When planning your business’s parking lot, you need to consider various features, such as the size and layout of your parking spaces. Consider whether your parking lot will feature angled or straight parking spaces and which layout option is best for you. Keep reading to learn more about the pros and cons of each and some additional parking solutions.
Straight Parking Spaces
Straight, 90-degree parking spaces are the classic option for many parking lots. Because this option is so prevalent, consumers are most familiar with straight parking and will be most comfortable with it.
Straight, perpendicular parking requires two lanes for traffic coming and going in both directions, which necessitates a bigger lot. If you have the space for this sort of lot, then straight parking spaces might be the best option for you.
Angled Parking Spaces
Angled parking is a more modern parking lot design option. Your customers may not be as familiar with the one-way traffic flow that angled parking requires. However, with clear markings and suitable lighting, angled parking can make parking easier and reduce the number of collisions in your lot.
Angled parking is also space efficient, as you don’t need to widen the traffic routes to accommodate two lanes. So if your commercial parking lot is already tight on space, you may want to consider angled parking spaces or adopting parking technology through a multi parking system that can be designed to be more efficient as well as ADA-compliant.
Additional Parking Solutions
If your business doesn’t have a surplus of land to reserve for parking space and angled parking doesn’t seem to fit your needs, you may want to consider an even more modern solution.
Multi parking systems such as semi-automated parking technology can help maximize your parking lot space and make parking easier than ever for your customers. Multi-level stacking and puzzle parking systems store vehicles in secure vertical spaces using stack parking technology. These semi-automatic systems offer twice or even three times the space of a traditional parking lot, which can save your business space and prevent headaches for your customers.
Now that you know more about angled versus straight parking spaces, you should have a better idea about which option is best for you. And if you’re interested in learning more about multi parking systems, browse our series of semi-automatic parking systems here at Harding Steel. We can help match you with the perfect parking system for your business and explain the diverse benefits it offers.