MODEL POLICY:
Wisconsin Walks’ parking lot design
recommendation
Include a designated, pleasant walkway for
pedestrians through every parking lot. Walking through a sea of asphalt
is no fun for anyone!
We will provide more detailed planning guidance on
this point. Here’s an interesting conversation starter:
Surface lots:
http://bg.grounds-mag.com/ar/grounds_maintenance_design_functional_attractive/
Parking structures
http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/001014.html
Parking Lots and Downtowns, 9/1/03
Curious blog contains photos and quotes of nice and awful parking
lots. “Cities hoping to score big revitalization points by investing
tens of millions in a showpiece from a celeb-ritect such as Calatrava or
Koolhaas might do well to give the state of their car parks some
attention instead.”
