Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking

Who’s Not Against Cars-First Prop L? Supes Tang, Farrell, Yee, and Mayor Lee

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 31, 2014 | 3 Comments

With only a few days left until the election, four elected officials have yet to take a stance on Proposition L, the Republican-crafted measure that misleadingly urges San Francisco to “restore transportation balance” by giving priority to private automobiles and free parking. Supervisors Katy Tang, Mark Farrell, Norman Yee, and Mayor Ed Lee apparently see no need to come out against […]

Sorry, Sean Parker: Fighting Safe Streets With Prop L Won’t Help the Poor

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 30, 2014 | 107 Comments

We may never know why Sean Parker decided to pour tens of thousands of dollars into Proposition L, a measure crafted and funded by Republicans who want to enshrine 20th-century car-centric policies in San Francisco. With his contribution, Parker decided to amplify this “primal scream from motorists,” as the Bay Guardian put it. On Tuesday, […]

Tuesday: Support Needed for a Car-Free Bike/Ped Path on the Marina

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 17, 2014 | 9 Comments

One year after community planning meetings began, plans finally appear to be moving forward for removing the 51 parking spaces in the middle of a walking and biking path along the Marina — the only stretch of the 500-mile Bay Trail with cars on it. But Marina boat owners aren’t giving up, and car-free path supporters need to turn […]

New CA Database Shows How Much Parking Costs and How Little It’s Used

By Melanie Curry | Oct 17, 2014 | No Comments

Zoning laws in California usually require new developments to come with a minimum number of parking spaces. Housing, restaurants, stores, movie theaters — everything requires some number of parking spaces, theoretically based on the best available data. Usually that data is whatever is listed in the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) Parking Generation Manual. Since that manual […]

Eyes on the Street: Drivers Blatantly Park in the Oak Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 14, 2014 | 13 Comments

If the tow trucks stowed in the Fell Street bike lane weren’t enough a blatantly dangerous abuse of space for people on bikes, the situation on its Oak Street counterpart can be even more egregious. Patrick Traughber recently tweeted the above photo of five vehicles parked in Oak’s curbside, buffered bike lane, squeezing bike commuters […]

Show More Stories