Parking characteristics in Malaysia public hospitals

Abstract

Parking in public hospitals has been a significant issue for public, authorities and parking operators running the facility within the hospital compound. In view to the fact that private vehicles are the preferred mode of choice for commuting in Malaysia, the issue could not get any better. This paper attempts to evaluate parking characteristics in public hospitals in Malaysia. Parking characteristics at six public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia were investigated. Secondary data were obtained from Ministry of Health. License Plate methodwas used to collect parking demand data as a primary data for a period of 12 hours at public hospitals.Parking duration, parking turnover and parking index were determined to investigate parking scenario at each respective study sites. It was found that long parking hours was a nature in public hospitals with average parking duration of almost 4 hours/veh. Higher parking turnover rate was also observed for public bay area. The average parking index for all hospitals was also more than 100% in which it exceeding the capacity. The actual parking demand was found to be higher than the provided parking space at all public hospitals under investigation and it is also far below the specified various guidelines except for EPU guideline.