A car gives you the freedom to go anywhere you want — until everyone else decides to go the same way and you end up in a massive traffic jam. Motorists’ association the NRMA has proposed a 10-point plan for reducing congestion in Sydney, which suggests some interesting strategies that could be applied in any Australian city. More »
Android: Last year, we told you about Cheap Parking, a free iPhone app for locating the cheapest paid-for carparks in your vicinity. The app is now also available for Android, offering the same feature set of locating nearby carparks and letting you filter by facilities. More »
With more than 12 million passenger vehicles registered in Australia, it’s clear that our love affair with cars shows no signs of abating despite rising fuel costs, increasing congestion and environmental concerns. But are they the best solution to our actual problems? More »
One of the arguments sometimes made against mobile phone-based GPS applications is that they’ll chew up your data allowance, which can be a problem if your plan has a stingy allowance. But the issue could be more myth than reality. More »
If you’re travelling in an unfamiliar area, it’s hard to know where the cheapest parking is and you can find yourself swinging into a $20-an-hour nightmare. The Cheap Parking app for iPhone lists car parking deals across Australia to help you find a better-priced parking spot. More »
While both Google Maps and Bing incorporate some traffic data, if you want information straight from the source in Sydney, a newly-launched site from the Roads & Traffic Authority merges live data from 67 traffic cameras around Sydney and other data sources with a journey-planning feature that draws on Google Maps. [Live Traffic NSW via ZDNet]
