What Are Your SF Parking Tips, Tricks?
They call parking in San Francisco a game of cat and mouse. They forget that with a little ingenuity, Jerry kicked Tom's ass on the...
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jonahhorowitz said:
November 17, 2009 2:33 PM
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My technique is very simple - I don't own a car.
John Murphy said:
November 17, 2009 2:34 PM
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Tip #1: Bike
Tip #2: MUNI
Tip #3: Walk
ellen said:
November 17, 2009 2:40 PM
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Set your iPhone alarm for 3 minutes before it will expire when you put money in a meter. And carry prepaid cards so you don't have to search for change. http://www.sfmta.com/cms/pmeter/parkingcard.htm
Akit said:
November 17, 2009 3:08 PM
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My easiest suggestion, get to your location early. Want a space on Irving street? Do your business at 9AM when the stores open-up.
cedichou said:
November 17, 2009 3:30 PM
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You have to remember that creativity of the party parking the car is matched by the lack of shame by the party ticketing the car. You just can't win. I have tickets for "blocking a crosswalk" in a street with no sidewalk. As if my car was preventing someone from climbing that fence.
friscolex said:
November 17, 2009 4:10 PM
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I thought broken meter meant you couldn't park there??
That said, I fully agree with jonahhorowitz and John Murphy. Can't remember the last time I stressed about parking...
And remember, drivers, more people on bikes and MUNI and foot means calmer roads for you, too!
Happy trails, people!
David replied to comment from friscolex
November 25, 2009 7:38 PM
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To answer Friscolex's question: You are allowed to park at a broken meter for the maximum amount of time that the meter allows. After that you can be ticketed. Ellen's tip of setting your phone alarm to let you know when your meter is about to expire is a great one. I use the calendar function on my phone to remind me about street sweeping too. While you're at it, put your license plate number into your phone...here's why:
There is a scam that is catching on where people will take their parking ticket and put it on a similar make and model vehicle in the hopes that the person will just pay it.
Another tip is that DPT doesn't use chalk any more very much. They have electronic devices that keep track of how long you were in a 2 hour zone...so just because there is no chalk, you aren't necessarily safe.
SF tows over 100,000 cars a year, and 12,000-15,000 are auctioned off every year as it will cost about $500 to get it out, and about $1000 after a week. They auction off these cars every week at pier 72
Check out the tips page of the website for more: http://findingthesweetspot.com/pages/tips.html