Designing
A well designed parking lot prevents accidents, frustrations around entering and exiting the lot and the time and the efforts it takes your staff to resolve these issues on a daily basis.
At the top of your parking lot layout considerations is always profitability. Naturally, optimizing your parking lot layout to fit in the maximum number of parking stalls increases your potential for profits. Using space in your parking lot efficiently is one way to maximize parking revenues.
But a successful parking lot layout is also designed for usability, so your parking lot is safer, lower-maintenance, resulting in higher customer satisfaction.
A well-designed parking lot prevents accidents, frustrations around entering and exiting the lot and the time and the effort it takes your staff to resolve these issues on a daily basis.
“Great Parking Lot Design Isn’t Easy, But It’s Worth It”
Plus, when customers can find, pay for and exit parking faster, faster flow-through drives up your lot revenues. (Streamlining these critical moments is the guiding principle behind the design of our parking systems and equipment, too.) Busy retail and commercial parking lots will have different requirements than lots with low turnover or work vehicles. But consider that your lot may have mixed uses.
There are a number of questions you’ll need to ask whether you’re upgrading an existing lot, expanding or designing a completely new parking lot.
How can you get an accurate picture of the use of your lot?
Your first parking lot layout considerations include the following:
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What type of parking traffic will use the parking lot ? (What’s the purpose of the lot?)
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What configuration of spaces will you need?
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What are the dimensions of the spaces you need ?
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How does the setting constrain your layout decisions?
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Where will you locate the entrance and exit lanes?
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What type of parking system will be installed – metered or gated?
How does knowing these details about how your parking lot will be used influence your parking lot layout?
In part, what you discover about parking lot use will dictate the type of spaces and where you’ll locate those spaces. Don’t worry, DCS Parking lot consultants can help you work through these parking lot layout questions. And make you understand parking lot layout so you can make the most informed decisions about lot design.
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