"Several companies are experimenting with systems that let drivers go online or even use cell phones and handheld devices to reserve a space in a garage or locate nearby street parking."
This idea is genius!I lived LA for 4 years, and the amount of time I spent searching for parking was absurd. From work, to home, to my university - I probably spent about an hour a day just looking for parking. That's 5 hours a week, 20 hours a month, that's 240 hours per year! That's just plain crazy.
This article also explains that homeowners will be able to go online and rent out their unused parking spots to make a little extra cash.
This idea is still extremely new, they are in the process of rolling it out this summer. For example, cell phone users in the largest 30 cities of the world will be able to check for available parking spots in nearby garages. In Oakland, California many garages are equipped with sensors that Bay Area Rapid Transit installed to keep track of available parking spots.
In the next 3 years, this technology will be part of our mainstream daily activities, it will result in less traffic, less parking violations and happier people.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/wireless/
0,70826-0.html?tw=rss.technology
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