Smartphone app to help you find a parking space in Fort Lauderdale

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We know that there is just about an app for everything from buying a home to checking local traffic.  Why not an app to assist in finding a parking space? No, really.  A new smartphone app, released on Monday, can now assist in helping you find a parking space in Fort Lauderdale.  The sensor based system can even provide directions to the open spot and allows you to add money to the meter without even going to your car!! Genious!! 

The Fort Lauderdale pilot project covers 87 street parking spaces between Broward and Las Olas boulevards from Andrews Avenue five blocks east to Southeast Fifth Avenue. The area includes the Main Library, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art and campuses for Florida Atlantic University and Broward College.

Streetline uses wireless circular sensors placed in the asphalt of the parking spaces to detect when spaces are open or being used. The app also provides cost information and nearby parking garages. For information about the free Parker app, go to http://www.streetline.com/park