The corridor between downtown Chicago and the United Center is experiencing rapid growth, with new restaurants, apartments and condo complexes, and businesses opening in the neighborhood every day. Until now, finding a place to eat hasn’t been as big a challenge as finding parking in the Chicago West Loop/Fulton Market neighborhood. A new mobile phone app from…
Ringing in the New Year carries a lot of symbolism — saying goodbye to a year past, making resolutions and intentions for the year ahead, and peering deep into the murky depths of what the future might hold for you. This brings us to #tech2016 — What are your tech predictions for 2016? Here are some…
The New Year is typically a time where we focus on all the positives in life. The Holidays brought us closeness with family, the warmth of friends, and the simple pleasure of giving and receiving gifts. However, while we might not want to think about it, the New Year can also come with a unique set of stresses.…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (PRWEB) DECEMBER 11, 2015 ParqEx, a Chicago-based technology start-up that connects individuals and businesses who have underutilized parking spaces with drivers seeking parking, today announced an alliance with ShareASpot, a company based in the Chicago suburbs with a similar vision of leveraging the sharing economy. The two companies plan to combine resources to optimize…
Every now and then it’s fun to take a dip in the world of transportation technology and see what innovations it has come up with. It is especially fun when nature inspires those innovations — also called biomimicry — and “shares” them with engineers in a way that might be its own sharing economy. And ParqEx has…
The sharing economy has constantly been in the news over the past several years. It’s a term that’s been used to describe businesses like Air B&B, Uber, Etsy, and even the auction giant Ebay. But what is the sharing economy, exactly, and why is it growing in popularity? Is it sustainable, and will the model grow? The…
As thousands of us begin preparing for the holiday season, many of our ever-growing to-do lists will begin to look the same. Arrange for travel plans to see the in-laws? Check. Create grocery lists for all our holiday parties? Check. Spend as much time needed ensuring that you’ve picked out the perfect gift for those perfect someones? Check. But…
If someone asked you what your biggest expenses are, you’d probably list housing, insurance, and food for starters. However, the money you spend on parking probably wouldn’t come to mind immediately. In truth, we spend lots and lots of money on parking. Many of us spend hundreds of dollars a year on parking, and some spend…
If you live in a big city or are in college, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re paying more to park your car than you’re paying for food. If this seems excessive to you, then read on. What happens to that spot when you’re not parked in it? Probably nothing. It seems like a waste to…
Help us win $10k to solve urban parking by voting for ParqEx! See all the finalists and vote at www.fastcompany.com/elevatorpitch on Monday, November 16. Last week, our COO Matt Schaefer delivered the elevator pitch of a lifetime. In partnership with WeWork (our favorite coworking space!) Hyatt and Fast Company recently hosted a Pitch It To Win It contest. Forty startups were…
Help us win $10k to solve urban parking by voting for ParqEx! See all the finalists and vote at www.fastcompany.com/elevatorpitch. Last week, our COO Matt Schaefer delivered the elevator pitch of a lifetime. In partnership with WeWork (our favorite coworking space!) Hyatt and Fast Company recently hosted a Pitch It To Win It contest. Forty startups were invited to enter:…
We don’t want to be just the only peer-to-peer parking app in Chicago, we want to be your go-to parking app—for every occasion, in every neighborhood. That’s why we’re working hard to make ParqEx easier to use and easier to make money with. Today’s app update includes the helpful additions of phone number verification and notifications. These features…
Those who live in the city know the struggle – finding parking in an area with poorly maintained garages, or limited street space, can be nearly impossible. But the problem doesn’t stop at city lines. Anyone who’s ever attended a sporting event, who’s driven to a festival or fair, or done any kind of park and walk…
Chicago has everything a traveler could ask for, from night clubs and music venues, to sporting arenas, theaters, and conventions. One thing the Windy City doesn’t have, though, is quick, simple, and painless parking. Chicago is hardly unique in this problem when it comes to major cities, but if you don’t want to bust your…
The sharing economy has already changed the world, and it has brought a surprising trend of decentralization to our culture. While centralized organizations (i.e. governments, banks, unions) aren’t always the most ardent fans of the sharing economy (see the Boston taxi cab driver unions vs. Uber as an example), the average citizen, whether we realize it or…