Hospitals
and medical centers all over the world struggle to cope with the ever-increasing
demand for their services and the accompanying increase in demand for parking.
Urban hospitals, in particular, often have to choose between using the scarce
land available to add additional floor space for services and parking areas. Fortunately,
there are possible solutions that make parking much more space efficient, thus
allowing hospitals to enhance both their services and parking supply at the
same time.
The High Cost of Inferior
Hospital Parking
For
a hospital to run efficiently, it’s essential that patients, staff and visitors
are able to come and go easily. When hospital parking is in short supply, problems
may occur:
- Delayed or missed treatments
- Increased backlogs due to rescheduled appointments
- Loss of productivity and income
- Heightened anxiety and stress among patients, staff and visitors
- Declining patient satisfaction and reputation
More Hospital
Parking in Less Space
Automated
parking systems or APS make it possible for hospitals to use land more
efficiently in order to meet the growing demand for services and parking. By
removing people from the parking process, APS can more than double the number
parking spaces offered by multi-story car parks (no driving lanes, no ramps, no
walkways, stairwells or elevators). APS can provide parking in small or irregularly
shaped areas that are unsuitable for conventional parking solutions. This is
ideal for creating parking spaces in the unusual areas left over after numerous
hospital expansions. Moreover, APS are inherently safer, more secure and easier
for people with disabilities to access than conventional parking facilities
such as standard car parks.
Planning Is Key to
Better Parking
Hospitals
that include car parking at the earliest stages of expansion planning are
likely to end up making best possible use of the land. This is especially true
when the scarcity of land requires a highly space-efficient parking solution.
In order to achieve maximum land savings by opting for a flexible and very
compact APS solution, it’s best to plan for this at the concept stage.
If
your hospital or medical center needs to expand its parking facilities, talk tothe experts at Skyline Parking to learn more about the different high-density
parking options available.
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