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Transportation
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A growing network
of high-occupancy vehicle lanes, pool parking and employer incentives
such as subsidized parking supports carpooling and vanpooling. Building
design can encourage carpooling and vanpooling by giving priority to
shared transportation, and by making waiting areas convenient and safe.
Car- and vanpool
parking are regulated by Section 9.04.10.08.050 of Santa Monica's Municipal
Code: 10% of parking spaces for new office and industrial buildings
greater than 50,000 sq.ft. must be permanently reserved for vanpools
or carpools. For other non-residential buildings greater than 50,000
sq.ft., the rate is 5%. Pool parking spaces must have at least 7 ft.-2
in. overhead clearance.
- Locate carpool
and vanpool parking spaces closer to the building entrance than other
automobile parking.
- Draw attention
to the location of car- and vanpool parking and pick-up areas with
prominent signage.
- Provide attractive
and comfortable waiting areas to encourage car- and vanpool commuters.
Provide amenities such as sunshades and rain canopies, seating and
bulletin boards. Waiting areas are a natural location for public art.
- Ensure commuter
safety with building lobbies that view waiting, pick-up and drop-off
areas, occupied windows that overlook them, good lighting, and if
necessary, prominent surveillance cameras. Eliminate potential hiding
places for potential criminals.
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