Analysis | By Marvin Ramírez
In San Francisco and across the Bay Area, city policies are increasingly hostile to private drivers. Red zones are expanding, curbside parking is vanishing, and parking enforcement is intensifying. At the same time, a surge in new apartment construction is bringing hundreds of new housing units—without providing enough parking for all the people who live in them.
The outcome is frustratingly familiar: working residents return home after long days only to find no place to park. Forced to gamble on restricted zones, many end up with tickets that eat into already tight budgets…