Should church goers be absolved of their parking sins? City wants to know
November 11, 2015
Wish you owned a bulldozer when you see cars parked along the medians on Dolores and Guerrero streets? Consider the practice a necessary evil? The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants to hear from you.
After years of allowing illegal median parking along sections of both streets on weekends, particularly around church services, an SFMTA committee has been weighing whether to outlaw or formally legalize the practice. Now, the agency wants feedback from residents, business owners, church goers and other frequent visitors via an online survey.
SFMTA doing a study of Guerrero median parking, not just quietly ignoring it. pic.twitter.com/s3MFNPL0X3
— Eric Fischer (@enf) November 11, 2015
The area the committee is looking at is the sections of Guerrero and Dolores between 14th and 21st streets, near often crowded Dolores Park and a handful of churches where medians are treated like overflow parking lots during Sunday services. Critics of the longstanding practice say it impedes the flow of traffic, presents dangers to drivers and that it’s unfair to allow parishioners, but not other members of the public, to park there.
The nine-question survey – I took it – asks about completely eliminating median parking, legalizing it and posting the necessary signs, or keeping the situation as is. It closes on Nov. 25, so get to it.
[H/t Mr. Eric Sir, top photo by Mik Scheper]
I took the survey! I don’t mind allowing it as long as it is clear when/where it’s allowed, and I would prefer that they meter the spots so turnover is encouraged.