Stop circling.
Start parking.
San Francisco street parking, predicted block by block, hour by hour.
Karl analyzed 206 million SF parking meter transactions from SFMTA Parking Meter Detailed Revenue Transactions (DataSF) to predict where you'll find a spot — block by block, hour by hour.
Built by Karl Parks, independent parking data project.
Features
Everything you need to park smarter
See the Full Picture
A color-coded heatmap of every metered block in SF. Green means go. Red means keep driving.
Search Any Address
Type any SF address and instantly see parking conditions on surrounding blocks.
Scrub Through Time
Slide through 168 hours of the week. Find the sweet spot when your destination block clears up.
Get Block Details
Tap any block for meter count, occupancy trends, and enforcement schedules.
Save Your Spots
Favorite the blocks you park on most. Get push notifications when they open up.
One-Tap Directions
Found your block? Open directions in Apple Maps and go.
How it works
How Karl knows where to park
We crunch the data
206 million real meter transactions from SF Open Data, refreshed continuously.
We model the patterns
Our pipeline builds a typical-week occupancy profile for every metered block.
You see the result
A living heatmap that predicts parking before you even leave home.
Karl Parks shows typical weekly patterns, not real-time availability. Based on a 90-day rolling average of metered blocks.
The app
See every block, every hour
Ready to stop circling?
Use Karl Parks to compare San Francisco parking pressure before you drive, then get help from support whenever you need it.
Free to use. Premium unlocks the full experience.
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