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They could also use sensors that detect when a parking spot is free, and upload that information to an app or the web.
by vellum 12y ago
They could also use sensors that detect when a parking spot is free, and upload that information to an app or the web.
- zevyoura 12y agoThey're actually doing both of those things, though not on a spot-by-spot basis: http://sfpark.org/ http://sfpark.org/
- silencio 12y agoActually, they used to do it on a spot-by-spot basis to generate info about demand to change pricing, as the prices are often different depending on which block you park on (!). My original reason for using the sfpark iPhone app was that it could tell you where to go for the nearest currently-open street parking spot. They even had a publicly available data feed for this for other app developers to use: http://sfpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SFpark-parking-sensor-data-feed-specifiation_2012-07-20.pdf http://sfpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SFpark-parking-... Unfortunately they stopped providing sensor data about half a year ago with the end of the pilot program. But the sensors are still physically around, and SFMTA (hopefully) are looking into improving sensor technology to upgrade, and seeing if it makes sense to release this data again. Personally between that availability info and that SFMTA has not been afraid to tinker with pricing changes - definitely a big FU to Monkey Parking et al. Not sure why they didn't work with private lots and home garages or something instead - that would make a lot more sense than messing with something that's already in the works.