PAY TO PARK (AND RIDE)
There you are, coming off your high resulting from a beautiful sunny San Francisco weekend of the America’s Cup races, amazing eats, and time with friends and family… You’re thinking, this weekend was great, but once again, it was impossible to find parking anywhere, and getting around in this city is soooooo expensive. Well, folks, it’s just the beginning. The City Insider team tells us SFpark is increasing city parking meter fees AND the Clipper Card is about to cost more than free. Maybe it’s time to invest in that bike you’ve always (or never) wanted?
- City Insider: Hourly metered parking fee to hit $5.25 (Chronicle) 08/27/12
- Editorial: The parking fee's too low (SF Bay Guardian) 08/15/12
- San Francisco eager to simplify parking program’s current jumble of zones (Examiner) 08/13/12
- City Insider: Foes want Lee to stop with frisk plans (Chronicle) 07/18/12
- Parking meters to go up near AT&T Park (Chronicle) 07/17/12
- City policy means parking meters will operate July 4 (Examiner) 07/03/12
- Editorial: SF shouldn't gouge drivers to pay for transit (Chronicle) 06/25/12
- Free Parking: ENUF Targets Proliferation of Parking Meters (SF Weekly) 06/13/12
- S.F. plan to install new parking meters on hold (Chronicle) 01/31/12
- Outcry delays new meters for 5,000 San Francisco parking spots (Examiner) 01/30/12
Katie Kincaid