Street Spot App
Street Spot is an app created for people who just want to park hassle free. This app allows users to reserve specific street parking spots owned by Street Spot for a given amount of time instead of continuously searching for public parking.
Process
Project Brief: Develop an application that fits within a "smart city" environment that seeks to solve a problem.
Problem: Inner-city street parking has become difficult and time consuming.
Initial Proposal: An application that allows a connection to the pay station to immediately pay for a parking spot and time if needed without the use of swiping cards and paper to print receipt. This application will directly be used by the parking enforcement to monitor people who have/haven't payed.
Feedback
After reviewing many of my initial sketches I asked my peers to help provide possible criticism that would be useful in moving the app forward. One of the suggestions I got was that this app would be great for "reservations, because it is a hassle driving around Seattle searching for street parking."
I went back to the drawing board and started revising my sketches to fit a application that revolved around reservation based commerce. This idea proved to be a more innovative solution to the problem that I wanted to address.
With the new concept becoming more innovative and feasible, I developed the application around the reservation idea. Eventually I created "Street Spot" as my final application prototype.
Final
With further revisions and tweaking of design, I moved into digital designing with Sketch. I created detailed wireframes and more personal utilization of the app. This project helped me understand the amount of wireframes needed to display and compile into one application.
Try the prototype here
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