Vehicle-Agnostic Parking Product: Finding, Booking and Securing Spots

Design a product that helps people manage parking. It has to work for more than just cars. ```hint Look beyond the driver Consider everyone involved when a vehicle is left somewhere, not only the person parking it, and ask which kinds of vehicles have the fewest good options today. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Which vehicles are in scope: bicycles and e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles, delivery vans, campervans, or all of them? - Is this a new standalone product, or something Meta would build into its existing apps? - Should the first version serve the people parking, the owners of parking spaces, or the cities that manage the curb? - Should I focus on dense city centers, suburbs, or both? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - A map of the parking ecosystem across vehicle types, and a justified choice of first segment - Pain points drawn from a concrete parking journey for that segment - Prioritized solutions with a clear first version and a path to other vehicle types - How parking supply is acquired and how trust, theft and liability are handled - A north-star metric with guardrails, and the main risks ### Follow-up Questions - How would you get the first space owners to list before anyone is booking? - How does your design change once cars or delivery robots can park themselves? - Who is responsible when a vehicle is stolen from a space booked through your product?