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Big tech companies like Google, Facebook (Meta), and Amazon are building enormous office parks that almost feel like small cities. Google's vast campus in Mountain View, Meta's massive headquarters in Menlo Park, or Amazon's newly built HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia – these places are absolutely buzzing with activity from the thousands of employees working there daily. Simply getting around inside these gigantic complexes has become a real challenge. And the sprawling parking lots that sometimes stretch for miles, only exacerbate the headache.
A typical office allocates nearly twice as much space for parked vehicles as for employees! According to experts, the average parking spot in the US costs a staggering $27,900 to construct - more than many new compact cars. In pricey areas like Silicon Valley, that figure can skyrocket to over $85,000 per spot! Parking facilities are often overlooked, yet they require significant upfront costs and hinder efforts to expand affordable housing, reduce emissions, and improve urban living.
This parking predicament is something Jeral Poskey, founder of Swyft Cities, thinks about constantly. Swyft Cities was started in 2019 by former Google executives who tackled real estate and transportation for the tech giant's vast campuses. Their mission? Solving how to efficiently move massive numbers of people in booming urban areas.
Core to Jeral's vision for Swyft Cities is the ability for commuters to navigate city downtowns, streets and tech campuses as effortlessly as hopping on a ski lift through urban gondola systems. Reducing commuter pain is just the start. The bigger vision is transforming how we experience and engage with urban life itself – making cities more walkable, sustainable, and downright pleasant to inhabit and explore on foot. As Jeral puts it, it's about creating an ideal "Goldilocks density" for communities to thrive without cars clogging streets.
Whoosh is Swyft Cities' cutting-edge transportation solution - a modular, scalable gondola network designed to revolutionize urban mobility at a fraction of traditional costs.
Key features include:
This system could be the future of urban transportation, and is already being implemented in places like a 300-acre mixed-use development in New Zealand, allowing people to park once and move seamlessly between residential, commercial and entertainment zones via the gondola network.
As cities grow denser, traditional transportation solutions like roads and parking are becoming inadequate. Whoosh provides a fresh, sustainable, user-friendly approach to tackle urban congestion. With its modular design and seamless integration into real estate projects, it could reshape how we navigate and experience city life.
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To learn more about Swyft Cities' innovative transportation & real estate solutions, visit their website at Swyft Cities
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