Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

A Change of Heart on Sunday Parking Meters for Newsom?

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 29, 2010 | 17 Comments

The Mayor is now apparently willing to consider Sunday metering. Photo by Bryan Goebel. After months of opposing an extension of parking meter enforcement hours, Mayor Newsom may be finally open to a limited proposal that would help reduce Muni’s staggering budget deficit. The Chronicle’s Heather Knight and The Appeal’s Chris Roberts report that Newsom […]

Mayor’s Office to MTA Directors: Back Off on Parking Meters

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 28, 2010 | 21 Comments

Bruce Oka vows to remain firm on parking meter extensions. Photo by Michael Rhodes. It’s no secret who controls the MTA budget, and the pared down solutions that wind up on the table to solve the agency’s worsening deficit, so it comes as no surprise what happened yesterday at City Hall in Room 200 when […]

It’s Official: Chicago Parking Privatization a Massive Rip-Off

By John Kaehny | Nov 20, 2009 | 12 Comments

City parking meters are a gold mine, and in Chicago, Morgan Stanley is rolling in parking riches. Secret company documents leaked to reporters show the company will rake in a 70 percent profit margin this year from its $1.15 billion, 75-year lease of Chicago’s parking meters. This profit is on top of the millions Morgan […]

MTA Parking Meter Study Outreach Moves Slowly, Despite Budget Woes

By Matthew Roth | Nov 17, 2009 | 6 Comments

The MTA parking meter extension study, and the recommendations to extend meters past 6 pm on weekdays and all day Sundays, which Mayor Gavin Newsom strongly opposes, is being circulated to business groups and community stakeholders throughout the city, though the pace of setting up meetings is underwhelming and MTA staff have no schedule for […]

The Land of the Free (Parking)

By Matthew Roth | Oct 21, 2009 | 67 Comments

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to those of you who didn’t watch the San Francisco MTA Board meeting yesterday on your live-feed or on SFGTV that the meeting devolved into a referendum on the merits of free, or nearly free, parking. With half a dozen television cameras lined up along the far side of […]

Supervisor Carmen Chu Wary of Parking Meter Extension Proposal

By Matthew Roth | Oct 20, 2009 | 19 Comments

It shouldn’t be too surprising to those who have followed the debate on extending parking meter hours that Supervisor Carmen Chu is not a big fan. A tipster forwarded us an email from Chu’s office sent out last night to constituents encouraging them to show up at today’s MTA Board meeting and give their opinion […]

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