San Francisco’s secret parking card

Imagine yourself landing the perfect parking space only to realize you’re totally out of quarters.

If you live in San Francisco, you can finally stop digging for change every time you park. Instead of coins, you can buy prepaid parking tickets that work in just about every single meter in the city.

Simply slip the card in, wait for the meter to reach your desired parking time, remove the card, and on you go.

So how do you get one? They’re strangely not well-advertised, but you can buy them online or check out the official list of vendors.

Other cities such as New York and San Diego have similar cards as well. I suspect more metropolitan areas will follow soon.

Does your city have them yet?

Thanks to Robin for sending this my way.