Posts Tagged ‘pco’
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Via Streetsblog SF (which is having a fun-raiser party January 21st, bring money if you want) comes news of the new, unofficial San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking blog.
Read the cheery welcoming message from the Commissioner of Concrete. See? He’s gunning for you, sidewalk parkers.
The DSP operates in District 11, but you can find examples of sidewalk parking all over town. As seen in District 5 on Ashbury Street:
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NB: When this self-appointed “commissioner” talks of getting an offending vehicle “removed” he means towed away - towed away with extreme prejudice. Anybody who calls in a tow on a sidewalked-parked car on his or her own street should be prepared for possible blowback. (Those who live in or rent out illegal in-law apartments might very well get ratted out by an irate sidewalk parker, just saying.) Anonymity recommended.
Is it my hobby to ferret out sidewalk parkers and then call DPT at (415) 553-1200 for the ticket /towaway patrol? No.
On the other hand, do I support homeowners who think they own the sidewalk in front of their homes? No.
Can one person change the culture of sidewalk parking in one section of San Francisco via a persistent campaign? Yes, it’s possible.
Bon Courage, San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking!
Tags: (415), 11, 5, 553-1200, blog, car, citation, commissioner, concrete, department of sidewalk parking, district, illegal, park, parking, parking control officer, pco, ped, pedestrian, San Francisco, sidewalk, sunset, ticket, tow, towaway, vehicle
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
When parking in San Francisco, you should always curb your wheels. If you can’t tell whether you’re pointing uphill or down, just pour out a little water from your bottle into the gutter.
The way the water goes tells you which way the hill goes. Or just look at what all the other drivers on the block did. Easy peasy, right?
The driver of this VW Cabrio made the wrong choice, so a ticket from SFMTA was the result. Parking Control Officers will spot this infraction from a block away and then make a special trip just for you.
Oh well.
Tags: accident, angle, away, curb, degrees, down, downhill, DPT, hill, illegal, law, legal, meter maids, mta, parking, pco, roll, rule, San Francisco, sfdpt, SFMTA, slope, ticket, tires, up, uphill, Wheels
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Not officially or anything, but the DPT /SFMTA / SFPD folks who normally work on keeping inbound Market Street free of cars from Eighth Street to Fifth Street took a break last Friday (yes, Black Friday). So it was like totally wide open to traffic, temporarily anyway.
This was the result: a string of slow-moving vehicles for as far as you could see, all the way to the Ferry Building. Click to expand:
Note the new signs. The previous versions talked about how “private vehicles” were banned from continuing. The current versions allow ”buses, taxis, trucks, and bikes” on Market. So that makes things more clear for the tourists.
Speaking of whom, Our Visitors just ignore the signs. They understand that they need to keep out of the bus and taxi-only diamond lanes, but they don’t seem to get the idea that they’re not allowed to proceed on Market the way they used to. It seems they need a crew of MUNI Parking Control Officers to tell them what’s up.
Oh well.
(Myself, I got doored by one of these cars a couple minutes after I snapped this photo. I was on the slow lane of the beige portion of the street to the right of the vehicle when the passenger door opened - it was an against-the-rule dooring just like the Incident at the Juicy Couture.
Oh well.)
Tags: 27th, 6th, banned, bicycles, bikes, black friday, car-free, cars, commercial, cyclists, department, dept., doored, dooring, DPT, experiement, free, friday, inbound, market, meter maids, mta, November, parking control officers, pco, police, San Francisco, SF, SFMTA, SFPD, shopping, signs, street, temporary, traffic, union square
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I mean, sure, Fed-Ex makes money on deliveries in San Francisco, but what if you subtract out the amount of dough they pay daily to the DPT? Too bad delivery vehicles don’t have a place to park or something.
This aging Ford van got pwned with two parking tickets in one day down in the Financial District:
Poor FedEx!
Tags: $78, citation, district, double parking, DPT, fedex, financial, meter maiod, mta, parking control officer, pco, sfdpt, SFMTA, ticket, truck, united parcel service, UPS
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
When the signs say that they’re going to ticket cars and run the street sweepers on Tuesday morning betwixt 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM, you can bet that they’re going to ticket cars and run the street sweepers on Tuesday morning just after 8:00 AM. Flooded streets cannot alter this. It Is Written.
