rising up

So I imagine some of you have seen this before, but I think this is just a fabulous use of space. In Japan, they have car elevators everywhere. Our church parking lot uses one - instead of like winding up the floors in your car, you pull into the elevator and it lifts you up to your destination.

Also, they have elevator car garages (like the one pictured), which I find pretty much fascinating. They have them in the middle of town. You'll look over and see a car descending from the sky. It sets the car down, puts it on a revolving floor, turns the car around to face the street, and the driver gets in to pull out into their insanely small streets.

Car smarts. They have 'em.