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Street Parking in SF: Fees for Car-Share, Free for Car Owners
With hundreds of on-street parking spaces around San Francisco set to become available for car-share vehicles, the SFMTA plans to charge companies monthly fees for the conversion of curbside spots that are normally free. So while companies like City Car-Share, Zipcar, and Getaround -- which offer services that make it easier for residents to go without owning personal vehicles -- will pay up to $225 per month for reserved spots, private car owners will generally continue to pay nothing for the use of unmetered spaces.
July 30, 2013
Tonight: Tell the SFMTA What You Think About Its Proposal for a Safer Polk
Thanks to Lisa Ratner for shooting this video on Polk last Friday.
July 25, 2013
How Will SF Fund the Sustainable Transport System a Growing City Needs?
Within a few decades, San Francisco's streets will be even more clogged with cars, more dangerous for walking and biking, and Muni will burst at the seams as more people try to get around. That's the future city officials warned about at a hearing yesterday, painting a grim picture of traffic-choked streets if nothing is done to change the status quo of paltry funding for walking, biking, and transit.
July 23, 2013
SFMTA, Chiu Stand By Unprotected Bike Lane Proposal for Polk Street
Updated 5:16 p.m. with corrections on the number of blocks.
July 17, 2013
City’s First “Play Streets” Event Kicks Off in the Western Addition
Two blocks in the Western Addition were closed to cars and turned into a neighborhood gathering space Saturday for the city's first "Play Streets" event. The program is an effort to build on the success of Sunday Streets and provide smaller-scale car-free spaces where people can play and socialize on a more frequent basis.
July 16, 2013
Creating a Safer “Green Gateway” at Valencia and Mission Streets
A chunk of roadway at Valencia and Mission Streets would be reclaimed to create a plaza designed to make the corner more pedestrian-friendly and absorb stormwater under a project led by the SF Public Utilities Commission.
July 10, 2013
SFTRU Speaks Out Against Muni Service Cuts During Summer Break
Muni shouldn't cut service to save money while school's out for summer, the SF Transit Riders Union said in a statement yesterday. SFTRU is speaking out against what they call the SFMTA's double standard of reducing transit service in "the blink of an eye" while deliberating smart parking policy changes for years.
July 9, 2013
Will San Francisco Ever See Serious Enforcement of Bus-Only Lanes?
While waiting at a bus stop on Third Street this weekend, Streetsblog reader Mike Sonn tweeted about his frustration with the nearly non-existent enforcement of bus-only lanes. Watching drivers fill up the few traffic lanes set aside for transit with impunity is an everyday part of riding Muni in San Francisco, where ensuring that marked transit lanes are actually used for transit just doesn't seem to be a priority for police.
July 8, 2013
SFMTA Upgrades Embarcadero Bike Lanes to Green Status
The SFMTA painted the Embarcadero bike lanes green yesterday, which will hopefully help signal to drivers that it's not a parking lane. The SFMTA Livable Streets team wrote on its Facebook page that the Port of SF helped get the paint on the ground in time for the Fourth of July and America's Cup later this month.
July 2, 2013
Bay Area Bike Share Releases Pricing and Membership Details
Bay Area Bike Share just got more official with a new website, Facebook and Twitter account.
June 26, 2013