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Parking lot
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A California parking lot in 2006, with landscaping and a diagonal parking pattern designed for one-way traffic.
A parking lot (British English: car park), also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface.
In most countries where cars are the dominant mode of transportation, parking lots are a feature of every city and suburban area. Shopping malls, sports stadiums, megachurches and similar venues often feature car parks of immense area.
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A row of parked cars in a British car park in 2012.
A bicycle car park in Niigata, Japan, in 2000.
A multi-story parking garage in Kingston,Canada in 2005.
A parking lot at Mount Baker, Washingtonin 2009.
A car park in residential Bukit Batok,Singapore in 2011.
The usual parking lot is paved with asphalt. Some are paved with concrete. Many are gravel lots. A few of the newer lots are surfaced with permeable paving materials.
Parking lots have their own special type of engineering. While parking lots have traditionally been an overlooked element of development projects by governmental oversight, the recent trend has been to provide regulations for the configuration and spacing of parking lots, their landscaping, and drainage and pollution abatement issues.
Parking lots can be small, with just parking spaces for a few vehicles, very larg
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