the passenger and vehicle elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars arrayed substantially equidistantly and equiangularly from a central shaft of the building . each elevator car includes a housing and at least one door . the housing has a floor , a ceiling , and at least one sidewall . a linearly translating platform is mounted on the floor of each of the housings . the linearly translating platform is adapted for automatically carrying the vehicle and the at least one passenger through the at least one door . further , the vehicle may be rotated within the housing by driven rotation of the platform or the floor , allowing for selective angular positioning of the vehicle with respect to the housing . the elevator car ascends and descends within a corresponding elevator shaft in a manner similar to that of a conventional elevator .