carpark sharing app

video: https://youtu.be/bQa_syryUdU

PIT SENYOR !!! the grand parade is over but the PARTY has just begun. loud speakers, dancing, and fireworks everywhere !!! in the above video, i was riding a motorbike. but i felt sorry for those who rode cars to the main events. i'm sure they thought they can just drive towards the event, park their car once the TRAFFIC gets too congested, and just walk the rest of the way. the problem is there were no more places to park, and they can't turn back because of the traffic. so they ended up getting TRAPPED in traffic for hours, only to MISS the event.

my suggestment is to create a map where destination ZONES are color coded. destination zones should include main event locations and all areas where people can watch the parade or procession. for each zone, mark places in the map where people can PARK their cars. residential and business owners can earn money by offering their parking spaces.

maybe we need to hire EXPERTS or traffic engineers similar to the late dr. primitivo cal, our dean in UP college who also architected the jeepney coding system which is unique only to cebu city.

a norwegian consulting firm who solves traffic problems all over the world told dr. cal that cebu city had the BEST public transportation system in the world. no other city even comes close. they used indicators such as walking distance from dooorstep to available transport vehicle, time it takes to wait, cost, safety, travel time, number of rides, then walking distance again to the final destination. that is why dr. cal was very much against government buses because jeepney drivers and tricycle drivers are much better than the government in "smelling" or predicting where the passengers will be at certain times. a UP professor who believed in free market capitalism? fake news !!! fake news !!!

i never believed the norwegian consultants until i was in singapore and i had to walk 15 minutes everyday from my airbnbn to the next bus stop, then usually had to wait another 10 minutes to catch the next bus. i was dreaming of habal-habal drivers, trisikads, and tricycles waiting near the airbnb i was staying at. I WISHED SINGAPORE was CEBU-LIKE.

the experts might designate the parking spaces around mango avenue and ramos as one of the many PARKING AREAS for a plaza independencia event. ramos to plaza independencia might seem far, but it's actually just a 40-minute WALK. at least it's much better than getting trapped in traffic for many hours, only to miss the event. not to mention the stress and anxiety. walking is very good exercise anyway. besides, long walks and enjoying the good vibes and small outdoor parties around the city are part of sinulog tradition. it will also increase the vendors and businesses that will benefit.

there are many ways to IMPLEMENT this idea. parking attendants can be stationed around the city to give advise to motorists on where they can park. we can use large colored flags to show the status of parking spaces from far away - green for available, red for full. parking attendants can coordinate with each other via text messaging or walkie-talkie.

we can even create an APP for this. i'm sure our country has lots of developers who can spit out these kinds of apps in their sleep (e.g. my golfing buddies louie tapayan, elmo nazareno, cloyd dedicatoria, and jeff llanto). the parking attendants can just update the status of parking spaces via the app and the motorists can use the app for directions to the nearest available parking space. this would make cebu city penang-like (penang is the silicon valley of the east).

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there is a good chance this idea won't work. but just like in business, golf, and life in general, you don't need to get it right every time. i learned this from reading the weekly articles of businessman bunny pages in sunstar. what's important is you persevere and continue to take manageable RISKS. amazon is the most successful company in the world. but if you look at the list of their failures, you might think they are the biggest loser. they had a long list of failures such as amazon fire phone, pets.com, endless, askville, amazon destinations, auctions, a9 search engine, etc ...

the question now is, would it be a COSTLY failure for the city of cebu if the app does not help solve the problem? maybe not. because there is a good chance the developers will develop the app for free because they know that if it works, they can generalize it so it can be used for festivals and events all over the world (e.g. the carnaval in rio de janeiro). the app can make them very rich. if government pays them to make the app, then the rights to the app will belong to the government so they lose the chance to become insanely rich.

i'm not an expert in POLITICS. but i think people will support you more even if you fail because it shows you listen to others and you are only interested in solving problems.

the parking areas for motorbikes should be nearer to the destinations for obvious reasons. i also think it is politically beneficial if you are PRAGMATIC and show a sense of care towards motorbikers and less affluent citizens in general. this is why raffy tulfo is now a top presidential candidate.

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