Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking

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How SF’s Residential Parking Permit Prices Favor Car Owners

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 26, 2015 | 50 Comments

Residential parking permits in San Francisco are a steal. At just $110 a year, or about 30 cents a day, the costs come nowhere near the market value for use of prime SF real estate. The fee is especially favorable compared to the single-day permit rate, which is 40 times higher. That means people who only occasionally […]

Free Parking Addicts Blast Proposed Parking Permits Near Alamo Square

By Stan Parkford | Jan 20, 2015 | 19 Comments

After months of planning, the SFMTA gave initial approval on Friday to a new Residential Parking Permit (RPP) zone known as Area Q in the Alamo Square and North of Pandhandle neighborhoods. If the zone is enacted, parking permit holders would pay a $110 annual fee (about 30 cents per day) to get an exemption from two-hour parking limits instituted […]

Are Mayor Lee, SFPD, and SFMTA Serious About Ending Hazardous Parking?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2014 | 27 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee, along with the heads of the SFPD and SFMTA, vowed yesterday to crack down on double parking and “box blocking” as part of broader “Congestion Management Strategy to improve traffic flow and safety.” It’s a big promise, upending SF’s history of lax enforcement towards parking violations that routinely make streets more dangerous […]

SF Voters Reject Cars-First Prop L — Will City Hall Finally Take the Hint?

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 5, 2014 | 76 Comments

Proposition L was nixed by San Francisco voters yesterday. With nearly all of the votes counted, 62 percent rejected Sean Parker’s measure to keep SF in the 20th century by prioritizing free parking and encouraging driving. Leaders at City Hall, and the agencies that shape SF’s streets, should read the writing on the wall: San Franciscans want to put […]

Ballot Language for Cars-First Prop L is Misleadingly Vague

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 4, 2014 | 41 Comments

Voters returning from the polls today have pointed out the painfully vague ballot language used to describe Proposition L, the advisory measure to enshrine free parking and more driving as high priority in city policy. All voters see on the ballot is the question, “Shall it be City policy to change parking and transportation priorities?” […]

Study Quantifies How Unbalanced SF’s Car-Centric Streets Are

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 3, 2014 | 16 Comments

Any doubts that most of San Francisco’s public space is consumed by private automobiles, whether moving or stored, could probably be put to rest with a quick glance at the city’s car-dominated streets. But a new study pulls together some eye-opening numbers about just how unbalanced SF’s priorities have been in allocating street space, prioritizing […]

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