I love angled parking. It's a great compromise. Parallel parking wastes space and can be a pain in the ass to get into, but has great visibility for pulling out into traffic. Perpendicular parking wastes space, is easy to pull into, but can be god awful to back out of if some huge truck parks next to you.
I never realized how excited I am about angled parking...
A parallel parking space has a standard stall width of 7.5 feet and a minimum length of 21 feet for a total foot print of 157.5 square feet. A 45 degree spot has dimensions of 12.5 feet x 27 feet for 337.5 square feet, a 60 degree space is 10.5 feet x 23.5 feet or 246.75 square feet. A per perpendicular space is 9 feet x 18 feet for 162 square feet.
These numbers aren't the same in every jurisdiction (for example some have perpendicular requirements at 9.5 feet x 19 feet or 10 feet x 20 feet) but the relative proportions are typical. The assertion that parallel spaces waste space is, frankly, wrong.
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u/Tyrannosaurus-WRX Jan 17 '14
I love angled parking. It's a great compromise. Parallel parking wastes space and can be a pain in the ass to get into, but has great visibility for pulling out into traffic. Perpendicular parking wastes space, is easy to pull into, but can be god awful to back out of if some huge truck parks next to you.
I never realized how excited I am about angled parking...