Case Study: San Francisco
Successful pilot programs with the Port of San Francisco and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority.
As part of its overall assessment of the on-street parking program, the
Port of San Francisco contracted with StreetLine Networks to conduct a study
over a fixed period of time to determine the actual demand for the Port’s
metered parking spaces, including those in Fisherman’s Wharf and on
The Embarcadero. Streetline Vehicle Sensors were placed along one curb mile,
or 200 on-street parking spaces at specific sites throughout the Port’s
jurisdiction.
Key objectives relative to this study
- identifying parking trends and areas that would benefit from site specific parking policies and a more focused enforcement effort
- determining optimal pricing and duration of its metered parking sessions;
- whether the Port can finance upgrading to “smart meter” technology that accepts credit card payments and supports site specific remote administration.
The system recorded 284,000 individual parking sessions and 363,000 hours
of usage. Our study showed that 45% of metered parking was unpaid, for a
total of $2,400 per meter in lost revenue annually.
We also showed that accurate, timely information on violation patterns can
more than triple the “capture rate” with existing workforce and
no change to enforcement methods, simply by updating enforcement beats with
information on changing parking patterns. With optimized enforcement, the
city can generate nearly $40,000,000 in new revenue annually from citations,
while improving compliance and overall parking performance.
