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Tokyo Bicycle Parking Tower

A follow-up to the "Japanese Bike Storage" video.

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  • posted by jdeanda
  • Date 12/22/2008 10:23:24 PM
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HairyLikeAnimal : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

HairyLikeAnimal

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339 days 21 hours ago...

oh my god, thats so much technology and storage area, i cant believe they use it for bike parking. you could buy like 10 million simple bike racks with the money they spent on that building!

Doesing : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

Doesing

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339 days 16 hours ago...

Can you imagine the moleman invasion? They come on bikes bearing death and desctuction! DAMN YOU JAPAN! DAMN YOUUUUU!

vee445 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

vee445

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334 days 13 hours ago...

Bicycle matrix...

Chronicles : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

Chronicles

23 votes NegativePositive

334 days 11 hours ago...

@HairyLikeAnimal
In case you live under a rock, Japan has very limited space. Considering Tokyo has a population of over 12 million having a normal bike parking structure for that many bikes would not be space effective.

Besides, the land cost in tokoyo is so high, that this autobike strucure is probably cheaper than buying land for a standard bike parking area.

gotto87 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

gotto87

6 votes NegativePositive

334 days 7 hours ago...

now all i need is a bike

pulpy.wulpy : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

pulpy.wulpy

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334 days 7 hours ago...

Let HairLikeAnimal voice his opinion out.
He makes a very good point.

"Besides, the land cost in Tokyo is so high, that this autobike structure is probably cheaper than buying land for a standard bike parking area."

Are you trying to say that digging a hundred meters underground is more cost effective than clearing some land and laying down concrete?

This is a huge waste of resources but a ridiculously genius idea nonetheless.

Why use a bike rack when you can pay for your bike to be stored underground?

Don`t kid yourselves, its all about profit. This is just another great example of making money off of something that should be free by default.

darkfeather : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

darkfeather

5 votes NegativePositive

334 days 5 hours ago...

I was totally expecting a defense system when he went underground. Like a gundamn popping out and shooting laser beams to protect the sanctity of the bike storage.....

PsYLoW : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

PsYLoW

6 votes NegativePositive

334 days 5 hours ago...

Shortly after this aired. The crazy Japanese bike storage facility up linked with skynet and became self aware. Beginning the replication process across all communications channels. The fall of man is now.

I for one welcome our new bicycle eating robot overlords.

Dirt Digger : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

Dirt Digger

3 votes NegativePositive

334 days 4 hours ago...

Hey buddy...you`re riding a girl`s bike.

stunttt : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

stunttt

-2 votes NegativePositive

334 days 4 hours ago...

fuck tokyo has allot of bike riders, cant even find a bike where i live

Phred : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Phred

1 votes NegativePositive

334 days 4 hours ago...

Ahh man you gotta love Japanese efficiency!

Gimli000 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Gimli000

-3 votes NegativePositive

334 days ago...

Holy Shit! It`s the matrix for bikes!

Jeff_from_MD : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Jeff_from_MD

4 votes NegativePositive

333 days 21 hours ago...

HairyLikeAnimal,

You missed the point. The whole point of automated bike parking, as with automated car parking, is so you don`t have to traverse the whole farking lot to get to your bike/walk back.

Plus it saves space in addition to time obviously

rreite2233 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

rreite2233

0 votes NegativePositive

333 days 21 hours ago...

Saw a similiar parking tower for cars when I was in Japan about two years ago. Would imagine their insurance would have to cost a lot; if one car is set incorrectly, its going to take out a lot of others on the way down.

demontrace : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

demontrace

2 votes NegativePositive

333 days 15 hours ago...

Well I think the Japanese are pretty clever with that. They`re always showing off some form of ingenuity, and this is no exception.

I can`t say I`ve been to Japan, but I do hear about how crowded it is, and I imagine there just isn`t enough room for everyone to have a car, and be driving all over the place. Bikes make a lot more sense, besides the fact that it saves money, makes you healthier, and keeps the planet a little greener.

If only we had things set up in the US so that mass transportation, or non-automobile transportation was more viable. As it is right now, if I want to go a town away, it`s just quicker to take a car over there, instead of trying to find a bus. And if I rode a bike, half the day would pass before I was done with whatever I was doing.

I`m waiting for some form of teleportation. :)

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