- For a typical parking space, surface or structured, a spot can range between 320 sf to 430 sf gross per space, including aisles, corners, columns, landscaping, disabled, mechanical, ticketing, and more.
- 430 sf/space is for surface parking (no structure) and odd shaped sites with generous landscaping. This maximum size works out to about 100 spaces per acre (43,560 sf/acre / 430 sf/space = about 100 spaces/acre).
- 320 sf/space is for a large, efficient parking structure with clear span, double loaded, 90 degree parking, and parking around the entire perimeter.
- A relatively good number for standalone parking structure is 350 sf/space.
- For surface parking and parking structure, with building(s) above a useful size to estimate with is 400 sf/space.
- These parking spaces assume that the spaces are typically 90 degrees, 9 feet wide by 18 feet long with aisles of at least 24 feet wide. That would make a double loaded 90 degree parking bay 60 feet wide clear.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Parking Spots
Parking, so much to say. Let's start with size.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Los Angeles: The Grove
What stunning views big parking garages can get you. The Grove in Los Angeles has a path from the public parking garage that is on axis with the shops and plaza, making it a grand entrance and vantage point. The width of the path is about 35', which is generous enough for outdoor seating and other activities to occur. The buildings at the ground level hide the big parking structure. (It's ironic, but it seems that you have to have gigantor parking facilities if you want to motivate people to walk in LA.)
Cafe Borrone and Keplers, Menlo Park, CA
This mixed use building in Menlo Park was designed to be the town square. It is located a busy section of El Camino Real between Menlo Avenue and Santa Cruz Avenue. There are three active uses at the ground floor, BBC Pub, Cafe Borrone, and Kepler's Bookstore. People come to relax in a generous plaza that feels civic and spacious. It is approximately 75' from El Camino Real (where El Camino is 2 lanes each way, instead of the standard 3 lanes each way). While this may be one of the slowest sections of El Camino, it still moves along. The space is roughly 100' wide, which is a comfortable stage from which to watch people and the cars driving by. The two stories on top are commercial office space, and below there is underground parking. Behind the building is the Menlo Park Caltrain Station. It is one of the most urban examples of progressive development in the Bay Area.
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