Tandem parking

A tandem bay is a stacked or shared space: one car parks behind another, so the driver on the inside cannot leave until the driver on the outside moves. Tandem bays nearly double the capacity of a site, but they only work if the two people using the bay can coordinate.

In your preferences you can set a typical departure time of early, normal or late. This tells the engine when you usually leave the office on a parking day.

1. 1Open your preferences.
2. 2Find Typical departure time.
3. 3Choose early, normal or late — whichever best matches when you usually leave.

When two people share a stacked space, the engine compares their departure times and places the earlier leaver in the outer spot. That way the person leaving first is never blocked in by someone who is staying later. One exception: a member who needs accessible parking is never placed in the inner spot, regardless of departure times.

You can optionally add a mobile number in your preferences. If you are allocated a tandem space, your number is shared only with your tandem partner for that day — nobody else in the organisation can see it. It exists so the two of you can text or call to coordinate arrival and departure times.