How Automated Parking Could Reshape Transportation Infrastructure
What You'll Learn
- How robotic parking can maximize limited urban space: Learn how robotics and AI-powered software can fit more vehicles into smaller footprints, making parking possible on sites where conventional garages may not work.
- How automated parking can increase capacity: Discover how Volley’s system can increase parking capacity by 40% to 50% by arranging vehicles more efficiently than traditional garages.
- Where robotic parking could unlock new development: Explore how automated parking could make constrained sites more viable, with potential applications at airports, hospitals, hotels, concert venues and other large developments.
- Why robotic parking could support transit-oriented development: Hear how smaller parking footprints near transit stations could preserve more space for housing, public areas and other community uses.
In Episode 56 of the Infrastructure Technology Podcast, Brandon Lewis of Mass Transit magazine and Jessica Parks of Roads & Bridges speak with Sam Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Volley Automation, about how automated parking technology could maximize space, reduce construction constraints and change the way communities plan for the future.
Richardson explains how Volley combines robotics and software to park vehicles more efficiently, potentially increasing parking capacity by 40% to 50% compared with conventional self-parking. The conversation explores the technology’s potential to support transit-oriented development by freeing up land for housing and green space, as well as its possible role in accommodating autonomous vehicle fleets. The episode also examines how digital simulations and artificial intelligence can help model system performance, improve the parking experience and support safer, more efficient facilities.
Featured Guest
Sam Richardson - Volley Automation
Sam Richardson is co-founder and CEO of Volley Automation, an automated parking technology company that combines artificial intelligence-powered software with robotics to help developers fit more vehicles into less space. Under his leadership, Volley is advancing projects in major U.S. markets while developing the software and infrastructure needed to support the next generation of connected and autonomous mobility.
Inside the Episode
Episode Length: 47:08
Timestamps:
- 1:30 - Intro
- 6:57 - Interview w/ Sam Richardson
- 40:18 - Interview Takeaways
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