Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

Did “Restore Balance” Petitioners Lie About Sunday Meters for Signatures?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 8, 2014 | 32 Comments

Petitioners for the “Restore Transportation Balance” initiative aimed at enshrining cars-first policies apparently made false claims about the state of Sunday parking metering to collect signatures. Backers of the Republican-crafted ballot measure turned in 17,500 petition signatures — well over the 9,000 required for it to qualify for the ballot this November, the SF Chronicle reported […]

SFpark Releases Pilot Report, Considers Giving Revenue to Local Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2014 | 37 Comments

SFpark has released new comprehensive stats collected during its two-year pilot program phase, documenting the numerous benefits that it garnered by pricing parking according to demand. SFpark is being watched closely by cities around the world, since it’s the first program to thoroughly test demand-based parking pricing principles first professed by UCLA’s Donald Shoup. But the […]

Supes Reject Appeal for CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 18, 2014 | 30 Comments

The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 yesterday to reject an appeal, filed by sustainable transportation advocates, to require environmental review of the SFMTA’s repeal of Sunday parking meters. Although the vote was not on the merits of Sunday parking metering, but rather whether the SFMTA violated the California Environmental Quality Act in repealing it, the […]

Sunday Meter Repeal Needs No CEQA Review, Say SFMTA and Planning Dept.

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 13, 2014 | 18 Comments

An appeal claiming that the repeal of Sunday parking meters is an action that requires environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act is baseless, according to responses issued by the SFMTA and Planning Department this week. The appeal, filed by Livable City and the SF Transit Riders Union, is set for a hearing and vote at […]

SF Chronicle Regurgitates Misinformation From the Free Parking Crowd

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 9, 2014 | 27 Comments

The SF Chronicle printed an op-ed this weekend, written by the Republican-backed group that aims to “restore balance” on San Francisco’s streets. And by “balance,” they mean enshrining a status quo where cars, not people, get the lion’s share of the public streets, in the form of more pavement and more traffic. Unfortunately, the Chronicle […]

Many Motorheads Backing Measure to “Restore Balance” for Cars

By Aaron Bialick | May 30, 2014 | 45 Comments

The backers of the ballot initiative to “restore balance” on San Francisco’s streets are beginning to emerge. The “balance” they speak of would enshrine free parking and give over large parts of streets to cars. According to the list of endorsements posted on its website, the “coalition” (which apparently dropped its “Free the Streets” title) is […]

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