Comments on: Supervisors Give Golden Gate Park Meter Study the Go-Ahead http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marcos http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-17781 marcos Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:01:06 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=10531#comment-17781 Political and engineering challenges aside for a moment, does anyone know if there are any state legal impediments towards the City charging a toll for motorists to enter Golden Gate Park? Would the same state preemption for which Congestion Pricing would require an exemption apply to a municipal park? -marc Political and engineering challenges aside for a moment, does anyone know if there are any state legal impediments towards the City charging a toll for motorists to enter Golden Gate Park?

Would the same state preemption for which Congestion Pricing would require an exemption apply to a municipal park?

-marc

]]> By: jc http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-17761 jc Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:54:44 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=10531#comment-17761 Overflow? Install meters in the neighborhoods too and hand out residential permits to residents. And who's still talking about individual parking meters? Don't we have solar powered smart meters now, one per every 10 cars? If parking is such a problem and eyesore, study building a parking garage, get people in and parked, charge them for the service, and let them -- and everyone else -- enjoy a less parked-car-dominated streetscape. Overflow? Install meters in the neighborhoods too and hand out residential permits to residents.

And who’s still talking about individual parking meters? Don’t we have solar powered smart meters now, one per every 10 cars?

If parking is such a problem and eyesore, study building a parking garage, get people in and parked, charge them for the service, and let them — and everyone else — enjoy a less parked-car-dominated streetscape.

]]> By: Susan King http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-17741 Susan King Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:23:02 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=10531#comment-17741 I'd find the whole flap over parking meter aesthetics amusing if it weren't so sad. Meter poles are unsightly and lines of all-day parked cars are not? When no cars are parked, we are reminded of their visit by the puddles of toxic oils and other effluents they leave behind. The rotten condition of GG Park roads- esp. JFK (due for a make over soon, I hear) is due to the heavy auto traffic that travels through- not to but through- the park on a daily basis as part of people's regular commutes. I'd like to see the park charge admission- they have done this in regional parks in LA for decades- and limit cross park traffic to Crossover Drive or else pay up. Nothing is free anymore, we need to challenge the notion of free parking as a sacred cow. sk I’d find the whole flap over parking meter aesthetics amusing if it weren’t so sad. Meter poles are unsightly and lines of all-day parked cars are not? When no cars are parked, we are reminded of their visit by the puddles of toxic oils and other effluents they leave behind. The rotten condition of GG Park roads- esp. JFK (due for a make over soon, I hear) is due to the heavy auto traffic that travels through- not to but through- the park on a daily basis as part of people’s regular commutes.

I’d like to see the park charge admission- they have done this in regional parks in LA for decades- and limit cross park traffic to Crossover Drive or else pay up. Nothing is free anymore, we need to challenge the notion of free parking as a sacred cow.

sk

]]> By: Nick http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-17521 Nick Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:51:05 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=10531#comment-17521 A long time ago the City made the decision not to install street signs in the park. Have you ever noticed that? Someone once told me it was to keep it looking like a park as much as possible. Maybe they'll have to think of a new response. A long time ago the City made the decision not to install street signs in the park. Have you ever noticed that? Someone once told me it was to keep it looking like a park as much as possible.

Maybe they’ll have to think of a new response.

]]> By: Josh http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/22/supervisors-give-golden-gate-park-meter-study-the-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-17361 Josh Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:27:45 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=10531#comment-17361 I'd be as concerned as Mr. Eslbernd about the aesthetic impact of the meters if you could see them behind the wall of cars that line the park's streets. parks do not equal parking lots I’d be as concerned as Mr. Eslbernd about the aesthetic impact of the meters if you could see them behind the wall of cars that line the park’s streets.

parks do not equal parking lots

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