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> It's also much nicer for the vehicles parked there to be in the shade. Pedestrians too.

• hinkley 11mo ago
  I love the idea but execution will determine if this is better for pedestrians. Poorly executed parking solar could reduce sightlines and escape routes by crowding ground level. Hopefully this will be the sort of thing where we try different strategies quickly and pick winners and losers. India has done a lot of work with covering irrigation canals with solar, and in some ways that’s a simpler problem so it makes sense that this is happening now instead of earlier. Big successful systems start as small successful ones. Maybe there is some substantial knowledge transfer that can occur there.
  • Arrath 11mo ago
    >Poorly executed parking solar could reduce sightlines and escape routes by crowding ground level There's certainly no need for the support superstructure to need more pillars and members than your typical multi deck parking structure and while yes some have bad sightlines a majority are totally fine.
• Scoundreller 11mo ago
  Depends on the season! In winter I'd park my car at a train station and be sure to have the windshield pointed west so the car would be a bit toasty when I got in.