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What takes Precedence: Neighborhood Economic Growth or Reduced Congestion?
October 4, 2009

Wow.  Has it really been almost two months since I last posted?  I have no clue where time goes these days...unbelieveable.  Well I'm back.  And finding myself quite enthralled really by a debate currently underway in Toronto that I'm guessing is similarly experienced across other North American cities.  The impact of parking on the livelihood of a neighborhood.  Dundas West in Toronto is a funky eclectic community of shops, lounges, old-world ...

Parking During Rush Hour Being Eliminated
June 4, 2009

An interesting debate is ranging on Dundas West in Toronto.  Two years ago the city agreed to put in metered parking along the strip during rush hour in the hopes that it would slow the traffic flow down along the strip.  Now local councillors are trying to eliminate them and instead put up a bunch of new pay and display machines along side streets instead.  Problem is in the process of doing ...

Single Car's Journey to Find Parking and it's Carbon Footprint
March 7, 2009

K so this was super cool.  A guy named Bern who's also in the business of parking did a cool little exercise where he traced his buddy's travel and emissions going from a suburban area in TOronto to a downtown office.  Key stat?  He spent 10 to 12 minutes just circling for parking - that's 39% of his entire trip!  Not to mention, circling and slowing for parking is one of ...

Adding New Parking Lots At What Cost?
February 24, 2009

There's been a lot of press lately around Toronto's plan to increase parking around commuter train lots due to the ever increasing volume of commuter traffic.  I get that.  Logically, it's a necessity.  What kills me though is how uncreative cities are when it comes to developing solutions to urban problems.  What's the plan?  Essentially to bulldoze more green space and replace it with concrete parking lots.  The thing that irks ...

Website Clones - The dirty side of the web
June 24, 2008

I admit we're relatively new to the world of entrepreneurialism but we were pretty floored and flattered by something we stumbled upon recently.  There's a site called rentacoder.com that allows individuals to auction off development of their site to interested bidders.  Guess what we discovered on the auction block?? "We are interested in creating an exact clone of parkingspots.com..."  UNBELIEVEABLE!!  Next time buddy, just call us...maybe we could figure something out ...

Parking Games Online
April 15, 2008

Okay so we know that video games are a plenty online but what we didn't know was that we'd stumble upon a game that's parking based!! I'm pretty proud of my skills at parking in city spots but apparently I could use a TON more work at it. I couldn't even get the car into the first parking spot. Thank god I'm better behind the wheel or I'd be in some ...

Free Downtown Parking in Major Cities!
April 4, 2008

So someone recently brought to our attention an interesting fact about parking in Toronto - did you know that you can actually park for free on King Street between Yonge and Bay for FREE! Every night between 6pm and 7am. Unbelievable and fabulous! It does however beg the question, how many other prime pieces of real estate have this ability in other cities across North America? I mean, what if you ...

Find (or rent) a parking spot easily!
March 25, 2008

Toronto-based ParkingSpots.com is a new site that lets you easily find a parking spot when you need one – anywhere in Canada and the U.S. Imagine you've got an important business meeting somewhere around the Yonge & Eglinton area in midtown Toronto and don't know where to find a good spot. At this site you can type in the address or postal code you're going to and with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parkingspots.com Officially Launches
February 1, 2008

Parkingspots.com is pleased to announce their official launch at www.parkingspots.com. As urban areas continue to grow and become increasingly congested, space has become a key concern. Whether it be space to store personal goods because it can no longer fit in one’s existing abode or even a seat on the subway on one’s way to work, space is running short. Too many people are flowing into North ...