With this day and age, many people are in a rush with their cell phones or tablets in hand. In my household, there is rarely a day where we leave the house without our mobile devices; they are literally glued to our hand and city government is racking in money based on our addiction. Many cities are making it accessible to pay for parking meters using our cellphones. Instead of running back to put more coins in the meter or taking the risk of getting a costly parking ticket, the ease of refilling the meter is literally at our fingertips. In 2015, the Obama Administration announced, “a new “Smart Cities” Initiative that will invest over $160 million in federal research and leverage more than 25 new technology collaborations to help local communities …show more content…
As mentioned above, a popular trend now, as seen in Seattle, California and other states across the country is the ability to pay parking meters via a mobile device. Another popular service that many government agencies are honing are apps that show parking lot availability. How do apps benefit the public? The benefits are almost endless. These types of apps will reduce parking violations. Often, people forget to reload the meters or are too far to return to the meters. In regard to the parking locator apps, motorist will be able to find parking in crowded cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. In addition to parking locaters, some of these apps can assist with finding the best rate for parking spots which can be adjusted by the city remotely. How does this benefit the city? Without a second guess, the ability to pay for a city parking meter at your fingertips will help generate more funding for cities with high parking demands. A while back, the press was questioning Washington D.C.’s parking meter issue. “Soumya Dey, deputy associate director of the D.C. Department of Transportation, said the city was getting “beaten up” in the press several years ago because of old, cranky meters that didn’t work much of the time, limit payment options and in inefficient way of fixing broken meters which relied on customer …show more content…
Many cities generate revenue from unpaid or expired parking meters. It appears that the parking app will decrease the amount of revenue caused by unpaid or expired meters due to the accessibility and convenience of the app. “The city, which took in about $1.8 million in 2015 from parking meters and machines before expenses, could lose revenue from parking tickets with the new pay-by-cell option. But there is an upside. While the city loses in ticket revenue, it will get more revenue on the parking meter side by having this technology”. Another barrier which may prevent the public from using the apps are the associated convenience fee that may apply when using the app. The city of St. Louis’ data concluded that during the inception of the app in 2015, 562 users used the app 1,632 times and by May 2015, 855 users used the app 7,732 times; however, those uses came with a 35-cent fee that is paid directly to the app’s creators. The new technology does have its glitches, one customer says that he had a hard time getting the app to accept his credit card and therefore; had to rely on coins. Cost? In St. Louis, “the $5 million cost of the new meters is being covered by a bond approved by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. It will be paid off using money collected by the
According to the interview, there was couple of things they did: one, was they provided so much detail that the Arlington Police Department started to freak out that there was jus too much that people knew about what they were doing. They go through security checks, just like an airport. This app was actually created, not for the police, but it was created for the people who would be coming to the game, and it gave the people the opportunity to see everything they needed to, or wanted to know about. Like help audiences find their parking spot and the seat might be. Also, it can help people find and compare hotels, restaurants, and entertainment events they want to look for. Additionally, people can see what is the best spot and view its 3D effect, etc. Anyway, “there is a great opportunity for people who have never been to North Texas and that would be most people who went to Super Bowl because it’s never been in North Texas before, the people who do go every year, and anything the people wants.” Said by Mr. Frank Supovitz.
The cost of these two hundred or so signs is close to seventy-eight thousand dollars. The money from the passes could be used for this expense as well. Although residents of Riverbank may object to the signs and call them nonsense, they will help the tourists know they cannot park in certain places. If a person is found parking on the street without a parking pass, they will be subject to a fifty dollar fine. Police will be very important in this aspect and will patrol the city everyday just like normal, but they will also be looking for this
There likewise should be extra stopping meters included for students living off grounds, who regularly experience difficulty finding a spot. The school is overpopulated, bringing about heaps of moved down parking areas. Staff as of now has saved parking; however the constrained measure of parking on grounds is driving understudies and guests to stop in saved workforce parcels. Parking is deficient and can be an enormous bother contingent upon the day.
About a month ago I attended a dinner with some close friends. As we all sat in the restaurant waiting for drink orders to be taken, I looked around the table and what I saw made me feel more than a little annoyed considering I had not seen some of these people (or spoken to some of them) in over a month. Everyone at the table had sat down and immediately took out their phone. After reading the article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, by Jean M. Twenge, the feelings experienced that evening at dinner were validated and broadened by the depth and scope of the article. Jean Twenge was persuasive because of the statistical data in her article.
