Community events, such as music and festivals, require an increased amount of parking spaces. A parking garage offers a secure, covered space for attendees to leave their cars, allowing more people to attend the event. City Parking helps manage parking garages throughout New York City. Here is more information about how to utilize garages for community events:
Flexible Layout
Make sure the garages can be adapted to fulfill the needs of the event. This includes surveying the number of parking spaces available to see the parking garage’s capacity. Check if the garage can accommodate larger vehicles, such as vendor trucks or staff vans.
The starting and ending times of an event can result in traffic congestion for entering or leaving the event. Converting the lanes around these times as needed helps ease traffic flow. If the lanes are two-way, make one of them an outgoing lane.
Clear Signage
Check to see if the parking garage has arrows, level indicators, and wall signs to help attendees navigate the garage. This helps prevent drivers from missing turns and allows them to find the appropriate levels. Clearly mark traffic lanes to direct drivers to exit routes. If needed, repaint lines with white paint to indicate lanes and parking stalls. This helps prevent overlap.
Community events may include vendors, volunteers, guest artists, and staff members. Reserve areas in the garage for staff members to park, and utilize signs to direct volunteers and staff to their parking stalls. Use temporary wall signs above specific reserved sections to prevent attendees from parking in these areas.
Digital signage is also beneficial for navigating event parking. These signs are simpler to update. Live updates allow the signs to show current space availability, and this helps prevent drivers from entering a full garage unnecessarily. They can also indicate reserved levels. Digital signs also allow for increased flexibility, making it easier to block off levels or open up additional parking as needed.
Digital Scanning Systems
Parking costs for an event are sometimes covered by the price of admission. Digital tools, such as mobile scanning, allows attendees to scan their QR codes. This creates an automated process and helps garage attendants to focus on other tasks during the event, such as checking for overflow and redirecting traffic as needed. If parking costs are not covered via ticket purchase, attendees can use apps or other digital prepayment options for parking. This helps reduce queue times. City Parking utilizes methods such as digital payment and QR code scanning in the garages we manage.
Overflow and Emergency Preparation
Prepare for the possibility of overflow by setting up alternate parking in advance. This includes working with other garage managers or property managers to reserve other garages or lots for the event. To coordinate overflow, provide staff with radios or other communication devices to facilitate effective communication.
Retain access to emergency exits and accessible parking during high-volume periods by making sure all emergency routes remain unobstructed. Have attendees or volunteers make rounds to make sure drivers are not blocking ramps or elevators, entry spaces, or drop-off areas. Allow separate walking paths for pedestrians.
Find a Parking Garage
Our employees follow regular cleaning and inspection schedules for garages. This allows your garage to retain a well-maintained, inviting appearance. City Parking offers reserved parking services through our loyalty program. Drivers can pay for a daily or monthly parking pass. We also help install Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems to allow you to track your revenue and see how many parking attendants you require. To learn more about adapting a parking garage for an event, complete our online form today.