| Possible Design Problems
Potential Troublespots
What You Can Do
Natural Surveillance
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For level and underground lots
- Level parking garages should be designed with open sides and low walls, so people passing by can easily see what is going on inside.
- Inside the parking lot, walls should be avoided whenever possible, in order to prevent the obstruction of the view of the lot.
- All the traffic should be directed in one direction, both for pedestrians and the vehicles. This will increase number of people moving around certain areas of the lot.
- Doors leading to the lot should be unbreakable glass, in order to further increase surveillance from the street or from the inside of the mall, especially for underground lots.
- There should be no dead ends. All parking spots should be placed around the ramp that is used to get around the lot.
For open lots
- Make sure that all the bushes and trees are trimmed so as not to obstruct the view of the lot.
- Constructing parking area behind the mall should be avoided. Parking in front of the mall entrances both makes it more convenient for customers, and also increases the natural surveillance because of the natural pedestrian traffic.
- Avoid parking spots close to the emergency or other exits, which may be used by offenders.
- Since space is not as big problem for open lots, more space should be left between parking spots, in order to reduce vehicular crowding and increase visibility.
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