Haystack debuts in Boston on Tuesday. Users receive an electronic notification when someone else in the Haystack network is about to leave a nearby public metered or free parking space. The driver giving up the spot gets $2.25, and Haystack gets 75 cents for brokering the exchange.
But the Walsh administration contends Haystack essentially will be selling property it doesn’t own — city parking spaces — and profiting from a public asset.
“That has implications that at first blush are alarming to us,” said Walsh’s chief of staff, Daniel Koh....
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NEXT DAY UPDATE: San Francisco parking spot app shuts down service
And these are allegedly liberal, Democratic, open-minded cities. WTF?
It's like searching for a needle, if you know what I mean.
UPDATE: Flap over Haystack reflects broader angst about parking
NEXT DAY UPDATE: San Francisco parking spot app shuts down service
And these are allegedly liberal, Democratic, open-minded cities. WTF?
It's like searching for a needle, if you know what I mean.
UPDATE: Flap over Haystack reflects broader angst about parking
