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- By john arnold
- Asphalt Know How, Commercial Paving
Keeping your lot stripes visible and bring is very important. Here’s why.
Safety
Keeping your parking lot striped isn’t just important for visual reasons. The stripes and symbols painted into a parking lot play a huge role in the safety of the parking lot. For example, arrows direct the flow of traffic. These arrows reduce the chance of a head-on collision as they keep traffic organized in a busy parking lot. Also, parking lot lines keep parking organized and simple. If your customers can’t see the parking lines, they’ll just park wherever they choose. This lack of organization will reduce the number of cars that are able to fit in your parking lot. Handicap spaces also make it possible for customers to park safely. If nobody knows that a parking spot is a designated handicapped spot, they’ll park in the closest space. This leaves the people who need these spots with a further walk.
Curb Appeal
You want to think about the curb appeal of the property. Having nice clean and easy to see lines in the parking lot is going to make it look better. We’ve all seen old parking lots that don’t have lines or whose lines have faded over the years. They look neglected. If the owner doesn’t care enough to take care of the parking lot striping, it typically means they do not care much about the buildings and stores that are in the parking lot, or the rest of the upkeep they should be taking care of. If you are planning to resell the property, not painting the strips and improving that curb appeal is going to hurt the resale value. It might seem like a small thing, but it is very important. It will help to show that the business is well cared for, and that can help to make getting a sale easier.
ADA Compliance
The Americans with Disabilities Act has certain guidelines for parking lot stripes. Depending on the number of parking spaces your lot accommodates, it must include a certain number of accessible parking spaces for cars and wider spaces for vans. Restriping can help you clearly designate these spots so you are complying with the law and providing the proper accommodations for your handicapped residents or customers.
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