Parking+Bicycles

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===Riding bicycles use is an important part of daily life. Crowded conditions make car use expensive and less convenient than in the west. Finding a place to park your vehicle close to home can involve large monthly fees, and you will be charged a fee every time you use the national highway system. Bicycles are used for daily shopping, for taking children places, and for getting to the all important train station. Many stations have large bicycle parking lots that can house thousands of bikes and charge a monthly fee for parking. Often the bicycles are parked by side by side up to as many as will fit. It is an expensive space consuming solution for the need for parking. These parking facilities are often manned by 3 to 4 people resulting in a higher monthly fee to pay for their wages.In response to the need for a better way to park bicycles Giken has developed a multi-tiered storage facility that takes in your bicycle at an automated kiosk and stores it in an underground rotating parking system.===

===Cost wise, the service is about the same as a traditional parking system, but the main advantage for the user is the quick and labor less retrieval of their bicycle. Normally you would need to walk in to the parking facility and find your bicycle among the===

Many of the hi-tech bikes sharing system use their own uniform proprietary bicycles. Most of these have strong and sturdy "comfort bike" geometric with step through frame design, easi
===ly adjustable seats, 3 to 8 speed internal hub gearing, hub brakes and rear fenders, and full chain guards. The bikes then uniquely fit into the systems docking station. The combination of the hardware and software of these systems are design to be anti-theft.===

The people in Japan like the idea because it’s a fast way to get their bike. They
===don’t have to worry about their bikes getting ruined. To pick up your bike you have to scan your card. It only takes 17 seconds to get their bike. This type of technology should be in New Jersey. They are a lot of people who ride bikes everywhere. Some people don't have cars so they ride their bikes.===