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Concept
Parking
Summary
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.
Car parking is essential to car-based travel. Cars are typically stationary around 95 per cent of the time. The availability and price of car parking supports and subsidize car dependency. Car parking uses up a lot of urban land, especially in North America - as much as half in many North American city centers.
Parking facilities can be divided into public parking and private parking.
Public parking is managed by local government authorities and available for all members of the public to drive to and park in.
Private parking is owned by a private entity. It may be available for use by the public or restricted to customers, employees or residents.
Such facilities may be on-street parking, located on the street, or off-street parking, located in a parking lot or parking garage.
On-street parking can come in the form of curbside or central parking.
Curbside parking may be parallel, angled or perpendicular parking. Parallel parking is often considered a complicated maneuver for drivers, however uses the least road width.
On-street parking can act as inexpensive traffic calming by reducing the effective width of the street.
On-street parking may be restricted for a number of reasons. Restrictions could include waiting prohibitions, which ban parking in certain areas; time restrictions; requirements to pay, e.g. at a Parking meter or using a pay by phone facility; or a permit zone, restricting parking to permit holders - often residents - only. Parking restrictions may be applied across a whole zone using a controlled parking zone or similar.
On-street parking is often criticised for being a bad use of high-value public space, especially where parking is free.
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