Large Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Workload; Other / Unknown; Distraction
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Company Policy; Airport
XX Gate in ZZZ needs to be redesigned or converted to a dedicated RJ Gate; due to shorter wingspan. On taxi in traffic on the access road would not stop to allow us to enter the alley. The ground traffic continued to pull up to the traditional stop bars. They had no way of knowing they needed to use the alternate ones adjacent to the Gate. Further at night that traffic blinds you with their headlights making it impossible to see the guide men. Lastly during push back traffic on the access road was driving around our aircraft. This put them dangerously close to our ground personnel and aircraft. Basically our wings were far over the road. Traffic approaching behind the aircraft merely side stepped and zipped past us. One vehicle drove past our guide person by less than 5? I was concerned that he was going to be hit. That road is unacceptably dangerous. Reserve that gate for smaller aircraft. Educate all people with driving access to not drive around aircraft while parking there.
Large Transport Captain reported parking at a gate with large aircraft is dangerous due to their wings extending over the vehicle access roads and vehicles driving too close to aircraft while parking.