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The Gateway
There are two garages, "Winter" and "Summer," named after the two seasonal Olympics divisions, dividing 2,300 spaces. (One surface lot, just north of the Gateway, handles some overflow - about 470 spaces.) Garage levels are color-coded and named after appropriate Olympic venues, i.e., skiing, swimming, etc., to help people remember and locate their vehicles quickly. Visitors can take a color-coded card from card holders located at elevator and stairwell sites that match the signage of the level where they park.
There are 20 lanes: At the north surface lot, there is one dedicated in, one dedicated out, and one reversible; at one entrance of the Winter garage, there are four entrance lanes (capability of being three exit lanes and a reversible lane); and three lanes at the other Winter Garage plaza (two entrance, one exit which can be reversible - and one which was an exit but is unused at present). Across the street, there are four lanes for the Summer garage: one dedicated entrance, two dedicated exits and a reversible, one dedicated entrance and one dedicated exit at 100 South, and further down (at the 200 South - the street address), visitors find two entrance and two exit lanes, none reversible.
Equipment selection was a critical. They chose Amano McGann AGP Series equipment including 13 validators, 13 fee computers, 15 ticket dispensers, 13 lag time readers, and a host of fee signs, printers, displays and card scanners. For facility management software, they chose Amano McGann Software Systems.
The Gateway's biggest challenge came during a 17-day period at the onset of the Olympics. Because of the nature of the games they anticipated people arriving gradually, but departing all at once.
Other related projects:
Circle Center Mall
Cambridge Galleria
Midwest Plaza
