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Supervisors Hear Wide-Ranging Views on Parking, From Calls for More Garages to Dynamic Pricing
Summary
A full-day hearing on parking policy drew MTA, Transportation Authority and Planning Department briefings and hours of public comment. Officials discussed 320,000 on-street spaces, trade-offs of a citywide 1:1 parking requirement, and management tools such as dynamic pricing, parking benefit districts and shared parking.
San Francisco’s Government Audit and Oversight Committee held a lengthy public hearing on parking policy that brought city agency briefings and a steady stream of residents, merchants and advocates urging sharply different responses.
MTA and Department of Parking and Traffic staff told the committee the city has roughly 320,000 on-street parking spaces and about 23,000 parking meters; meter net revenues totalled about $29.7 million, the MTA presenter said. The Transportation Authority’s field studies in four neighborhoods found block-level occupancy above 85% in some commercial corridors and uneven turnover patterns that contribute to perceived shortages. "We have about 320,000 parking…
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