Tech Shift: Mobile parking app’s malfunction causes hundreds to be ticketed

Tech Shift: Mobile parking app’s malfunction causes hundreds to be ticketed

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On this Tech Shift, we talk about technology and human error. The city’s new parking app has run into a few problems. Not with the people using it, they’re doing it right. But around 300 users were still issued parking tickets. Appolocious’s Brad Spirrison joins us to discuss the issue. Plus, the Chicago Tribune’s transportation reporter Jon Hilkevitch talks about why the app malfunctioned.