Communications between the SFPD and the DPT should be improved for situations where citizens have had their vehicles stolen. My vehicle was stolen and recovered with damage when the DPT was issuing a citation as the theives abandoned it on a public street. I have since attempted to reconcile this matter by phone. The first time I called, I was on hold with DPT for over 45 minutes at which time I opted to hang up. I was able to get through to them today and am sending a letter explaining my situation. In a nut shell, it seems entirely Read This Posty »

Poll citizens to obtain average hour of departure for work. Raise base DPT parking time to start no earlier than average. For example, my street bans parking from 6am to 8am; typically, I leave for work at 8:00am. Set street cleaning start times no earlier than, e.g., 8am (or whatever the average departure time is for citizens). Joan Carter Read This Posty »

MUNI: exhibit some political will to make a small change which will result in a huge improvement to MUNI bus service -- eliminate the "one stop for every block" concept in favor of having bus stops on every other block.  Bus service will be dramatically sped up, making it a more attractive prospect for commuters.  As a side benefit, hundreds, and potentially thousands of parking spaces (with associated revenue) will open up, too. DPT:  (parking div)  This City department is a nightmare tax division for many residents.  Badly-trained, and often belligerent, ticket-writers perform their tasks with impunity.  When they make mistakes Read This Posty »

Right now DPT wastes a ton of time chalking tires for 2hr parking enforcement.  Why can't we mandate the use of parking discs as in Europe?  When you park you mark the time you arrived and it displays when you expire on the disc.  That was the parking enforcement officers only have to make a single pass, which should allow more time to enforce more neighborhoods. Paul Linder Read This Posty »

I recently moved to a new apartment. At my old house, I parked in a spot I paid for, but in my new place, I had to park on the street. It's hard enough trying to find parking in SF, but if you don't have a parking sticker, finding a street with no sticker requirement AND no street sweeping the following morning is nearly impossible. So I went to the the DPT, paperwork filled out, money in hand (after spending all day at the DMV because the DPT told me to make sure my address was current on my registration) ready Read This Posty »