SPACE CREATOR

The computer-controlled Trevipark system, developed by the Trevi Group in Italy, enables cars to be parked automatically in underground or overground garages. Owners can retrieve their cars in under 60 seconds after inserting a dedicated card into a console. A Trevipark scheme in the London Borough of Westminster was granted planning permission in May 1999. It will be able to park up to 108 cars in an area of 20m, thus preventing cars from cluttering local streets. Arriving vehicles are automatically measured and placed in the nearest space available or in a preassigned bay. Benefits include security, with closed circuit television (CCTV) monitors controlled from a central unit, and a push-button voice unit giving drivers access at any time to information of instructions about their car's parking. A typical 20m diameter underground reinforced concrete silo, accomodating over 100 cars on nine levels, takes 4-6 months to build, and can be located in a confined space. Its small entrance-exit does not intrude on the environment, and the area above it can be developed independently without interfering with parking operations. Its facilities include automatic car moving in a conveyor depositing or retrieving the car quickly, emergency repair and maintenance systems, and internal and external safety devices.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Alad Limited

  P.O. Box 135
  Sutton, Surrey  United Kingdom  SM2 7JP
• Authors:
  • PALMER, T
• Publication Date: 1999-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25-6
• Serial:
  • Highways
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Alad Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-6168
  • Serial URL: http://www.highways-mag.co.uk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Automobiles; Design; Measurement; Multistory structures; Organizations; Parking; Parking facilities; Parking garages; Reinforced concrete; Safety; Smart cards; Surveillance; Television; Traffic control; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 1243: Car; 9011: Design (overall design); 6136: Measurement; 924: Multi storey parking garage; 9057: Organization (association); 955: Parking; 975: Parking place (one veh only); 4794: Reinforced concrete; 1665: Safety; 290: Smart card; 9101: Surveillance; 6949: Television; 654: Traffic control; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769904
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 7 1999 12:00AM