In the quest to make parking suck less, there are apps that help you find a space, and meters where you can pay with a swipe of your credit card. But LA has launched a simple, low-tech solution to make parking better: Well-designed signage that offers no ambiguity whatsoever when it comes to where you can park, when you can park there, and how much it will cost. — Gizmodo
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I got so many tickets reading one sign right but not seeing one of the other signs, akin to "fine print," cost me thousands of dollars over the years.
This sign seems well designed from my faulty user experience, except "guide" sounds little soft knowing things are not that soft or sympathetic on the street... Meterers in LA are like hawks with a chronometer in their hands waiting for you to fail on expiration.
LA parking signs are crazy... then you get those random temporary no-parking signs which are spaced out in ridiculous ways for random reasons.
It's a lot quicker to just find the nearest meter maid/man, and hand them your wallet.
that's cool they got Phil from modern family to put it up.
^ Perfect.
See the movie To Live and Park in LA.
The city of LA mandates 100 million in their budget from parking fines.
In one scene the movie's director parked in a spot that had 50 signs related to parking on that spot. He got a ticket and he asked when could he park there and the meter man said I don't know.
Then he said "Well, how do know that I am not parked legally? He still got a ticket.
Maybe you shouldn't drive everywhere. I have to believe that the tickets you all are paying is finally balancing out the negative externalities of driving.
easier said than done in LA
Parking structures
The late Richard Roti (d 2006) created many of the standards for the better parking structures. The firm he started IPD (international Parking Design) is located in Los Angeles. Most architects can't design an efficent parking structure to save thier life. I wish I still had his office handouts (about 200pages worth) At the time it was interesting technical reading.
@Andrew
That sounds like an attack on the individual for not choosing alternate methods of transportation within the existing system. Is that your intent? There are some things I would like to say if it is.
I don't know about LA, but some parts of California have some of the best street signage I've ever seen. Especially compared to NY, which seems to think that everyone is driving a horse and buggy instead of an FUV at lightspeed.
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