| 摘要 |
A remote storage system and a method of storing items, typically two-wheeled vehicles such as bicycles (20). The remote storage system is particularly suitable for inner city environments and other locations at which there are destinations to which users wish to travel by bicycle but at which there are no readily available facilities for convenient storage of the bicycles. The system and method comprises establishing a contact area (10), a staging area (12) and a storage area (14). The bicycles (20) are received from cyclists at the contact area (10), loaded onto storage modules (22), and transported on the modules to the staging area (12). Thereafter, the modules (22) are transported in bulk from the staging area (12) to the storage area (14). There is also provision for user control, whereby users (cyclists) can locate the closest contact area (10) and determine whether the contact area has available space to accommodate the user's bicycle. The user can then book an available storage space at the contact area (10). |
