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Abstract-This paper presents a design solution based on analysis of the appropriate width of handicapped parking space for individuals with different levels of disabilities in Saga. The methodology followed in this study revealed an option for increasing the available quantity of handicapped parking within the available space by selectively reducing the width of alighting space requirements built into space standards. A physical simulation was carried out with assistance from volunteers with different types of disabilities who were asked to park in a confined space in order to obtain meaningful data for space requirements by disabled individuals. The investigation found that the current standard of 3.5 m width adopted for handicapped parking is conservative and has little merit from the point of view of functionality for handicapped individuals. The data collected allowed the research team to develop a methodology to propose a new arrangement for increasing the parking spaces for disabled persons. The paper explains the physical data collection process and details of the proposed arrangement that could better utilize the available space.Index Terms-Parking for disabled people, severity of disability, width of handicapped parking, alighting space, reconfiguration of parking space.

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Saga prefecture formalized the parking identification card system for disabled people in 2006 without addressing the issue of policing the disabled parking system. The current legal framework for disabled parking is reliant on the moral sense of able-bodied drivers. This system has been thought to be useless for preventing misuse of disabled parking by questionnaire survey. This paper investigates a concept of occurring of parking misuse of able-bodied drivers and a psychological barrier. This barrier is defined as the infrastructure presentation methods that may assist in strengthening the likelihood of self-compliance by (1) classification of disabled people, (2) number of wheel-chair drivers, (3) position of parking spaces and (4) design of surface painting and vertical signs in relation to the use of handicapped parking spaces. A plan of disabled parking system is proposed based on this concept.

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