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Laguna Beach council approves $1.3 million for parking app using stall sensors
Summary
The Laguna Beach City Council voted to spend $1,300,000 over five years to deploy a parking app with in-stall sensors provided by Frog Parking; city officials say the app will show available spaces, accept meter payments and complement the trolley, while some residents called instead for a parking structure.
The Laguna Beach City Council voted to invest $1,300,000 over five years to launch a parking app that officials say will show available on-street spaces and allow meter payments through the phone.
City leaders said the city will work with Frog Parking, a New Zealand company that already provides similar services at the Irvine Spectrum, to install sensors in individual parking stalls. The sensors will update availability roughly every eight seconds, and the app will allow drivers to search by location and pay meters remotely, officials said.
“Parking in Laguna Beach can be very difficult,” Greg Lee, an ABC7…
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