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The increasing number of cars and traffic congestion have made the parking conditions worse in urban and semi-urban areas. Car owners mostly hustle to find safe parking zones for their vehicles. At times, they park their cars on the roadside, causing issues for pedestrians. But, multilevel parking systems are increasingly becoming a popular solution to combat traffic-related issues. These parking systems ensure optimum space utilization as they allow multiple cars to be parked in less space. For this, these systems use the vertical spaces in the buildings. These come in automatic or semi-automatic designs depending on the requirement and they have low maintenance and operational costs.

But, despite these advantages, are these systems designed to meet the future requirements of the vehicles? For instance, do these provide the facility of charging electric vehicles (EV)?

As we all know, electric vehicles have come up as one of the best alternatives to vehicles running on fuels. These are rapidly replacing fuel-powered vehicles having traditional combustion engines that lead to air pollution and environmental threats. Even governments across the globe are encouraging the usage of EVs by providing subsidies. But, are the multilevel parking systems in the market considering the requirements of the EV market? First, let us look at the challenges in the EV market and then see how multilevel parking systems can meet these demands.

The EV Charging Challenge:

Although owning an electric car is simple, utilizing it to perform errands might be difficult. Several big players in the market are manufacturing electric vehicles, but they are still in their early stages. One of the major challenges is inadequate charging infrastructure for EVs. Many businesses and start-ups are also working at a fast pace on building charging stations. But for the masses to switch to EVs, it may take some time since charging stations are not as readily available as conventional fuels. On the other hand, the country’s highway infrastructure also isn’t equipped with a sufficient number of charging points yet.

Key Benefits of Multilevel Parking Systems

The metro cities are evolving at a pace and parking issues are on the rise. This situation gets out of hand during festive seasons and celebrations. But, the parking issue will continue until the cities implement some concrete measures. For now, a multilevel parking system that efficiently utilizes the limited parking space seems to be one of the best solutions. Such a car parking system maximizes the optimization of technology to enable the safety of cars while being parked. It allows for more accurate use of a limited parking space. It helps in significantly reducing the hassle of parking and the worry of safety at the parking spot.

Such intelligent car parking systems utilize a number of lifts, pallets, and smart signaling devices to simplify the parking process. They have a high parking capacity and the ability to generate good revenue in the long term. Their robust system architecture makes them highly efficient and secure for the owners. Also, these systems help in reducing environmental issues as they optimize fuel consumption. As a result, traffic on roads isn’t blocked and haphazard parking is put to an end.

Multilevel Parking Systems and EV Charging Integration

As discussed earlier, the EV market is under development and the lack of charging stations is one of the biggest challenges. But several players in the multilevel parking systems market are building advanced infrastructure to combat this issue.

KLAUS Multiparking recognized this need and has taken significant steps toward addressing it, by including an EV charging facility in their parking systems. So, the car owners can not only safely park their cars in the system, but charge their EVs if desired. KLAUS’s innovative parking solutions have these EV charging points, where cars can be charged conveniently at residential structures, companies, commercial buildings, and even public places like malls.

Our modern cities, no matter how big, are in desperate need of space. With the number of vehicles on the roads increasing every day, parking has become quite an issue. As a result, many residential and commercial spaces have started to consider modern parking systems. Today, multilevel parking has emerged as the optimal solution for the spatial needs of metropolitan cities of India. Various advanced parking systems like stack parking, puzzle parking, tower parking, etc., are being widely adopted by both residential and commercial complexes of all sizes. As cityscapes are modernizing, the applications of multilevel parking systems are evolving. So let’s take a look into the key aspects, features, and advantages of tower parking systems.

Understanding the Tower Parking System

A tower parking system stacks multiple cars one over the other. The height of such towers depends upon their individual capacity and the available space. If there is a small available space the system could be built as a standalone building but can be integrated into the main structure if needed. A tower parking system is a type of fully automatic car parking system that could be a straight stand-alone building structure or of a cylindrical appearance.

Sophisticated and Automated Parking Mechanism

The tower lifter performs the operation of lifting & stacking cars systematically in available slots. Once the driver carefully parks the vehicle on the lifter, the system lifts and parks it in an empty slot or a pallet at the click of a button. The retrieval process for the vehicles is reverse sequence of the same.

