
There are many definitions of and ways that
people understand livability. The magazines, Monocle and The Economist (EIU),
offer annual rankings of "livable" cities around the world. The
world's largest human resources consulting firm, Mercer, rates more than 200
cities for livability based on 39 criteria including political, economic,
environmental, personal safety, health, education, transportation and public
services. A 2014 study sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and conducted by the
London School of Economics and Political Science investigated livability in 155
European cities by looking at the dynamics between the urban form and urban
society.
While all of these reports are valid and
important, their different methodologies and nuances make them difficult to use
to understand the impact of car parking facilities and solutions on livability.
Fortunately, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) provides a more usable
and useful measure to assess car parking and livability. This measure comes in
the form of the AIA's guidance for livability: "10 Principles for Livable
Communities":
- Design on a Human Scale – compact and walkable communities
- Provide Choices - creating lively neighborhoods for residents of different stages of life
- Encourage Mixed-Use Development - for vibrant, pedestrian-friendly and diverse communities
- Preserve Urban Centers – restoring and revitalizing to promote stable neighborhoods
- Vary Transportation Options – reduce congestion, act sustainably and encourage activity
- Build Vibrant Public Spaces -citizens need welcoming public places for public events
- Create a Neighborhood Identity –giving neighborhoods unique character and creating pride
- Protect Environmental Resources – offering a well-designed balance of nature and development
- Conserve Landscapes - open space and wildlife areas are essential for a variety of reasons
- Design Matters - excellence is the foundation of successful and healthy communities
Livability is such a broad topic relative
to car parking that we explore it in more detail in later pieces. For now, we'll
simply point out that livability means making car parking facilities as
convenient, safe and non-intrusive as possible. How to achieve these goals
becomes the larger question. These happen to be some of the primary advantages of
automated parking systems.
Automated parking systems (APS) from
Skyline are ideally suited to address to concept of livability by being super
space-efficient, very flexible in design and application, inherent safe and
secure and providing industry-leading car parking and retrieval performance.
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References
http://www.parking.org/media/emerging-trends.pdf
http://www.aia.org/about/initiatives/AIAS075369
http://www.bloomberg.org/content/uploads/sites/2/2015/02/Innovation-in-Europes-Cities.pdf
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