GATE 2022 AR — Planning – Question 26

Urban Land Use and Transportation · Design of roads, intersections, grade separators and parking areas · 1 mark · Numerical answer

An off-street parking lot has 75 bays and serves 687 cars over 12 hours. Find average turnover in vehicles per hour per bay, to two decimal places.

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Correct answer: 0.76 to 0.77

Explanation

Total bay-hours are 75×12=900. Divide served vehicles by bay-hours:687/900=0.763333, or 0.76 vehicles/hour/bay. Dividing by 75 alone gives turnover over the whole 12-hour period, not the requested hourly value.

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