San Francisco Parking Meters with Location and Attributes

Parking meter attributes including location and cap color for San Francisco. The data is updated weekly via the SFpark data warehouse and manual updates from SFMTA CAD drawings and MTAB resolutions. It includes only active meters and is provided by the City of San Francisco.

Use Cases

• Map parking meter density and distribution based on location data
• Analyze meter attributes like cap color for inventory management
• Join with separate rate schedule tables using the Parking Space ID field
• Filter and analyze active meter status based on the 'Active_Met' field

Strengths

• Updated weekly, ensuring regular data refresh
• Includes a key field (Parking Space ID) for joining with related tables
• Provides clear filtering criteria for active meters ('Active_Met' field)

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Operating schedules and rate schedules are excluded, requiring joins with separate tables

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco

Collection Method

Updated via SFpark data warehouse (Parking Space Inventory) by meter shop staff, with manual updates sourced from SFMTA CAD drawings and MTAB resolutions.

Freshness

Updated weekly

Geography

San Francisco