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SFMTA’s Overnight Oversized‑Vehicle Pilot Reduced Local Counts but Raised Displacement, Outreach Concerns
Summary
SFMTA told supervisors its three‑month pilot restricting oversized vehicles overnight cut counts dramatically in enforcement zones but displaced some vehicles to adjacent streets; advocates and people living in vehicles warned outreach was limited and urged safe‑lot or storage solutions tied to case management.
Supervisor Katie Tang introduced a three‑month evaluation of an SFMTA pilot that prohibits oversized vehicles (longer than 22 feet or taller than 7 feet) from parking overnight in six pilot areas. SFMTA presented preliminary evaluation numbers showing 74 citations during the three months (about one per day), large reductions in posted pilot zones and observed displacement to nearby streets.
SFMTA staff said enforcement focused on two police districts with night‑watch patrols and that outreach included repeated flyer drops and coordination with the Department of Public Health’s Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and the…
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