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Inside a Mechanical Parking Garage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the at-least-the-valet-isn't-joyriding dept.

poisedleft writes "Slate has this article about a mechanical parking garage in DC. 'Despite the undeniable Jetsons cachet of the robo-garage, the Summit Grand Parc went automatic only because it had to. A 60-foot-by-106-foot lot behind the building, the only land available for a conventional garage, couldn't hold more than 14 spaces.' One potential problem for suffering city dwellers: long lines at rush hour."

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  1. Not new news by gnuman99 · · Score: 5, Informative
    I've heard of these types of parking lots being operational in places in Japan and Hong Kong for a number of years now.

    Of course, if everyone just used public transit, then public transit would be faster and we could put parks in place of parking lots. But I guess it is more convenient to sit twice as long in a grid lock...

  2. Pictures and Details by nacturation · · Score: 5, Informative

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