[Carfreeliving] enforcement (was: Muni tokens)

[Dave Snyder]

One solution is to use cameras mounted on the street sweeping 
machines to ticket all the cars that don't move for the street 
sweepers, freeing up jars and jars of peanut butter for other parts 
of the bread. Similarly, buses could be equipped with cameras for 
ticketing the owners of cars parked in bus stops. This latter idea 
has a positive effect that would be very popular socially: the bus 
stops would become extremely short-term parking zones, available for 
free parking until a bus comes, when the driver would have to get out 
of the way or else face a guaranteed $275 ticket.

Dave




  1:43 PM -0700 4/13/05, Mike Sallaberry wrote:
>Well, you have only so much peanut butter to spread, and a lot of 
>bread to cover.  If we make a big campaign to focus on bus stop 
>parking violations, we lose resources in other areas, like enforcing 
>sidewalk parking, preventing double parking on bus routes or in bike 
>lanes, etc etc.
>
>For instance, the person who lives on Hayes St near Divisadero who 
>has made it their personal quest to call in and have every 
>motorcycle parked on the 15' wide sidewalk ticketed is taking 
>resources away from what I think are bigger problems.  And yes, I 
>was one of those people to get a $100 ticket...thanks so much. 
> Prior to that, someone (the same person?) was kind enough to put a 
>U-lock around my front wheel, undoubtedly seen as an appropriate 
>punishment befitting such a heinous crime, at least from their 
>righteous point of view.
>
>Yes, I know that motorcycles can leak oil and are hot right after 
>operation, but what if they don't and are covered and are not in the 
>actual sidewalk space people walk?  Is it really worth calling in?
>
>Thanks.  I don't care if you agree with what I said...I needed that.  :)
>Mike
>
>ps  Does anyone else think it's fair that 3' wide, 400lb motorcycles 
>are ticketed the same amount as 3000 lb cars that block the entire 
>sidewalk and damage the concrete?  I don't mind parking on the 
>street, but I do mind my bike getting knocked over by one of the 
>many inept motor vehicle operators, most probably recently 
>transplanted from a suburb where parallel parking means pulling your 
>weekday car in next to your weekend car in the double wide home 
>garage.
>
>pps Don't worry Suzahna...I know it wasn't you that called in!
>
>>  ...
>  > Why doesn't DPT (aka MTA)  start enforcing bus stop parking
>>  violations? Who would the lobby be that would fight that?
>>  Politically, I don't get it.
>>
>>  suzahna
>
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