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Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by ronsor » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

primitivesuave wrote: post #62

I did a fascinating analysis of SFMTA data a few years back. They posted a public list of names and license plates [1] that they refuse to take down, despite many emails from me over the years. I found a particular license plate that belonged to a plumber with an impeccable 5 star reputation on Yelp, whose business in SF was effectively ended by street sweeping fines. He accidentally paid the same ticket twice, which…

> street sweeping fines

Why the hell does SF need to sweep the streets so much?

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by dcreater » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

wow, great work. But is this legal? Feels like no and will be takendown

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by pimlottc » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

linehedonist wrote: post #10

Amazing. Would be even better if it kept everything in Pacific time. A little confusing to see “3 hours ago” just because I’m on the East Coast.

Ah, I’m in Central, I just assume the data feed was delayed by 2 hours for reason.

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by smegma2 » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

jakelazaroff wrote: post #47

khuey wrote: post #36

I'd be interested in a "loserboard", i.e. who consistently writes the fewest tickets.

The loserboard I'd be interested in is which license plates consistently receive the most tickets.

It exists: https://www.sfmta.com/media/9654/download?inline

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by vhcr » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

RyanOD wrote: post #64

Where I live, many people park at intersections right up to the curb making it almost impossible to see oncoming traffic from the right or left. Really scary when you have a 16-year old driver you're trying to keep safe. There is a very real reason why most intersections require drivers to park 20-30 feet away. Please think of the safety of others and adhere to this rule.

This is solved with better infrastructure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_extension

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by bahmboo » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

scottbez1 wrote: post #61

Incredible work. I'm disappointed to see so many of the leaderboard items are street cleaning tickets. I get it - street cleaning are "easy" tickets to write in bulk, and therefore efficient ROI for PCO time, but they're not the most important violations to cite compared to safety-critical things like blocked bike lanes (which SFMTA has an official policy to completely ignore citizen reports thereof), double-parking,…

Where should the delivery trucks park if there is no infrastructure for them and the public has an ever increasing appetite for delivered products? Try to think about it from the delivery drivers point of view and their safety. The roads are not any one users exclusive resource. We all pay for them and they must be shared.

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by lawlessone » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

sugarpimpdorsey wrote: post #58

spankalee wrote: post #25

> $158 > 99 Grove St > 10:43 AM • Truck > Blocking bike lane Thank you, Officer 0227!

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>Wonders why shelves are empty when delivery drivers can't park their trucks anywhere

uh don't big shops usually have truck ports?

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by knowitnone3 » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

RyanOD wrote: post #64

Where I live, many people park at intersections right up to the curb making it almost impossible to see oncoming traffic from the right or left. Really scary when you have a 16-year old driver you're trying to keep safe. There is a very real reason why most intersections require drivers to park 20-30 feet away. Please think of the safety of others and adhere to this rule.

This is now illegal in some states

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by hedora » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

aidenn0 wrote: post #49

spankalee wrote: post #43

It would be great to see more automatic payment and enforcement. It's great that buses can issue tickets for blocking bus lanes, but I would absolutely love for their to be more automatic enforcement of blocking bike lanes and meter violations. I'm not in SF a lot these days, but I have noticed some particularly fancy parking meters that at least have tap-to-pay and might have more. Instead of a ticket, you should ju…

Is it illegal to block bike lanes in SF? I ask because it is not illegal to do so in California, according to the learner's permit test my daughter recently took.

I read the driver’s manual a few years ago.

Fun fact: If there’s a bus or trolley car picking up passengers at the curb, you must pass it on the right in CA.

I’m almost tempted to try it when there’s no one but a cop around, and then hand the book to them when they pull me over for driving on the sidewalk.

Re: Find SF parking cops

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Post by Supercompressor » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC

FYI the ticketing time is showing incorrectly out of Pacific time, e.g. here in Eastern all recent activity shows as 3 hours ago. Not a big deal as almost all users would be in Pacific, but wanted to mention.

Great work though, this is rad.