Virtual Parking

Parking Network: Refinery, a Top 25 U.S. interactive agency, announced that it is building an application for the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) that for the first time will link the City’s more than 1,000 off-street parking venues, even those not managed by PPA, through a consumer-friendly Web site. The site will allow users to view detailed location, availability, timing, and rate information in real time. The off-street parking locator is one of the first systems of it kind for a major metropolitan parking authority such as PPA.
This functionality, set to launch in 2005, is designed to make parking in Philadelphia more convenient and transparent by giving users the ability to review all viable off-street parking options by location, without leaving their homes. Refinery is designing the site with a state-of-art Geographic Information System (GIS) that combines detailed Philadelphia street map and attraction information with a rich database of off-street parking venues.
“Philadelphia has always been known as a City of innovation and we hope this changes the way people think about parking,” said Joe Egan, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Parking Authority. “We believe this new service will help stabilize parking rates by providing consumers with information that will help them make informed parking choices”.
Philadelphia’s Latest Innovation: Virtual Parking [Parking Network]