Comments on: Progress on expanded parking meters http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/06/21/progress-on-expanded-parking-meters/ A transit riders' association for San Francisco Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrew http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/06/21/progress-on-expanded-parking-meters/#comment-6092 Andrew Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:07:11 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/06/21/progress-on-expanded-parking-meters/#comment-6092 Auto drivers aren’t “the enemy” – many of us also drive cars but just want better transit service, and transit service costs money.

As background, the Transit-First Policy is part of the City Charter, approved at least three times by voters (in the 1970s when it was created, and in 1999 and 2007 with Propositions E and A). This is now Charter section 8A.115. The text is at:

http://www.municode.com/content/4201/14130/HTML/ch008a.html

It is completely consistent with this policy to expand parking meters and use the money to fund mass transit.

]]> By: Don http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/06/21/progress-on-expanded-parking-meters/#comment-6091 Don Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:07:22 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/06/21/progress-on-expanded-parking-meters/#comment-6091 Voters have repeatedly approved Transit-First? I am not even sure what “transit-first” means and I am a supporter of public transit. Unfortunately, the majority of SF voters seems to be voting with their feet (or seat in the car) and do not appear to be placing transit first.

Rescue Muni should stop making automobile drivers the enemy. Punishing drivers will not improve Muni. Rescue Muni should not even mention automobiles in the same breath as improving Muni.

Giving Muni more money does not seem to make it any better either. Nevertheless, expanded meters may make sense for other reasons.

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