SF News SFMTA to Upgrade Bus Lane Ticketing System, Expects to Raise Number of Fines by 500% SFMTA plans to implement $15.6 million in upgrades to its red bus lane ticketing program, which consists of two officers manually reviewing video footage and issuing around 20 citations per day. The new system is expected to help them generate about 100 per day.
SF News Local App-Maker Makes Viral App to Track SF Parking Cops The guy behind the app we recently told you about that tracks the relative hotness of restaurant patrons has a new app that tracks SF's meter maids/parking cops in real time.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFMTA to Do 'Intensive' Sweep For Parking Violations In May The SFMTA is going to be doing an "intensive" crackdown on parking next month; an East Bay rapper has been charged with robbery and false imprisonment; and Redwood City is looking to permanently ban cars from a section of Broadway.
SF News Is Chalking Tires By Meter Maids Unconstitutional? One Lawsuit Filed In SF Says Yes A wave of lawsuits against cities over the practice of marking car tires with chalk to catch violators of time-restricted parking zones has come to San Francisco, and one woman is suing the city for $50 million over the practice.
SF News Double-Parking Uber And Lyft Drivers Scramble To Beat Bus Cameras It's one of those moments of media confluence: One the same day that the SF Chronicle announces via headline that "Parking scofflaws can’t escape Muni bus cameras," KRON 4's Stanley Roberts shows
SF News SFMTA Board Wants To Bring Back Sunday Parking Meter Enforcement As noted yesterday, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency's Board was presented with a proposal to increase cash Muni fares. But that's not the only way they're looking at making dough, as SF's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Startup Disrupts Your Day With Fake Parking Ticket Marketing Campaign You know what sucks? Walking back to your car after leaving a restaurant, only to find a #parkingticket. #mealticket pic.twitter.com/5Ry4UsUNj3— Kitchit (@Kitchit) May 18, 2015 Double check that potential parking