There are 926 spots in the Elm Street Garage, the Bethesda Row facility that frequently becomes a traffic jam on weekends and some week nights.
Thanks to a group of new data sets added to the Montgomery County’s Data Montgomery site, you should never again be surprised to find no spots.
The county on Tuesday announced a number of new features, including a real-time indicator of how many spaces are available in Garage 57, the county garage that has become more crowded after Lot 31 was closed last year.
As of 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, there were 191 spaces available, which could mean an elevator ride or a long walk down the stairs.
Other data released Tuesday include databases of all spending disclosures by county employees, employee tuition assistance and all county parking garages. Recent data sets include all permitting data going back to 2000, county contracts and cable complaints.
The most popular database remains the listing of county employee salaries.
Each data set is sortable in multiple ways. The hope is still that individuals or businesses will help the county develop smart phone applications that can connect residents with valuable info with the touch of a finger.
