Guide
Typical-week parking vs live parking
Understand what Parking SF can help you plan before a trip and what the app intentionally refuses to fake.
Guides
Planning guides and model explainers.
These pages answer recurring questions about what Parking SF measures, what it does not measure, and how to interpret the app honestly.
Last updated April 12, 2026
Guide
What Parking SF covers
See which San Francisco streets, datasets, and mobility layers are inside scope and which parking surfaces are not.
Guide
How off-hours parking pressure works
Learn why the map switches away from meter demand after enforcement ends and how to read that signal honestly.
Guide
How fresh the parking model is
Review the rolling lookback windows behind the model and what freshness means for a planning-first app.