Category: Parking News
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New Chicago Parking Tax
City OK’s Flat Tax for Parking The city said A-OK to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s flat tax proposal. Starting July 1, there will be a flat tax of 20% on the weekdays, and 18% on the weekends for parking in Chicago. The current tax plan charges customers a max of $5 on parking fees of $12 or…
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Wrigley Renovations
100 Years in the Making Earlier this week the Chicago Cubs finalized a $500 million renovation plan for Wrigley Field. The renovations will include updated concessions, bathrooms, a new restaurant, outdoor patios, a new team store and much more. Renovation talks have heated up the past few years, and aside from some Wrigley Rooftop owners there is little…
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A Driving Force in the Parking World
SpotHero Momentum Continues Over the past few months SpotHero has seen some dramatic growth, with even more on the horizon. In just three months we have seen an expansion to Washington DC, Mobile Parking Reservations available for every city through our android and iPhone app, and to top it all off the SpotHero team has expanded. It…
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SpotHero Introduces new parking gate technology (VIDEO)
What some call magic, SpotHero calls cutting edge innovation SpotHero is pleased to announce a brand new technology that allows mobile users to control parking gates with their phones. It’s as simple as scanning your receipt bar code at the entrance and exit to allow yourself access. Don’t have our free app? Download for iPhone…
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Parking Industry Expo 2013
New venue, keynote speaker and free pie all on tap for this years event One of the largest parking conventions in the world is upon us, and will call the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, its home from March 10th through the 13th. Filled with vendors and parking professionals from around the globe, this…
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Spot Capitan in Alpha
There is a super stealth startup in the Online Parking reservation industry. It is SpotCapitan. SpotCapitan looks like they are going launch online parking reservations in San Francisco, Chicago, and London. The “Choose a Direction” call to action on the site causes you to steer the ships wheel in one direction. Depending on…