[Carfreeliving] enforcement (was: Muni tokens)

[Brinkman, Cheryl]

Agreed - I don't have to call in expired parking meters or neighborhood
parking sticker violations.  Why I have to call in cars on the sidewalks
continues to elude me.  The priority should be first to ticket cars
which are parked where it is NEVER legal to park, sidewalks, bus zones,
curb cuts, double parked, then move on to cars who parked outside the
legality of a legal spot - expired meters, sticker zones, etc.
 
It does foster a bad sense of community and pits drivers against
walkers.  Not good.  DPT should ticket on sight and patrol for sidewalk
parkers during rush hour - when more people are walking - and into the
night.  I will volunteer my time as a PCO only authorized to ticket cars
on the sidewalks, and I could find many other to do the same: we will
make so much money for the City in the first month it will make their
heads spin.  Then it will decline as people learn not to park on the
sidewalk.
 
 
 
 


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From: Dave Snyder [mailto:dave at livablecity.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:36 PM
To: Mike Sallaberry; Carfreeliving at livablecity.org
Subject: RE: [Carfreeliving] enforcement (was: Muni tokens)


Something else I've realized about calling people in...I've noticed my
neighbors pointing fingers at each other, speculating who called in who
and for what reason.  Basically, the anonymous calling in of cars and
motorcycles on my block has created a negative atmosphere of suspicion
and false accusations.  


Which is why the DPT's policy of not enforcing the law unless a neighbor
complains is an anti-social policy. Consistent enforcement of this
particular policy will do more to reduce the number of cars in San
Francisco than most changes in policy.


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