
Water makes seaside resorts special. The
high demand for and very limited supply of waterfront property drives its
value. A single, waterfront residential parking space sells for more than EUR 110’000
in San Sebastián, Spain. Properties on Copenhagen habour front sell for approx.
EUR 10’000 /sq.m., and beachfront property in Miami, Florida sells for almost EUR
9’000/sq.m.
In addition to land availability and price
issues, resort parking has several peculiar characteristics compared to typical
urban or suburban car parking.
The appeal of many resorts is the ability for
visitors to walk everywhere…to the shore, marinas, stores, restaurants, parks, etc.
While visitors may not need their cars for hours, days or weeks, they still want
them to be easily accessible while parked.
Sufficient off-street parking is also needed
to prevent traffic jams on usually limited resort roads caused by minimizing drivers
circling in search of parking spaces. The issue is how to provide sufficient
short-term and long-term parking in the right places.
In addition to visitors, criminals are
attracted to resorts and tourist locations of all types. Fun-seeking visitors are
unfamiliar with the area, less vigilant (more distracted) than usual, carry
extra cash and keep valuables on themselves, in their hotel rooms and in their
cars. Short and long-term car parking at resorts must provide for the personal
safety of visitors and security for their cars. The large number and transient
nature of visitors to resorts make safety and security more difficult.
The issue is how to provide convenient,
secure and affordable parking and occupy as little super-expensive land as
possible.
Automated parking systems (APS), especially
those from Skyline, provide obvious advantages in fulfilling the needs of
seaside resort parking:
- · Most space-efficient parking solution available
- · Less costly to build underground
- · Flexible design can fit in otherwise unusable areas
- · Readily applicable for both short and long-term parking
- · Inherently more safe and secure than other parking options
Invite us to visit your resort area to
discuss all the opportunities for adding parking there.
No comments:
Post a Comment