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Project Partners

The SFMTA has worked closely with various partners to deliver the SFpark pilot project. Below is a summary of these important companies, organizations and individuals.

Organizational partners

  • United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) – Project funding, support and evaluation
  • Federal Highway Administration – Project funding, support and evaluation

USDOT evaluation team

USDOT engaged the Battelle Memorial Institute to provide an independent evaluation of the SFpark pilot projects. That evaluation team includes transportation professionals from research centers and academic institutions including:

  • Kevin Balke, Texas A & M University, Texas Transportation Institute
  • Mark Burris, Texas A & M University, Texas Transportation Institute
  • Jane Lappin, USDOT, Volpe National Transportation System Center
  • Lee Munnich, University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Sean Pierce, USDOT, Volpe National Transportation System Center
  • Caroline Rodier, University of California, Davis; Urban Land Use and Transportation Center
  • Emily Saunoi-Sandgren, University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Eric Schreffler, Transportation Consultant, ESTC
  • Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley; Transportation Sustainability Research Center
  • Dave Williams, Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Carol Zimmerman, Battelle Memorial Institute

SFpark academic advisory team

  • Donald Shoup, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Robert Hampshire, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Adam Millard-Ball, Stanford University
  • Rachel Weinberger, University of Pennsylvania

Major program partners

  • Serco Inc. – Prime contractor, procurement and subcontract administrator
  • Oracle – Data warehouse and business intelligence software and development
  • StreetSmart Technology LLC – Parking sensors
  • Affiliated Computer Solutions (ACS) – Parking sensor installation subcontractor, enforcement handhelds
  • IPS Group, Inc. – Single-space parking meters
  • Duncan Solutions – Multi-space parking meters
  • Words Pictures Ideas –  Communications strategy, marketing, design, web/mobile
  • vs. Goliath –  Communications strategy and marketing
  • Pay-By-Phone – Service provider for payment by cell phone

Program contributors

  • Pictoform – Parking garage signage
  • Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates – Data collection, evaluation, and policy analysis
  • Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants – Data collection
  • Sensys Networks – Roadway sensors
  • DataPark – Parking garage revenue control system programming and price changes
  • Mobile Commons – Text messaging service and integration
  • 511 / Metropolitan Transportation Commission