Should SFMTA put parking meters on residential streets? Speak Up Now.

Urgent action needed: SFMTA is proposing to convert free parking on residential streets into paid parking via meter or kiosk or pay by phone.

Send an email ASAP.

Update: The meeting at Moscone Rec Center on 12/2 was as expected: no meaningful discussion, posters around the room and the opportunity to voice your opinion via sticky note. 🤡

What's happening:

As a general rule, parking meters (or paid parking via kiosks) are on commercial streets and not on residential streets, for many reasons. The primary policy distinction is that commercial zones focus on maximizing economic activity and managing high parking demand, while residential zones prioritize the needs and the convenience of residents.

In direct opposition to best practice, SFMTA plans to install parking meters or kiosks or poles with signs on residential streets, currently planning on the Marina and the area around Union Street.

Installing parking meters/ paid visitor parking in residential areas will result in the elimination of any free parking for shoppers, diners or visitors to your home. If not stopped now, they will roll this out across San Francisco, drastically reducing the quality of life for San Franciscans.

This policy is bad economics and serves only to continue to inconvenience residents who rely or choose to use their cars in the city.

Please send an email now to protest SFMTA’s latest scheme to make life more expensive and more difficult for San Franciscans.

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Message to the Board of Supervisors, Mayor, Mayor-Elect and SFMTA

Dear Supervisors, Mayor, Mayor-Elect, and SFMTA,&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;San Francisco’s economic recovery is lagging, partly due to anti-business, anti-resident policies like SFMTA’s current proposal. The plan to install parking meters (or kiosks) on residential areas will only drive more people away from the city and shift consumer spending to places like Marin and South SF, where shopping remains convenient and welcoming.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;I strongly oppose parking meters / kiosks on residential streets in District 2 or anywhere in San Francisco. SFMTA’s focus should be on providing clean, safe, and reliable public transportation, not making life harder for residents and businesses. Policies like this threaten our small businesses, reduce quality of life, and alienate the very people who keep San Francisco vibrant.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;A recent poll on Nextdoor showed 98% opposition to parking meters (kiosks) on residential streets. SFMTA’s track record of unpopular decisions—like those on Valencia, Van Ness, and Geary—has shown a disregard for the majority's concerns. Residents already pay for Area Parking Stickers; adding more meters is purely punitive.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Parking meters belong in commercial areas where turnover matters, not in residential neighborhoods. This policy will hurt local businesses, reduce foot traffic, and make living here more expensive. San Francisco should not be a city where people are charged just to be outside.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;It’s time for our government to put constituents first and stop policies that make life in our city harder.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Thank you,

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Enough with the constant squeeze by SFMTA.

Urgent action needed: SFMTA is proposing to convert free parking on residential streets into paid parking via meter or kiosk or pay by phone.