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Parking Studies (Objectives)

Parking studies aim to understand parking planning as part of transportation planning and learn key terms, methodologies, and how to determine space requirements. There are four types of parking studies: parking space inventory, parking usage survey by patrol, questionnaire survey, and cordon count. Parking facilities include on-street options like parallel, 30/45/60 degree angle, and right angle parking, as well as off-street options such as surface lots, multi-story structures, roof parks, mechanical parks, and underground lots. The document provides definitions of parking terms and describes different parking facility types.

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Parking Studies (Objectives)

Parking studies aim to understand parking planning as part of transportation planning and learn key terms, methodologies, and how to determine space requirements. There are four types of parking studies: parking space inventory, parking usage survey by patrol, questionnaire survey, and cordon count. Parking facilities include on-street options like parallel, 30/45/60 degree angle, and right angle parking, as well as off-street options such as surface lots, multi-story structures, roof parks, mechanical parks, and underground lots. The document provides definitions of parking terms and describes different parking facility types.

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Parking studies (objectives)

 Understand parking planning is an


integral part of transportation
planning
 Know the definition of parking terms
 Learn the methodology of parking
studies
 Learn how to find out space
requirements for a parking garage
Definitions of parking terms
Parking index Percentage of ratio of no. of parked vehicles to
theoretical no. of bays available.
Parking The total number of vehicles that park in a study
volume area during specific length of time (usually a
day)
Parking The number of parked vehicles in a study are at
accumulation any specified time.
Parking load The area under the accumulation curve between
two specific times. (space-hours)
Parking The length of time a vehicle is parked at a
duration parking bay.
Parking The rate of use of a parking space. Divide the
turnover parking volume for a specified period by the
number of parking spaces.
Four types of parking studies

1. parking space inventory


2. Parking usage survey by patrol
3. Questionnaire type parking usage
survey
4. Cordon count
Types of parking facilities

On-street parking facilities:

1. Parallel Parking
2. 30° angle parking
3. 45° angle parking
4. 60° angle parking
5. Right angle parking
Off street parking
1. Surface car park
2. Multi-storey parks
3. Roof parks
4. Mechanical car parks
5. Underground car parks
Surface car park
Multi-storey car park
Roof parks
Mechanical car parks
Underground car parks
The End

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