It is a type of automatic car parking system which, at times, might seem like a vending machine. The tower lifter will move in up and down motion along the y-axis while also rotating clockwise/anti-clockwise to change the direction of the vehicle. The pallet can move along the diameter of the tower and to the opposite parking space. One can find 10 levels to 35 level (or sometimes more) options in the Tower parking system.

The various levels of the tower are equipped with sensors that detect empty pallets. These sensors work in a unison and help the system decide, manage and move, the vehicles—carefully optimizing parking spaces. The tower parking system is fitted with an advanced combination of sensors that initiate operation from the entry of a vehicle on the lift, finding a suitable vacant space, lifting the vehicle to the vacant spot’s level, moving sideways towards the spot and releasing the vehicle.

Key Advantages of Tower Parking Systems

●    Comfort for drivers – The system is highly autonomous and requires little to no manual intervention. The drivers just have to leave the vehicle on the platform and the machine handles the rest, from finding a spot to safe parking and retrieval.

●    Suitable for smaller spaces – The system is designed such that it requires lesser space as compared to the larger integrated parking solution systems. This makes it highly adaptable and useful for smaller-sized commercial public parking spaces.

●    Moderate maintenance and operating costs – The system only requires periodic maintenance, and regular checks, also, there are not many operational costs involved.

●    Optimal utilization of space – This fully automatic car parking system does not require X-axis expansion in any format thus the vertical stack parking optimizes the space.

Klaus Multilevel Parking offers a premium fully automatic tower parking system which is suitable for all passenger cars according to the clearance and maximal surface load. This system accommodates cars in safety and is customizable for the project’s needs. One of the best examples of KLAUS’s Tower Parking System is the fully automatic tower system fitted at Godrej Central, Mumbai.

Rapid enhancement in lifestyle and expenditure has led to rigorous growth in vehicles sales. Alongside, congestion, inadequate parking space has become a shooting concern. Commercial spaces are tremendously affected by parking issues, employees and visitors of the offices in commercial spaces face parking concerns. Parking space violation is another primary issue. Parking allotment to commercial spaces might not accommodate every employee’s vehicle. Commercial spaces like banks, government offices, hospitals, shopping complexes, and corporate offices are often swarmed with vehicles. The lack of space leads to inappropriate parking within and around such complexes

According to a report –

• On an average 40% of the cars are being parked on the roads outside commercial establishments, resulting in traffic congestion.
• The burden on our town planners to constantly spend on flyovers, subways, etc. is another challenge altogether.
• With new car registrations, additional daily space required is equivalent to 4 to 7.5 football fields approximately.

Contribution of Multilevel Parking System to solving parking issues

Multilevel parking systems are a new-age solution for parking issues where more than one vehicle can be accommodated in the space of a single vehicle. Multilevel car parking systems have emerged as an effective and efficient way of space optimization. These systems can be identified as –

• Stack Parking Systems
• Puzzle Parking Systems
• Fully Automatic Parking Systems

A stack parking system helps double or triple the overall space by stacking floors one over the other. It is highly customizable and fit for both ground level and basement parking operations.

However. The puzzle parking system, also known as a semi-automatic parking system, is a mobile parking space that can move horizontally and vertically. This helps boost parking and retrieval speed. This indirectly contributes to the fast pace of employees’ parking duration.

Fully automatic parking systems are equipped with a software-based navigation system that parks the car safely. These systems can be employed underground, above the ground, or as a combination of both.

The Current Effect of the Multilevel Car Parking System –

• Low-Cost Operation
• 2 to 20 Times Efficiency
• 99% Up Time (when maintained and repaired regularly)
• Low saturated car parking, environmental degradation, air, and noise pollution levels

An Overview of the Multilevel Car Parking System –

Automatic car parking systems have been here for the past50 years, Tier 1 cities of India have also adopted compact & automated multilevel parking systems.  For the past 20 years, such systems have optimized parking for the commercial & residential spaces while also helping minimize social and environmental issues.

A Smart Solution –

With the KLAUS Multilevel Parking System, commercial and residential projects optimize their overall area and enhance property development possibilities. KLAUS has catered to some prominent commercial projects in India and abroad as well. A few examples of KLAUS’s Multilevel Parking System solution for commercial projects are –

• Godrej BKC, Mumbai
• Brigade Tech Gardens, Bangalore
• Milestone Experion Centre, New Delhi
• MG One Mall, Bangalore
• Binarius IT Park, Pune
• TCG Financial Centre, Mumbai

KLAUS Multilevel Parking System solutions have optimized many commercial projects and have achieved utmost appreciation for not just the fitment of the multilevel parking systems but also the regular maintenance as well. KLAUS Multilevel Parking System solutions are certainly a smart choice for any commercial space optimization requirement.

