“A service starting in Paris next month is designed to make life somewhat easier for harried drivers by allowing them to find out, in real time, whether there are parking spaces available nearby by using their cellphones or GPS navigation devices,”the IHT reports.”The system will monitor the status of about 120 public parking garages across the French capital. From their phones, drivers will be able to find out whether a nearby garage is open and has places available.”At certain times of day, 20 to 25 percent of vehicles are in search of a parking space. With this service, we should be able to improve the traffic flow,” said Fran√ßois Le Vert, a representative of the F√©d√©ration Nationale des M√©tiers du Stationnement, an organization of French parking institutions that helped develop the system”.

Wireless systems help drivers find a spot to park