Parking

San Francisco has a subculture of parking vigilantes. Frustrated with widespread illegal parking, most of all blocking sidewalks, these residents have taken it upon themselves to report vehicles to the city, often resulting in a parking ticket.

Parking is set to be removed from nearly 1,200 bus stops to help seniors and people with disabilities access transit.

It’s a ‘step in the right direction’, some merchants say

Some urban designers have long wanted to reduce the area set aside for cars. Covid is giving them a chance.

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association is asking San Francisco leaders to allow restaurants to temporarily expand outdoors as shelter-in-place lifts.

The San Bruno Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project turned a scruffy neighborhood in San Francisco’s Portola district into a vision of the city’s future: wide sidewalks, “bulb-out” curbs, fewer parking spaces.

Curb space in city centers is a scarce resource. And as demand for this space increases — with the rise of urban deliveries, shared…