| In many countries robotic parking structures are much | | | | with the real estate prices the way they are in most |
| more common than in the United States which is very | | | | downtown areas this will change. In Hoboken, NJ there |
| interesting since Americans own more cars and | | | | is a very successful debut of a robotic parking |
| vehicles per capita than in any place in the First World. | | | | structure and it is applauded by users, the Mayor and |
| Our land is also very expensive and this too makes | | | | the economic development district director, as a sign |
| one wonder why there are not more parking | | | | of being progressive. |
| structures in the United States of America. In places | | | | Indeed and we will see more of these robotic parking |
| like Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, | | | | structures in the future as the trend in 2006 propels |
| Houston, NYC, Miami, Seattle, Chicago, well one has to | | | | the concept into the future. As robotics become more |
| ask where are the robotic parking structures. | | | | and more accepted and downtown real estate more |
| Surely without the space in the middle where the cars | | | | tight, there will be no choice for property owners than |
| drive you can get another one-third to two cars more | | | | to take a good hard look at these robotic parking |
| into the parking structure, as all that space is | | | | structures and their space, cost savings and |
| completely wasted. So far in the United States there | | | | efficiencies. Expect to see many more being built in |
| are only a handful of Robotic Parking structures, but | | | | 2006 and beyond. Think on this. |