Quotable Quotes - Hoboken's 916 Garden Street Automated Garage

"Naturally, the city [Hoboken] is running for the hills, hiding behind contracts and lawyers. Gerhard [Robotic] is frustrated, of course, because he thinks the owner [Hoboken] should begin to take some responsibility for what it bought. -- John Van Horn, Editor,ParkingToday.com

"The project was way behind completion -- almost two years. When done, everyone was arguing as to whether or not it worked as it was supposed to, and who is to supply personnel to run it." -- John Van Horn, Editor, ParkingToday.com

"What is most sad is that Gerhard Haag [Robotic] was the only manufacturer that put his money where his mouth is. He built a test system in Ohio. He showed people how it would work. And he got the deal. Of course, he didn't know how to work in an environment like Hoboken. Power, influence, politics, money and perhaps a bit of rubbing right up against the law were involved. Not a good place to cut your teeth on a new technology and in a country where the customs are foreign." -- John Van Horn, Editor, ParkingToday.com

"THE CITY WAS IN A BUDGET SHORTFALL. IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDS NEEDED THY HAD TO ABOLISH THE AUTHORITY TO GET AT THE FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE AUTHORITY HAD BUILT UP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GARAGES AND FOR PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE." -- Donald Pellicano, Former Commissioner of the [Hoboken] parking authority

"Gerhard Haag and Robotic, never ever had any signed agreement with Hoboken to build anything." -- Donald Pellicano, Former Commissioner of the [Hoboken] parking authority

"Ahh forgot one point on the Jeep: investigations into the software recordings revealed that the operator on shift overwrote the software, kicked it out of automatic mode into manual and moved the car into the system, than switched the system back into automatic mode again. Just that the car was NOT inside the confines of the pallet. Operator on shift: the one operator of the HPU." --  Gerhard Haag, President of Robotic Parking, Inc.

"WHEN WILL YOu [Haag] STOP TELLING THE INDUSTRY THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THE GARAGE DOES NOT WORK?" -- Donald Pellicano, Former Commissioner of the [Hoboken] parking authority

Read the entire Parking Today blog transcript