St. Charles, Mo., Wants to Build an App to Ease Parking Stress

Government Technology: To smooth traffic through the parking-tight downtown St. Charles, Mo., local officials want to create a smartphone GPS app that could guide drivers to available spots for their vehicles.

St. Charles County is seeking an $800,000 federal grant to help pay for the system, which could be the first of its kind for a city in the metro area.

The county and St. Charles city, which helped prepare the proposal, would each kick in $100,000.

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