2. In one year,
Americans
travel up to
950,000
miles, waste
47,000
gallons of gas
and release
730 tons of
greenhouse
emissions
while looking
for parking.
3. SPOTS Parking App
By partnering with Maps and the
Philadelphia Parking Authority our App will
reward customers and make street parking
easy.
5. Bob Smith
Lives at home and works to save up money to pay for school.
Commutes to Temple University for classes
Monday - Thursday
“I have to go from work to
class on a tight schedule and
am often late to class due to
looking for a parking spot
since I can’t afford to park in a
garage.”
6. Place your screenshot here
SPOTS Prototype
This is a typical day for our
commuter experience to
Temple University.
8. SPOTS Risks and Solutions
Solution: Voice
Navigation
Guidance
Solution: Philadelphia
Parking Authority
Contract that allows
for understanding of
street layouts
Solution: Live user
updates and
Partnership with the
Philadelphia Parking
Authority
Risk: False Reports by
Google Maps users
Risk: Phone use
while driving
Risk: Spot Availability
12. Detailed Data Model (ERD)
CustomerID
Name
Username
Password
RewardsID
Points
SpotsID
Customer
RewardsID
ParkingRpt
RewardChoice
ParkingAuthID
Rewards
SpotsID
Location
CustomerID
ParkingAuthID
RoadName
ParkingSpots
ParkingAuthID
SptsLocation
RewardsID
ParkingAuthority
13. Detailed Process Model
App User
SPOTS
Parking
App
User opens
Google
Maps
Google
Maps
Philadelphia
Parking
Authority
Enters
destination
Sufficient
parking
data?
Proceeds to
destination
Alerts user to
the spots
nearby - routes
to closest
Proceeds to
destination
Searches
destination
parking
spaces
Accept
spot?
SPOT still
available?
Story of parking antidote
The average distance covered looking for parking is ½ a mile
Motorists spend up to 2549 hours looking for parking which adds up to 106 days of their lifetime
SO what can we do to compact this issue? Introducing SPOTS the only free on street and metered parking APP in the parking game
Our app will target college students and low income families
Provides user ability to know where parking spaces are available in area of destination
It will make parking in the city less of a hassle
Only application to provide live and metered and free parking to all
All others have reservation fees and require credit card
Offers rewards
As we were fleshing out the idea for our application we created Bob Smith as a frequent user of the application
