Public parking app MonkeyParking suspends service in San Francisco

July 11, 2014

MonkeyParking, an app that lets people bid on public parking spaces, said Thursday it will suspend its service in San Francisco to avoid a potential lawsuit from the city attorney. The app, developed by a company in Rome, lets people bid on parking spots that other users of the app are about to vacate. It’s meant to reduce the headache of finding parking, but critics said it also forced people into paying for a free public resource. MonkeyParking let people bid on parking spots that other users of the app are about to vacate. But the San Francisco City Attorney put a stop to that.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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