Five Robotic Bike Parking Systems That Solve an Urban Dilemma

If you want to encourage urban biking, and after reading this article it doesn't seem to need much help in some metropolitan areas, you must address bike storage. Some focus on security, others on bike service and some a combination of both.  From the article:

The uproar over New York’s new bike share system is mostly due to very human shortcomings (one crotchety human in particular, actually). But it can also be blamed on the shortcomings of city infrastructure, which hasn't quite caught up to the demand for new, more efficient ways of storing velocipedes.
But if we look to other biking cities, we see that this problem has already been solved—by robotic parking systems that store bikes underground or vertically, in towers. Robotic parking for cars is already catching on in some American cities (it’s been around in China and Europe for years). But bikes are a relatively new addition to the market.

Check out this solution in Washington, D.C. by Union Station. How cool is this?! (Click title for link to full article)