With the quick growth of the economy, owning a car is not a big deal, but finding a parking spot has become a puzzle. Everybody wants to own and drive their car, and it is this mindset that has caused the parking space crisis.

Finding a parking space is often a frustrating routine activity for many people in Indian cities. This search burns a lot of fuel every day. As the nation’s population continues to urbanize, without a thoughtfully-planned, convenience-driven parking solution, these problems will continue to worsen.

Smart parking is the first step on the right path towards improving this condition. It involves using sensors to collect data in real-time to track the number of free or occupied parking spaces. Fully-automated parking systems can also accurately predict where parkers will likely find a spot. When the multilevel systems are installed, they reduce car emissions in urban centers by reducing the chances/attempts for people to needlessly roam around the area searching for parking. It also permits city planners and architects to carefully plan buildings and their parking spaces.

When we consider all car parking facilities worldwide, such as parking garages and parking lots, we can understand what impact they cause to the environment.

Vehicles driving in and out of and encircling around looking for free parking spaces in large parking facilities generate greenhouse gases in a huge amount. A kilometer driven inside a parking lot is much more fuel-inefficient and produces more greenhouse gases than driving a kilometer on a regular road. But, we can change this.

Even if we assume that cars generate lesser greenhouse gases, most parking facilities require significant amounts of electricity. Though indirectly, electric power generation plays a role in climate change. Conventional outdoor or indoor parking lots require outdoor lighting, may also require elevators and large fans for ventilation. But, we can change this.

Yes, we can change this. There are alternatives to conventional car parking spaces that have a lesser negative impact on the environment. They eliminate the need to drive excessively inside parking lots and can use less electricity than traditional parking spaces in many situations. The alternatives are multilevel parking systems.

In addition to lending convenience and environmental benefits, smart parking improves the utilization of existing parking, leading to greater revenue for parking owners.

Cities can turn to sustainable parking through multilevel parking solutions, which have significant environmental benefits including a significantly reduced carbon footprint.

Other benefits include reduced pollution and waste. When car engines are turned off during parking and retrieval, it reduces emissions by up to 80%. A smaller footprint reduces the need for excavation, reducing cost and construction schedule. This greatly reduces overall waste generation. As multilevel parking systems are constructed from standardized material, it generates minimal waste. Their robust design and construction also require minimum parts change.

KLAUS multilevel parking systems provide high returns while being an environmentally-friendly solution to the growing scarcity and cost of urban space. The broad range of products and services means that KLAUS Multiparking has a parking solution for virtually any location, issue, and requirement.

KLAUS Multiparking provides various types of multiparking systems based on hydraulics. KLAUS Multiparking offers Dependent and Independent Stack Parking Systems, Puzzle Parking Systems, and Fully-automatic Parking Systems. These multilevel parking systems provide many avenues for saving space, construction cost, electricity. KLAUS Multiparking also allows parkers to park in and park out very quickly. Other benefits include security of the cars, reduced air pollution, and very little maintenance. KLAUS multilevel parking systems are reliable, safe, and extremely user-friendly. Other than state-of-the-art multilevel parking systems, KLAUS Multiparking also offers efficient multilevel parking systems repair and maintenance facilities.

Your parking space has a significant impact on how your visitors or customers perceive you and your space. Considering this, looking after your multilevel parking systems becomes crucial.

Multilevel parking systems are a collection of complex electrical, mechanical & hydraulic components, so they require regular attention as time passes. Their exposure to the outdoor elements, dirt, smoke, and oil from cars causes deterioration to some extent. Without proper maintenance, damages on multilevel parking systems can eventually hinder the vehicles trying to park there and cause other problems such as:

• Costly breakdowns
• Decreased system lifespan
• Increased cost of ownership

Regular maintenance by experts results in your multilevel parking system being in the best condition. Through frequent inspections, any large or small damage to it can be rectified at an initial stage, subsequently increasing its life. Other reasons to ensure maintenance of your multilevel parking systems are – reduced liabilities, enhanced safety, time-saving, etc. Creating a safer parking space is critical for protecting end-users and their vehicles.

