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Traffic in NYC - Key Facts, Figures, Issues and their Solutions

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Second and third are good places to rank, but when we are talking about traffic congestions on the streets, they surely are not where you want your city to be. Yes, New York City comes third among the top traffic congested cities of the world. Among the cities of the US, it is second. These survey results help us picture the ordeal New Yorkers have to go through during the peak travel hours and sometimes even at other times also. Traffic and Parking A reality check of 2017 revealed New York is home to four of the ten highly congested corridors of the US and also that drivers in NY spent 91 hours being stuck in traffic. Putting it in other words, 13 percent of their time is spent sitting inside their cars in congested roads. 11 percent of this is contributed by daytime traffic. In the words of Benjamin Franklin , ‘time is money’ - Lost hour and fuel usage in 2016 put a financial encumbrance of $17 billion on New York City’s economy. This loss of time and fuel also t

How Parking Smart Will Help You Do Good for the Planet

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Parking smart is not about getting robots to do the parking for us. We still have a little further ahead to go, until machines taking over this part of our daily lives becomes a mainstream thing. To park smart means to reduce unnecessary wastage of time and fuel to find a spot and to maximize the available space to accommodate as many automobiles as possible. Here, a parking app like Parken is what we need. First things first- can an app help you contribute towards the planet and its deteriorating state? Here’s your answer- when you navigate the streets looking for a spot to park your car near you, you are using up gas. You move from one lane or street to the other, through the traffic and also contribute to it just to park your car. This is the scenario when you are not using the app. When you already have a pre-booked spot in a location of your choosing through Parken, you do not have to roam about to find a spot. This means no unnecessary usage of fuel or adding up to