CAR PARKING
Thinking beyond the garage A
irport planning and design solutions for airport parking facilities can be signifi cantly improved when the solutions are conceived with an understanding of how airports function and recognise the fact that gateways are major intermodal facilities.
This means that the ‘parking experience’ should be treated
in exactly the same way and with the same gusto and importance that planners approach the ‘passenger experience’ in the terminal building. Proposed solutions should remain focused on the safe and effi cient
movement of passengers and baggage from a passenger’s home base to the airline gate. While the proper choice and integration of technology allows for an improved effi ciency of the airport facility. There are several opportunities to incorporate technology into airport
parking facilities, which improve the functional aspects of the parking complex and reduce congestion in the airport terminal building. The incorporation of technology into the design of parking facilities can change the behaviour of air travellers, even prior to arriving in the passenger terminal building. Some of the most current technologies for consideration at airport parking
facilities, relevant to improving the passenger experience and reducing total travel time between their home base and the airline gate, include Payment
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Integrating technology with the passenger terminal can lead to greater operational effi ciency in the parking garage and across the entire airport, writes Alan Pramuk.
Systems, Space Wayfi nding, Space Locator Systems, Reserved VIP Parking areas, Remote Airline Ticketing and Remote Baggage Check-In. Most of these technologies can be evaluated and incorporated during the
planning and design phase of new facilities or the modernisation of existing facilities. And the initial cost of the supporting infrastructure for most of these technologies can be installed at a reasonably low-cost if it is desired to purchase the equipment and implement the technology in the future. Payment Systems such as pay-on-foot machines located in bag claim
areas of terminals and parking garage lobbies, credit card payment lanes at exit toll booths, and the ability for ticketless systems with credit card-in- and-out, are some of the examples of recent technology that has been incorporated into many commercial service airports to reduce queues at exit toll plazas, signifi cantly reduce operating costs and increase customer service. A very common approach and cost effective solution to reduce the amount
of time searching for available parking spaces can be accomplished with a Space Wayfi nding system. These systems consist of an integrated vehicular counting system with variable message signs to identify available parking space counts for certain parking decks, parking levels and to specifi c parking zones within a level. A more sophisticated, state-of-the-art system for tracking parking spaces and vehicles is a Space Locator System. Bob Reiser, senior vice president of
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