vehicle v first approaching the doors 54 of the elevator 12 in fig3 b the doors 54 have circumferentially opened as described above and the platform 50 is linearly translated beneath the vehicle v and raised to carry the vehicle v once the platform 50 is fully positioned under the vehicle v and raised to support the vehicle the platform 50 is translated back into the elevator 12 as shown in fig3 c and the vehicle v may be carried to the desired floor it should be understood that any suitable type of driven platform may be utilized such translational dollies and mounts are well known one such driven platform is manufactured by palis global parking technologies gmbh of gersthofen germany other examples of other such systems are shown in pct application publication no wo 2004 045932 a1 to zangerle et al and u s pat no 4 768 914 issued to sing each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety it should be understood that the system 10 may be used in combination with any suitable type of multi story building in use vehicle v enters a ground floor below ground floor or lobby level and drives to one of elevators 12 14 16 positioning the vehicle as shown in fig3 a preferably at the entrance the vehicle passes by a sensor 70 as shown in fig3.