r/JerseyCityHeights

I work in the heights and just saw my first spotted lantern fly nymph already 😑... of course I disposed of it...

Hey everyone,

I made something for JC. I'm from central Jersey, but have lived here for the past 15 years, and it always pissed me off that there was no good way to know if or when the street sweeper or parking enforcement was coming for your ass, so I built something to handle that.

I called it AvoidaTicket, bc that's the goal. It's 100% free, and I have no plans to charge users for it.

The idea's pretty simple. If you see a street sweeper, parking enforcement, or both, report it and nearby neighbors within about 10 blocks get alerted. That's pretty much it. Kinda like Waze, but only for street sweepers and parking enforcement.

I made this myself, so it's definitely not perfect. I'm comfortable saying it may even be pretty shitty in some places. Some stuff may be janky or straight up broken at times, so if you find something or wish it had something, let me know here or through the app. Either way, be gentle, assholes. I'm honestly pretty nervous posting about it here.

This only works if people actually use it, so I'd really appreciate it if anyone interested gave it a real shot. Report what you see, play around with things, and check out the neighborhood chat if you want to talk to neighbors in real time without giving out your number. Figured that was a nice thing to have in case you want to call out that one asshole who parked in the middle of two spots or whatever.

Also, if you know anyone else in JC who deals with this, I'd really appreciate if you could send the link their way.

Anyway. Try it if you want. Tell me what sucks. Just don't completely destroy me because I'm just a guy trying his best here.

Here's the link again, in case anyone read that entire thing: AvoidaTicket