Diagrams Done Badly

These drawings are based on the grocery store parking lot at Humboldt and North Avenue in Milwuakee, though the concept could be easily adapted to most parking lots. These diagrams are my attempt to visually depict the content of my first blog - Parking Lots Badly Done.

Red lines indicate where car and pedestrian traffic overlap.The lower diagram represents the parking lot as it is now. The top diagram shows how the parking lot could be modified to make it more pedestrian-friendly. The top diagram shows walkways between rows of parked cars leading to the store entrances. Cars could be kept out of the fire lane with signs, painted stripes, and easily moved plastic chains.

Any one who is less graphics-challenged than I am is encouraged to create better diagrams than these.