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Title should read, in a yet-to-be-built-city-like-sf. But as someone classically trained as an urban planner, I appreciate the model for maximizing street parki

by ada1981 13y ago

Title should read, in a yet-to-be-built-city-like-sf. But as someone classically trained as an urban planner, I appreciate the model for maximizing street parking. I'm curious how you might solve the current problem? What if there was a way to let people rent their driveways automatically for specific time periods during the day? Could even have some way for them to leave a set of keys with the driveway owner so they could move it in a pinch or something....

malandrew 13y ago
Upvote for the idea of creating an app+service for letting homeowners sell the street space in front of their house for parking. However, the main reason that wouldn't work is because the majority of actually valuable areas have buildings with several tenants. Trying to find a time which is convenient to all drivers in a building to rent the driveway and which is still worth it for them after splitting the profits would probably make this idea fruitless.
mrb 13y ago
Self driving cars. Your car drops you off in front of your driveway, and goes park itself wherever there is a spot, in a 5-minute driving distance from your house. Need to leave the house? Press a button on your smartphone to notify your car 5 min ahead of time to come pick you up. (Laws to allow driverless cars would need to be written and voted. Right now, driverless car laws require the presence of a human in the driver seat.)
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  At least the laws are mainly ready for driverless cars. Requiring a human as a failsafe is a reasonable short-term compromise - I am 100% for letting computers drive but there are bound to be a few bugs that will emerge in the first 5-10 years, just like algorithmic trading can lead to unwanted cascade effects. Enough people have a driving license that I don't think the 'human driver' requirement will be a major barrier to adoption. The main disadvantage will be on late nights, since people who are unfit to drive due to alcohol/drug consumption won't be able to use the driverless cars to get home.

by ada1981 13y ago

malandrew 13y ago

Upvote for the idea of creating an app+service for letting homeowners sell the street space in front of their house for parking. However, the main reason that wouldn't work is because the majority of actually valuable areas have buildings with several tenants. Trying to find a time which is convenient to all drivers in a building to rent the driveway and which is still worth it for them after splitting the profits would probably make this idea fruitless.

mrb 13y ago

Self driving cars. Your car drops you off in front of your driveway, and goes park itself wherever there is a spot, in a 5-minute driving distance from your house. Need to leave the house? Press a button on your smartphone to notify your car 5 min ahead of time to come pick you up. (Laws to allow driverless cars would need to be written and voted. Right now, driverless car laws require the presence of a human in the driver seat.)

anigbrowl 13y ago
At least the laws are mainly ready for driverless cars. Requiring a human as a failsafe is a reasonable short-term compromise - I am 100% for letting computers drive but there are bound to be a few bugs that will emerge in the first 5-10 years, just like algorithmic trading can lead to unwanted cascade effects. Enough people have a driving license that I don't think the 'human driver' requirement will be a major barrier to adoption. The main disadvantage will be on late nights, since people who are unfit to drive due to alcohol/drug consumption won't be able to use the driverless cars to get home.