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6.22 Design a parking lot to allow safe, comfortable and Figure 6.15: Surface
efficient pedestrian access. Parking Screening
a. Divide a large parking area into smaller “pods” that
maintain the traditional sense of smaller parking areas Some options for surface parking
within a green landscape. screening include:
b. Provide landscaped areas that incorporate or are located Landscaping
near pedestrian paths to promote pedestrian circulation
across larger parking areas.
c. Consider differentiating a pedestrian path through a
surface parking lot by using a different paving material
or by slightly raising the pedestrian path to force cars
to slow down when crossing the pathway and raise
awareness to pedestrians.
d. Ensure that a pedestrian pathway connects to a major
building entrance and public sidewalks. Site Wall
e. Design a parking lot to provide easy emergency and
public service access to and through the space.
f. Incorporate lighting that makes a parking lot feel safe.

6.23 Incorporate LID principles into the design of a parking
lot. Consider incorporating one or more of the
following:
• Permeable pavement Decorative Fencing
• Planted areas to slow runoff and to clean water
• Swales to collect water
• Trees in landscaped areas to provide shade and reduce the
temperature of adjacent parking spaces

Public Art

Provide landscaped islands with paths to promote pedestrian circulation
across larger parking areas.

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