Automatic parking system for residents parking solutions for a city worth living

Expanding cities and urban regions all over the world are facing the same challenge: a fast growing demand for parking-spaces hit on narrow space. Old building stocks and heavy transit traffic cause a shortage of parking space for residents, visitors and business.

This issue does not only affect the city-centres but also pops up in established residential areas where a leak of parking-space leads to "wild parking" and causes huge frustration to drivers travelling endlessly around the block eager to find some parking-space. 

As in many other cities, this was the starting point in Munich, Donnersberger Strasse.

There wasn't enough space for a conventional garage and years of discussions to find a concept passed by without a solution, the state capital Munich decided to take the advantage of a space-saving fully automatic parking system and chose WÖHR + BAUER as general contractor.

High-tech for a smooth parking process

Today the days of the parking chaos are gone: 284 sparking-spaces are offered underground with a minimal footprint on the city surface. The only recall to the cars stored below the street are four appealing glass cubes acting as access gates to the car-lifts.

These transfer areas are accessible on street level. When holding his transponder chip to the operating device the driver activates the parking procedure. The door opens automatically and the driver is guided by a text display to the right position in the lift.

As soon as the driver has reached the right parking position, he stops the car, disembarks, locks his car and simply leaves the transfer area. By confirming the parking procedure at the operating device he starts the fully-automatic parking procedure. The door closes and laser-scanners at the ceiling of the transfer area check the correct positioning and dimensions of the car. The car is stored fully automatically.

When the driver wants to pick up his car again returns to the transfer areas and chooses his car via his transponder chip and the parking procedure starts in the opposite way. As soon as the parking system has transported the car into the transfer the doors open and the driver can easily exit with his car.

A new parking process can be started. The average access time is 137 seconds. Cars up to a height of 2 m can be parked safely.

Improved location attractiveness for residents

Not only car drivers gain from this trendsetting solution, but also the whole residential area profits. Parked cars are no longer blocking the street, which makes the situation more comfortable and safer for pedestrians and bikers.

New planted trees and child-friendly play areas now shape the Donnersberger Strasse, Munich. The reduction of traffic noise in combination with the now good parking situation turned this inner-city district back into a place worth living and working.

Quality Parking made in Germany

The German WÖHR + BAUER GmbH PARKING branch in Abu Dhabi offers well-engineered parking-solutions worldwide: from planning till turn-key construction for all kind of parking requirements as multi-storey car parks up- and below ground and fully automatic parking systems.

For further information please visit www.woehrbauer-parking.com or email parking@woehrbauer.de