Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

SFMTA Board Delays Budget Vote to Refine Free Muni for Youth Proposal

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 4, 2012 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors postponed a vote on a two-year budget yesterday in order to refine a proposal to provide free Muni for all youth. The board seemed to favor the rest of the budget, including enforcing parking meters on Sunday afternoons. The proposed budget would have included free Muni for low-income youth, but […]

SFMTA Budget Proposal Includes Metered Parking on Sunday Afternoons

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 29, 2012 | 34 Comments

The SFMTA unveiled its proposed two-year budget today, and it includes extending car parking meter hours to Sundays between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., but not during evenings. On those afternoons, the proposal promises to curb the congestion that results from drivers cruising for free parking when it’s in high demand. The measure is one of many […]

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The Gap in SFPark’s Captivating Data Set

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

Speaking of extending parking meter hours… In the New York Times today, Michael Cooper and Jo Craven McGinty examine how SFPark’s parking price adjustments have affected San Francisco streets so far: It is too early to tell whether the program is working over all, but an analysis of city parking data by The New York Times […]

Will City Hall Get on Board With Extending Parking Meter Hours?

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2012 | 17 Comments

Giving away free curbside car parking when it’s in demand on Sundays and evenings just doesn’t make any sense. The point may feel somewhat belabored to Streetsblog readers, but it’s highly relevant at the moment and hugely important for the city’s streets and transit system. Political momentum to end the traffic congestion and dysfunction caused by unregulated […]

SFMTA Leaning Toward Extended Meter Hours, Away From Fare Hikes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 7, 2012 | 31 Comments

A picture is forming of how the SFMTA might address its budget shortfalls over the next two years. The SFMTA Board of Directors and an advisory panel of community leaders seem to oppose any further fare hikes or service cuts for Muni riders while mostly favoring extending parking meter hours to nights and Sundays — […]

SFPark Mission Bay Plan Sees Backlash from Potrero Hill Residents

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 13, 2012 | 74 Comments

An SFMTA plan to put a rational price on car parking around the developing Mission Bay area has run into fierce backlash from residents and merchants from the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and northeastern Mission neighborhoods. The SFPark program’s Mission Bay Parking Management Strategy is “meant to address the existing severe parking availability issues and to get […]

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