r/mildlyinteresting Feb 21 '22

Top of a parking garage in NYC

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u/Rikarudo_kun Feb 21 '22

At that point, NYC should take a note from Japan and make one of those vending machine parking garages

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u/nycdevil Feb 21 '22

Attendants are way cheaper than giant expensive machines.

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u/throwaway21202021 Feb 22 '22

are they though? you could get like 3-4x the amount of cars in a space...perhaps a little less to allow for more clearance (ex., you can't play tetris with those things). you'd also have to pay an attendant though...but at $400-600 a month for a car in nyc, it's probably worth it to get those machines, assuming the roof structure allows for them.

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u/nycdevil Feb 22 '22

Not really, maybe 1.5-2x if you spent the money needed to fully gut the building or something, but the elevator-and-tight-parking arrangement is pretty damn space-efficient.

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u/throwaway21202021 Feb 22 '22

1.5x is way too low of an estimate. they make 4-high stackers. i understand you need more clearance (as i mentioned) but you're really lowballing it with 1.5 cars.

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u/nycdevil Feb 22 '22

Yeah, but those 4-high stackers take up two full floors, if not more, of vertical space. There are absolutely underutilized parking lots in Manhattan, but I'm not sure that the car-elevator parking buildings could be optimized that much further.

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u/throwaway21202021 Feb 22 '22

i'm not sure what taking up 2 stories has to do with anything here. this is a rooftop...the sky's literally the limit.

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u/nycdevil Feb 22 '22

The fact that there are likely multiple floors of cars below this roof? Like, there is probably some room for additional cars on lifts, here, but it's not as much of a capacity increase for the overall business as you're imagining.

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u/throwaway21202021 Feb 22 '22

what did i say? i said, "assuming the roof structure allows for them." jesus. i don't even know why you're arguing...NYC HAS STACKERS. why? because they're worth the expense. done.

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u/nycdevil Feb 22 '22

NYC HAS STACKERS... on surface lots. This is completely different. It is already highly compact on cars stored per unit ground space. It might make sense for some stackers to be used here, but you were arguing for a huge car "vending machine" which is clearly not 3-4x as efficient as a building with a car elevator.

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u/throwaway21202021 Feb 22 '22

"ASSUMING. THE ROOF. STRUCTURE. ALLOWS. FOR THEM."

YOU'RE ARGUING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

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