Parking Meters in Potrero Hill

by jim wilkins

Nov 23, 2011

Hi Neighbors,

I don't know how many of you have read the news about MTA's proposal to install parking meters in our neighborhood. This proposal, if carried out, will add parking meters directly in front of our residences. The attached document describes the proposed plan (see figure 13)Draft-Mission-Bay-Parking-Management-Strategy-10.28.11.pdf along with information about the meters themselves. Under the proposal, these meters will be active between 9am and 11pm. Therefore, if you live in the affected areas and park on the street, it will effectively require you to pay metered parking in front of your home. I find this an outrage and plan to start a petition and to develop an effective counter-strategy. There will be an upcoming SFMTA meeting for "public comment". This meeting has not yet been scheduled, but for more information on this proposal please see the attached PDF and/or contact and send comments to Jay Primus (Jay.Primus@sfmta.com). We have already contacted Supervisor Cohen's office : CohenStaff@sfgov.org and are waiting to hear back from her.

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  • Sean Angles

    Hi Jim,

    I and neighbors at 18th & Arkansas Homeowners Associate are interested to provide written opinion and attend the Friday January 13 hearing.

    We'd like to coordinate our efforts with you.  May I ask you to contact me:  Sean Angles  (415) 322 8211   seanangles@hotmail.com .

    We are concerned that proposed new parking restrictions will significantly impact our 18th & Arkansas street parking availability which will continue as an unrestricted parking area.  Commuters accustomed to free parking in the proposed zones and residents who won't purchase stickers are likely to move their vehicles to our immediate streets adjacent to the proposed restricted zones.


    Some have already noticed the parking impact on our immediate streets after the recently expanded residential parking sticker zone around Jackson Park which artificially pushed a problem up the hill to us.

    I think the SFMTA plan is misguided in its unmentioned scheme to generate fresh revenues from meters, stickers and fines while pretending to discourage private cars.  Because our neighborhood is poorly serviced by Muni (made worse by recent schedule cutbacks) as well as the lack of off street parking, commuters face very limited alternatives to street parking.  Also despite new meters installations, parking enforcement revenues continue to slide since its 2005 peak.

    Parking meters, restricted time zones, enforcement officers and tickets will permanently alter the character of Potrero Hill.  It will impose an undesirable urban hassle on our neighborhood quality.  Guests who now drive to visit our homes may think twice before coming when parking becomes impacted.

    We understand this Jan 13 hearing a one time chance to influence the parking meters decision.  Once installed, parking meters become nearly impossible to remove.

    Those interested to coordinate with our 18th & Arkansas Homeowners, please contact me at seanangles@hotmail.com or phone 415 322 8211.

    Jan 8, 2012

  • Jack Doyle

    I will be attending the hearing on Friday and will also be at the Dogpatch Neighborhood Association meeting tomorrow from 7 to 9 at 654 Minnesota.

    Last week I attended a meeting at 17th and Alabama about the proposed meter installation project over in that area. Both Mission Bay Parking Management Plan and 17th & Folsom Parking Management Plan are on the agenda for Friday's hearing.

    Things are getting inceasingly hard for us folks who have lived and worked in the city for years. The reach of the meters will become longer and longer unless residents rise up and say enough.

    Jan 9, 2012

  • Keith Burbank

    Dear Potrero Boosters:

    Hi.  Thank you for your help.  My name is Keith Burbank.  I am a writer for The Potrero View.  I have been covering the parking issue for the paper.  I have created a blog to provide more frequent updates to the issue.  The address of the blog is parkingmeterupdate.blogspot.com.  I hope this helps.  Thank you again.

    Sincerely,

    Keith Burbank

    ksburbank@gmail.com

    Jan 24, 2012