse and longitudinal profile - surface water is drained towards the vegetation. (3) use of trees planted over the whole of the parking area (prevents thermal shock to vehicle occupants). Details are given of the selection of trees, planting and maintenance techniques and costs. Regulations and financial measures for the implementation of the programme are outlined. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministere de l'Equipement, France

  Direction Departementale de l'Equipement du val d'Oise
  Pontoise,   France 
• Authors:
  • Bourgeois
  • Carrera
  • Coucoureux
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chippings; Costs; Drainage; Drainage blankets; Environment; Gravel; Guidelines; Landscape design; Landscaping; Layout; Maintenance; Parking facilities; Parking lots; Planting; Regional planning; Rivers; Specifications; Subgrade (Pavements); Trees; Urban areas; Vegetation; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Old TRIS Terms: Gravel blankets; Vegetation selection
• ITRD Terms: 916: Car park; 4585: Chippings; 1088: Inland waterway; 2887: Landscaping; 359: Regional planning; 177: Specifications; 313: Urban area; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178608
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM