If I am the only person who has access to the app, it will get me off the street and into a spot faster. If everyone has access to the app, then nothing will c

If I am the only person who has access to the app, it will get me off the street and into a spot faster. If everyone has access to the app, then nothing will change. Think about it. How quickly are open spots snatched up in downtown San Francisco at peak hours right now? There's not much room for improvement there. The problem is simply that there is more demand than supply of on-street parking, and people are willing to wait 30+ minutes to "win" a spot. A much more effective solution is to just raise the price of on-street parking. Philadelphia did this in 2009 [1]. I don't know if they've done any studies to evaluate the impact, but my own personal observation was that it opened up just enough spots during peak hours to eliminate the need to "cruise" for parking almost entirely. [1] http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Phila-Meter-Parking-Rates-to-Rise.html http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Phila-Meter-Parkin...