| > If Hertz or Avis attempted to use public space to park their inventory, local residents and city officials would pitch a fit. I don't have a counter-example for your very specific statement, but these are close: * The car rental company "Rent a Wreck" in San Francisco drives between 5 and 20 of their camper vehicles off the lot and parks them in public parking spaces every morning around 7am and brings them back in in the evening. Reported to 311, "not enforceable". * The Enterprise car rental branch at the Amtrak station in Emeryville, CA, routinely blocks a bike lane and public parking spots with rental vehicles. They also perform vehicle inspections and handovers there. No outrage, in fact Emeryville doesn't enforce parking in bike lanes or at red curbs, period. * "Global Gourmet Catering" in San Francisco backs rental trucks into their loading bay such that the entire sidewalk, the entire bike lane, and up to half a traffic lane is blocked approximately every second day. In the evenings the same trucks are parked in public diagonal parking spots sized for passenger vehicles across the street, blocking the side walk and bike lane in the other direction. Reported to 311, forwarded to parking enforcement, won't enforce because blocked sidewalks and blocked bike lanes are handled by different people, and this involves both. * "Enclosures International Corporation" in San Francisco basically runs a fulfillment operation with frequent forklift traffic on a public sidewalk and the bike lane. Super dangerous actually, because it forces cyclists to cross defunct train tracks in the traffic lane at a sharp angle. When the fork lifts aren't there, the Audi Q7 of one of their employees still blocks the sidewalk. Reported to 311, you can guess the outcome. I asked @sf311 on Twitter why these things don't get enforced, but parking scooters on sidewalks does [0]. The answer: > These scooters do not have a license plate. So it does not fall under SFMTA DPT. > DPW BSM permits use of and enforces ordinances regarding public areas, as pertains to blocking items that don't have a license. [0]: https://twitter.com/jonemo/status/985989669895553024 |
>> These scooters do not have a license plate. So it does not fall under SFMTA DPT.
>> DPW BSM permits use of and enforces ordinances regarding public areas, as pertains to blocking items that don't have a license.
> [0]: https://twitter.com/jonemo/status/985989669895553024
Excellent example of Red Tape in the wild.