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Two Letters Re: Automated Parking Garages
Sir,
Regarding a
recent item in your blog about robotic parking facilities: These modern "conveniences" can
be shut down by more than just a power outage. Here's a link to a news storey
about a robotic parking facility in Hoboken, New Jersey which
was effectively shut down for about a week during a contract dispute between
the city and the software company. To make a long story short: The city owned
the facility, while the company owned the rights to the software which ran
it. When
the city opted
not to renew their contract with the company, the parking robot suddenly stopped
functioning. Cheers, - B-Boy
Jim:
Your warning comes a little too late. According to an AutoBlog article, they're
in place in many of our big
cities, including San Francisco, Seattle et cetera. - Eric S.
