Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking

Help Map the Sidewalk Parking Plague on San Francisco’s Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 24, 2013 | 54 Comments

Update: It seems there’s no way to edit the map directly via the link because Google’s Maps Engine Lite, which is still in beta, may have some issues to be worked out. So to add your marker to the map, you can either email me at abialick@streetsblog.org and I’ll add it for you, or you can add […]

Wanted: Your Photos of Public Servants Parking Obnoxiously

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2013 | 34 Comments

As rampant as illegal parking is in San Francisco, there’s one group of drivers who are the champs when it comes to finding the most egregious places to leave their vehicles: police officers, mail truck drivers, and other public servants who use city vehicles. We’d like to see your photos of city vehicles parked on […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Mission’s People-Friendly Block on Bartlett Faces Fire Code, Parking Hurdles

By Aaron Bialick | May 30, 2013 | 29 Comments

One day each week, the block of Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd Streets bustles for a few hours when it’s transformed into the Mission Community Market. On all the other days, however, it mostly serves as a parking lot. The Planning Department and organizers from the Community Market held a packed public meeting yesterday […]

Maker Faire: A Model for Encouraging Car-Free Transportation to Big Events

By Andrew Boone | May 24, 2013 | 6 Comments

The runaway success of Maker Faire, the annual San Mateo festival that celebrates do-it-yourself technology and crafts, has led organizers to get creative in encouraging attendees to come without a car and avert a traffic mess. Since Maker Faire’s debuted in 2006, organizers have developed a model program for managing traffic demand for the growing number of attendees […]

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 […]

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