Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking

Reiskin: Let’s Keep Sunday Parking Meters, But Not Enforce Them

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2014 | 19 Comments

SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin said today that he thinks the agency should keep Sunday parking meters but back off on actually enforcing them. At an SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Reiskin said he recommends “that we significantly re-deploy our resources away from Sunday meter enforcement. We have a lot more higher-pressing needs, particularly during the week during the […]

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Detailed Polk Street Designs: Plans for Safe Bicycling Still “Lackluster”

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 27, 2014 | 89 Comments

The SFMTA and the Planning Department presented detailed plans for Polk Street at the project’s final open house meeting yesterday. The new aspects include specific locations of bulb-outs, dedicated bicycle signals, left turn prohibitions, loading zones, and new trees and landscaping. Plans to improve bicycle infrastructure are still composed of a mix of protected, buffered, […]

Tonight: Final Open House on a Safer Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 26, 2014 | 29 Comments

Tonight is the SFMTA and Planning Department’s final open house on the Polk Street redesign, the last chance to weigh in on the agency’s preferred design before it goes to the SFMTA Board of Directors for approval. As you can see from the above flyer, the parking-obsessed “Save Polk Street” group is still fighting against […]

Contrary to Ed Lee, Records Show No Popular Revolt Against Sunday Meters

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 20, 2014 | 32 Comments

Contrary to Mayor Ed Lee’s assertions that the public has revolted against Sunday parking meters, records indicate that hardly anyone has complained to City Hall about the policy via email or 311 calls. When Lee announced his push to undo Sunday parking meters, disregarding the increased turnover and reduced traffic that metering has brought to commercial […]

Rock Star or Comedian? Donald Shoup Takes His Parking Show to Berkeley

By Melanie Curry | Mar 20, 2014 | No Comments

“Parking is the single biggest land use in any city,” said UCLA Professor Donald Shoup to a packed house in Berkeley last night, “and it’s almost completely unmanaged.” At the same time, “zoning requires a space for every car but ignores the homeless. In our cities, free parking is more important than affordable housing.” Shoup […]

Avalos’ Eyes on the Street: SFPD Blocks Crosswalk During Traffic Stop

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 10, 2014 | 19 Comments

Supervisor John Avalos posted the above photo on Facebook with the following explanation: Ironic traffic stop on Mission and Ocean. Police vehicle stopped in the middle of the intersection blocking the cross walk and sending the 49 bus into the next lane. We have a ways to go to coordinate our pedestrian safety effort. Indeed. Avalos, […]

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