ParknGo - Crowdsourced parking solution

Problem

In the United States, searching for parking wastes

Time

3.6 Billion hours per year or

107 hours per person per year in NYC

Money

73 Billion dollars per year or

$2,243 per person per year in NYC

Fuel

1.7 Billion gallons per year

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We've got what you need!

Find spots

Pre-book private parking spots or book one on the go.

Host your spot

Make money out of your vacant privately owned parking spot.

Smarter navigation

An intelligent navigation system that directs you to your pre booked parking spot.

Crowdsourced

Crowdsourced meter and street parking recommendation system.

Through ParknGo, we are building a seamless, crowdsourced parking and navigation platform aimed at connecting students, early professionals and small business owners for renting and hosting privately owned parking spots across all major cities.

With ParknGo, we estimate you can save 53 hours per year, pay 40% less in your search for parking and earn $8,000 per year by leveraging your privately owned parking spot.

Story

November 2018

Our Humble Beginnings

The Five brainstormed at BostonHacks 2018 to come up with inital idea for ParknGo. After 36 hours of converting the idea into a prototype, we demoed ParknGo for the first time. We were also fortunate to win the BU Spark! Innovation fellowship and best use of Authorize.net API. Devpost link.
Best hack for social good

After a week, we get notified by Major League Hacking that ParknGo has won the best hack for social good by Fidelity Investments.
BU IDEA cup finalist

Finalist at the BU IDEA cup. Every semester, Boston University celebrates the most innovative ideas on campus through this plaform!
January 2019

BU Spark! innovation pathway

Semester long BU Spark! innovation pathway starts for making this product a reality.