Abstract
Most of the discussion in this book is centered around self-park, ramp-access, multi-level parking structures. Ramp-access garages use sloping floors for vertical circulation of vehicles and typically require a minimum footprint about 100 ft long by 90 ft wide where there is no parking on the ramp. A more efficient and cost-effective design, with parking on gently sloping ramps (maximum slope of 5%), requires a minimum footprint about 150 ft long by 120 ft wide. In congested urban areas, it is difficult to find sites of size adequate to accommodate a ramp-access garage. The solution is a mechanical-access parking structure.
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Monahan, D.R. (2001). Mechanical Access Parking Structures. In: Parking Structures. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1577-7_8
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