Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking Meters

Parking Expert: Underpriced Parking Permits Won’t Curb Cruising for Spots

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 13, 2013 | 32 Comments

A lot of traffic in the northeast Mission consists of drivers cruising for parking spots. Motorists in the area circle for an average of 27 minutes in search of a free spot on weekday mornings, according to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, which has held community outreach meetings in recent months to develop a plan […]

Mark Farrell Suddenly “Strongly Opposed” to Expanding Parking Meters

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

Somewhat inexplicably, D2 Supervisor Mark Farrell has suddenly come out as “strongly opposed” to the expansion of parking meters. At a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, he called for a hearing to scrutinize the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s parking meter expansion plans, apparently concerned about new meters that will create parking turnover in his district, […]

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Some Tips to Help SF Weekly Get Over the Free Parking Obsession

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 8, 2013 | 29 Comments

The folks at SF Weekly seem really upset about the end of free car parking on Sundays. The shock is apparently severe enough that Erin Sherbert put up a post yesterday directing readers to sign the petition demanding an absolute end to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s expansion of parking meters, launched by the Eastern Neighborhoods […]

The First Sunday With Metered Parking: Was It Completely Ignored?

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 7, 2013 | 5 Comments

Updated 4:47 p.m. Yesterday was supposed to be different: San Francisco parking meters were to be in effect during business hours on Sundays for the first time ever, meaning fewer drivers would be clogging up the streets looking for a spot. But in at least two busy commercial districts, nearly every parking meter appeared occupied but unpaid. The displays flashed […]

The New Sunday in SF: Fewer Cars Clogging Up Your Commercial Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 4, 2013 | 10 Comments

Happy New Year, indeed. This Sunday will mark the day when San Francisco finally catches up with the times and runs parking meters during business hours on Sundays, ending the nonsensical weekly tradition of allowing prime parking spots in front of shops to sit occupied for free while drivers circle endlessly around the block. The […]

SFMTA Brings Back Parking Meter Planning to Tough Crowd in the NE Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 30, 2012 | 48 Comments

Following fierce opposition that led the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to roll back its first attempt to expand car parking meters in the northeast Mission, the agency re-started a community process last night to develop a plan for managing parking demand in the area. The meeting was seen as a litmus test for the public’s openness — and […]

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