Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFPark

SFPark: “It’s Really an Exciting Time in the Meter World”

By Matthew Roth | May 21, 2009 | 7 Comments

Signs for the new SFPark pilot. Photos: Matthew Roth The Port of San Francisco last week installed the first 8 of more than 100 new multi-space meters along the Embarcadero from the Ferry Building south to AT&T Park in what will become San Francisco’s new pilot in dynamic parking management, SFPark. The Port meters are […]

Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part II

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel MTA Executive Director Nat Ford sat down with Streetsblog San Francisco last week for an hour-long interview. In today’s segment, he addresses the funding crisis facing California transit agencies, the long-awaited implementation of the Bike Plan and the internal MTA battle over how to balance the different modes. I also asked […]

Concrete Giveaway: Free and Exclusive Parking on the Public Street

By Greg Riessen | Jan 30, 2009 | 21 Comments

This public street has zero public parking spaces, due to private driveways. Curb cuts, also known as driveways, theoretically provide vehicle access from the street into a private garage. New development in San Francisco has been required to include off-street parking since the 50s, in an effort to ensure a convenient supply of on-street parking. […]

Bike Commuter David Chiu Will Preside Over the Board of Supes

By Matthew Roth | Jan 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

David Chiu, accepting the presidency of the Board of Supervisors, with Mayor Newsom looking on. After seven rounds of voting and nearly an hour of exasperating political theater, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors chose newly elected District 3 Supervisor David Chiu as its president. A voluble cheer erupted in the North Light Court at […]

SF’s Parking Experiment to Test Shoup’s Traffic Theories

By Matthew Roth | Jan 6, 2009 | 3 Comments

SF Park Pilot Areas – Richmond and West Portal control areas not featured The Municipal Transportation Agency’s federally-funded parking experiment, SFPark, is shaping up to be the most powerful tool remaining in the city’s traffic-busting toolbox considering the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s criticism of congestion pricing and Mayor Newsom’s recent tempered support for the […]