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11/12/2012 01:40 PM

Business Now: City seeks developer for parking app

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Fifty percent of traffic downtown is a result of people looking for that perfect parking place. Now, the city is looking to tech companies for help.

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Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope said city leaders are looking for a developer to create a smart phone app to find parking downtown. With new high-tech meters in most of the area, it should be easy for a developer to create an efficient way to find parking.

However, the city won’t pay for the app, but challenge developers to find a way to capitalize on it.