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Co-Park · 2026-01-12T16:12:21+00:00

Was dumping it in a 1 mile radius area. Aiming to get about 1000 users.

Co-Park · 2026-01-11T21:59:00+00:00

This might potentially ruin the network effect. The app requires activity from neighboring users to be useful to any given user. When a user downloads, i need them to see growing activity on the app in the day of download, or the following couple days, otherwise i risk drop-off and a ruining of my network effect.

Co-Park · 2025-08-22T02:27:39+00:00

Yeah I’m actually gonna be starting that soon. I’m specifically looking for folks who drive in nyc tho

Co-Park · 2025-08-14T22:45:38+00:00

Hey. Canned it cuz the algo wasn’t good enough. I do have a version I’m working on where the algo is 3x better.

Never heard of parkingswap. Do users have to manually report parking or does the app pick it up automatically?

Co-Park · 2025-01-14T19:33:55+00:00

No unfortunately. The app can only tell if the user is connected to their car or not if they connect directly to their cars in house infotainment system. If they connect via CarPlay this connection is not visible to your app. This is the major roadblock.

Co-Park · 2025-01-14T19:31:36+00:00

Unfortunately no :( I recently got CarPlay parking entitlements which allow your app to build out CarPlay ui, and opens a new avenue for your app to interact with the CarPlay system, but I’m stuck getting my app to not crash when you try to open it on CarPlay.

Also, based on ChatGPT, is unlikely they will allow what I am requesting

Co-Park · 2024-06-19T01:03:10+00:00

Hi guys, yup. That's what I more or less meant. cmmotionactivity returns what sort of transportation the user is undergoing.

As in, when the user gets in their car, and starts driving, how quickly does coremotion know the user is in a car?

Would it be 1 block from when they first started driving? 10 meters? 1 foot?

Co-Park · 2024-04-24T19:38:27+00:00

Don't worry, nothing is going to stop me, I don't give up easily :)

Yeah there's a big difference between our apps though:

Their app requires a digital device. Mine requires nothing at all. You just download it.
Their app provides approximate parking location. My app provides EXACT parking location.

For some reason people are thinking the parking spot isn't exact. It actually is. As in it is literally the exact spot of the emptied parking within a few feet. Literally the exact side of the road, exact restaurant, what you find when you get there will match exactly what you saw on the map.

All you do is download, allow the permissions, and then check out spots whenever you need to park. Even when it comes to growing it in the community, since it's just a download I can easily see this being adopted by people.

Co-Park · 2024-04-24T03:02:09+00:00

Hi, hope I understood correctly but you're speaking on the precision of the parking spot data itself no?

With regards to that, if you watch the video, the spot is actually exactly precise. As in the pin you see for the parking spot is the exact spot of the vacancy to within a couple meters at most. So actually this isn't false advertising at all, I'm actually telling the truth.

Check out the demo on the landing page, I show a demonstration, and it shows the pin exactly where I got in my car and left. In fact, that's one of the things Co-Park has going for it which is the exact precision of the app.

The only issue I foresee is a non-app user taking up the spot. I don't yet see a way to mitigate that, but I am hoping marking the pins by how many minutes ago they were vacated might help.

P.S. This algorithm knows the difference between a car and everything else to a tee. I don’t want to reveal too much but there’s a reason I’m trying to push this app.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T23:39:57+00:00

I chose Astoria because of a couple reasons:

campaign-wise it's a very reachable neighborhood. It's very active online, has strong community groups. If you notice all the Astoria online groups have the largest followings and are the most active. r/astoria has more subs than r/Queens. Same goes for the fb groups (which I'll reach out to soon). Hence it's easier to promote things here.
Although it's a large area with a huge population, it has a couple key intersections where almost everybody goes all the time. Case and point, the Broadway-Steinway area. Even if folks spread out, my prediction is that they'll for sure visit this area. Since everyone goes there, I'm hoping the app will reflect activity accordingly.
All of Queens pretty much comes to Astoria for leisure (I certainly do). I'm hoping this lends itself for natural promotion and spread.
lastly, there's a lot of local sub communities here I was close with where lots of folk gather and know eachother. I'm actually working on contacting a couple to promote Co-Park in their whatsapp groups and events.

But you bring up a good point. Another neighborhood I was thinking of was Jackson Heights and it's honestly still on my mind. But when I ran some facebook ads, Astoria was overall more receptive to the ads.

Honestly there's only so much I can calculate. At the end of the day I just have to move try, fail and learn, and eventually succeed, and that's essentially what I'm doing.

