How to Uncover a “Staged” Automated Parking System Demonstration

I think we all know that it is possible to “stage” the demonstration of new parking technology so the system appears to be fully functional, when in fact it is still very far from that reality. To ensure you are making an educated evaluation, follow these suggestions to fully test a new system:

RoboticValet® system Chosen for Student Housing Project at University of Illinois.

Boomerang Systems, Inc., (OTCQB: BMER) the pioneer designer and manufacturer of fully-automated robotic parking systems, announced today that it has executed an agreement to provide 240 parking spaces using the revolutionary RoboticValet® Parking System, to be incorporated into a student housing project on East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois. 

Robotic Parking coming to American Cities- smaller footprint will help CRE Development

Robotic parking can reduce the footprint of a parking garage, cut pollution and traffic congestion, and make room for more commercial real estate (CRE) development, according to industry experts. “There is an explosion of innovation and creativity that has entered the parking industry in the last 10 or 15 years, robotic parking being one of […]

Rise of the Machines: Robotic Garage will North America’s largest

It’s not the set of the latest Terminator movie, but the automated garage slated for Willoughby Square Park in Downtown Brooklyn represents the future of parking. Perry Finkelman, CEO of Automation, talks of designing machines, manipulating machines—even machines that send text messages. It’s not Rise of the Machines he speaks of … not exactly. But the technology that […]

Oman’s first automated basement car parking area

An office building in Al Ghubra is the first of its kind in Oman to install an automated car parking basement, with 66 car parking spaces made possible in a 600 square metre-area without any ramps for driving in or out.

1.2 million spaces but nowhere to park

I was recently reminded of the phrase “the cobbler’s children have no shoes“, referring to a phenomena where people who are successful at doing something but don’t demonstrate that in their own backyard, or in this case, their parking lot. An article in The Tennessean tells how Central Parking, a company which has 2,500 parking […]

Automated Parking Systems Receiving City Approvals

As mentioned in an earlier post, approval from fire departments on the safety of automated parking is intergral in getting a project off the ground. An article in Build LA, the monthly newsletter of the LA Department of Building and Safety, explains more about how automated parking structures, widely accepted in Europe and Japan, are becoming […]

Inauguration for automated eight-floor parking facility ‘South Square’ at Sarojini Nagar

India inaugurated the 824 space, automated parking garage at Sarojini Nagar today.  Developed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) under public-private partnership with real estate developers DLF Limited, they will offer free parking space to shoppers at Sarojini Nagar Market for the first 20 days, as part of a real-time trial of the fully […]

First automatic car parking unveiled for GCC Region

The Gulf Cooperation Council, comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates, unveiled the first robotic parking system for the area. It will hold up to 306 cars at the City Seasons Muscat Hotel. 

Sherman Oaks to be first completed automated parking structure in LA

Imagine a parking structure with no circling cars, no exhaust fumes, no noise. The vision of the future is about to become reality, with the approval this week of a fully automated garage for an apartment building in Sherman Oaks. Chris Alan, CEO of Van Nuys-based Dasher Lawless, said he expects to complete the 16-vehicle […]