Short answer: Jordan Metzner says someone on Twitter used an API to map San Francisco parking tickets in real time, showing where officers were. He says the city took the system down several times, citing officer safety.
Watch this answer from Episode 15 (starts at 1:38) · Episode 15 notes and transcript
From Episode 15: Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data Tool, starting at 1:38.
Jordan Metzner [1:38]: Awesome. Yeah. Let's get into it. So, just about a week or so ago, I saw someone on Twitter had posted a live map of the parking tickets being issued in the city of San Francisco. So he had gained access to the API that showed where the tickets were being issued, and he was able to show in real time where the meter maids were, essentially those who write the tickets. And I found this incredibly fascinating. It went a little bit viral on Twitter, and then really quickly the city of San Francisco tried to do whatever they could to kinda patch it up. I believe they took down the parking system multiple times in order to block his access from this real time data. And I think the city defended it as they were trying to create safety for their officers and that, by giving this live data that it would that would be a threat or some type of danger to the officers. But the consumers or, the residents of the city loved it because they saw where officers were, meaning, they could probably park in an area if there was no officers nearby and then avoid a parking ticket.
Jordan Metzner [2:42]: And, parking tickets are one of those things that, we've decided as a society that we're okay with. But, everyone in society kinda hates them. And, depending on where you are in the country or city, you might find more aggressive or less aggressive means for attacking parking tickets. And once I saw this, I was super excited about, kind of where else could I do this type of implementation. And luckily, the city of Los Angeles has a really good set of data.
