Why are car parks flat?
May 19th, 2009Interesting question.
But why was I thinking this?
Driving around – I thought it was neat how all roads are virtually flat and smoothen out the bumps.
Then I was like, ok same with car parks. ย But what about car parking buildings?
Quick calculations (using the old 1, 2, square root 3) we can find if we elevate a 4m car park 30 degreees, we can accommodate a flat surface area saving of 15%.
That is, if you elevated every car park in a building, you would have 15% more room for extra car parks.
So why haven’t they done it?
- Most likely the fundamental assumptions haven’t been questioned
- Comfort / Usability
- The norm
From a cost perspective
- Increase car density within a car park (thus higher ROI for the same surface area)
- Setup price discrimination, flat car park 50c/hour
Clearly there are some issues that need to be investigated…such as safety, consumer reaction, cost of setting up.
Flipping the fundamental assumption that parks need to be flat – yields a whole new insight.
Crazy huh? This exact approach is what is going to differentiate your firms service offering, flipping solutions on their head to deliver something no one else can. ย What better way to obsess about your customers?