I’ve been sent a link to this video of an automated bike-parking elevator in Japan by at least 10 people, so I figured I should share it…
More info from the Japan Probe blog:
“Customers who come to the station by bicycle need only place their bike on a small platform and hit a few buttons, and the system will automatically store their bike in an underground parking garage that can accommodate 9,400 bikes. When the reporter asks the machine to retrieve his bicycle, it only takes 23 seconds to accomplish the task. The parking system costs 100 yen for a single use, or 1,800 yen for a monthly pass.”