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Chicago to Auction Parking Off
September 3, 2008
I appreciate that cities are always looking for ways to make more money but this crazy idea out of Chicago frankly floors me. The city expects to earn over a billion dollars by auctioning off a 50 year concession on their ENTIRE parking system! The winning bidder, 'will be required to install state-of-the-art parking meters that monitor parking space availability and adjust rates to ensure an open space on each ...
Infiniti's New Parking Technology
August 26, 2008
Various forms of parking assistance technology have been rolling out over the last few years but the latest and greatest from Infiniti is really pretty cool. Using 360 degree cameras (one even extends out of the grille when you throw it in reverse!), the new technology is unbelievable for a number of reasons: A) it's just simply so futuristic and B) are people such bad drivers that they no longer ...
Innovation and Metered Parking Spots In San Francisco
July 25, 2008
I know it's been awhile but frankly things have been so busy that it's been hard to find time to write! I must say, for a startup business, not a bad problem to have. Stumbled on this today and am intrigued. So the city of San Francisco is launching a really interesting approach to parking in the city. As of this fall 6,000 of the city's 24,000 metered parking spaces ...
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. ...
PrimoSpot Offers New Spin on Parking Search
June 30, 2008
I was having a great chat at breakfast this morning about whether or not to post this but consensus was go for it. Why the indecision? Well, frankly, we're about to tell you about another parking search service. PrimoSpot which originally launched a year ago is an interesting service designed to help NYC folks find street parking near their destination. Unlike www.parkingspots.com, these spots are hourly/daily street parking around the city of New York. Very ...
Portland Citizen Issues Parking Ticket to Cop!
June 8, 2008
I had a good laugh at a posting I stumbled upon today. Turns out there was a gentleman in Portland,OR who, newly minted as a lawyer, took advantage of an obscure state law that allowed private citizens to issue parking citations. Talk about taking parking into your own hands!
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/private-citizen.html
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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 Online - Next Generation of Ideas
February 12, 2008
It’s funny in hindsight for us to look back at the responses and feedback we received from so many people along the way of building this idea. One glaring reality – early generation X folks versus the boomers and late X-ers have entirely different perspectives on what consumers are looking for. When we first brought the idea to these older Xers and Boomers, they were cautiously optimistic. “Are ...
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