Austin | Parking Podiums

[AustinYIMBY]

The money is most definitely the biggest reason robotic parking isnt used more frequently. I also wonder how the systems would work during the morning and afternoon rush of people with the same 8-5 schedule trying to park and retrieve their cars at the same time. The video from the site posted above seems to be sped up, I would imagine those usually operate pretty slowly. Last thought is you typically see smaller cars in these systems. How will the guys with office jobs, but trying to be cowboys/roughnecks in there lifted pickup trucks fit onto those systems?
I am all for something different than the current obnoxious parking podiums, but there are definitely several reasons why the conventional parking garages are used. And again, cant be stated enough, the number one reason is money.