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SpotSwitch - Find and share street parking spots
What is SpotSwitch?
We’ve all been there. We want to find that parking spot on the street.
But we end up circling the block, only to end up frustrated and going to the pay garage.
And we also know the lucky feeling you get when a car pulls out of its spot JUST as you roll up.
SpotSwitch is a help network for parking. With its iPhone App and integrated website
SpotSwitch locates fellow members leaving their parking spots around you at any given time.*
To thrive, a city needs to grow. City leaders all over the world have to consider factors related to demographics, globalization, environmental concerns, societal relationships, social stability and technology. TheSmarterCity is no exception. But businesses, like people, have choices on where they locate.
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ladydata:
Flashy data visualization, sortable with a click? Yes, please.
lookbothways:
“I can’t get over how nicely done this visualization of income in New York City is.” [Via Felix Salmon]](http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku17rguGi91qz6ljpo1_500.png)
Flashy data visualization, sortable with a click? Yes, please.
“I can’t get over how nicely done this visualization of income in New York City is.” [Via Felix Salmon]
And I thought DC traffic was the worst in the world…
Eko Stoplight Informs You Well
stoplight with a red light progress meter
Trapster - Android Speed Trap Alert Application
Trapster is the most popular driving related mobile app in the world (both in cumulative and ongoing daily downloads). It is the first location-based application that alerts users in real-time when they approach speed traps or red-light cameras. It takes advantage of user input and the power of the community to provide not only the trap information, but also to arbitrate the veracity of that information. It also provides turn-by-turn directions, real time traffic, accident reports, gas stations, banks, rest stops, local search, and more. Trapster is free.
