Tokyo's amazing bicycle parking garage

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Tokyo's amazing bicycle parking garage

par Oyez Oyez » Dim Avr 20, 2008 2:30 pm

Automatically parks & retrieves bikes

Here's a video report from Japan about an automated bicycle parking garage in Tokyo that can hold 9,400 bicycles.

The facility is located at the Kasai metro station and aims to solve the problem of finding a location to park a lot of bicycles in a small area.

The video isn't translated, but it appears that after you swipe a card, your bicycle is automatically whisked away and stored. When you return, swipe your card again, and the robot retrieves your bike and delivers it in 22 seconds ...

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Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:15:48 -0700



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