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"Automated Parking - Two Year Report Card "
From Sep 2004 Issue of Parking
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Parking Magazine Spotlight: |
"In the January/February 2003 issue, PARKING magazine introduced you to the nation’s first fully-automated parking garage that opened in Hoboken, New Jersey. Now, almost two years later, let’s take a look at some of the data from the structure’s feasibility study compared to actual operating statistics, and examine how this new technology is assimilating into our culture."
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The Technology
The modular system of the garage provides
for a variety of possibilities in terms
of the arrangement of different machinery
components. Since the motions of the three
axes x, y, and z are performed by independent
machinery, it allows for a combination
of such and, therefore, the adjustment
of the necessary peak traffic (PT) handling
of a specific location. Figure 2 shows
the relationship of installed components
and concurrent capacities of handling
certain numbers of cars per hour.
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