When faced with limited building footprints, unfavorable soil conditions, high excavation costs, floor area ratio limits, height limits, or any combination of these conditions, mechanical parking solutions have the potential to not only achieve a more cost-effective parking solution, but can also be compatible with adaptive reuse should parking demand change in the future.

EPC’s projects at the Detroit Smart Parking Lab, demonstrate how certain mechanical parking systems in combination with autonomous valet vehicle parking can provide nearly three times the amount of parking over what could be achieved in the same space by traditional methods. By combining autonomous parking with mechanical parking, costs for construction, land and labor will be reduced allowing affordable urban parking.

You can read the full article at the DSPL website here: https://detroitsmartparkinglab.com/project/elevated-parking/

Also seen here on WDIV channel 4 Detroit: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/11/14/smart-parking-lab-aims-at-changing-how-cities-use-parking-storing-evs-in-downtown-detroit/