Kopites Supersonic January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 I think might take quite long. They not even confident to put the time in minutes in the news. Read the straits times and they said waiting time can be anything from less than an hour to three hours. lol. This mean if i to leave my hse at 8 i need to be at the mscp at 5am ! Ah gong!!! how am i going to make baby if i have to wake up at 4am !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronlkl Supersonic January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 This is a good move! No more dings and dents on car doors and most importantly cars are protected from vandals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeowww 2nd Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 we have to see the details first. if every car retrieval is 5 mins, then during peak period, there will be many people wanting to get their car at the same time, then if got 10 person, means 50 mins wait??? wonder what if the trial is not successful, then how??? demolish this and taxpayer money wasted?? or residents there LL must continue using it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogersk8ter 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 hmmm.....what will happen if the lower car catches fire? the cars abv all fried? this ever happened in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zniper 2nd Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 season parking price will increase to $900/mth instead of $90/mth... pls lah... 1st time know these garment ppl??? tell u nice nice reason to build this and that dan after increase everything else to cover the cost of implementation/building... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard_ppty Neutral Newbie January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 This is a good move! No more dings and dents on car doors and most importantly cars are protected from vandals Totally agreed with you on that. Don't have to worry about who parks beside your car, as they will have no chance to dent your door. This and the fact that it is space saving, and not extremely expensive to construct makes for a big plus. However maintenance can be an issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuck 1st Gear January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 quite slow per car leh.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark 5th Gear January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 season parking price will increase to $900/mth instead of $90/mth... pls lah... 1st time know these garment ppl??? tell u nice nice reason to build this and that dan after increase everything else to cover the cost of implementation/building... That's how MBT increase season parking to $90 for MSCP stating opportunity cost and maintenance cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Clutched January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 season parking price will increase to $900/mth instead of $90/mth... pls lah... 1st time know these garment ppl??? tell u nice nice reason to build this and that dan after increase everything else to cover the cost of implementation/building... And what is the opposite saying? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good-Carbuyer 1st Gear January 14, 2012 Share January 14, 2012 The Ministry of National Development (MND) may try out different mechanised parking systems in housing estates by the end of the year to ease a mounting carpark crunch. No location has been identified yet, but the pilot tests of such systems are likely to be carried out in older HDB estates with space constraints, said MP Lee Bee Wah, who is chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for National Development. But before the pilot tests begin, the MND will work with the National Development GPC to conduct a study to assess the suitability of such systems, and to gather feedback. BACKGROUND STORY THE RATIONALE 'I would think solving the problems faced by residents is on a case-by-case basis. It doesn't mean residents go and vote to have a mechanised carpark system or not. Where there is a need, and there is no other cheaper option, then we would put in the mechanised parking system, should we find it suitable.' MP Lee Bee Wah, when asked if the process of deciding where to build mechanised carparks will be similar to that of lift upgrading Ms Lee was speaking to reporters on Thursday during a tour of a fully automated carpark in Club Street. MPs Penny Low and Gan Thiam Poh, who are both members of the GPC, were also present. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan, in a blog entry last month, had raised the possibility of building mechanised carparks in HDB estates to ease the parking crunch. The problem is especially acute in older housing estates because fewer residents owned cars then, and fewer parking spaces were planned. Other types of carparks may not be suitable for such estates because of space constraints in a built-up area. While mechanised parking is not new here, it is used mainly in commercial buildings like hospitals and condominiums. Some have questioned if such systems are suitable for residential estates. Acknowledging such concerns, Ms Lee said: '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.' Other concerns, she noted, include retrieval time and the reliability of such systems. But she stressed that mechanised parking is an option meant for older estates which have exhausted all other avenues to ease the parking problem. That is also why it is important to conduct a study of the various mechanised parking systems before coming to a decision, she added. The MPs on Thursday toured the fully automated carpark, known as M-Park@Club Street, which was built at a cost of $6 million. It 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 PIN number, the driver can leave the system to automatically park the car. To retrieve the car, a driver has to key in the PIN, and wait for about four minutes on average. For every 10 cars parked in a normal carpark, the mechanised system can park from 12 to 15 cars, said Mr Jeffrey Tan, division manager at MHE-Demag, which supplies the system. But in its four years of operation, the system has broken down about three times a month. The waiting time for drivers to retrieve their cars can also stretch from less than an hour, to three hours. Mr Tan attributed this to a variety of factors, such as mechanical faults of the moving parts, and a driver not positioning his car correctly. But he said: 'Educating and familiarising the users is a key factor in ensuring it runs smoothly. Once that's done, the incident rates will go down.' source: http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/...ory_755139.html It has become the standard practice is to apply the most expensive methods only. I believe this is how inflation is promoted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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