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New York’s first robotic parking facility opens in Chinatown next month. The developers reckon that they can park 67 cars in the car park rather than the normal 24 by removing a ramp and the usual manoeuvering space needed. The driver stops on a pallet and gets out, the car is then transported to a space by a computer controlled device similar to a lift. I have to admit that I am having trouble visualising this but it sounds great. Perhaps it’s because I played with dolls as a small child instead of cars but I’m the first to confess that my parking skills could do with some help. At $25 a day it sounds like money well spent.

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