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retail traffic study--parking area
Source:Internet Author:Unknow Pubdate:2008-03-18  
johnwill65 (Civil/Environme) 21 Oct 05 17:32
I have gas/convenience store that isup for review by the local planning board.  The are concerned abut stacking from the pumps to the street. We have about 100 feet from the fist pump to the street, with two pump islands, each set to contain two (dual sided) pumps each, for a total of 8 pumping stations. I am looking for peak hour data (tables--ie so and so many expected cars per peak hour based on number of pumps, square footage of building, so on) of some kind that will show that we have enough room for folks to get there gas, and not back up to the street.  We also have 22 additional parking areas for those buying other goodies.  The population is about 3500 people per sq mi within the area, with mostly just residences and light retail/commercial in the immediate vicinity, with fairly heavy commuter traffic on the adjoining street (not accesible from site). Basically, we want to keep it simple, use some historic data for similar facilities.  We think we are OK since the client's other place, with a similar lot layout, on a much busier road, has had no trouble with stacking. Thanx. 字串7

francesca (Civil/Environme) 23 Oct 05 14:02
Do a count at your client's other place and any other gas stations in town during the peak hours on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday -- not during school holidays or any other event days -- and you'll have all the historical data you need.

Count cars (and LGVs/HGVs), though; don't observe queue lengths, and note details like the gas price (compared to the town average), number of pumps, side of street (in the direction of peak traffic flow or opposite direction), etc.  The more information you have, the more you can correlate the data to your site.

I would guess that people are less likely to gas up during the morning peak hour when they're late for work, and more likely to in the evening -- but that's just observing my own behaviour, I guess.


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