Issue 41

INHERENTLY SAFER, GREENER, MORE COMPACT, AESTHETIC & LOWER OPERATING COSTS

A “PARKADIGM” SHIFT IN PARKING GARAGE DESIGN

Excerpts from a White Paper by Roger C. Courtney, Esq.

Reducing risks in parking lots and garages is a major concern. “Because parking facilities are more likely settings for crime – both violent and property – than all other real estate except residential, security is one of the most critical issues facing owners and operators of parking facilities today,” according to a National Institute of Justice research study.

Automated / robotic parking garage vendors manufacture and operate robotic parking systems for vehicles in up to one third of the footprint of a conventional concrete ramp garage. The author of this paper believes that a number of these automated/robotic parking garages may meet the principles of “inherently safer design,” “value engineering,” and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (“CPTED”). This White Paper focuses specifically on the design and technology of Robotic Parking Systems, Inc. (“RPS”).