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Parking is going to be a problem. Even with something the size of the Smart car parking SF is going to be a gigantic pain. I have a friend who lived in the Out

Parking is going to be a problem. Even with something the size of the Smart car parking SF is going to be a gigantic pain. I have a friend who lived in the Outer Richmond and we'd meet up from time to time. He'd take his car because it's the Outer Richmond and transit is basically non-existent. Conversations when we meet up would go something like: "I'm here in front of the restaurant" "Be there in 5. Looking for parking." [5 minutes later] "Hang on..." [15 minutes later] "Okay, got a spot. See you soon."

nostromo 13y ago
That's true. I hope cities will start to dedicate spots to shared cars at some point. It only makes sense that a car used by many people would get some precedent over a car that only serves one person. I can also imagine shopping centers providing free spots to encourage foot traffic.
- jonknee 13y ago
  How could that be enforceable? It's one thing to police a HOV lane where you can easily see multiple people, but parked cars have 0 people in them.
  - nostromo 13y ago
    I'm speaking of cars that belong to a car share organization -- ZipCar, Car2Go, CityCarShare -- which are clearly marked.
    - timjahn 13y ago
      ZipCar already has dedicated spots in Chicago all over the place.
- princess3000 13y ago
  That just happened in SF, actually: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/05/21/sfmta-to-designate-hundreds-of-curbside-parking-spots-for-car-sharing/ http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/05/21/sfmta-to-designate-hund... A 12-spot trial run was successful and now an additional 300 curbside spots are going to be designated for shared cars. Not bad.
vlasev 13y ago
I'm from Vancouver and we have several car-sharing services here - Car2Go, ZipCar, Modo. There are not only dedicated spots all over the place, but recently a bylaw was passed to allow cars from car-shared services to park in all spots that say "permit required" [1] [1] http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/residential-parking-permits.aspx http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/residential-parki...

nostromo 13y ago

That's true. I hope cities will start to dedicate spots to shared cars at some point. It only makes sense that a car used by many people would get some precedent over a car that only serves one person. I can also imagine shopping centers providing free spots to encourage foot traffic.

jonknee 13y ago
How could that be enforceable? It's one thing to police a HOV lane where you can easily see multiple people, but parked cars have 0 people in them.
- nostromo 13y ago
  I'm speaking of cars that belong to a car share organization -- ZipCar, Car2Go, CityCarShare -- which are clearly marked.
  - timjahn 13y ago
    ZipCar already has dedicated spots in Chicago all over the place.
princess3000 13y ago
That just happened in SF, actually: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/05/21/sfmta-to-designate-hundreds-of-curbside-parking-spots-for-car-sharing/ http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/05/21/sfmta-to-designate-hund... A 12-spot trial run was successful and now an additional 300 curbside spots are going to be designated for shared cars. Not bad.

vlasev 13y ago

I'm from Vancouver and we have several car-sharing services here - Car2Go, ZipCar, Modo. There are not only dedicated spots all over the place, but recently a bylaw was passed to allow cars from car-shared services to park in all spots that say "permit required" [1] [1] http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/residential-parking-permits.aspx http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/residential-parki...