A different angle on car park layout

A leading mathematician believes he can make parking a less stressful experience

A traditional car park layout (left) and an angled one (right) that could lessen queuing

A traditional car park layout (left) and an angled one (right) that could lessen queuing

Is it possible to lessen the frustration of finding a parking space in large car parks? An academic from Salford Business School at the University of Salford may have come up with the solution. Mathematician Professor David Percy has come up with a way to make car park designs more user-friendly. He believes the technique could lessen the pain of finding a space.

In a paper published in Mathematics Today, Prof. Percy shows how most modern car parks are designed in an inefficient way, which...

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