Automated parking systems really seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment. There have been articles about new installations quite regularly lately, and the latest I have come across is from the Philippines, where a 72 car facility has been constructed. You can read about it here.
Whilst these various systems promise a lot, I reckon they will still take some time to really get rolling with large installations.
Some of the big problems they have are their cost versus those of normal carpark construction, are the extra spaces enough of a benefit?
Plus there is the parking and recovery times. Claims of retrieval times of under 2 minutes sound good and are probably fair under off-peak circumstances, but what about during peak demand times? For example, how do they cope when a crowd pours out of a cinema or concert?
I know security is good as there are no vandals or thieves wandering around sussing out likely targets, and systems such as finger print recognition makes incorrect retrieval extremely unlikely, but are these benefits going to convince the average Joe?
JP
Yes it seems to me that the develoipment of parking technology is progressing in the wrong direction, for example who need a car park with finger print recognition system? a car park with low fuel consumption ? ( hell, how long a car has to go to park in a carpark system?) All we need is a carpark which is save ( no stuck!) and can take a large number of cars! that all,
Posted by: Harnadi Hidajat Jakarta | 24 May 2009 at 05:35 PM