Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

Jay Primus: Too Early to Evaluate Results of SFPark

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 16, 2011 | 24 Comments

It’s too soon in the development of SFPark to draw any conclusions about the effectiveness of demand-responsive pricing on parking habits, says the SFMTA’s Jay Primus, who manages the SFPark program. Primus got in touch yesterday when the Streetsblog Network highlighted a blog post from Michael Perkins at Greater Greater Washington which claimed that the results of the […]

Commentary: San Franciscans Tired of “Free” Parking Dysfunction

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 22, 2011 | 24 Comments

Year after year, the champions of free car parking come to defend its sanctity when the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) works up the guts to raise the issue in its search for budget solutions. As surely as drivers will cruise endlessly for coveted free parking spots every Sunday, opponents like San Francisco Examiner’s Ken […]

SFMTA Launches SFPark to Much Fanfare and Political Support

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 21, 2011 | 14 Comments

San Francisco launched the world’s most innovative parking pilot today, a federally-funded trial that promises to revolutionize the way cities manage and price metered curb parking. SFPark will make it easier for motorists to find spaces in busy commercial districts, while reducing congestion, speeding Muni, and improving air quality and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. […]

Should Parking Be Allowed at Broken Meters?

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 13, 2011 | 19 Comments

Anyone who wants to use a parking space with a broken meter in San Francisco today is allowed to park for free as long as the posted time limit allows. Given that kind of incentive, some people who drive are finding ways to break meters on a daily basis in order to avoid paying. As […]

San Francisco Congestion Pricing Plan to Be Shopped at Public Meetings

By Matthew Roth | Jul 20, 2010 | 49 Comments

A London-style cordon encompassing the northeast section of the city. Cordon boundaries would be at 18th Street to the south and Guerrero and Laguna Streets to the west. Image: SFCTA. While the full results of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s (SFCTA) congestion pricing plan, the SF Mobility, Access, and Pricing Study (SFMAPS), have not […]

Emotional Debate Over New Parking Meters at Marathon SFMTA Hearing

By Matthew Roth | Jun 18, 2010 | 58 Comments

Oh how San Francisco hates thee, wretched meter. Photo: loop oh Very little is as emotional in city-government policy making as parking and today’s San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency hearing on the addition of 1310 new meters was no exception. For two and a half hours, the public by-and-large lambasted the proposals to add new […]

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