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The Parking Spots Index - New Financial Metric
November 17, 2008

I think this is brilliant and frankly a very interesting means for judging the state of the economy.  The Parking Space Index.    Essentially it's an indicator based on how many parking spots are available at a mall/public place (and how good the spots are - ie. right up by entrance vs back of the lot).  Forget the Starbucks Index or Big Mac Index - this one is right up our alley! ...

Gas and The Suburban Decline
August 9, 2008

I find it amazing to watch the discussion going on around us about city migration.  Governments have been funding and pushing citizens out into corn fields morphed into row houses and developments on the promise of white picket fences and the American Dream.  Well they got that but what they weren't counting on was the cost of living that's grown exponentially alongside it - beginning with Gas.  So the perfectly planned ...

Trendwatching's Top Innovations Names Parkingspots.com
July 1, 2008

What a fabulous day in the life of an entrepreneur to be picked up by trendwatching.com!!  Parkingspots.com has been identified as one of the Top 40 Innovations out there right now.  Have a read here to see the article. ...

US EPA Addresses Parking Planning
June 8, 2008

Okay so sometimes we need to discuss not just interesting parking stories but also the more serious issue of urban planning.  As many of us are aware, the debate rages on about parking spots and urban planning in major cities.  A report was released by the US EPA about the role that parking plays in community planning.  It does a good job of highlighting a couple great flexible solutions to ...

Parkingspots.com's Blog Goes Interactive!!
May 31, 2008

Parkingspots.com is really really excited to finally have a blog that allows you, our monthly parking community to post your thoughts, ideas and parking stories!!  It will be a couple days before all our recent posts are loaded onto the new blog but in the meantime we invite all of you to join the conversation. Happy Parking!! ...

Parking Wars on A&E
April 20, 2008

So here we thought we were breaking into a relatively untapped world of parking and all the intricacies of it. Then we had the pleasure recently of stumbling on to parking wars on A&E. What a concept! Monthly and hourly parkers can learn a little about those parking police we've grown ever resentful of and gain a little perspective on them and their daily jobs. To be completely honest, it's a ...

Parking In Brooklyn, NY Takes on a Whole New Meaning
April 18, 2008

As we are good people who do appreciate that cars and traffic etc. are taking claim to much of urban space, we thought it only fair to pass on to you all this clip. Shot in Brooklyn, this parking story is a little different then the previous ones we've shared. Intro as follows, and then watch this vid...pretty interesting statement being made. "In June 2006, Transportation Alternatives volunteers staged a ...

Affordable Parking?? Not for this lady!!
March 4, 2008

I stumbled on this today and had NO idea how to respond. At first it seemed kind of funny but then when the lady in the red car wouldn’t stop I couldn’t believe it. What on earth would possess someone to rack up $600 of damages to someone else’s vehicle all over a $2 parking spot!! It’s unbelievable…check it out! http://www.break.com/index/fight_over_parking_spot.html TORONTO, CANADA (March 4, 2008) Was ...