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.
Feb 18, 2010
SPUR Lunchtime Forum
Stop circling the block: How technology will change parking in SF.
Michele Senders





