Parking in Motion is an iOS application that finds parking spots for you. Sized at only 2.3MB, the app is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The app lets you find parking spots in over 16,000 locations in more than 300 cities. This include cities from the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

In addition to the parking facilities offered, you can also view the parking prices of each spot and reserve them in advance to conveniently park when you arrive at your destination.

Features:

• A user-friendly smartphone application.
• Compatible with iOS devices.
• Helps you find and reserve parking spots.
• Covers more than 300 cities from around the world.
• Similar tools: Parkopedia, ParkWhiz, YouParkLikeAnAsshole, OpenSpot and Roadify.

Check out Parking in Motion @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/p-i-m/id417605484?mt=8# (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Parking spaces are also displayed on a map and you can click on any space to see more details such as user reviews, street view and complete address. The website also provides you with some nifty tools such as a parking calculator, information about that location that can be edited by any user, a listing of places nearby and the option to customize and embed the map on any webpage.

Features:

• One of the largest collections of parking spots.
• View parking spaces on a map as well as a list.
• See parking rates and hours, calculate total parking charge.
• Embed map on any web page or blog.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Roadify, ParkWhiz, OpenSpot, CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Visit Parkopedia @ www.en.parkopedia.com

Where Did We Park? Lite is a simple GPS-using smartphone application for Android devices. With the application installed you can record the position of where you parked your car and then retrace it. When you park your car, take out your Android phone and run the application. Use the “Park My Car” option to record the car’s location. While returning to your car, simply use the “Directions to Car” option which will direct you to your car on a map display.

Features:

• A user friendly smartphone application.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Lets you record where you parked your car.
• Helps you get back to your car.
• A very helpful application in places where many cars are parked.
• Similar tools: CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

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You can download information notices from the site and stick on cars you find wrongly parked. And if you frequently get parking notices, you can use the site to learn how not to park like an asshole.

When you click on “got a notice?” at the top navbar of the site, it gives you a few options to choose from. Once you choose, you will see an illustration explaining how a car was parked the wrong way and what should have been the correct parking method. Neat!

Features

• Educate people on correct parking methods by sharing notices.
• Learn the right ways to park your car.
• No sign up needed.
• Similar tools: Carpong, Zapatag and EMAILACAR.

Check out YouParkLikeAnAsshole @ www.youparklikeanasshole.com (via Lifehacker By Abhijeet from GT Resources)

Roadify is a free web service that helps NYC residents  find parking space. The spots are updated by the site’s own members. In exchange for sharing spots members are rewarded points known on the site as “Street Carma”. Members can join one of many groups on the site and use their earned points to get various offers such as a free coffee, a pizza slice, a gift voucher, or anything else the group offers.

In addition to sharing parking spots, members can share actual bus timings as well. This can help people stay updated on bus delays and see if they will be able to make it to their destination in time via a bus. Street Carma points are rewarded to bus time sharers as well. You can view the top spot and time sharing members and teams through a ranking system on the website.

An SMS based system is adopted to provide the information to users. First you will need to register your phone number with the site; then you can use the phone to send a message in a specific format and obtain information regarding nearby parking spots and actual bus timings. The SMS system helps all cellphone owners make use of the service, not just smartphone owners.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets people find and share available parking places in nyc.
• Lets people find and share actual bus timings.
• You earn points for sharing parking spots and bus timings.
• Earned points can get you free products and services from the groups on the website.
• Valid for NYC only.
• Similar tools: ParkWhiz, OpenSpot, CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out Roadify @ www.roadify.com

Whether it is a match, concert, or any other big event, good parking spots become rare. Through ParkWhiz’s website, you can reserve a particular parking spot in advance and avoid the frustration resulting from filled parking. The website teams up with small and large parking lot owners and provides online parking reservations to its visitors.

Parking spots can be found in the US by entering an address or landmark along with the time and dates of arrival and departure. Once you find a spot, you pay the service an amount for the reservation and get a receipt; when you arrive to park your car, present your ParkWhiz reservation receipt to the parking attendant who will show you to your parking spot.

Features:

• Car parking spot reservation made easy.
• A greatly useful online service.
• Lets you reserve parking spots in advance to avoid future parking problems.
• Lets you search for parking spots by providing an address or landmark.
• Displays parking results along with their precise location and price.
• Similar tools: OpenSpot, CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out ParkWhiz @ www.parkwhiz.com

Spots that are fresh are marked in red whereas spots that have been marked more than 5 minutes ago are marked in orange and the spots 10 minutes or older are identified with yellow pins. These spots are marked by other users as they leave their parking spots.

The app would obviously get better and more useful as more people start using it to share information about empty parking spots.

Features:

• Free parking spot finder.
• Different colored pins show you how long ago a spot was marked.
• Share information about available spots to help other users.
• Works in US, Canada and Netherlands.
• Similar tools: CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

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Once you mark that as your parking spot, you can send it to yourself via email or SMS. Later, when you are trying to find your car, just open the webpage again and you will see 2 markers. The red marker will show your current location while the blue one would show your parking space. You can even create a route to your parking location just by clicking on the marker.


Features:

• Save your exact parking location.
• Share it via email or SMS.
• Create a route to your parking spot.
• Works with any mobile phone browser.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

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Features:

• Move your car on time with a call reminder and never pay for a parking ticket again!
• Easy to use, just tweet the time and the day.
• Direct message @tixsux to set your number and reminder date.
• Send questions and feedback.
• Similar tools: BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out TixSux @ www.tixsux.com

You can search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction. All available parking facilities near the search destination will be presented on a map along with the list that can be sorted by name and distance. Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.

As it was mentioned above BestParking also covers parking garages in every major U.S. airport enabling you find cheap parking spaces there as well.

Features:

• Compare and find cheap parking in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and all major airports.
• Both short-term and long-term parking rates are available.
• Search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction.
• Sort parking spaces by name, distance and price.
• Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.
• Mobile friendly version supported at mobile.bestparking.com.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar websites: PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out BestParking @ www.bestparking.com