§ Mr. E. Johnsonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what he assumes to be the overall length of a car, the overall width of a car, the distance between parked cars from front to rear and from side to side, when they are parked in two rows, for the purpose 119W of calculating how many cars can be parked in 100 feet.
§ Mr. H. WatkinsonWhen estimating the number of private cars which can be parked in a single row along the kerb it is usual to allow an average of 20 ft. for each car. The actual space occupied varies widely with the type of car parked; some cars are little more than 10 ft. while others of foreign manufacture are as long as 19 ft. Similarly it is usual to assume that a single row of cars occupies a width of road of about 6 ft., although some private cars are in fact more than 6 ft. wide and others are little more than 4 ft. wide. When private cars are parked in two rows the width of road occupied tends to be more than 12 ft. as some room is usually left between the two rows for people to get in and out.