Distance between parking meters
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Distance between parking meters
Does anybody know the distance between parking meters? I googled everything that I could think of and got lots of answers for parking structures and off street lots -- but nothing about on street meters (and it was in my search!).
Just wondering because I was thinking about the old 58 Lincoln Continental -- I saw something at the time that said that it would need 2 normal parking spots. I wonder about today. From what I have found the 77 Town car was still longer, all F-250's are supposedly longer, and so are some F-150's.
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hj
Just wondering because I was thinking about the old 58 Lincoln Continental -- I saw something at the time that said that it would need 2 normal parking spots. I wonder about today. From what I have found the 77 Town car was still longer, all F-250's are supposedly longer, and so are some F-150's.
Thanks,
hj
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I would believe such metrics would be established by the municipality they're located. I've never known of or honestly thought this was any sort of national standard or regulation.
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Most of it seems determined by the town or city. Most of the standards are for off street parking with all the joys of making that work. But it appears the "standard" is 8 or 9 feet by 19 with 4 feet "safety", give or take a foot here and there.
https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Ga.../Galt1848.html
The parking meters are sometimes a little offset, but the distance between them on a long street should match the parking space plus whatever cushion they give you. Of course a lot of them are two headed, so those are going to be a long way apart.
Do a search for "parallel parking standards" and find a site like that for dozens if not billions of city and county agencies.
At 229" overall, the '58 Lincoln doesn't need two spots.
https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Ga.../Galt1848.html
The parking meters are sometimes a little offset, but the distance between them on a long street should match the parking space plus whatever cushion they give you. Of course a lot of them are two headed, so those are going to be a long way apart.
Do a search for "parallel parking standards" and find a site like that for dozens if not billions of city and county agencies.
At 229" overall, the '58 Lincoln doesn't need two spots.
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the distance between parking meters?
http://ahhowland.com/regulations/fai...Page8-1112.pdf
https://www.boston.gov/sites/default...elines_boa.pdf
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