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Parking
Parking
Parking
Parking is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied. Parking on
one or both sides of a road is often permitted, though sometimes with restrictions. Some
buildings have parking facilities for use of the buildings' users. Countries and local governments
have rules for design and use of parking spaces.
Contents
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1Parking facilities
2Economics of parking
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2.1Performance parking
3Fringe parking
4Statistics
5Finding parking
6See also
7References
8External links
Parking facilities[edit]
Parking lot in New York City with capacity multiplied by stacking with lifts
facilities include indoor and outdoor private property belonging to a house, the side of
the road where metered or laid out for such use, a parking lot (North American English) or car
park (British English), indoor and outdoor multi-level structures, shared underground parking
facilities, and facilities for particular types of vehicle such as dedicated structures for cycle
parking.
In the U.S., after the first public parking garage for motor vehicles was opened in Boston, May
24, 1898, livery stables in urban centers began to be converted into garages.[1] In cities of the
Eastern US, many former livery stables, with lifts for carriages, continue to operate as garages
today.
The following terms give regional variations. All except carport refer to outdoor multilevel parking facilities. In some regional dialects, some of these phrases refer also to indoor or
single-level facilities.
Parking ramp (used in some parts of the upper Midwestern United States,
especially Minneapolis, but sometimes seen as far east as Buffalo, New York). Elsewhere,
the term "ramp" would apply to the inclines between floors of a parking garage, but not to the
entire structure itself.
Multi-storey car park
Car park (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, South Africa; usually single-level)
Parking garage (Canada and USA, where this term does not always distinguish
between outdoor above-ground multi-level parking and indoor underground parking.)
In addition to basic car parking/parking lots variations of serviced parking types exist. Common
serviced parking types are:
Valet Parking
Airport Parking