Technology Offers Solutions For Parking Headaches

High-tech garages and online applications promise to help ease motorists' parking frustrations.

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January 18, 2007, 6:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


NBC's Today Show produced a video segment on some of the latest innovations in parking technology, including robotic parking structures, capacity sensors and online trading for parking spaces.

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