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Interesting. Side question - is it economically rational in San Francisco for a person to repeatedly acquire parking tickets rather than seek out parking or pay

• sokoloff 17y ago
  For me (Cambridge, MA) it was definitely cheaper to get and pay tickets than to pay for monthly parking at my two apts ago apartment building. I averaged well under $100 worth of tickets a month, against a parking garage charge of $250/mo, plus I didn't ever have to wait for my car to be brought out by the garage valets. Back in college (again in Cambridge, MA), a resident parking violation was $10, and garage parking in Harvard Sq for the evening was $14. Guess how hard it was for the residents to use their resident parking spots... (They've since raised it signficantly.)
  • clistctrl 17y ago
    I wish it was $10, the ticket I got today (was 3 minutes late to the meter) was $30. Of course this is Somerville, but the laws seem to stay consistent between the two.
• angelbob 17y ago
  Often. Long-term parking can run $600-$800/mo in many areas of SF. While a ticket can be up to $50 (sometimes more), you won't necessarily get them every time, and it's often hard to find legal, convenient parking, or you'll pay $20+/day for it. So yeah, it can be, particularly when convenience is figured in. Parking fees are one thing that put me off the Ruby on Rails startups in the city :-)
• awongh 17y ago
  also, unlike nyc, it's rare to find those people in sf who will move your car across the street for 10 minutes once a week while the street-sweepers come. that's how I get all my parking tickets. average of at least 1 per month......