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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There’s even more. In some
Western neighborhoods, if you ask a meter person to ticket someone nearby who
is illegally parked (sidewalk, double, etc), they tell you to call downtown and
make arrangements to call the meter person, even if they can see the infraction
from where the request is made. I suspect that is also the case on <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stockton</st1:place></st1:City>. Benign
ignorance for local residents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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Carfreeliving-bounces@livablecity.org
[mailto:Carfreeliving-bounces@livablecity.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Tom Radulovich</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 13, 2006 10:32
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Carfree Living<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Carfreeliving] Matier
and Ross: Illegal parking still has curbappeal</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/13/MNR.TMP"><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font face=Times><span style='font-family:Times;
font-weight:bold'>Illegal parking still has curb appeal</span></font></b></span></a></span></font><span
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font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=1 face=Geneva><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Geneva'>- </span></font></span><a
href="mailto:matierandross@sfchronicle.com"><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=1 color="#0021e7" face=Geneva><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Geneva;color:#0021E7'>Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross</span></font></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=1 face=Geneva><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Geneva'>Monday, March 13, 2006 </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>Next time you get a parking ticket
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>,
here's something to think about -- you're one of the hapless few.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>On any given workday, 1 out of 3
vehicles parked in downtown San Francisco is breaking the rules -- it's either
camped in front of an expired meter, in a street-cleaning zone or maybe at a
curb painted a color that signals a potential infraction.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>And the chances that car will get a
ticket? Only about 1 in 20, according to a new in-house survey by the city's
Department of Parking and Traffic.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>Department workers who checked 13
downtown and neighboring commercial districts from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9 found that
parking control officers were toughest in the Financial District, with a
"capture rate" on parking violators of 14 percent.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>Best place to get away with it: <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Stockton Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place
w:st="on">Chinatown</st1:place>, where trucks double-park by the score and
regularly overstay their welcome at meters. The capture rate there is a mere 1
percent.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>Municipal Transportation Agency
spokeswoman Maggie Lynch said the ticket shortfall isn't from lack of trying.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>"Unlike some cities, our
parking officers have to do a lot of other things as well, like direct
traffic,'' Lynch said.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>One of the more interesting finds,
according to the report, is "use (and likely abuse)'' of placards for the
disabled in the city. About 1 in 10 parked cars surveyed had the blue placards,
which allow drivers to park free and for as long as they like.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>In May 2004, there were 32,866
placards for the disabled registered to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:place></st1:City> residents -- an increase of 54 percent since
1995. That same month, 3,674 temporary placards were issued.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>The explosion in the blue placards
prompted Parking and Traffic staffers to make a couple of interesting -- and no
doubt controversial -- suggestions.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>They include installing meters in
blue zones, but without any time limits on them.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>Or allowing a "generous"
time limit for the placards -- but a time limit all the same.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>"Those are just staff
suggestions,'' Lynch said. She said she wasn't sure if the city's new
transportation director, Nathaniel Ford Sr., had even seen the report yet.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>In any case, any change in disabled
parking rules would need state approval. You can imagine how many politicians
would want to take on that issue.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>By the way, according to the
Municipal Transportation Agency's 2006 fact sheet, the city issued 2 million
parking tickets last year -- for a take of $84.9 million.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>The biggest share of tickets, 33.7
percent, went for street-cleaning violations, followed by parking meter
violations at 27.5 percent.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>As for the meters themselves, they
generated just $24 million in revenue last fiscal year -- which once again
shows that when it comes to parking, the real money is in the tickets.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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