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MTA Could Boost Revenue by Enforcing Downtown Commuter Parking Law

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 31, 2010 | 41 Comments

Unlike numerous downtown garages, this one adheres to planning code and charges a non-discounted monthly parking rate. Photo: Michael Rhodes. You’d hardly know that it’s illegal to charge discounted daily and monthly parking rates at numerous downtown San Francisco garages because enforcement of the law is almost non-existent. Planning Code Section 155(g) prohibits discount rates […]

How Quickly Will Caltrans Embrace Complete Streets Guidelines?

By Matthew Roth | Mar 30, 2010 | 6 Comments

Photo: Thomas Hawk Though it may seem esoteric, one of the biggest impediments to designing streets for people is the over-reliance on design standards that have long privileged movement of vehicles over any other consideration on the streets. That’s why advocates cheered when U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood published a policy paper recently that, at […]

San Francisco First City in the Nation to Count Its Parking Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Mar 29, 2010 | 66 Comments

Meters along the Embarcadero are part of the Port of San Francisco’s SFPark trial. Photo: Matthew Roth No sizable city in the country, or likely the world, has been able to say with any certainty how many parking spaces it has, public or private, until now. Over the last 18 months, the San Francisco Municipal […]

Gov Signs Transit Funding Bills, Money Coming for Local Operators

By Matthew Roth | Mar 23, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: hanneorla California transit operators are poised to receive a temporary infusion of $400 million in cash from the state for operating funds, a move that could defray immediate shortfalls and set up a steady stream of state money for the foreseeable future. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ratified last night the laws (ABX8 6 and ABX8 […]

Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Chiu Garage Legislation

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 18, 2010 | 12 Comments

Revised legislation could slow down Ellis Act evictions in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill, but would not require garages to meet the design principles in the Better Streets Plan. Photo: Michael Rhodes In a move to gain the support of Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has stripped language from his […]

Protected Bike Lane on Market Street Keeps Getting Better

By Matthew Roth | Mar 17, 2010 | 25 Comments

The new pavement markings make it much clearer where cyclists and cars are supposed to switch lanes on Market Street near 11th Street. Photos: Matthew Roth The gradually evolving traffic rearrangement on Market Street got a boost yesterday as the MTA re-striped the bicycle and motor vehicle crossing zone at Market and 11th, clarifying how […]

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