Being a student at Texas Woman’s University I am aware of some of the problems that occur on campus. Unfortunately, the parking situation here on campus sticks out like a sore thumb. Whether you can’t find an open parking space anywhere on campus or whether you just can’t justify paying $70.00 for a parking permit when it doesn’t guarantee you a parking spot. Not only are students fighting traffic to find a parking spot, but they are also having to park long distances from their class, which can become a major problem in the middle of winter in Texas. All of these problems faced by students that attend this university all boil down to how more parking needs to be added to this university. Throughout this essay I will inform you about a possible
As we progress deeper into the digital era, we rely more and more on our electronic devices. Over the last decade, almost everyone who lives in a developed nation owns a cellphone and they are becoming an integral part of our life.
Today we are surrounded by apps no matter where we go or what we do, there is simply no avoiding it. We are part of “The App Generation”. But the real question is do you think apps help you or just waste all your time. In “Do Apps Help” Shannon Doyne states that “Most of the apps are free, and they provide feeds from hundreds of news sources geared to your interests” (Do Apps Help, par. 9). Apps are also a very beneficial source of entertainment and so much more because most cost almost nothing to download on your devices. Have you ever traveled to a hotel or out of town and you turn on the tv looking for a certain channel or the news? You’re now able to access all the news you could possibly imagine on your device with just the touch of an
...the school eventually gets enough funding they could build more student lots in more well-located spaces, which would greatly reduce the problem. Removing certain designated letter labeled parking lots would construct a first come first served system for everyone, reducing the amount of tickets issued. Parking has become a problem concerning many more students compared to staff. With enough funding, voting, and hard work, I think that eventually they will think of more ways to make parking more convenient for everyone.
INTRODUCTION Subject This report analyzed the problem regarding the lack of campus parking spaces at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) and recommended a solution to improve this situation in the short term. Purpose The purpose of this report is to provide a final recommendation to Cal Poly’s UPD to deal with the problem of the lack of parking spaces.
Mobile is the first order priority device for access because people are connecting with others, finding entertainment, and doing business—all with smart phones. The prices of mobile phones are never over $1,000 in today’s world. They are affordable and accessible. As the result of the changes the worldwide and national business environment has undergone, people own 1-2 cell phones on average. However, the mobile markets in US seems to have been saturated.
Even as I sit here typing this paper, my own shiny, rectangular piece of molded plastic and metal lies inches away from my fingertips, beckoning me to use it. Looking out the window, one of the first sights I see are people walking with one hand up to their ear, evidence this technology is in use. I can count on one hand the number of adults I know who do not own one these mobile devices. People are now able to be virtually accessible almost anywhere at any time.
“Mobile Technology Fact Sheet” Pew Research Internet Project, Pew Research Center, n.d. Web 1 May 2014
For instance, the seemingly innocuous mobile phone is actually playing an increasing role in facilitating monetary transactions, especially in Asia. Already, in Japan, large companies such as Coca-Cola have sanctioned vending machines that are not only compatible with common cell phones but also allow consumers to earn credits for using them (Kupetz). In this regard, the United States is strikingly behind the times when compared to other countries. Another new technology in the vein of mobile phones is no-contact cards. These innovative cards do not require a cashier to conduct a transaction; one simply holds a specia... ...
In today’s world the vast majority of the population owns a cell phone. Cell phones are a huge part of people’s everyday lives. Since the 1940’s when mobile phones became available for automobiles, phone companies have made huge strides in making mobile phones more efficient, much smaller, and more available for anyone to use. There was a time where only people of wealth had these types of mobile phones. Now people from all social classes own a cell phone. They are extremely convenient and have the ability to do just about anything you can think of. There is an “app” for everything. You can make phone calls, text message, surf the web, pay your bills, read books, catch up on social media, and even listen to you music all from one small handheld device. Cell phones play a huge role in today’s economy. Businesses such as AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint have become huge public corporations with large stakes in the stock market. Between these companies among several other phone companies they have created millions of jobs and opportunities. Cell phone companies have now created what are known as “smart phones”. These phones are typically slim and sleek and have countless versatile abilities. However, cell phones have not always been so “smart” or small for that matter.
So we are going to design a system which aims to improve parking facilities by the introduction of a smart car parking system. The system will automatically assign a vacant space to the patrons for parking their vehicles. The patron will be guided to the specified location by referring to variable message sign and the map and the location printed on the parking ticket, in which the whole process is monitored by a central computer to store and update the occupancy status of available parking space vacancies in the database.