may be operated conveniently, and without either waste of space or lack of space. The automobile has now developed to a point where experience has taught us that certain general outlines for entrance and garage turns meet the requirements. This discussion, with accompanying figures and illustrations, is an attempt to put on record certain fundamental information regarding the size and outlines of these areas. The factor of circumstance is so variable that the designer will often find problems for the solution of which the information in this article will serve only as a suggestive or partial answer. Each solution here shown is the answer to a practical problem viewed from the standpoint of the professional designer as adviser, and of the automobile
driver as the user. Measurements have been carefully checked after the work was completed and in everyday use, so that the illustrations shown are virtually record drawings of work done.
Entrance and garage turns fall under one of four types, as follows:
A. Turn-tables. B. Ovals.
C. “Y” turns.
D. Some combination of “Y” turns and
Oval turns.
The first requisite of a well-designed turn is that it shall provide ample space of road-bed to allow
ease of turning or reversing the direction of travel of any desired type of automobile. The second requisite is that while efficiency of operation is not to be unduly sacrificed, yet the total area of roadbed should be a minimum. The third is that wherever local conditions require it, space shall be pro
vided in which to park the first automobile either directly in front of and close to the entrance steps or in some part of the turn, while a second automobile enters and departs.
Photo ii. Entrance turn opposite entrance steps showing relationship of house to garage, as yet unscreened by planting. See fig. 8, fig. 7 and photos 10 and 19.
Photo 12. An interesting solution of the garage turn and
entrance drive. See fig. No. 12.