SF News Fell and Oak Streets to Become Less Deadly for Bicyclists At yesterday's SFMTA Board meeting, a proposed Fell and Oak Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project was unanimously approved. This means that the two parallel throughways, upon which thousands of cars careen everyday to
SF News Supervisors Consider Ban on Overnight RV Parking You know that RV across the street that never seems to go anywhere and out of which occasionally stumbles a disheveled person? Well, Supervisor Carmen Chu wants to do something about that nonsense.
SF News Photo: Oakland Cop Parks In Disabled Parking Spot While Getting Peet's Coffee An SFist tipster, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent us this photo of an Oakland police officer parking in a disabled parking space in Temescal on Monday while sipping some brew inside a
SF News 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
SF News S.F. Drivers Cannot Find Cheap Parking, Numbers Show It's been about nine months since the SFMTA rolled out the high-tech SFPark program, which means it is time again to check in on the deluge of data from those fancy meters. When
SF News Cabal of Nanny-Aided Moms Knows How to Get Cheap Parking Permits Mothers in San Francisco have been lobbying for months to get parking permits for their nannies, thus allowing their frazzled and exhausted hired help to park closer to the homes they work in
SF News Phil Ting Not Excited About MTA's Parking Ticket Plan City Assessor and Mayoral Candidate Phil Ting wasn't too keen on MTA's plan to increase the number of parking tickets they hand out this year. So he did what every reasonable person who
SF News More Parking Tickets In 2011 This should go over swimmingly with some San Franciscans. Looking to fill Muni's $21 million budget shortfall, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials plan on ticketing divers more in 2011. Yes, in lieu
misc Virgin Megastore: Temporary Holiday Parking (Video) Late last night, somebody decided to park their cheap import right by the escalators in the empty Virgin Megastore on Market Street. So far, both the SFAppeal and the Weekly have been unable
misc Carpool to Holiday Shopping, Get Parking Discounts at City Garages A public service announcement from the Examiner: an MTA program to encourage carpooling and hopefully ease holiday congestion begins tomorrow and runs until December 26th at eight different city garages. The program offers
SF News High-Tech Parking Meters Make S.F. Debut Today Today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rolled out new parking meters, high-tech ones that will replace old meters with new "coin and card" ones in Hayes Valley. Part of a pilot program
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Haves and Have-Nots of SF Parking Brought to you by James Corrigan. Gnash your teeth, and enjoy.
SF News 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
SF News Fine Increase Approved For SF Disabled Placard Abusers In addition to an eternity burning in the lower circles of hell, handicap placard and parking space abusers will now face larger fines in San Francisco. Yesterday, the SFMTA approved fine increases for
SF News Meanwhile, Oakland Rolls Back Parking Meter Hours While San Franciscans lose their righteous marbles over whether or not to extend parking meter hours, Oakland has pushed back parking enforcement from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. Why? Because it's
misc Ask SFist: Parking in Nob/Russian Hill On viscous news days such as today, we reach into our inbox to see what readers have on their minds. Here's something: I’m now a car owner living in Russian Hill and
SF News Cop Writes Ticket, Even With Time Left in Parking Meter SFist reader Mike sent us the following narrative about a suspicious parking ticket situation that went down this afternoon. Behold. Tuesday, August 25th, high noon 2nd and Folsom I see a traffic cop
misc Photo du Jour 475 One of those (dangerous looking) Smart Cars parked perpendicularly, shot by Jim Herd of SFCitizen. Is it legal to park your fun-size car like that, Herd asks? Nope.
misc Perturbed Windshield Note Will Make You Swoon Found over at 23rd and Guerrero in the Mission district, SFist Cedric found the above love letter stuck on his windshield. He explains, "I found a spot that was literally three inches longer
SF News Glen Park Getting Hipper, Congestion Improvements in the Works Glen Park, which we have always thought was adorable and near [Update] where SFist Deborah resides, has been experiencing quite a growth spurt recently. New restaurants and businesses have been steadily opening up,
SF News A Newish Kind of Parking Ticket For those of you who live in neighborhoods like the Sunnyside, Glen Park, Bernal Heights, and other places many San Francisco residents don't know exist, beware. A new kind of parking ticket is
misc Parking on Alabama Street Gone Awry Local blogger Bunny Land had a bit of trouble when trying to park his scooter the other day. "I parked at a small stretch of curb between two driveways. I avoid this spot,
SF News SF Parking Meters to Use Law of Supply and Demand San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials plan on capitalizing on the lack of parking spaces in San Francisco with the start of demand-based parking meters. Kicking off today, the idea goes something like
misc Boxed In: A Parking Panorama Then, a couple of weeks ago, just before the recent holiday weekend, we witnessed the drivers of two boxed-in cars in a row compete to see who could get their cars the hell
