NYC Broken Meters


4.0 ( 9480 ratings )
Utility Viaggi
Sviluppatore Zen Concepts LLC
Libero

AS FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK POST & NBC NEW YORK:

"Finding a parking spot with a broken meter may be the New York equivalent of hitting the jackpot - but, thanks to a new iPhone application, everyone can now be a winner" (New York Post)

"Looking to beat the meter rap? Theres an app for that. City laws allow drivers to park at broken meters for up to an hour without getting ticketed – and a new iPhone application helps motorists determine exactly where those malfunctioning machines are locate" (NBC New York)

"Of all the NYC Big Apps contenders, we think the NYC Broken Meters will be the most used and abused. The app uses the citys own data to locate broken meters, allowing users to score free parking!" (Gothamist)

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Thanks for all the love and downloads!

HELP US KEEP THIS APP FREE - vote for us at NYC Big Apps:

http://www.nycbigapps.com/application-gallery/nyc-broken-meters

ATTENTION USERS:
NYC Big Apps, competitions rules, restrict new data sets to be added after October 6, until the submission deadline has passed. Submissions are not being judged on whether the data is the most current but on how the Contestant utilized the data type.

We’ll update the app with fresh data of broken meter locations the moment it becomes available so stay tuned and make sure to update the app!

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"If you are fortunate enough to find a broken meter, by all means park there, because pursuant to section 4-08 h, 3, of the NYC TRR, you can park at a broken meter for one hour" (The New York City Motorists Parking Survival Guide)

NYC Broken Meters app, brings you, for the first time, a location based, map view of all broken meters in the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island, based on The City of New York, Scout/311 broken parking meter data set. The data set is refreshed when new data becomes available.

Looking for parking? Always check NYC Broken Meters first!

New York City has approximately 57,000 single-space meters. City officials estimate that At any given time, about 10 percent of single-space meters need repair. That’s around 5,700 broken parking meters of free 1HR parking!!!

App Features:

- Location based map view of broken meters

- List view of broken meters

- Sort by distance

- Filter by distance and date created

We are already at work on the next update and will submit it to the app store very soon. Coming in the next update:

- Report a broken meter to 311 NYC - help the city fight vandalism!

- Parked at a broken meter and got a ticket? Photo tag the meter with your camera, type in the meter no., our app will automatically geotag your photo so you’ll have a photographic evidence and will be able to get the ticket dismissed!

- Crowdsourcing Broken Meters - upload your tagged meter for the NYC drivers community to see it.