Going green by cycling everywhere may sound hunky dory, but there are practical problems to be faced. What would happen if all of us cycled our ways down to the nearest station to catch the subway / MTR / local train to work?

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Japan found out the hard way that it leads to bicycle parking problems. As with all things Japanese, they managed to solve this problem with technology.

Customers who come to the station by bicycle need only place their bike on a small platform and hit a few buttons, and the system will automatically store their bike in an underground parking garage that can accommodate 9,400 bikes. When the reporter asks the machine to retrieve his bicycle, it only takes 23 seconds to accomplish the task. The parking system costs 100 yen for a single use, or 1,800 yen for a monthly pass.

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