Parking Garage Design
Garages planned for the site—and the street.
Parking is a fact of life that will be with communities for decades. When it makes economic sense to build, DeShazo plans, designs, and helps develop parking facilities that efficiently accommodate demand. We work with owners and design professionals to study site access and traffic so the garage is properly placed and the surrounding roadway system is capable of serving it. Our services span both inside the garage (capacity, circulation, wayfinding, operations) and outside the garage (driveways, queuing, frontage improvements, and intersection performance).
Proven Experience
From campuses and medical centers to mixed-use districts and corporate sites, we tailor each garage to the development’s unique demand and circulation patterns—coordinating with architects, civil engineers, and agencies to align placement, access, and network improvements.
What we do
- Demand & right-sizing: determine economically appropriate stall counts, including shared-parking opportunities.
- Site placement & access: position the facility on site; locate entries/exits to fit land use and circulation goals.
- Roadway & intersection interface: evaluate queues, turn lanes, and signal timing to protect the surrounding network.
- Internal circulation & layout: ramps, aisles, stall geometry, and operations that reduce conflict and confusion.
- Pedestrian safety & wayfinding: ADA routes, lighting, signage, and intuitive connections to buildings and transit.
- Technology & operations: EV charging, guidance/LPR/PARCS, event surge plans, and phased implementation.
Why it matters
- Efficiency: smoother vehicle flow and reduced congestion at entries, ramps, and intersections.
- Safety: clearer paths for drivers and pedestrians with accessible, well-lit routes.
- Economic value: right-sized facilities avoid over-building and support feasible development.
- Approvals & coordination: drawings and exhibits that help cities, counties, and DOTs evaluate projects.
Example Projects
- University & school campuses — student/visitor separation and event surge plans.
- Medical centers — staff/visitor stratification and patient-first pedestrian routes.
- Mixed-use districts — shared-parking programs and wayfinding to retail cores.
- Retail & entertainment venues — peak-hour and game-day queue management.
- Corporate campuses — access control, transit/shuttle interface, and EV rollout.
Let’s design a garage that works for the site and the street.
We’ll right-size capacity, streamline circulation, and coordinate the roadway interface to support approvals.
