IRC RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGEST THE PARKING PLACES AND LAY -BYS ON THE IMPORTANT ROADS

Indian road congress recommend that the Lay - byes should be provided on the important roads at intervals to enable vehicles to draw off the road for temporary parking required for break downs and the repairs. Bays should also be provided for the bus stops.These should normally be 3 meters wide and al least 30 meters long with 15 meters end tapers on both sides .The parking at open places must have a gross area of about 23 square meters as required for each car parking , this makes due allowance for access roads irregularities in manoeuvring and opening of the doors.Parking lane width for parking parallel to the road kerbs should be 3 meters and it may be reduced to 2.5 meters where available space is limited .Where sufficient carriage way width is available, angle parking must be provided and for parking either diagonally or at the right angle to the kerb a width of at least 6 meters is needed . As required for the parking of individual trucks 3.75 into 7.50 meters area is necessary and in the case of Cars 3 into 6 meters parking space is required and parking lots for Community parking it may be 2.5 into 5 meters .