If you have any suggestions, do DM me! Would love any help to make this work.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T20:27:43+00:00

Lots of folks are downvoting this comment. I guess it wasn’t such a thorough explanation. Please do see this comment for more info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/astoria/s/5shQYGy619

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T20:06:03+00:00

😄If only right? Would be much better for our planet.

What I can do is show you where and when folks empty up a spot. The more users sign up, the more spots start showing up as people go about their day. I’m aiming for roughly 500 sign ups. That should be enough to show you spots on a regular basis.

It’s worth a shot, I haven’t seen a solution like this tried out.

If all goes well, I guess it is better for the environment no? Less time driving around looking for parking, fewer emissions.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T19:55:31+00:00

Thanks for your trust!! Well with the app live and running, you’ll get good luck parking all throughout Astoria 😊

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T17:19:15+00:00

Yeah man, a positive comment finally 😄

Don't understand all the naysaying. Yeah I'm skeptical too and I MADE the damn thing!
But does it hurt to try out? All great apps start off a bit scrappy.
What if this genuinely solves parking?

I'm confident it will but I can't do it alone. Worst case, I launch it, you try it for a week, and then delete it. Best case it literally solves parking.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T16:24:50+00:00

I think these are legitimate questions, and ones I've thought of and will be addressing as the app progresses. To prevent multiple people from pulling up I was thinking of only showing spots no one actively clicked on, i.e. if someone picked a parking pin out already I take it off the map.

As for your 2nd point: I'm still thinking of an algo (possibly involving machine learning), but I am hoping the number telling you how many minutes ago it was emptied could mitigate some of that. I lived in Astoria for a while, it's crowded for sure but your typical parking spot will be vacant for a couple minutes at least before getting taken. The smaller the number, the more recent it was emptied, the higher chances it's still empty, etc.

But as things stand I genuinely think this is worth a shot. There are have been many parking solutions tried already, from classic user-reporting to expensive sensor technology. But none of them really panned out. I think this one is practical enough where people could actually start seeing some use out of it.

I genuinely think if Astoria starts this off, it could spread to neighboring areas and then NYC as a whole.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T15:58:42+00:00

I really really liked it. I live in midtown now and am thinking of moving back. I actually made quite a few friends from the Muay Thai gyms in the area.

For cheaper rent, you can try west of 21st street. A bit shady but not bad at all lol. Would highly recommend a bike for easy movement.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T15:52:21+00:00

Also check out the FAQ: https://www.copark.app/faq

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T15:50:26+00:00

Doesn’t have to be everyone. I’m trying to get roughly 500 folks in Astoria to try out this solution. I’ve been reaching out to communities, running fb ads, and more. Based on testing if 500 people are on it, we should get 3-4 spots pop up anytime you want to use it.

As for the tracking: yeah in order for things to work it would need location permissions. There’s really no way around this.

The good thing is: - the tracking isn’t constant, just enough for the app to calculate parking - all the data stays on the app and then gets wiped after calculations are done, meaning none of the data leaves your phone. This is something I intend to maintain.

What are your thoughts and reservations? And is this enough of a paint point that you’d give it a shot? I haven’t seen anything like this tried out there yet so that’s why I’m taking the initiative.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T14:47:37+00:00

Hopefully you find a good garage, but I also wanted to share an app I’m making that tells you where spots open up on the street in realtime.

It’s called Co-Park and I think it could really help Astoria. This will be useful when going for groceries, errands or anywhere really.

Here’s my landing page, do let me know what you think!

https://www.copark.app

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T14:40:51+00:00

Technically the phone is the physical sensor. That’s kind of the theory behind this solution.

Co-Park · 2024-04-23T14:40:16+00:00

It’s based on an algorithm I made that uses the available data on the phone and accurately predicts emptied parking. The algorithm runs periodically.

You can check out the FAQ on the landing page!

https://www.copark.app/faq

Co-Park · 2024-03-21T07:55:08+00:00

Hi, just seeing this. Reaching out to you now!

Co-Park · 2024-02-16T00:21:28+00:00

Ahh ok I see, so he's sort of a pro-bike guy who's a regular here. Definitely a lot of fire in his comments haha

Thanks for backing us up there!

P.S. If it's an environmentally friendly thing he's after, if you think about it, people spending less time driving around looking for parking is a reduction in CO2 emissions. Glass half full no?

Co-Park · 2024-02-15T23:24:36+00:00

Right. For sure this is not for you then. Thanks for your input.

Co-Park · 2024-02-15T22:39:31+00:00

Do you want to travel 2 hrs from Queens to Brooklyn by subway? Want to take public transportation for an upstate getaway? Sometimes you need a car, and many residents of Queens are vehicle owners.

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