On 23rd Dec 2011, CNA reported that KBW had blogged about HDB evaulating mechanised parking system after recommendation from his PAP buddy AMS.
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....heme-to-milk-HDB-dwellers&p=914380#post914380
Three weeks later, like a miracle worker when income opportunities beckon, 70 mechanised carparks are already on the way. KBW certainly deserve a big CNY hamper from AMS for this big hongbao.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=639793
Singapore To Try Mechanised Parking Systems To Ease Car Park Crunch By Year End
SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Singapore's government may try out different mechanised parking systems in housing estates by year-end to ease a possible car park crunch, according to China's Xinhua news agency citing local press reports on Friday.
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for National Development are jointly studying automated solutions to overcome the parking woes, local daily Straits Times reported.
Over 70 mechanised carparks have been built in various places in Singapore.
The study by authorities will determine whether such carparks are feasible for older housing estates since fewer parking spaces were planned when they were built.
This parking woes came to light after National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan raised the possibility of building mechanised car parks in public housing estates, in a blog post.
However, Lee Bee Wah, who chairs the government parliamentary committee for national development said that the residents may have concerns over the reliability and the cost of such systems.
"Residents worry about reliability and the cost being passed back to them. It looks like it costs more, but as technology advances, and land becomes scarce, at one point it could become a viable solution," she said.
Lee and other lawmakers toured a fully automated car park in Singapore that uses a lift to transport cars to up to four levels and can house up to 140 vehicles at full capacity.
A driver need only drive his vehicle into a car-lift and park it in the correct position.
After pulling the handbrake and keying in a password, the driver can leave the system to automatically park the car.
To retrieve the car, a driver has to key in the password, and wait for about four minutes on average.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....heme-to-milk-HDB-dwellers&p=914380#post914380
Three weeks later, like a miracle worker when income opportunities beckon, 70 mechanised carparks are already on the way. KBW certainly deserve a big CNY hamper from AMS for this big hongbao.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=639793
Singapore To Try Mechanised Parking Systems To Ease Car Park Crunch By Year End
SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Singapore's government may try out different mechanised parking systems in housing estates by year-end to ease a possible car park crunch, according to China's Xinhua news agency citing local press reports on Friday.
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for National Development are jointly studying automated solutions to overcome the parking woes, local daily Straits Times reported.
Over 70 mechanised carparks have been built in various places in Singapore.
The study by authorities will determine whether such carparks are feasible for older housing estates since fewer parking spaces were planned when they were built.
This parking woes came to light after National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan raised the possibility of building mechanised car parks in public housing estates, in a blog post.
However, Lee Bee Wah, who chairs the government parliamentary committee for national development said that the residents may have concerns over the reliability and the cost of such systems.
"Residents worry about reliability and the cost being passed back to them. It looks like it costs more, but as technology advances, and land becomes scarce, at one point it could become a viable solution," she said.
Lee and other lawmakers toured a fully automated car park in Singapore that uses a lift to transport cars to up to four levels and can house up to 140 vehicles at full capacity.
A driver need only drive his vehicle into a car-lift and park it in the correct position.
After pulling the handbrake and keying in a password, the driver can leave the system to automatically park the car.
To retrieve the car, a driver has to key in the password, and wait for about four minutes on average.
-- BERNAMA
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