Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Parking

The (Not-So) Odd Reasons Why SFPD Parks Cars All Around Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 30, 2014 | 10 Comments

A few years ago, SFPD’s Park Station in Golden Gate Park started storing police trucks and vans on a short section of pathway adjacent to the station’s fence. I first noticed this while biking on Kezar Drive several years ago, and since then I’ve never seen the path without a police vehicle and/or barricade in the […]

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Looking Back at San Francisco’s Second Park(ing) Day in 2006

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 19, 2014 | No Comments

Gasp, was it really eight years ago PARK(ing) Day San Francisco 2006 happened? It only feels like a few years have passed. I’ll never forget being in Oakland visiting a friend and learning that PARKing Day was happening the following day. I got up early, jumped on BART with my camera and went looking for all the spots inspired by Rebar, a […]

Costly New Parking Garages Still Gobbling Up Land at BART Stations

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2014 | 95 Comments

BART continues to encourage the construction of multi-story parking garages at its stations, despite the exorbitant costs and lost potential for valuable land that could be put to better use. On Monday, Oakland and BART officials held a press conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony to tout the opening of a 481-space parking structure at MacArthur BART station. […]

MoveOn.org Apologizes for Promotion of “Stop SFMTA” Free Parking Petition

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 2, 2014 | 14 Comments

An online petition against parking meters in San Francisco has been gathering thousands of signatures ever since it was launched two years ago on MoveOn.org, a website that claims to host petitions that support “progressive” causes. It’s pretty easy to collect signatures from disgruntled drivers who have been stung by parking tickets, and who glance […]

Parking-First “Save Polk Street” Crowd Attacks Van Ness BRT

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 28, 2014 | 86 Comments

“Save Polk Street” has aimed its parking-first agenda at Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit. A couple dozen speakers protested the project an SFMTA hearing last week, distributing fearmongering flyers [PDF] claiming that removing some parking and banning left turns would “kill small businesses,” back up car traffic, and make the street more dangerous. The long-delayed Van Ness […]

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