Just like cars, if multilevel parking systems are also periodically checked and maintained by professional technicians, any damage to your esteemed property can be avoided. A well-maintained multilevel parking system will help retain the happiness of your customers by ensuring the safety of their vehicles.

We at KLAUS Multiparking have a team of skilled professionals that undergo various trainings at every level to deliver quality and prompt service in case of any KLAUS multilevel parking system failure. We are quick and highly responsive when it comes to serving our customers. Our team has been consistently providing excellent servicing and maintenance to all our customers based out of different cities in India.

Why KLAUS Maintenance?

• Original spare parts available
• 24X7 customer service
• Quick turnaround time
• Trained technicians and repair experts
• Nationwide service

We offer two levels of maintenance contract to suit the needs of each customer and their specific project:

KLAUS Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract

• A specific number of visits to sites at equal intervals during the AMC period
• Certain spare parts are replaced at no extra cost

KLAUS Non-Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract

• A specific number of visits to sites at equal intervals during the AMC period
• Spare parts are replaced at specified costs

KLAUS Multiparking also offers a mod kit that perfectly understands the needs of your multilevel parking system.

KLAUS mod kit comprises of the following kits:

• Safety Kit: KLAUS safety kit improves end-users & car safety.
• Add-on Kit: KLAUS add-on kit provides additional comfort, ease of operation, and improved park in/park out experience.
• Signage Kit: KLAUS signage kit creates awareness amongst end-users through visual signs.
• Cleaning Kit: KLAUS cleaning kit ensures a long life, aesthetics, and hygiene.

When it comes to multilevel parking system repair, our top priority is to come to your aid as quickly, as well, and as cost-effectively as possible.

With our unique understanding of our products and a detailed database of information and installation, maintenance, and repair history of all systems, we efficiently resolve your issue in no time. We essentially use original spare parts, ensuring authenticity. Our technicians are skilled and easily accessible.

KLAUS Workshop On Wheels is a fully-equipped service van with a trained repair person, tooling, and spares that reaches your location in no time to resolve your query.

We advise our customers to get their KLAUS multilevel parking systems serviced only by authorized KLAUS Multiparking technicians rather than unauthorized agencies, to avoid any complications. We also request our customers to meticulously follow Dos and Don’ts instructions mentioned at the site to keep the multilevel parking systems healthy.

Our customers’ words of appreciation over the years are a testimony to the KLAUS team’s dedication and attention to detail. It encourages us to consistently provide you with innovative parking solutions.

India’s real estate sector has documented an unexpectedly strong resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite challenges, the sector bounced back quickly with innovative practices and digital interventions. Now more than ever, property and real estate developers are integrating multilevel parking systems into their new, ongoing, and redevelopment projects to address various parking issues including vehicle safety and end-user convenience. This step also addresses project feasibility and profitability on their end.

By automatizing and streamlining the entire car parking process, multilevel parking systems prove to be an ideal parking solution, especially at projects where there is a high level of vehicular footfall.

Following are some ways in which multilevel parking systems can benefit property developers:

Efficient Land Use

Multilevel parking systems take up significantly lesser area and volume than conventional parking options. This enables the more profitable and efficient use of valuable land, especially in city areas. Multilevel parking systems allow property developers to utilize the vertical space and maximize the number of existing parking spaces.

Optimized Parking

The design flexibility of multilevel parking systems allows them to fit in areas where other parking solutions are unfeasible. Such locations are often inside, under, or between existing infrastructure or sometimes horizontally or vertically asymmetrically-shaped spaces. Using otherwise unusable space for parking is another way a multilevel parking system helps improve profitability.

Cost Savings

We often consider that multilevel parking systems and their maintenance cost more than traditional garages, which is overly simplistic and frequently incorrect. Multilevel parking systems can cost significantly, but in the long run, they are beneficial. They cannot be considered a direct replacement for conventional car parking garages. When multilevel parking systems are incorporated into primary designs, it can significantly shift the capital cost and project profitability for the better.

Sustainable and Green Buildings

Multilevel parking systems offer multiple benefits over traditional parking garages when it comes to sustainable design and operation. They allow more green spaces, result in lesser emissions and reduce overall carbon footprint.

