P2P Parking

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P2P Parking = facilitating finding parkings spots through a p2p application.

Example: SpotScout


URL = http://www.spotscout.com/


Description

"The idea is that if you know you are about to leave your parking space, you send a message via your phone to SpotScout. That information is then broadcast to the mobile phones of people looking for a park. If they pull into your parking spot they pay a fee which is split between SpotScout and you.

The website says they are launching soon in the States, and it’s a business which could work almost anywhere there’s parking problems. It could also easily be integrated into in-car navigation systems, and that could be a killer app." (http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/06/06/p2p-parking-first-guest-blog/)


Directory

Via [1]:

  1. UK-based ParkatmyHouse offers parking spaces, garages and driveways for rent, http://www.parkatmyhouse.com/uk/
  2. ParkOnMyDrive offers parking spaces for rent in the UK, http://www.parkonmydrive.com/
  3. ParkCirca is a US-based peer-to-peer shared parking marketplace, http://www.parkcirca.com/



More Information

A Wired interview with the founder, at http://www.wired.com/news/technology/wireless/0,70826-0.html