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Cleaning Up SF’s Car-Littered Sidewalks Will Take More Than Parking Tickets
Cars littered on San Francisco's sidewalks are a painfully common sight. The problem is perhaps most prevalent in outer neighborhoods like the Sunset and Bayview, where, for decades, homeowners with residential garages have paved over their front yards. The pedestrian environment on these streets is left degraded, with swaths of dead space where families and people with disabilities are often forced to walk around an obstacle course of cars and driveway ramps.
January 28, 2013
To Boost Shopping in Chinatown, SF Brings Back Ban on Car Parking
In San Francisco's Chinatown, removing car parking is great for business.
January 24, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Parking Enforcement Needed in Fell Street Bike Lane
Since the Fell Street buffered bike lane was partially implemented in November, drivers have continued to block it. Mostly, they seem to be customers using Bank of America's sidewalk ATM and truck drivers from Ted and Al's Towing.
January 9, 2013
Some Tips to Help SF Weekly Get Over the Free Parking Obsession
The folks at SF Weekly seem really upset about the end of free car parking on Sundays. The shock is apparently severe enough that Erin Sherbert put up a post yesterday directing readers to sign the petition demanding an absolute end to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency's expansion of parking meters, launched by the Eastern Neighborhoods United Front (ENUF). (Just a reminder: ENUF's spokesperson won a Streetsie Award this year for "most absurd argument against SFPark meters.")
January 8, 2013
The New Sunday in SF: Fewer Cars Clogging Up Your Commercial Street
Happy New Year, indeed. This Sunday will mark the day when San Francisco finally catches up with the times and runs parking meters during business hours on Sundays, ending the nonsensical weekly tradition of allowing prime parking spots in front of shops to sit occupied for free while drivers circle endlessly around the block.
January 4, 2013
Planning Department Looks to Boost Bike Parking Requirements
Buildings in San Francisco would be required to include more bicycle parking under legislation being developed by the Planning Department.
December 17, 2012
Livable City: Extra Parking for Car-Share Could Be Abused
Update 3/5/13: This bill was finally approved by the Board of Supervisors.
December 7, 2012
SFMTA Brings Back Parking Meter Planning to Tough Crowd in the NE Mission
Following fierce opposition that led the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to roll back its first attempt to expand car parking meters in the northeast Mission, the agency re-started a community process last night to develop a plan for managing parking demand in the area. The meeting was seen as a litmus test for the public's openness -- and the agency's tact -- which will be key to implementing parking meters and permit restrictions to reduce cruising for parking in a dense, complex neighborhood where parking problems are only expected to get worse.
November 30, 2012
Oakland’s Holiday Gift: Parking Dysfunction and Traffic Congestion
The City of Oakland would apparently like to think it's doing merchants and shoppers a favor by declaring all on-street car parking free every Saturday until New Year's.
November 30, 2012