MTA reviews proposal to extend meter hours 10/20
The SF MTA will be reviewing a proposal to extend meter hours to evenings and Sundays in commercial districts around San Francisco on October 20. This proposal was requested by the MTA board as part of the 2010 budget, as a means to find additional revenue to avoid service cuts and also to reduce car traffic in heavily traveled corridors.
As written, the proposal would generate approximately $8 million annually, enough to avoid at least some service cuts. Priorities for Rescue Muni are to make it easy for drivers to pay the meters (parking cards are still very difficult to find at retail stores), and to use the money to fund service improvements such as expanded limited stop service as proposed in the Transit Effectiveness Project.
If you agree that extended meter hours could be a good way to fund expanded service, please attend the meeting on October 20 at 2 pm at City Hall, room 400. (Yes, this is impossible for people who work normal business hours. We have complained about this in the past.)
Update: The Chronicle covered the story.
Update 10/20: Beyond Chron has a commentary as well.
Before you make up your mind about extended meter hours, please watch this CBS 5 new video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKj453MO00
That also needs to be addressed. City employees should be paying meters; disabled permit abuse needs to be cracked down on; AND meter hours need to be extended. It’s not an either-or proposition.