July 25, 2007 Find a place to park it Posted by Dean at 08:06 PM | Categories: Traveling Light Tips

I’m psychic and I predict that you will have trouble finding a parking space in the near future. OK, so that predication doesn’t really require any supernatural ability ‘cause we ALL have trouble parking at one time or another – at least those of us within a day’s drive of a major metropolitan area.

What to do? Point your phone’s browser to SpotScout [NOTE: currently test marketing only in Boston, New York, and San Francisco]. SpotScout is a Web-based service that takes a holistic view of the parking problem. It’s allows drivers to quickly find available spots (via their phones or PCs) but it also lets parking garages alert drivers of their availability and it even gives owners of individual private spaces the opportunity to rent their spots in small time increments.

Another US-based parking information site is Wheretofindparking.com, currently focused on Boston and New York City. Wheretofindparking offer tips on where to look and not to look for parking. It also offers a mobile site for browsing via phone. Both of these sites plan to launch in other US cities in the near future.

Don’t live in or near one of these cities? That’s why this is a blog! Please post any similar phone-friendly parking Web services that you use and tell us what city you’re in.


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I just read about a site called http://www.BestParking.com in the Wall Street Journal. It lists and compares all parking rates in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia

Posted by: Merrick | July 29, 2007 07:13 AM

Best way to avoid parking hassles is to move to the city. Then you can ditch your car altogether! Find out where to live so that you don't have to drive at: http://www.walkscore.com

Find out why Boston is "America's Walking City" here: http://www.newcolonist.com/boston_walker.html

Posted by: dshugrue | August 2, 2007 09:40 PM


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