EuroTest: parking garages 2013
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The document discusses the outcomes of the European assessment of parking facilities conducted at the POLIS conference on December 4, 2013. It highlights the Eurotest initiative that evaluates the quality and safety of parking garages across Europe, revealing common deficiencies and providing best practices. Recommendations for operators emphasize improving user-friendliness, safety features, and accessibility in parking facilities.
EuroTest: parking garages 2013
- 1. WHAT THE CAR DRIVER WANTS OUTCOMES OF THE EUROPEAN ASSESSMENT OF PARKING FACILITIES POLIS Conference – 4 Dec 2013 Luca Pascotto, FIA Region I
- 2. What is EuroTest? ● EuroTest has put the quality and safety of Europe’s mobility infrastructure to the test since 2000 Testing Informin IMproving
- 3. EuroTest Approach : what users expect ● Starting from the users ● Identify deficiencies ● Evidence on best Practices and solutions
- 4. The Parking Garages Test 2013 ● 60 multi-store car parks in 15 major European cities ● Checklist based on a comprehensive catalogue of criteria ● Testers evaluated some 130 checklist items on-site Safety (40%) Accessibility (30%) User-friendliness (20%) Rates (10%)
- 5. INSPECTING
- 6. INFORMING
- 7. INFORMING
- 8. The best (Zurich, Opera)
- 9. Recommendations to operators: focus more on userfriendliness ● Paint floors, ceilings and walls in light colours to ensure more brightness and convey an improved sense of security ● Ensure good illumination, employing state-of-the-art, energy-efficient systems ● Keep signing to the necessary, useful minimum and use easy-toremember signs, e.g. pictograms ● Implement a consistent end-to-end guidance system for motorists and pedestrians
- 10. Recommendations to operators: focus more on userfriendliness ● Ensure video surveillance of all sensitive areas ● Provide clearly marked parking spaces with a minimum width of 3m for parents with children / buggies ● Provide clearly marked parking spaces for the disabled with a minimum width of 3.5m near exits and with barrier-free access, i.e. automatic doors, paths without stairs, and sufficiently wide lifts with low-placed control panels.
- 11. IMPROVING ● Provide easy-to-understand rates and user-friendly charging intervals (ideally on a per-minute basis) ● Enable cashless payment ● Ensure personal availability of staff, preferably by employing on-site staff and placing them in a clearly identifiable location
- 12. IMPROVING ● Ensure that all parking bays are at least 2.50m wide so that motorists can exit/enter their vehicles easily ● When building new car parks, ensure a minimum vertical clearance of 2m at the entrances to meet the requirements of modern vehicles ● Also ensure a maximum ramp inclination of 15% so that cars which have stopped can comfortably pull away again without any risk
- 13. Thank you for the attention Luca Pascotto, FIA Region I