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GottaPark.com: The Bay Area Parking Exchange

GottaPark.com: The Bay Area Parking Exchange

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Although the San Francisco Bay Area is notorious for being an unfriendly, ticket-ridden battleground for drivers seeking out parking, the simple online service GottaPark.com is attempting to break this stereotype. It provides an exchange for people, organizations and businesses who wish to rent out parking spaces (or driveways) for a small fee, and a place for drivers who wish to find parking for their car. They currently have up to 10,000 spaces available in the Bay Area.

Enter an address and the length of time you need to park on the main page (shown above), and [...]

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Routemaster 2.0

Routemaster 2.0

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, recently ran a design competition to help bring London’s famous old double-decker Routemaster buses back onto the streets. The original buses got replaced by long bendy single decker ones that fit the UK’s overt health, safety and access guidelines better.

The competition was won with this design from a collaboration between Foster + Partners and Aston Martin. The companies worked together to create a vehicle that was environmentally sensitive and accessible, reinventing a “much-loved symbol of London for the modern era.”
The press release gives some great insight into how the companies approached the design:
After an [...]

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