Design Rules🅿 Parking & Site

Parking Ramp — One-Way Width (LMV)

Clear width for one-way light motor vehicle ramp
See also📖 NBC 2016🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook Topic
3.0
m
3.0 m mONE-WAY RAMP — PLAN
Primary value3.0 m
Applies toOne-way basement parking ramps · Single-lane multi-level parking ramps
ExceptionsTwo-way ramp6.0 m
Measured asClear width between kerbs / wall faces of the ramp — measured horizontally.
SourceNBC 2016Part 3, Clause 8
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Why this matters

Parking ramps serve as the bottleneck between street level and basement parking. 3.0 m one-way is the minimum that lets cars climb without scraping side walls, especially since climbers tend to drift.

Typical practice

Most basement parking uses 3.0 m one-way ramps with separate up and down. Combined two-way ramps (6.0 m) are used in tighter plots where two ramps don't fit.

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