Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

ENUF Delays Mission Parking Meters by Protesting the Wrong Ordinance

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 6, 2013 | 7 Comments

The Eastern Neighborhoods United Front, a group publicly represented by resident Mari Eliza, apparently turned out enough speakers and letters to postpone the approval of parking meters requested by merchants in the Mission at a hearing Friday. But in what appears to be a misinterpretation of the hearing notice, Eliza called on residents to protest […]

Shoup: SFpark Yields Promising Results, Lessons for Demand-Based Pricing

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 7, 2013 | 13 Comments

Donald Shoup may be known as a guru of smart parking policy, but even he has found a few surprises in the data collected so far from SFpark. “The biggest surprise I got was that prices went up and down, but overall, they stayed the same. The average price actually declined by 1 percent,” said […]

Advocates for the Disabled Say Free Parking for Placard Holders Must End

By Aaron Bialick | May 20, 2013 | 5 Comments

A panel of disability advocates, the SFMTA, and other entities has recommended that handicap parking placard holders no longer be given free parking at meters. As the SF Examiner and the Chronicle reported, the policy recommendation came out of a committee formed to tackle the growing problem of placard abuse, which deprives legitimately disabled drivers of reserved […]

Supes Farrell and Cohen Have Yet to Grasp Why Free Parking Hurts SF

By Aaron Bialick | May 6, 2013 | 57 Comments

Mark Farrell and Malia Cohen emerged as the most vocal proponents of free car parking on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at a hearing on parking meters last week. Farrell called the hearing in February based on an admittedly “unfounded” suspicion that the SF Municipal Transportation Agency was planning to install parking meters in District 2, which […]

SFMTA’s NE Mission Parking Management Plan Rounding Into Form

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 26, 2013 | 12 Comments

Efforts to reduce traffic caused by drivers circling for parking in the northeast Mission took another step forward last week when the SF Municipal Transportation Agency presented its revised proposal for the expansion of parking meters and permit regulations. Opposition seems to have slightly dwindled compared to the first neighborhood meeting in November, though the […]

SFMTA Unveils Proposal to Curb Cruising for Parking in the NE Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 18, 2013 | 10 Comments

A draft of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s hotly-debated plans to install parking meters and expand permit zones in the northeast Mission has been posted online ahead of a community meeting on Thursday, where agency officials will present it to residents. Following months of data collection, planning, and community meetings, the SFMTA’s map shows where […]

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