New York Receives Its First Robotic Parking Garage

[adrian]

Source (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5915)
AutoMotion Parking Systems has introduced its first fully robotic parking garage in New York. The parking garage is now open for the residents at 123 Baxter Street, a newly developed condominium building. The robotic parking system is using the technology developed by German-based industrial manufacturer, Stolzer Parkhaus.

I don't know about spending $400/month for this parking, but it would alleviate a lot of parking woes.

[Kungpao]

links? pics?

[LocoBoy]

Very cool but yeah $400 monthly is steep.

[WindwardOahuRN]

links? pics?

If you click on the "source" link in Doc's post you'll get the article. :)

But here it is again:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5915

[Miulang]

That's actually pretty reasonable. Here's what one parking system would charge for parking around Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan for the month of Feb.: cheapest = $753; most expensive = $1,021 :eek: That's what most people would pay every month for renting an apartment anywhere except in downtown Manhattan.

Miulang

[joshuatree]

Funny how it seems so futuristic to Americans yet an automated garage has been the norm in Japan for years. I think it's probably the best way to implement public parking but not have to worry about breakins and thefts considering people can't really access the parking levels. Also, more parking spots in a given area.

[Kungpao]

If you click on the "source" link in Doc's post you'll get the article. :)

But here it is again:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5915

Weird... when i first read this thread, there was no source link or a quote box.

Thanks though!

[zff]

I don't know about those things. A friend of mine used to work in the building on Young St. with that robotic parking garage (or whatever that tall merry-go-round parking thing is called). He told me about the time someone forgot to use their parking brake and their car rolled around far enough to jam the entire thing. Everyone's car was stuck in the garage for over a month.

[joshuatree]

I don't know about those things. A friend of mine used to work in the building on Young St. with that robotic parking garage (or whatever that tall merry-go-round parking thing is called). He told me about the time someone forgot to use their parking brake and their car rolled around far enough to jam the entire thing. Everyone's car was stuck in the garage for over a month.

I think it depends on the type of robotic parking garages. The ones where you can't drive into the garage but rather onto a platform on the ground floor would prevent someone from jamming the garage. I recall the Ford dealership on Ala Moana Blvd having a garage like that for their new cars. Maybe if the park-n-rides the city is planning for the rail had these garages, it would be better because they use less land and people would feel more confident bout security in leaving their cars there.

Here's a website with really good footage on how the garages work.

http://www.robopark.com/home_broadband.php

[GeckoGeek]

Seems like there was something like that in Waikiki. About at the mid-point of Kuhio on the Makai side.