OpenSpot

SFU students develop app to ease parking in cities

Finding a parking space is a common challenge for drivers in urban centres such as Vancouver, where the cost of parking is high and sometimes unaffordable for students. That’s why SFU students, Baker Al-Nakib, Thamer Matar, and alumna Tiana He have created an app called OpenSpot to alleviate the cost of parking and free up more parking spaces. OpenSpot functions much like the room-renting service Airbnb, allowing users to temporarily rent out their parking spaces. “Before we developed OpenSpot, we noticed that car insurance and parking costs are very expensive in Vancouver,” said Al-Nakib, a third-year SFU software systems student.…

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