Inherent Safety for Vehicles

Multilevel parking systems are designed and built in a way to provide complete safety to the vehicles parked and their drivers. Safety doors and other security measures leave almost zero chances of theft and vandalism. Well-lit sites, highly visible entry/exit booths offer a higher degree of personal safety. This all can result in increased profitability for the site.

Prompt Design and Construction

Multilevel parking systems manufacturers and providers have a dedicated team to analyze the construction site and design a multilevel parking system accordingly, which results in faster and better construction. This leads to reduced construction costs and a faster start of revenue generation.

Considering these factors, property developers and construction giants have now started opting for multilevel parking systems over traditional parking spaces in their residential as well as commercial projects to maximize their profitability and provide sufficient parking. Multilevel parking systems have a promising future in India.

KLAUS Multiparking is a globally-appreciated multilevel parking system manufacturer and provider. KLAUS Multiparking uses advanced German engineering to design multilevel parking systems, that provide utmost security and reliability to end-users. KLAUS Multiparking offers multiple variants such as dependent/independent stack parking systems, puzzle parking systems, and fully-automatic parking systems. These options provide property developers a broad array of advantages.

Salient features of KLAUS multiparking systems:

• One global quality
• Lowest cost of operation
• Can be easily customized
• Space-effective installation
• Easy maintenance
• Reliable operation

With Corporate Office at Pune and Regional Offices at Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, since its inception, KLAUS Multiparking has designed, installed, and maintained many multilevel parking systems across many states in India. Our huge customer base recognizes us as a reliable and efficient parking partner.

A world where all-electric vehicles (or EVs) dominate the roads is still a dream.

Major car manufacturers in India are also gearing up to announce the launch of electric cars as well as two-wheelers. The Indian government also aims to make our roads free of petrol and diesel cars in the near future.

Electric vehicles, sometimes referred to as EVs, are set to be the next most preferred vehicle, but what does this mean for a consumer?

Most of us don’t own electric cars, but now’s the time to start thinking about how they are going to bring about social and environmental changes.

Advantages of electric vehicles:

• No fuel, no emissions

EVs can help you decrease your personal impact on the environment through transport. No petrol or diesel is required in a fully electric vehicle, which lowers your carbon footprint.

• Low running costs

Petrol and diesel prices in India are increasing regularly. An EV can help you save on these costs compared to their fossil-fuel counterparts.

• Low maintenance

Petrol and diesel engines can require expensive engine maintenance while electric vehicles do not need frequent maintenance.

• Good performance

As more EV manufacturers are entering the market and providing competitive pricing performance, EVs will soon be a common sight.

As more EVs find their way onto our roads, we will see the supporting infrastructure expand. However, an increasing number of EVs will need more EV charging stations. With the swift rise in demand for electric vehicles, EV manufacturers are focusing on long-range battery vehicles and investing in enhancing the EV charging infrastructure. Setting up charging stations in places where the vehicle is going to be for longer periods of time makes more sense than setting up charging stations at different places. Parking spaces of residential or commercial buildings can be equipped with EV charging points for comfortable charging.

Electric vehicles require compact EV charging solutions that ensure faster and on-demand charging and robust connectivity to support electric vehicles’ current and future needs. In practical terms, this means EV battery recharging needs to be automatic, convenient, and faster than it currently is. Today’s hand-operated battery recharging process requires drivers to park at available recharging stations and physically connect their EV to a large electrical cable. Once plugged in, the recharging process can take hours to complete, which effectively means a loss of time and efficiency.

KLAUS Multiparking has acknowledged that electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, the demand for electric charging is growing daily. That demand will almost undoubtedly inflate prices. Considering this, it may be wisest for the consumers to invest in EV charging stations now, before prices increase.

As the global leader in providing cutting-edge parking solutions, we are exploring the possibilities and opportunities to integrate EV charging capability into our multilevel parking systems. We are currently able to provide and integrate EV charging as part of our accessory range. As an innovative multilevel parking system manufacturer, we are also exploring other ways to provide our end-users with simpler ways to charge their EVs while they are parked on our multilevel parking systems.

EV charging stations represent an important move towards building futuristic transportation infrastructure. In order for EVs to gain wider approval, their charging has to become more convenient and efficient and KLAUS Multiparking has taken a huge step towards that by making them available with multilevel parking systems.

As part of its pledge under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, India will seek to reduce its carbon footprint by 33-35 percent by 2030. A large portion of these emissions is contributed by vehicles and the increased focus on electric vehicles (EV) is an effort towards reducing this contribution.

