S.F. Parking meter hours expansion proposal — your input needed TODAY!!
If you are a S.F. resident, visitor or business owner you may want to share your thoughts with the city. Details are below from an email sent by Carmen Chu as well as who to contact regarding this proposal. The proposal evaluates increasing meter times to midnight and Sundays. Where a quarter gets you 8 minutes on the meter, prepare to carry a whole lot more coin or meter cards if this proposal is passed.
Many residents in the District have called or have written to our office recently about proposals to expand parking meter hours in various neighborhoods throughout San Francisco. Most of the comments we have received have shown a lack of support for proposals to extend meter hours into the evenings or on Sundays. Whether you agree or disagree with the proposal, I wanted to make sure you aware of an opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
The MTA Board of Directors will be hearing staff report on proposals for expanding meter hours this Tuesday, October 20th at 2pm in City Hall. Please know that implementation of any parking meter policies is under the jurisdiction of the MTA Board of Directors and would not come before the Board of Supervisors. If you would like to voice your concerns, you can come testify on this issue in person or you can also write the MTA Board of Directors by email at MTABoard@SFMTA.com. The MTA Board can also be reached by phone at 415-701-4505. Board members include: Tom Nolan, James McCray, Cameron Beach, Shirley Breyer Black, Malcolm Heinicke, Jerry Lee, and Bruce Oka.
I highly encourage you to voice your thoughts on this issue, particularly at this juncture before any decisions are made. While changes in meter policy may be desirable in some areas, I believe that the MTA must be more surgical in their approach. Not only should the MTA take a look at circulation/congestion on a neighborhood by neighborhood level, but they must also take a look and assess how the economy has impacted different areas before implementing any changes. In the neighborhood commercial areas that I represent, I hear from many merchants how increased meter hours could hurt their businesses. It would be important to let the MTA Board of Directors know how a meter expansion will personally impact you or your business.
Thank you for your time,
Carmen Chu
SF Board of Supervisors
District 4
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
SF, CA 94102
(415) 554-7460
www.sfgov.org/chu
Channel 5 news video on parking meter study
Popularity: 37%
