Parking

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For other uses, see Parking (disambiguation).

"Free parking" redirects here. For the card game inspired by the Monopoly board, see Free
Parking.

Cars parked at the side of the street

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.
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1Parking facilities

2Economics of parking
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2.1Performance parking

3Fringe parking

4Statistics

5Finding parking

6See also

7References

8External links

Parking facilities[edit]

A multi-story car park in Gloucester, England

Parking lot in New York City with capacity multiplied by stacking with lifts

An underground parking garage at the University of Minnesota

facilities include indoor and outdoor private property belonging to a house, the side of
the road where metered or laid out for such use, a parking lot (North American English) or car
park (British English), indoor and outdoor multi-level structures, shared underground parking
facilities, and facilities for particular types of vehicle such as dedicated structures for cycle
parking.
In the U.S., after the first public parking garage for motor vehicles was opened in Boston, May
24, 1898, livery stables in urban centers began to be converted into garages.[1] In cities of the
Eastern US, many former livery stables, with lifts for carriages, continue to operate as garages
today.
The following terms give regional variations. All except carport refer to outdoor multilevel parking facilities. In some regional dialects, some of these phrases refer also to indoor or
single-level facilities.

Parking ramp (used in some parts of the upper Midwestern United States,
especially Minneapolis, but sometimes seen as far east as Buffalo, New York). Elsewhere,
the term "ramp" would apply to the inclines between floors of a parking garage, but not to the
entire structure itself.
Multi-storey car park

Car park (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, South Africa; usually single-level)

Parking structure (Western U.S.)

Parking garage (Canada and USA, where this term does not always distinguish
between outdoor above-ground multi-level parking and indoor underground parking.)

Parking building (New Zealand)

Carport (open-air single-level covered parking)

Cycle park (UK, Hong Kong)

Parkade (Canada, South Africa)

In addition to basic car parking/parking lots variations of serviced parking types exist. Common
serviced parking types are:

Park and ride

Valet Parking

Airport Parking

Meet and Greet Parking

Park and Fly Parking

Parking spaces may be variously arranged.

Parking lots specifically for bicycles are becoming more prevalent in many countries. These may
include bicycle parking racks and locks, as well as more modern technologies for security and
convenience.[2] For instance, one bicycle parking lot in Tokyo has an automated parking system.[3]