In order to achieve this target, Electric Vehicles and making them common is being considered a significant solution. But what are electric vehicles and how do they work?

EVs run on one or more electric motors powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Just like electric devices, EVs need to plug into an external power source for charging after being used.

We can assume that just like petrol/diesel pumps, a network of charging stations will be required to give EVs access to power for the road. Because EVs do not rely on fossil fuels, they do not emit any carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), which hugely reduces air pollution as well as decrease our reliance on fossil fuels.

Here’s how EV charging contributes to our goal:

Reduced emissions and smoke:

Traditional engines utilize the combustion of gasoline or diesel which creates energy by generating harmful carbon emissions. Full electric vehicles do not require a tailpipe as their batteries don’t generate any emissions.

Cleaner production:

While electric vehicles may not contribute much to air pollution while on the road, the production of their batteries involved emissions in the past. However, manufacturers of EVs are now mindful of the carbon footprint of production and are setting regulations for manufacturing.

Lesser maintenance:

Conventional engines generate a fair amount of smoke and have significant wear and tear as compared to electric vehicles, saving greatly on maintenance and repair costs.

Reduced noise pollution:

EVs are almost noiseless or generate lesser noise while on the road than their conventional fossil fuel counterparts. This can lead to lesser noise pollution in crowded areas in urban and semi-urban cities.

For India, clean auto technology takes the central stage in its strategy to reduce fossil-fuel dependence and diminish air pollution in its major cities. With millions of petrol or diesel-powered vehicles being driven around the world, greenhouse emissions continue to be a threat. While this is continuing to deteriorate the environment around us, shifting to EVs that are powered by renewable energy may help us maintain a neutral carbon footprint and reduce air pollution to a great level.

Electric vehicles are seeing a boost in India and KLAUS Multiparking is supporting this transition with its new product – EV Charging Point. KLAUS EV Charging Point enables you to charge your electric cars while they are parked on the platforms of our multiparking systems.

KLAUS Multiparking offers EV Charging Points with its multilevel parking solutions (add-on) which offer the end-user comfort to charge their EV while it’s parked. This saves time and effort to look for charging points outside. People can charge their EVs overnight at residential buildings, workplaces, commercial buildings, and even public places like malls.

The unprecedented increase in the number of personal vehicles and the unorganized road infrastructure have made the cities a hub of overcrowding, traffic congestion, and general unease of parking. This makes parking provision a critical aspect of transportation and town planning. The scarcity of parking spaces in metropolitan cities is resulting in an essential need to find a parking solution to reduce traffic congestion, especially around airports, railway stations, commercial hubs, stadiums, large hospitals, and shopping centers, etc.

Because of the unavailability of planned parking spaces, on-street parking is a prevalent phenomenon in almost all Indian cities, small or big. Not just commercial or transport hubs, several residential areas often face parking scarcity where daily footfall is in several thousand.

Many cars and two-wheelers are seen parked on either side of the roads. Odd-even parking system might have provided a temporary solution to overcome the challenges of overcrowded roads, but people are often seen diverting from the set parking rules, due to the unavailability of safe parking spaces. This greatly reduces the capacity of the road and poses dangers to pedestrians and two-wheeler riders alike.

A lot of researchers have focused on the visual complexity caused by on-street parking and its effect on drivers’ mental states. On-street parking increases the chances of crash risk. On-street parking tends to complicate the entire landscape for drivers, which may affect their perspective and cause crashes. One important reason for risen crash risk is narrowed road width. Parked vehicles leave insufficient space for moving vehicles, pushing them to drive closer to vehicles in the next lane. Researchers have found that clean and organized roads or the absence of extra cards on the sides positively reduces drivers’ mental stress and helps them focus on the road clearly.

While the Indian government is trying to decongest urban roads through the creation of good public transportation, there are restrictions to what difference public transportation can make in Indian cities. Because private vehicles are still a preferred mode of transportation for a lot of Indians, it is imperative to find alternate parking solutions to resolve the issue of road congestions and on-street parking.

Here automated multilevel car parking systems, which utilize vertical space in an efficient way, would provide relief. Although being present in India for a significant time, multilevel car parking systems remain one of the most underutilized parking solutions. Multilevel car parking systems help overcome parking space constraints and regulate traffic flow, reducing the stress on roads.

