Comments on: Rent your Parking Space at Car Harbor

By: مركز التحميل

مركز التحميل — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:27:12 +0000

Good luck with all your ventures.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:20:10 +0000

Luke is your site not very similar to http://www.parkatmyhouse.com

I saw it mentioned on a blog I read recently and also saw it in my local press. Both yours and theirs are fantastic ideas.
Are they your main competition or are others entering this new market?

Good luck with all your ventures.

By: Fast Car

Fast Car — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:23:00 +0000

Dave…

Interesting topic… I’m working in this industry myself and I don’t agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future…

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:37:39 +0000

Rent your driveway or car parking space. If you live near a city, town, railway station, underground station, football stadium, racecourse, or airport, your driveway could earn you money today. http://www.thatsconvenient.com The solution to parking.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:44:01 +0000

Oops, forgot to include the url

http://www.thatsconvenient.com

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:42:46 +0000

I had this idea since 2002, and got my arse into gear beggining of this year. Fin ally launched it last month.

It’s global, so please feel free to register your parking space.

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By: ebusinesslife » Blog Archive » Une place de marché pour une place de parking !

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:00:07 +0000

[...] Le fonctionnement précis de ce nouveau genre de service est détaillé dans cette source. [...]

By: SHARKRIDE

SHARKRIDE — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:53:56 +0000

[...] Car Harbor will launch first in San Francisco, and then roll out to other cities. Craig Newmark (founder of Craigslist) is an advisor to the company. [Thanks, Mike Arrington] [...]

By: MobileCrunch » CarHarbor Finally An LBS of Value

MobileCrunch » CarHarbor Finally An LBS of Value — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:49:51 +0000

[...] Carharbor (the company is pre-launch this is a link to their blog) came onto my radar from TechCrunch Network partner site TechCrunch and as I read about the ambitious plans of the San Francisco Company – to inventory private parking spaces that are unused at various times and facilitate a rental transaction on behalf of the space owner and drivers needing parking spots – it occurred to me that this might actually be the first truly novel and useful location based service I’d ever actually heard about. [...]

By: greg

greg — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:28:53 +0000

craig, how is it different from what luke is discussing? we have a nationwide site of off-airport parking and are very intested in expanding to the city – if you’re developing something and need an immediate affiliate partner, we’re interested.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:28:07 +0000

Luke, we have something very different in mind, but thanks for promoting the general proposition and its applicability around the world.

By: Luke Kelly

Luke Kelly — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:32:58 +0000

I have done it! I set up this site in the UK http://www.parklet.co.uk. It has been a big success, BUT we have focused on what will work:

1) Monthly contracts only
2) And the spaces have to be available 24 hours a day, 9 til 5 doesn’t work, what happens if someone is ill and stays at home?

We are looking to expand stateside, and are looking for partners to market the product using our developded site, with consultancy support from ourselves. Anyone interested?

Regards,

Luke.

By: Sherwin Techico

Sherwin Techico — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:29:30 +0000

This is one of those “now why didn’t I think of that” ideas! Damn, why didn’t I think of that! =)

By: nortypig

nortypig — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:16:35 +0000

UNO – I suggest you Google for this term

“rent a parking space in sydney web site”

The first site you get will be

http://www.find...spacetorent.cfm

I suggest in future before calling me out on providing a URL that you use your fingertips of curiosity, perhaps

I’m not saying its Web 2.0 I’m just saying renting a car park in the inner city is not a new concept, this guy has rolled his out to 5 Australian Capital Cities already. So its a great idea and will make money for sure.

I only mentioned it wasn’t the first to think that one up…

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:25:12 +0000

Renting garages/spots in San Fran is nothing new – I’ve seen rent signs and flyers (want spot/have spot) taped to telephone poles and such.

The interesting thing to watch here will be the effects of “institutionalizing” what has so far been ad-hoc establishment of rapport between individuals.

On a one-to-one scale it’s clear who is responsible for what, and when – for moving their car, for cleaning up a spill etc. It’ll be interesting to see if/how that dynamic changes if Car Harbor acts as a broker that’s willing to let any paying member of the public occupy your spot.

Also I don’t know whether it will help or hurt that parking (availability, ettiquette) is something that people are incredibly passionate and vocal about!

Thanks for the heads-up on this service!

By: pwb

pwb — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:58:24 +0000

“I heard about the exact same thing running in Sydney, Australia earlier in the year and the guy became a millionaire rather quickly.”

Yeah, right. Care to provide any evidence for that statement?

By: uno

uno — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:37:29 +0000

The concept is cool…but there are gonna be several skeptics (including me)

What happens if I rent out the driveway space to someone and the guy gets caught up in an emergency and cant come back by the promised time to remove the car? Do I get it towed? Does he pay extra ?

By: nortypig

nortypig — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:44:51 +0000

I heard about the exact same thing running in Sydney, Australia earlier in the year and the guy became a millionaire rather quickly. So while its not original I’d say its a winner – great market. Big demand.

Great to see its catching on. Of course being a holiday tomorrow I’m too full of beer to hunt up the Sydney guys site lol. Sorry. Cheers

By: Big Mongol

Big Mongol — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:33:01 +0000

Communism is also a brilliant idea that works great in theory.
More lanes on the highway don’t always solve the traffic problem.

By: Wai Yip Tung

Wai Yip Tung — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:37:30 +0000

Who’s gonna tell the system that ‘Thank you, I have taken this space. You losers can stopping coming’?

I think it would be cool to just send a ballon with hi-res camera to the air. Not only can it watch for parking space but it can also monitor traffic flow. It shouldn’t fall in bad weather of course.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:43:40 +0000

I’m not a fan.

I look at it as one more excuse for people to not get out of their cars and use their feet. There are almost always decent alternatives to parking closer to places. I think most people do not choose them because they are lazy.

With that said, I’ll sell a space in downtown Sacramento to anyone who’s interested! j/k

By: pwb

pwb — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:07:57 +0000

The overall idea sounds very dumb to me. The one aspect where I could see some traction is with the school parking lots and other large lots that are unused at specific times.

Lotta fan boys on this blog!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:05:47 +0000

This is a really cool idea. Having lived in the North End of Boston for a couple years I can see where this could be useful in a parking cramped city where there are a lot of reserved spots people only use for a fraction of the day.

I do see the possible criminal problems involved that Alex brings up and could also see a problem where people don’t move their car at the specified time and/or their car breaks down in someones driveway. However, I think this would only happen in a small fraction of cases and am excited to see the service be released in Chicago!

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:47:45 +0000

Michael: Thanks for moderating a spirited discussion about CarHarbor. Much obliged, Craig