The importance of marking your car park properly cannot be emphasised enough. It is extremely beneficial for both you, either as a business, facility, or public area, as well as all the visitors of your car park, to have well designated areas for everybody to use with ease.
This is especially true with the rise in the number of electric vehicles in recent years, which is expected to continue growing. Whilst it may be easy to assume that the more people swap out their fuel-powered cars and vehicles for electric ones, the number of spaces needed in a car park won’t change. However, the number of people with cars and vehicles in general is increasing along with the population, so your car park may need more spaces, not just electric parking bays. You can read more about the rapid growth of the EV industry to get a clearer idea of just how important this is.
How your car park can help the change
It’s well known that the EV industry is aiming for electric vehicles to become the preferred choice over fuel-powered cars. This is something we love to see knowing that it would make for a much brighter future for our planet! Even though there’s still a way to go before this goal is achieved, the number of “green” vehicles has been on the rise and seeing them on the road is no longer a rare occurrence.
Still, there are many obstacles that are slowing down the process, with one of them being the price of electric cars. This, however, is hardly the only stopgap. Accessibility, or lack of availability, is another main reason why electric cars are still not in massive demand. This directly ties into the absence of the infrastructure that would be required to efficiently support electric becoming mainstream, mostly in the way of charging.
This is where your car park can make a difference. As part of the infrastructure – which is especially important for urban areas – offering properly marked electric bays in your parking area will greatly contribute to the increase, and reassure clients that if they go electric, they will be able to use your service. Even if your budget doesn’t yet stretch to charging points, marking these bays will help to make them more accessible.
EV charge bays and the importance of properly marking your car park
Having EV charging bays is important to widen the range of visitors in your parking area and to make it accessible for everyone. Whilst few car parks can be self-sufficient, it is important to have a properly marked car park in order to make the most of it. Why is proper marking of your EV charging bays, and parking bays in general, needed? Here are some of the main reasons:
Well-marked car parks help avoid confusion
Properly marking your EV charging bay areas can be a significant step towards creating the perfect car parking area. If the markings are faded or non-existent, this could easily lead to chaos in your car park, with drivers who do not really need the charging bay spaces occupying them. This can lead to unpleasant and stressful experiences for the drivers with the electric cars who need them. This applies to other visitors who require access to specific parking spaces too.
They make car parks more accessible, orderly, and aesthetically pleasing
A well-marked car park is much more likely to draw in more visitors, due to its tidiness and allowing people to identify parking spaces with ease, compared to a poorly marked one where people’s cars (and their nerves) are constantly put to the test.
Properly marking all the areas of your car park with spaces appropriate for EVs, people with disabilities, parents with children, and more, will significantly reduce the likelihood of any unpleasant situations. There shouldn’t ever be any parking spaces that are occupied by visitors who do not meet the demographic for who the spaces were made for. This also makes well-marked car parks a great measure for conflict prevention too.
By installing EV charging bays and properly marking their spots within your car park, you are actively contributing to a greener future, happier customers and public, and a car park everyone would enjoy using.
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