SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app

Re:SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app by drivingmenuts on Monday June 23, 2014 @02:57PM (#7933773)

Sounds like you're already neck-deep in "parking for the rich only".

I'd be seriously reconsidering plans to do anything where the parking was that expensive.

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Re:SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app by smackfu on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:10PM (#7933859)

I agree. The main problem there was that the streets with retail businesses were surrounded by residential streets, and the residential streets were unmetered residential parking only. So there were literally not enough metered spots available.

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Re:SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app by dublinben on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:22PM (#7933944)

I'm sure the intention of this scheme is to make you think twice before driving into the city. If you had arrived on foot, you wouldn't have cared how expensive the parking was.

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Re:SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app by guelo on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:35PM (#7934058)

The intention of the scheme is to make scarce parking spaces available by pricing them at the market clearing price.

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Re:SF cracks down on ‘Monkey Parking’ mobile app by joedrew on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:33PM (#7934043)

Honestly, in a city with good transit like SF, you shouldn't be driving to the places you want to go anyways.

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