| Rent Your Driveway By The Day, By The Night, Or By The Hour | July 17th, 2008 |
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Why didn’t I think of this? There’s a new website, GottaPark.com that works as a sort of StubHub for parking spaces. If you have a spare driveway available for an afternoon or evening you can post it for rent on GottaPark. Drivers seeking a space set up an account on the site and use a credit card to pay for the space. GottaPark’s fee is 15% of the driveway owner’s take. If the charge is $5.00 or less, the website’s fee would be 60 cents. I cruised the site to see what might be available this Saturday night. The site just went live on Tuesday and I think owners are still testing values. There were a half dozen spaces available with rates that ranged from $6.00 near the Daly City border to $20 for a prime location on Russian Hill or the heart of the Castro District. San Francisco officials warn that people renting driveway spaces could be subject to citation if cars block sidewalks– so make sure to parallel park across the curb cut. I think this might catch on. And those lucky enough to own driveways within two blocks of Golden Gate Park can look forward to cashing in next month when Outside Lands comes to town. If you would rather take your chances on finding a space in North Beach or downtown, San Francisco wants to improve your odds of finding a legal one. Starting this fall, the City plans to try out some ’smartphone technology’ which will help your cell phone sniff out little sensors that signal when metered spaces are vacated. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/san-francisco-to-test-wireless-parking-sensors-cause-rat-races/ Leave a Reply |
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