Sunday, August 14, 2011

Find Parking Easier in the big city!

Here is an article from back in 2008 that describes a wireless sensor that can detect the presence of a parked car.  The idea is that there are signs around the city that will notify drivers of open street parking to make the search for parking easier.  This is a great idea and definitely will reduce time, traffic and air pollution as it will reduce the number of cars circling the streets to find parking.  This article was published back in 2008, no update regarding this technology as of late.  We wonder what happened?


Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/business/12newpark.html?adxnnl=1&ref=parking&adxnnlx=1313359108-26hxL8RW1q3VMKBqTcBLWA