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Whoa! You’ll Have to Pay SF Parking Meters ‘Til 10 p.m., Starting In July

The SFMTA is literally trying to nickel-and-dime its way out of a $130 million deficit, as drivers will have to feed the meters at SF parking spaces until 10 p.m., starting in July in some neighborhoods, and free Sunday parking will be a thing of the past.

[Update] New PayByPhone App To Let Drivers Reserve Spaces In Advance

Correction: This article incorrectly indicated that PayByPhone would operate its reservations at some metered street spaces. This is not so, the company has informed SFist: "PayByPhone wants to clarify that it plans to

With Towing Fees Slashed, SFMTA Now Wants Some Parking Meters To Run Past 6 PM

Now that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has successfully pushed the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to reduce towing fees, the MTA says they need to find a way to make up the

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Strip Clubs Advertise In SF Parking Meters

SFist commenter Akit brings our attention to San Francisco parking meters that have coupons for Centerfolds All Nude Cabaret seductively slipped into their credit card slots. Sexy! As Akit says in his Instagram

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

Day Around The Bay: Parking Meter Fees Might Soon Be Going Up

Parking meter fees might soon go up for everyone, not just credit card users, after Visa calls out SFMTA for violating an agreement. [Examiner] [CBS 5] More details on the Sacred Heart (Church

SFMTA Agrees To Dismiss (Some) Tickets Issued Even After They Said They Weren't Enforcing Meters

ATTN: No meter enforcement today. #BayAreaStorm— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) December 11, 2014 No Parking Meter Enforcement Today Due to #sfstorm #BayAreaStorm @sfmta_muni— City of SanFrancisco (@sfgov) December 11, 2014 "ATTN: No meter

MonkeyParking Says 'F**k Off' To San Francisco, Refuses To Shut Down

After City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued a cease and desist order earlier this week to the Italian startup MonkeyParking the mobile app that lets users auction off prime street parking spots for cash

By Mayor Lee's Decree, Sunday Parking Will Be Free

At last night's meeting, the SFMTA board approved a controversial plan, set in motion earlier this year during the Mayor's State of the City address, to return to the heady, circa-2012 days of

Ed Lee Wants To End Sunday Parking Meter Fees

"I was never a big fan of metering people on Sundays," Mayor Ed Lee said of parking meter fees. And now, almost one year after implementing them, Lee wants to end Sunday parking

Parking Meters Will Cost Money Tomorrow Because SFMTA Hates America

Keep an eye on the where you park your car while celebrating America's Birthday tomorrow: as the Examiner reminds us today, SFMTA hasn't considered the Fourth of July a meter-free holiday since 2009.

Want to Yell At Your Muni Overlords? Tonight You Can

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

NYT Now Intrigued By Our Demand-Based Parking System

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

Parking Meter Hours Could Get Extended to Evenings, Sundays

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

City Testing Pay-By-Phone For Parking Meters

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

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"He knows" by Erik Wilson.

Broken Parking Meters to Stay Free

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

S.F. Votes to Add Parking Meters

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

Newsom Eyes Sunday Parking Meter Enforcement

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

Parking Meters to Rob Drivers of More Money

Under the plan before the Municipal Transportation Agency, all tickets under $90 would go up $10 - including the ever-popular street-sweeping ticket, which snagged 664,361 people last year and would increase to