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Parking In Progress: The Evolution Of Parking Garages, Jazmin Isabel Navarro
Parking In Progress: The Evolution Of Parking Garages, Jazmin Isabel Navarro
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In the U.S. there are approximately 40,000 parking garages (Hartt, 2014) and that number continues to grow rapidly; for years the design of those structures has stayed stagnant, not being rethought since their conception around the 1950's. Meanwhile the automobile industries are evolving more rapidly than ever before to create smarter and more energy efficient technologies. The automobile has become a staple of society and there is little chance of it being eliminated from our society; it is a necessary evil at this point.
As vehicles rose in popularity there came the need for parking, and before long there was …