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Parking Issues, San Francisco
Parking in San Francisco can be a daunting task. Some parking lots, like the one pictured above, double up on available space by employing this bunk bed scheme. In 1995 a survey found there were 306,000 legal parking spots in the city and 464,000 registered cars, not including out-of-towners, commercial vehicles, and tourist rentals. The average parking spot lasts less than seven seconds and some meters only last 12 minutes. If you can't find a spot on the street and decided to park in a lot, expect to pay up to $36-a-day downtown.

If you do find an open spot, check the curb. Yellow or black is commercial vehicles, blue is of course handicapped, red is bus zone or no parking at all. If you block a wheel-chair-friendly curb it's a $100 fine. Next, check the parking signs, rush hour tow-away zones are enforced instantly. And finally if you're parking on a hill, failure to curb you wheels will get you ticketed. That's it, have fun. I've heard an urban myth of a man who found a parking spot in Chinatown on Saturday morning but I don't believe it's true.
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