Google has developed something like an Android social network for parking spots. Called Open Spot, it relies on people rather than sensors or other sophisticated technology to locate parking spots that are being vacated Open Spot users indicate when theyre leaving a spot. The phones locat... More

Councils say there is nothing they can do about a new mobile app that drivers in Australian capital cities are using to skirt parking meter fees and fines. ParkPatrol, developed by Sydney-based software developer Crwdpower, sends alerts to iPhone and, soon, Google Android mobile users whe... More

A MULTI-STOREY car park in Franklin St has been given the green light by the State Government's Development Assessment Commission - despite Adelaide City Council and the commission's own staff saying it is a bad idea. Adelaide City Council had previously refused to support the $11.9 mill... More

THEY used to sell for as little as $5000 but efforts by local councils to push vehicles out of cities have triggered a surge in the price of car parking spaces across Australia. There are expectations that a recent $240,000 record sale for a space at Sydney's Bondi will be closely follow... More

People power has prompted a Wollongong City Council backflip on restrictive parking zones blamed for a dramatic downturn in retail trade in Burelli St. A week after the Mercury revealed how half-hour zones and the flat $2 parking fee were killing business, the council yesterday agreed to ... More