ITS Headline picks for July 18: Smart parking spaces that chat with smartphones: At any given time, up to 30 percent of city drivers are simply searching for a parking spot, according to Donald Shoup, an urban planning professor at UCLA. And, over the course of a year in one small Los Angeles business district, all that wandering wastes 47,000 gallons of gasoline.—Christian Science Monitor

Web site lets drivers reserve parking spots: The founders of GottaPark describe their Web site (www.gottapark.com) as sort of a Craigslist or eBay for parking spaces - a place where folks with unused parking places can meet up with those in need of a spot to stash their car for an hour or two, or a whole day.—San Francisco Chronicle