August 22, 2010
L.A. program aims to make parking easier
Los Angeles Times - The yearlong ExpressPark program will use new meters and pavement sensors to keep track of parked vehicles. Eventually, signs will guide drivers to empty spaces in city garages and lots.

August 15, 2010
New Technology Could Help Find Parking Spots
KCBS San Francisco - If you’re tired of circling the block and hunting for a parking spot, a new technology may soon make those dreaded searches a thing of the past.

August 14, 2010
New York Times: Free Parking Comes at a Price
In our society, cars receive considerable attention and study — whether the subject is buying and selling them, the traffic congestion they cause or the dangerous things we do in them, like texting and talking on cellphones while driving. But we haven’t devoted nearly enough thought to how cars are usually deployed — namely, by sitting in parking spaces.

August 09, 2010
New technology may solve your parking problems
CONTRA COSTA TIMES - Using low-power wireless sensors in the pavement and electronically interfacing them with parking meters, Streetline expects to revolutionize the mundane business of parking a car.

August 03, 2010
SFpark Overview - Video
San Francisco - Find parking faster. Pay more easily. Avoid tickets. SFMTA’s SFpark project is a two-year federally funded pilot of new parking management technologies and approaches. Less circling and fewer double-parked cars give us cleaner air and safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians. With less traffic, public transit and emergency vehicles move more easily.

July 27, 2010
Streetline appoints Zia Yusuf as President & CEO
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – Streetline, Inc. a global leader in wireless sensor enabled smart city solutions announced today that veteran SAP senior executive Zia Yusuf has joined the company as President & CEO, while founder Tod Dykstra has moved to fill a key position as Vice President Product Management and Services.

July 26, 2010
New parking meters, rules get ready to launch in SF
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will roll out the first large-scale test of SFpark in the Hayes Valley neighborhood just west of City Hall with the installation of 190 high-tech meters, part of a two-year experiment to find out how pricing affects drivers' parking choices in commercial corridors.

June 01, 2010
The ‘Heart of SFPark’ Complete with Vehicle Sensor Installation
SFSTREETSBLOG - When parking expert Donald Shoup publicized his principle several years ago that cities should manage the demand for curbside parking by adjusting the cost so that there was always an available space, he probably didn't think a large city like San Francisco would move from theory to practice so quickly, nor that the city's SFPark pilot program would be as sophisticated as it is.

May 24, 2010
Sausalito taps S.F.’s Streetline Inc. technology for real-time parking data
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES - A San Francisco parking technology company said it has a new deal with Sausalito, which will use its systems to manage the city’s metered parking spaces. Streetline Inc.’s systems, which use a wireless sensor technology, allow cities to collect real-time information about which parking spots are occupied and when. Read more: Sausalito taps S.F.’s Streetline Inc. technology for real-time parking data - San Francisco Business Times

May 24, 2010
Car Talk
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY - All city drivers dread the routine: reach downtown destination, hunt desperately for a parking spot, curse the driveways and fire hydrants. In San Francisco, however, parking is about to be made easier, thanks to a new network of GPS wireless sensors that will be installed next to the city's parking meters. The sensors, designed by the local technology company Streetline, will beam data on parking availability to the offices of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which, in turn, will make the information available to the public.

May 10, 2010
Sausalito selects Streetline real-time parking control system and wireless parking sensors
Streetline integrates with APARC Systems’ TicketManager™ citation management and Siemens paystations.

March 25, 2010
Wireless Technology To Make Parking Spaces 'Smart' in LA and SF
Two of California’s great cities are driving experiments in “smart parking spaces.”

March 05, 2010
Electronic Sensors Aim To Ease San Francisco Parking
CBS Channel 5 Evening News - Video

December 15, 2009
Smart, Wireless Parking: A Trojan Horse for Making Better Cities
Smart-parking seems to encourage car use. So why do mass-transit advocates love it?

December 14, 2009
Wireless Parking
GOOD/IBM - Video

November 05, 2009
M-Parking: Mobile Commerce Makes Parking More Profitable
GoMo News

February 19, 2009
Parking Goes High-Tech
Associated Press - Video

January 12, 2009
In Magnetometers We Trust
Streetsblog - When the SFMTA initiates its baseline parking data collection for SFPark in late April or early May, the agency will understand parking and driving patterns clearly for the first time.

September 17, 2008
Spot Prices
The Economist - New systems will make finding parking spaces easier and help to reduce congestion

July 24, 2008
Finding a Parking Space Online
MIT Tech Review - Street-embedded sensors monitor parking availability

July 12, 2008
Can't Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone
The New York Times - This fall, San Francisco will test 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces in the nation's most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which of the spaces are free at any moment.

April 23, 2008
Help for the S.F. Parking Nightmare
National Public Radio - Drivers soon may be able to use their Blackberries or cell phones to snag a spot.

October 31, 2007
San Francisco City Plan To Use GPS Systems To Help Drivers Find Parking
KTVU San Francisco - Video

October 22, 2007
Port of San Francisco and Streetline, Inc Partner on New Parking Program (PDF)
PRESS RELEASE - Joint partnership offers convenience and congestion relief for San Francisco drivers.

July 09, 2007
The New Science of Parking
TIME Magazine - Since the technology services offered by companies like Streetline are no more expensive, and often cheaper, than the upkeep of old-fashioned coin meters, smart parking management is starting to catch on.

March 01, 2007
San Francisco Port Pilot Article
Parking Today - System data show's half of meter income goes uncollected.

February 13, 2007
Parking 2.0
CBS Channel 5 Evening News - The real future of parking rests in the offices of Tod Dykstra and Streetline Networks.

February 03, 2007
The Parking Fix
The Wall Street Journal - During the busy lunch hour, downtown Redwood City was gridlocked, with cars orbiting the block in search of one of the few prime parking spots, while just a half block away, a four-level garage was never full. So the city is trying something new: installing meters that charge more for the best spots.

June 02, 2006
Searching for Parking? Try Online
Wired Magazine - Several companies are experimenting with systems that let drivers go online or even use cell phones and handheld devices to reserve a space in a garage or locate nearby street parking.

December 27, 2005
Port tries to get more out of parking meters
San Francisco Chronicle - The Port of San Francisco, in an attempt to unlock the mystery, is turning to new technology in the form of tiny sensors that monitor parking spaces and can tell instantly when a spot is vacant or in use.

December 16, 2005
S.F Port hopes tech can boost parking income
SF Business Times - The Port of San Francisco have tapped San Francisco technology startup Streetline Networks Inc. to determine how often the port's parking spaces are used and what prices might be more lucrative for the port.

December 16, 2005
Streetline Networks Launches Pilot in San Francisco to Solve Urban Parking Problems (PDF)
PRESS RELEASE - Streetline Networks, Inc., announced today that it is piloting a parking management system for cities, providing real-time information about on-street parking use and availability.