Access for Everyone

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PA Parking

Accessible parking involves providing wider parking spaces and access aisles as well as convenient accessible routes from parking areas to building entrances for people with disabilities.

The ADAAG requires that you provide accessible parking spaces and access aisles for both passenger cars (standard accessible spaces) and vans (van accessible spaces). Another important aspect of accessible parking is providing adequate signs to ensure that the people who need those spaces can find and use them.

When planning and designing parking areas, consider going beyond the minimum allowable dimensions for regular (non-accessible) parking spaces. Many people who do not qualify to use accessible spaces encounter difficulties getting in and out of vehicles in narrow spaces.

Tests conducted by the Access Board showed that people who use vans with side mounted lifts or ramps need more room to conveniently exit their vehicles than is provided by standard accessible spaces. Van accessible spaces with access aisles provide enough space for most people who use side lifts.

PA Parking covers:

• Accessible Parking Spaces: Location
• Accessible Parking Spaces: Number
• Multiple Parking Lots
• Valet parking
• Standard Accessible Parking Spaces: Dimensions
• Van Accessible Parking
  Spaces: Dimensions
• Alternate Van Accessible Parking Spaces: Dimensions
• Access Aisles
• Passenger Loading Zones
• Slope and Level Changes
• Routes Connecting
  Accessible Parking to Entrances
• Adjacent Routes and Surfaces
• Marking
• Signs
• Parking Meters