Methodology for Optimal Design of a Parking Lot
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 2
Abstract
A new approach to optimal design, maximum capacity, and the best layout for parking maneuvers, of a corner lot for parking spaces is introduced. Certain assumptions and practical design principles are used to derive the model, a system of nonlinear equations. The model is applied to a rectangular corner lot and solved by iteration using generated real data for combinations of compact and standard cars. The results show that in each case several layouts give the same maximum capacity. To select the maximum capacity corresponding to the best (safest) layout, an overall factor of easiness for parking maneuvers, called Ease, has been derived and used. The optimal solution of one case is than modified to fit other design specifications and plotted as an example of an actual parking layout for a corner lot. The model has several features: (1) Intuitively plausible principles of the initial design; (2) generality of equations to handle any car size, any combination of car sizes, and different angles in different regions; (3) it is easy to solve via applying data; and (4) it introduces Ease, an important factor to measure easiness to park, which gives the safest layout, etc. Further generalizations of the model are possible directions for future research.
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Published online: Mar 1, 1989
Published in print: Mar 1989
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