The tech behind the Parking.SG app

User statistics 

Making the app senior-friendly

Annual hackathon for new technology solutions

Keeping the app working 24/7

Becoming a product manager at OGP

The popular Parking.SG app was supposed to help parking wardens issue summons. What happened?

Synopsis: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times examines not just vehicle prices but wider transport issues and trends connected to public and private transport.

The Parking.SG app handles a million sessions a month, with under half of them being ended early and the motorist getting a refund. Half of them are Apple users, and the rest use Android smartphones. To think that it all began as a project to help the parking warden. 

In this episode, host and senior transport correspondent Lee Nian Tjoe speaks with Ms Amelia Fong, the product manager for Parking.sg and a policy officer at Open Government Products (OGP), a division of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore.

Highlights (click/tap above): 

2:21 The technology behind the original Parking.SG app 

4:00 User statistics 

8:00 Considerations to make the app senior-friendly

11:56 Annual hackathon for new technology solutions

19:00 Keeping the app working 24/7

20:57 Becoming a product manager at OGP

Learn more about Parking.SG: https://www.parking.sg/

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Host: Lee Nian Tjoe (niantjoel@sph.com.sg)

Produced & edited by: Teo Tong Kai

Executive producers: Ernest Luis and Lynda Hong

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The popular Parking.SG app was supposed to help parking wardens issue summons. What happened?
Synopsis: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times examines not just vehicle prices but wider transport issues and trends connected to public and private transport.
The Parking.SG app handles a million sessions a month, with under half of them being ended early and the motorist getting a refund. Half of them are Apple users, and the rest use Android smartphones. To think that it all began as a project to help the parking warden.&nbsp;
In this episode, host and senior transport correspondent Lee Nian Tjoe speaks with Ms Amelia Fong, the product manager for Parking.sg and a policy officer at Open Government Products (OGP), a division of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore.
Highlights (click/tap above):&nbsp;
2:21 The technology behind the original Parking.SG app&nbsp;
4:00 User statistics&nbsp;
8:00 Considerations to make the app senior-friendly
11:56 Annual hackathon for new technology solutions
19:00 Keeping the app working 24/7
20:57 Becoming a product manager at OGP
Learn more about Parking.SG: <a href="https://www.parking.sg/">https://www.parking.sg/</a>
Read Lee Nian Tjoe's articles:<a href="https://str.sg/wt8G"> https://str.sg/wt8G</a>
Follow Lee Nian Tjoe on LinkedIn:<a href="https://str.sg/iqkJ"> https://str.sg/iqkJ</a>
Read more COE articles:<a href="https://str.sg/iGKC"> https://str.sg/iGKC</a>
Host: Lee Nian Tjoe (<a href="mailto:niantjoel@sph.com.sg">niantjoel@sph.com.sg</a>)
Produced &amp; edited by: Teo Tong Kai
Executive producers: Ernest Luis and Lynda Hong
Follow Wheel Insights Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:
Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/iTtE">https://str.sg/iTtE</a>
Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/iqW2">https://str.sg/iqW2</a>
Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/iqgB">https://str.sg/iqgB</a>
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg/" data-stringify-link="https://www.awedio.sg" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://www.awedio.sg</a>
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Examines wider public and private transportation issues, including vehicle prices.

Synopsis: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times examines wider public and private transport issues including vehicle prices.

Podcaster: Lee Nian Tjoe

Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis:&nbsp;Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times examines wider public and private transport issues including vehicle prices.
Podcaster: Lee Nian Tjoe
Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis &amp; Lynda Hong
A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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