The SFMTA is having what is sure to be a swell town hall meeting tonight in West Portal to discuss their budget, and the topic of charging for parking meters on Sundays. Let the yelling begin! more ›

The front page of the New York Times website right now is a story about San Francisco's new demand-based, variably priced parking system, which they claim is already making parking spots easier to find! What say you, dearest readers? Has this really already had the impact the Times is telling everyone it has? more ›

There is no end in sight for the SFMTA's budget woes, and at today's board meeting they will discuss various proposals for closing an estimated $20 million shortfall this year and $34 million shortfall next year. One of the ideas on the table: extending parking meter hours into the evening, and doing away with free Sundays at metered spots. more ›

Despite having one of the highest expired meter fines in the country, it turns out the Municipal Transportation Agency is not, in fact, out to stick drivers with costly tickets. Or rather, the agency is at least generous enough to give local drivers the tools they need to avoid the tickets in the first place. As the Chronicle reports, the SFMTA is rolling out text message alerts and pay-by-phone options for parking meters starting with a test program in the Castro. more ›

Thankfully, the SF MTA board deadlocked in a vote to impose a one-hour limit on parking in spaces with a broken meter, meaning the old rules are going to continue to apply. A proposal to change the current rules, which are that you can park for free at a broken meter space for the duration of the space's posted time limit, was made to discourage people from tampering with meters -- L.A. recently banned parking at broken meters altogether for this reason. But with 300 to 500 meters broken at any given time in this town, making parking harder would have just pissed everyone off. [SF Appeal] more ›

Nothing in life is free, so it goes, and the same goes for parking. Yesterday, the SF MTA board voted to install shiny, new parking meters that would cover 1,340 new spaces on 37 street sections in 10 neighborhoods," reports the Chronicle. About half of these new meters will operate with congestion-based pricing, with rates that rise and fall with demand. more ›

In an effort to generate anywhere from $2 to $3 million a year, Mayor Gavin Newsom says he's warming up to the idea of citywide Sunday meters. Right now only waterfront and Embarcadero meters operate on Sundays. more ›

Everyone's favorite San Francisco rabblerousers, Matier & Ross, wrote an article on a proposal to raise parking meter violation rates. If approved, violating a meter's time downtown could result in a $60 ticket. more ›