{"id":4753,"date":"2013-08-09T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T17:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2024-05-27T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:11:52","slug":"automated-parking-garages-new-luxury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/automated-parking-garages-new-luxury\/","title":{"rendered":"Life’s new luxury: automated parking garages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An automated parking garage (image via gizmag<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n

A parking space is a precious commodity, so much so that some people are ready to spend an insane amount of money<\/a> to have one. As cities become more space-starved, parking becomes more and more of a luxury experience. Take, for example, how car owners and real estate developers are investing in automated parking garages.<\/p>\n

Robotic parking garages come as a boon, especially to billionaires and celebrities who no longer have to risk their high-profile status by being exposed to parking attendants<\/a> when they don\u2019t want to. It’s a good deal in general, though, as it takes the misery out of finding a parking spot in dense urban areas.<\/p>\n

Automated parking garages — new to the U.S.<\/h2>\n

Although automated parking garages have been popular in Europe and Asia for a while, they’ve only recently come to the U.S. This could be because \u201cEurope and Japan have more constrained land uses,\u201d as Susan Shaheen, Policy and Behavioral Research program leader for California\u2019s Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways at the University of California, Berkeley, pointed out.<\/p>\n

Recently, a luxury apartment building in Philadelphia installed an automated parking garage. \u201cIt\u2019s run by incredibly sophisticated software<\/a>,\u201d says David Ertz, a Cope Linder Architects partner. The 31-story high-rise condominium had a footprint of just 6,700 square ft and needed on-site parking.<\/p>\n