Multilevel car parking systems are capable of accommodating hundreds and sometimes thousands of cars. Depending on the size, capacity, and type of multilevel car parking systems, they can definitely serve as a reliable parking solution at sites that have medium or high daily footfall.

Due to the use of multilevel car parking systems, traffic flow improves as fewer cars are required to drive around in search of parking. Vehicles are parked safely in the multilevel car parking systems, reducing on-street parking and ultimately reducing crash risk.

KLAUS Multiparking, since its inception in India in 2002, has been contributing significantly to decongest Indian urban roads through its state-of-the-art multilevel car parking solutions. Here are a few of KLAUS Multiparking’s notable achievements in India:

• Presence: 6 regional offices and 150+ resident representatives across 53 Indian cities
• Projects completed: 1000+
• Number of car spaces provided across India: 80,000+ car spaces
• Largest dedicated manufacturing facility in India spread over: 20000 sq. m
• Annual capacity: 18000 parking spaces

KLAUS Multiparking designs, builds and installs multiparking systems that not only optimize the utilization of available space but also improve the user-friendliness, safety, and reliability of the parking process. KLAUS Multiparking specializes in dependent and independent stack parking systems, semi-automatic puzzle parking systems, and fully automatic premium parking systems. Along with these hi-tech products, KLAUS Multiparking also offers 24x7x365 maintenance and service facility – Workshop on Wheels. With strong German engineering as its foundation and superior make in India, KLAUS Multiparking is changing the parking scenario in India, one system at a time.

Today’s rapid urbanization, increasing number of vehicles and parking space crunch arising due to that have led to the rising popularity of automated car parking systems across the world. Automated car parking systems work on the concept of multi-level parking, where cars are stacked on multiple levels in grids to maximize the number of parking spaces while utilizing the available space in the best possible way.

Contrary to popular opinions, automated car parking systems are not a recent phenomenon. The first version of automated car parking systems appeared in Europe in the early 1900s and in North America in the 1920s. Since then, maximum space and land utilization have remained their goals.

The earliest use of an automated car parking systems can be found in Paris, France in 1905 at the Garage Rue de Ponthieu. The structure included a lift in the center to move up cars one or two levels and there were attendants on each floor to park them.

In the 1920s, a Ferris wheel-like structure called the ‘Paternoster system’ was built to park eight cars in the space of two cars. The structure soon became popular because it was user-friendly and utilized the land wisely.

In 1951, Washington D.C. witnessed its first driver-less parking garage. but the system was characterized by frequent mechanical problems and a long retrieval period. This led to a drop in the demand for automated car parking systems in the USA.

However, automated car parking systems continued to be a preferred parking solution in the other parts of the world including Korea, Japan, and parts of Europe. Advanced automated car parking systems were being designed and installed in Europe, Asia, Central America, and Japan. The concept was very well-received in Japan.

In India, the automated car parking systems entered comparatively late. The country’s first automated car parking system was inaugurated in 2007.

KLAUS Multiparking was one of the first entrants to the automated parking industry in India in 2002, when very few developers or architects were aware of the technically advanced automated car parking systems. But KLAUS Multiparking navigated successfully through all the uncertainties and delivered great projects initially in Bangalore and Mumbai, leading to a strong foundation of trust and expertise.

In the last five years, there has been tremendous growth in both commercial and residential segments and KLAUS Multiparking has grown multifold to support the country’s parking requirement.

KLAUS Multiparking offers the widest range of products ranging from stack parking systems, puzzle parking systems to premium fully-automated parking systems. The KLAUS team guides developers and architects from the early stages of planning to ensure the most suitable parking system is incorporated into the building plan to maximize space utilization.

Considering India’s complex and dense mobility network, the country needs a well-planned focused approach in terms of managing parking spaces. It is high time that India adapts to the pace at which the world is embracing various types of automated car parking systems. With the arrival of EVs, automated car parking systems are also becoming integrated charging hubs of EVs. With the current Government’s focus on infrastructure development, India seems to be the right time frame for transitioning towards a smart parking country. All we need to do is to understand the benefits of the automated parking technology and adapt it to control the increasing chaotic mobility network thriving on Indian roads.

It is truly time to make the manual and unreliable parking lots history and move towards futuristic and reliable automated car parking systems. KLAUS Multiparking is all set to help you make this transition.