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SFMTA Abandons Parking Meter Plans in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill
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The SFMTA has given up on its neighborhood-scale plans to install parking meters in the Dogpatch and Portrero Hill, while parking meter approvals in the northeast Mission move forward at a snail’s pace. After two years of tangling with the city, the defenders of dysfunctional free parking have effectively caused a huge setback for progressive […]
SFMTA Board Repeals Sunday Parking Meters
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The SFMTA Board of Directors today caved to pressure from Mayor Ed Lee by removing Sunday parking meters, a move folded into its approval of the agency’s two-year budget. The Sunday meter reversal was supported by all but one of the SFMTA’s board members, who are appointed by the mayor. Board member Cristina Rubke said she […]
Supervisors Give Golden Gate Park Meter Study the Go-Ahead
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Could parking meters ruin this view? Flickr photo: morganthemoth In a vote that signaled both San Francisco’s new direction on parking policy and the severity of current budget shortfalls, the Board of Supervisors yesterday approved an ordinance giving the MTA authority to study installing parking meters in the eastern portion of Golden Gate Park. By […]
The Outside Lands Transpo Crunch: Bringing 65K People Per Day to GG Park
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For the fifth year, San Francisco’s transportation system will absorb one of its largest floods of travelers when 65,000 daily attendees descend upon Golden Gate Park this weekend for the three-day Outside Lands music festival. With festival goers traveling from near and far, promoters have tried each year to curb the number of people arriving […]
Commentary: Say “No Way” to More Delay on J.F.K.
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Regardless of whether someone drives, rides transit, bikes, or walks to the park, no visitor should ever be endangered by a selfish, entitled minority of wealthy motorists who prefer to use the park as a freeway.
Key City Agencies Vote to Make J.F.K. Promenade Permanent
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The millionaires at the de Young buy a banner ad on front page of Chronicle as more and more government agencies align behind making the J.F.K. Promenade permanent