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San Francisco supervisors press SFMTA for stronger scooter sidewalk enforcement and anti‑sidewalk technology
Summary
The Board of Supervisors Land Use & Transportation Committee on Oct. 3 advanced a Peskin resolution urging SFMTA to require city‑approved anti‑sidewalk‑riding technology, empower parking control officers to issue administrative citations, and consider higher fines and device caps in hotspot areas; the committee endorsed Peskin’s amendments and sent the measure to the full Board.
Supervisors on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use & Transportation Committee on Oct. 3 signaled urgency in tightening rules for shared electric scooters, unanimously forwarding an amended resolution that asks the SFMTA to accelerate technology rollouts and enforcement to keep devices off sidewalks.
The resolution, introduced by Supervisor Aaron Peskin and amended by him at the hearing, urges the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to require city‑approved anti‑sidewalk‑riding technology on permitted scooters, to empower parking control officers to issue administrative citations for sidewalk riding and improper parking, and to consider device caps and steeper fines in high‑use areas such as the Embarcadero.
Peskin told the committee the city has endured “scooter geddon” and rising complaints, and proposed three concrete actions: allow only devices with approved…
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