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Eyes on the Street: New On-Street Car-Share Parking Spots in Action

3:31 PM PDT on October 20, 2014

A pair of new Zipcar spots at 20th Avenue and Irving Street. Photo: Aaron Bialick
A pair of new Zipcar spots at 20th Avenue and Irving Street. Photo: Aaron Bialick

The first in a new wave of on-street car-share parking spaces are on the ground, kicking off the eventual roll-out of 900 spots planned by the SFMTA.

I spotted the pair of Zipcar spots above on 20th Avenue at Irving Street in the Sunset on Saturday, and they were apparently already being used. The first time I passed by, the spots were both empty, but later one car had been returned.

As more locations like these make car-share more convenient and visible, car ownership is expected to decline: each car-share vehicle replaces nine to 13 privately-owned autos, on average. It's a statistic we've continually reported, and it means these spots will make more parking available -- but that's still often ignored by those who call these space conversions "privatization."

SF has already had a dozen on-street car-share spots in place for a couple of years ago as part of an SFMTA pilot, but now the real proliferation has begun. If you spot others, feel free to share photos in the comments.

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