The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) faces a $15 million budget shortfall, prompting discussions on potential service reductions. Despite solutions like evening parking fees being effective in the past, agency staff opted against them, citing concerns of burdening motorists. Advocates argue this clashes with the city’s transit-first policy and criticize the lack of public input in decision-making. Feedback from community discussions indicated support for revisiting long-standing parking meter policies to alleviate budget issues, raising concerns around transparency and accountability within the agency's recent decisions.
"Of course, these aren't 'citywide' concerns. They're concerns from a vocal minority of motorists. In reality, the city 'community' voted for a transit-first city."
"The discussions that SFMTA has been hosting in the Muni Funding Working Group prove that once people understand the severity of potential Muni service cuts, they generally support changing our nearly 80-year-old parking meter policies."
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