Mohammed Al-Aufi
February 3, 2014
Reading 3B
Summary #1
Need A Parking Space? Look In Your Hand
In the article “Need A Parking Space? Look In Your Hand” the writer, Richard Gonzales presents a new App called SFpark, San Francisco park, and describes its system and the way it works. SFpark is a parking application which is designed to prevent wasting time on looking for a park in San Francisco. With a huge system of more than 8000 parking metered and 12000 spaced in the city-owned garages fitted with smart sensors allow the application user to know the availability using a color scale from red, low availability, to sky blue, higher availability. Also it updates the motorists with the prices so they can find the price they want. This app is also helps to avoid congestion by adjusting meter prices on demand to encourage drivers to “Make trips in off-peak hours”. Nowadays, around 25000 people downloaded the App and more cities like LA and Fort Worth have also introduced a smartphone parking App.
Gonzales, R. (2011, August 29). Need A Parking Space? Look In Your Hand. National Public Radio News.
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