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Self-driving cars may worsen traffic by cruising instead of parking

Ben Coxworth February 1, 2019

​Imagine if instead of paying for downtown parking, you could just have your car cruise the streets by itself while you attended to your business, and then return to pick you up when summoned? A new study suggests that's exactly what driverless cars could do – and it may cause a big problem.

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Autonomous robot valet parking is coming to Gatwick Airport

Loz Blain January 24, 2019

Airport parking sucks, but a little French robot parking valet wants to make it better for everyone. After successful trials in Paris and Lyon, the Stan autonomous parking system is on its way to Gatwick, London – and it looks like a terrific idea.

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Around The Home

Garage parking system is designed to beat the hanging tennis ball

Ben Coxworth April 12, 2018

​A tennis ball on a string may good at letting you know when you've fully pulled your car into your garage, but it can get in the way, plus its location is based on the length of one specific vehicle. Inventor Mitchel Ottinger has created what he thinks is a better system, in the form of Park-a-Dot.

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Outdoors

Tank-like device lets you park trailers by remote control

Ben Coxworth April 2, 2018

​It can be hard work, using a spotter and/or your vehicle's mirrors to move a trailer into a tight space such as a parking spot or garage. The Trailer Valet RVR, however, is intended to make the job easier. Essentially, it's a remote-control trailer-parking tank.

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Automotive

Parking lots: Why autonomous cars could save acres of space

James Holloway March 29, 2018

Autonomous cars could prove to be splendid news for parking, according to new research from the University of Toronto. Because self-driving cars can park themselves, you can cram many more cars in. But according to the researchers, if autonomous cars work together, even more space can be saved…

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Bicycles

World's biggest underground bike parking center opens in Utrecht

Paul Ridden August 18, 2017

​​Bikes are everywhere in the Netherlands, which can make finding somewhere to park a problem. Cyclists​ in Utrecht started using a parking garage under the train station last week, ahead of an August 21 official opening. When complete, it will be the world's largest parking facility for bikes.​​

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Automotive

Daimler's autonomous valet takes aim at the pain of parking

Nick Lavars July 24, 2017

Autonomous vehicles promise to makes things a whole lot more convenient, and that may extend to the tedious task of finding a parking spot. Working towards such a future, Daimler and Bosch, have demonstrated an autonomous valet service that can be initiated by smartphone.

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Bicycles

Thieves won't like Portland's new bike racks

Ben Coxworth June 14, 2017

​Sometimes, instead of trying to defeat a cyclist's high-security lock, bicycle thieves will actually saw through the rack to which a bike is locked. It's been happening in Portland, Oregon, so the city is installing a new type of bike-parking rack that just says No to saws.

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Robotics

Stan the robotic valet parks your car, no human required

Scott Collie May 24, 2017

Audi has turned to autonomous parking robots developed by Ray, and Dokk1 is a fully automated car park in Denmark. Now, Stanley Robotics' automated valet is being put into service at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to provide people-free parking.

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Automotive

Ford feature selects park-mode even if you forget

Stu Robarts December 8, 2016

It's all too easy to forget to put an automatic transmission car in "park," but the consequences of a parked car rolling away can be very serious. Ford has developed "Return to Park" functionality, which detects when a driver is exiting a vehicle and automatically selects the P mode.

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