Abstract: A method that matches a vehicle about to vacate a parking space with a vehicle searching for parking in that same area, and a system to support this method. The vehicle occupying the parking space sends a “space offered” message, via a wireless mobile communications network, to a central control system. The vehicle searching for a parking space sends a “space requested” message, via a wireless mobile communications network, to the same central control system. The central control system matches a parking space request with a compatible parking space offer. The central control system then dispatches a message to the offering vehicle instructing it to wait, and also dispatches a message to the requesting vehicle directing it to the offered space. When the requesting vehicle arrives at the designated parking space, the offering vehicle vacates the space and the requesting vehicle takes its place.