Interesting article on graduated parking fines in LA Times here.
Parking-fine fairness
October 31st, 2010Jack London Square Parking
October 4th, 2010GottaPark is happy to announce new parking locations in Oakland’s up-and-coming Jack London Square.
Whether you are going to dinner, shopping, taking the train, or just enjoying the harbor, the easiest way to park at Jack London Square is with GottaPark.
Easy Parking at West Oakland BART
July 21st, 2010According to BART the parking lots at the West Oakland BART station have an estimated fill time of 6:30 AM, meaning you have to get there before 6:30 AM in order to get a spot. For those of us who don’t start work until 9:00 or 10:00 AM its nearly impossible to find a parking spot.
Thankfully though, you now have another option. You can now reserve parking for the West Oakland BART overfill lot online through GottaPark. At $8 dollars a day, its an affordable and time saving solution for those days you decide to take your car to BART.
New Locations in Seattle!
July 20th, 2010We are happy to announce our recent expansion to Seattle. You can easily reserve parking online for some of the most popular destinations in downtown Seattle!
Check out just a few of the great attractions you can easily get parking for:
- Pike Place Market - Check out the local restaurants and shops without having to stress about parking. We now have great parking only a few blocks away from this historic Seattle landmark.
- Washington State Convention and Trade Center - We now have great parking about one minute’s walk away from the convention center.
- Moore Theater
- Paramount Theater
Summer Theater Parking Guide
July 13th, 2010Going to the theater this summer? We want to help you keep your mind off parking and allow you to enjoy the show. We’ve put together a list of top theaters in San Francisco and parking locations near them. As always you can reserve before you go.
- Golden Gate Theater
- Orpheum
- Warfield
- Curran
- Ruby Skye
- Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Davies Symphony Hall
- Actors Theater of SF
- Eureka Theater
- American Conservatory Theater
- Yerba Buena
Hope you enjoy the show!
Take to the streets! For fun, that is.
July 10th, 2010Thousands are expected to fill the streets of the Mission District Sunday, when a 3-mile stretch of road will be closed to automobile traffic as part of the city’s popular Sunday Streets program.
Instead of cars, the streets will feature a circus, hockey demonstrations from the San Jose Sharks, a screening of the World Cup final and many other programs along Dolores, Valencia, 24th and Harrison Streets.
The popular program began nearly two years ago when civic leaders decided that city streets should be central part of the community, not just a route for automobiles.
“Sunday Streets has become a great way for families from all over the Bay Area to enjoy our neighborhoods,” Mayor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
Since March, streets have closed in the Mission and Bayview as well as along the Embarcadero and Great Highway. They will continue into the fall.
Nearby residents will also be able to enjoy the newly-renovated Garfield Swimming Pool near Garfield Square this weekend after it opens on Saturday. The pool underwent $260,000 worth of renovations and admission will be free on Saturday.
via City Insider
“Awesome!”
June 23rd, 2010“Thanks again for saving me app. $30 per day for my 3-day parking last Wed. – Sat. at the Park 55 in downtown San Francisco. It was just as described, an app. 3-block walk from the parking lot to the hotel (unfortunately down pretty dirty streets and past several “street people”, which was NO PROBLEM for me, as a 48 year old healthy male, but might bother some women).
Anyway, I just left good feedback for the hotel stay on “Priceline.com” that MAY be used in Zagat surveys, and at the bottom of the survey, there was a spot to leave a message as to “How future travelers might be able to save money if they stay there”. The only bad thing I mentioned about the great hotel a question earlier was the high cost of the onsite parking, so I put in a plug for you guys “Try ‘GottaPark.com’ to save quite a bit of money parking in a nearby city lot”, and even stated that I used you & saved app. $30 per day.
Hopefully it will get into Zagat and you guys will get a lot of business from it!
Thanks, and hoping to see you guys in New York City, Baltimore, and Philadelphia soon!”
- Steve B. in S. New Jersey
“I found you while trying to find parking lots near my destination in Downtown SF. In minutes I had my confirmation for less than the posted rate, and no worries for my visit! Not having to think about parking in San Francisco is a tremendous benefit. I will recommend GottaPark to everyone!”
- Danielle K. from Campbell, CA
Thanks to Danielle and Steve for the great feedback. We’re always glad to hear that people are having good experiences with our products.
If you’d like to shoot us an email about your experience, good or bad (hopefully good though), you can send it to brian@gottapark.com
Video showing alternative to GottaPark
June 19th, 2010Finally, something that might be better than GottaPark…
New Parking Meters Coming to SF
June 9th, 2010San Francisco look out, free parking is coming to an end across the city. As part of the city’s SFpark initiative, the MTA is planning on installing meters on various streets which would transform 1,310 free parking spaces into metered spaces.
According to SFGate.com Turk, Fell, Townsend, South Park, Hoff, Cesar Chavez and King are among the streets set to get new meters, but a complete list can be found online at the SFMTA website.
The MTA isn’t stopping here either and has already approved an additional 5,400 new meters at a board meeting earlier in the year. I guess we may be seeing the beginning of the end of free parking in San Francisco.
via City Insider