Suggestions from advocates for closing a $68 million SFMTA deficit

A proposed condo and hotel project would put a driveway and garage entry on a stretch of Natoma Street, between First and Second streets, that’s now effectively car-free. That is angering champions of bike lanes and walkable streets.

There are currently 228 parking spaces in the podium of the 227-unit Bay Towers building at 388 Beale Street, the majority of which are tucked away behind the vented semi-circles on the third and fourth floors of the 20-story building which was developed in 1999. But plans to remove 44 of the Bay Tower’s parking […]