2019 Back-In Angled Parking Trend Comes to Norwalk
Back-In Angled Parking Trend Comes To Norwalk
September 30, 2019
Back-in or reverse angled parking has become more and more popular over the last decade, especially among safety organizations like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and AAA. This parking trend can be found throughout the United States from San Francisco, California, Tucson, Arizona, Missoula, Montana, Wilmington, Delaware, Syracuse, New York and now, Norwalk, Connecticut. Back-in angled parking is proven to be safer, a traffic calming measure, improves handicap parking and increases parking capacity.
Benefits of Back-In Angled Parking
There are a lot of reasons why cities choose to move away from traditional parallel and towards the modern, back-in angled parking. As vehicles are modernized and advanced technology is incorporated into design, the challenges of unorthodox parking conventions become easier, simpler and safer.
September 30, 2019
Back-in or reverse angled parking has become more and more popular over the last decade, especially among safety organizations like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and AAA. This parking trend can be found throughout the United States from San Francisco, California, Tucson, Arizona, Missoula, Montana, Wilmington, Delaware, Syracuse, New York and now, Norwalk, Connecticut. Back-in angled parking is proven to be safer, a traffic calming measure, improves handicap parking and increases parking capacity.
Benefits of Back-In Angled Parking
There are a lot of reasons why cities choose to move away from traditional parallel and towards the modern, back-in angled parking. As vehicles are modernized and advanced technology is incorporated into design, the challenges of unorthodox parking conventions become easier, simpler and safer.
- Parking Capacity: Angled parking provides more efficient use of space by creating 30%-40% more capacity versus parallel spaces.
- Traffic Calming: Angled parking requires more roadway, instead of curb space, thus decreasing travel lanes and shortening the width of the road, often making traffic move more slowly
- Safety: By reverse parking, you avoid backing out blindly into oncoming traffic or into the path of pedestrians. Back in angled parking also protects all of the passengers in the vehicle from the driver to the tiny, backseat passenger by protecting their exit and entrance out of the roadway. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that “267 people are killed and 15,000 injured each year by drivers not parking forward first, usually in driveways or parking lots.”
- Handicap Parking: Providing on-street handicap parking for parallel spaces is challenging with limited room for buffer zones to protect drivers and/or passengers. Back-in angled parking protects everyone and allows additional space for buffer zones at the beginning or end of each parking row.
- Cyclists: Back-in angled parking gives drivers an unobstructed view of motorists and cyclists resulting in increased awareness and decreased collisions due to line of sight issues.
2018 International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI)
Smart Parking Lots: Tech Hubs of the Future
Smart Parking Lots: Tech Hubs of the Future
2018 International Parking and Mobility Institute (IPM) Formerly IPI
DIY Fail by Rita Azrelyant
DIY Fail by Rita Azrelyant
2018 International Parking Institute (IPI)
Earth Day Blog
Earth Day Blog
TIME TO UPCYCLE By Rita Azrelyant
https://www.parking.org/2018/04/18/time-to-upcycle/
Upcycling is the cool new way to recycle but it is not our parents’ version of recycling—it’s more sustainable. Yes, more sustainable than recycling! At an early age, we are taught to recycle in school, at home, and at work, but recycling requires a lot of time, energy, and money. Some industries, such as parking, could be more efficient and sustainable by upcycling rather than recycling products.
The parking industry is innovative and new products are always on the cutting edge of technology but that also means newer products are replacing older products at a faster rate. This creates a big inequity between larger organizations that can afford to upgrade equipment and smaller organizations that cannot. However, when municipalities, universities, and organizations upcycle, they make a conscious effort to use, reuse, and repurpose an item until it is no longer viable. Upcycling leads to a more conscious effort by all parties to decrease waste by selling, trading, or donating unused inventory to others. Unfortunately, the practice of upcycling is uncommon. Municipalities tend to purchase equipment outright and discard it when it is no longer used. The biggest deterrents of upcycling are education, communication, and restrictive internal policies. Every material, recyclable or non recyclable, has an end to its life cycle. By educating and updating policies to allow for a more sustainable disposal policy, everyone is making a conscious effort to use, reuse, and repurpose every piece of equipment and/or part until it is no longer viable.
Sustainability is not about recycling or using greener products; it’s about how we as a parking society contribute to a more sustainable environment. Be cool and upcycle. Recycling alone is so 2000!
Rita Azrelyant is a consultant with Laybel Consulting and a member of IPI’s Sustainability Committee.
https://www.parking.org/2018/04/18/time-to-upcycle/
Upcycling is the cool new way to recycle but it is not our parents’ version of recycling—it’s more sustainable. Yes, more sustainable than recycling! At an early age, we are taught to recycle in school, at home, and at work, but recycling requires a lot of time, energy, and money. Some industries, such as parking, could be more efficient and sustainable by upcycling rather than recycling products.
The parking industry is innovative and new products are always on the cutting edge of technology but that also means newer products are replacing older products at a faster rate. This creates a big inequity between larger organizations that can afford to upgrade equipment and smaller organizations that cannot. However, when municipalities, universities, and organizations upcycle, they make a conscious effort to use, reuse, and repurpose an item until it is no longer viable. Upcycling leads to a more conscious effort by all parties to decrease waste by selling, trading, or donating unused inventory to others. Unfortunately, the practice of upcycling is uncommon. Municipalities tend to purchase equipment outright and discard it when it is no longer used. The biggest deterrents of upcycling are education, communication, and restrictive internal policies. Every material, recyclable or non recyclable, has an end to its life cycle. By educating and updating policies to allow for a more sustainable disposal policy, everyone is making a conscious effort to use, reuse, and repurpose every piece of equipment and/or part until it is no longer viable.
Sustainability is not about recycling or using greener products; it’s about how we as a parking society contribute to a more sustainable environment. Be cool and upcycle. Recycling alone is so 2000!
Rita Azrelyant is a consultant with Laybel Consulting and a member of IPI’s Sustainability Committee.
2018 Municipal Administrators Association (MAA)
Luncheon Presenter
Luncheon Presenter