So this is how City employees will spend their time today, whether you like it or not!
“Beeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….”
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After all, The Spice Must Flow.
Tags: cleaning, DPT, dpw, flood, mta, parking, pco, quotas, rain, sfdpt, SFMTA, storm, street, sweep, sweeping, targets, tickets, tow, water
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Here’s the scene in the Financial District – why does the UPS driver double park instead of using the space near the curb? Double parking can get you a ticket, right? The orange cone is a nice touch, however….
Uh oh, this doesn’t look good. Do UPS drivers really try to fool the DPT ticket issuers with the old I-already-got-a-ticket routine? Apparently.
Oh well, that’s another $78 down the drain. Did this truck get two tickets yesterday?
That’s what you might conclude after checking the DPT website for online ticketing information.
Does UPS currently owe thousands of dollars to S.F. for illegal parking? Yes.
But if it’s only $2000 a day or so, well that’s just the cost of doing business in the big city, right?
Tags: $78, citation, district, double parking, DPT, financial, meter maiod, mta, parking control officer, pco, sfdpt, SFMTA, ticket, truck, united parcel service, UPS
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
See this trendy Smart Car parked all perpendicularly to the curb in San Francisco’s Western Addition / NOPA area? Well don’t be surprised if you see it and others like it get cited for illegal parking.
That’s right, what’s encouraged in Paris, France will get you a citation in the 415.
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Cf. Or this way, don’t park this way.
The gritty nitty:
CA Vehicle Code: 22502. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb…
So don’t be surprised when a DPT SFMTA PCO KO’s U ASAP.
TTFN.
Tags: 22502, benz, ca, california, car, citation, code, cvc, dmv, dpr, illegal, Mercedes, meter maid, parallel, parking, pco, perpendicular, SFMTA, smart, smart ca, ticket, vehicle
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
That’s what the bumper stickers on the little carts say. And here’s the subtitle:
“Assaulting a parking control officer is a crime we will prosecute.”
MUNI Fare Inspectors similarly are also Good People with Tough Jobs, apparently.
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Good to know.
Tags: ad, agency, assault, assaulting, authority, bus, cart, crime, District Attorney, DPT, fare inspector, golden gate park, good jobs, good people, II, iii, intercepter, interceptor, meter maid, mta, Muni, parking control officer, pco, prosecution, railway, San Francisco, SFMTA, ticket, tough jobs, tough people, transit
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Of course you all already know about the 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS General Monkeybusiness B-Body. This one here impresses not with the size of the wheels fitted underneath, but with the sheer parking audacity of completely blocking a fairly wide sidewalk in broad daylight.
What’s stopping somebody from calling 415-553-1200 (dispatch - blocked driveways, sidewalks, etc.) or 311? Nothing, that’s why this parking strategy isn’t sustainable, that’s why drivers generally don’t make a habit of doing this kind of thing. (Personally, it’s not my style to dial, but for some people, it is - see below)
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I would agree that it’s probably no picnic trying to park an 18-foot-long vehicle at night on the Streets of San Francisco, but your ride will eventaully get vandalized, ticketed, towed, whatever, depending on the neighborhood. For example, the evening dog walkers of Specific Whites Pacific Heights all have DPT’s phone numbers preprogrammed into their cellies. They’re simply waiting to see something like this blocking their path.
Just saying.
Tags: (415), 311, 415-553-1200, 553-1200, b car, B., block, blocked, blocking, body, california, call, car, cell, cellular, Chevrolet, chevy, citation, department, dial, dispatch, DPT, driveways, enforcement, general monkeybusiness, general motors, gm, impala, meter maid, mta, number, pacific heights, parking, parking control officer, pco, phone, San Francisco, SFPD, sidewalk, specific whites, ss, ticket, towed, transit
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Now if the SFPD drops by, then the workers at this Lucky Supermarket get on the P.A. system to let the customers know that they’re 30 seconds away from a “$500 parking ticket.”
Otherwise, it’s clear sailing. Que bueno!
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Tags: avenue, citation, fire lane, fulton, lucky, masonic, NOPA, pco, sffd, SFPD, street, supermarket, ticket, western addition
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