The Search for Prime Parking
Many people consider finding the perfect parking space an art, an errand worthy of driving around the extra amount of time necessary in order to acquire. There is a great sense of pride taken in finding the best possible parking space and this warrants leaving extra time to park in order to procure a prime spot.
Traditional parking methods such as parking lots and parking garages offer very limited numbers of these prime parking spots and can be a great source of frustration for parking enthusiasts. These methods are becoming increasingly outdated due to the prominence of new and innovative parking solutions that offer the benefits of prime parking spaces to all of its users. This means it is no longer necessary to drive around long periods of time hunting for the perfect parking spot.
By providing the benefits of prime parking spaces to all of its users, these new automated parking solutions remove many of the frustrations associated with parking garages and parking lots. Due to part of the parking process being automated by machines, these parking solutions are also commonly referred to as robotic parking garages. The benefits of these robotic parking garages are so substantial and obvious that they will eventually make traditional parking methods obsolete.
How They Work
Robotic parking garages get their names from having motorized moving parts that add a new level of convenience to parking. Customers need only locate the loading platform, drive their vehicle on and exit the vehicle; the rest of the parking process is completed by the parking system. This involves using hydraulic motors to move the vehicle to the best available parking slot. The process is reversed for vehicle retrieval which usually happens in approximately one minute or less.
The use of the central loading platform makes parking easier than ever before. It removes the need to drive excessively while trying to locate the best parking space; the vehicle is left on the loading platform and is also retrieved from there. As far as the customer is concerned, the vehicle is essentially parked in the loading area.
Benefits of Automated Parking Garages
These new robotic parking garage systems offer the following benefits over their more traditional counterparts:
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Increased convenience
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Better parking efficiency
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Reductions in parking area required
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Increased vehicle safety and security.
The ability to stack vehicles vertically pushes the efficiency of these parking systems way above the traditional parking garages and greatly reduces the amount of area required to service large volumes of vehicles.
Other than the large amount of area needed to build a traditional parking garage, materials like cement, asphalt and steel are needed in huge supplies. This all adds up to huge costs incurred to implement one of these parking garages. The automated parking solutions are a compact unit that is both efficient in terms of handling volumes of vehicles as well as the materials used for construction.