Santa Monica revs up parking space website

Introduced Tuesday just as the holiday shopping season begins, the novel real-time site, parkingspacenow.smgov.net, will be updated every five seconds and display numbers of available parking spaces for public garages and surface beach lots. People thinking of venturing into Santa Monica’s congested central area will be able to check their computers beforehand for information that could help steer them to the best location.
[Full story at latimes.com]