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Was thinking about Bayview/Silver Terrace and neighborhoods like this, where is is very unfair to expect service workers and the like w long commutes who live there to give up cars when rich people won't. How can we deliver safer streets for these people? 1/?
What if we did the Dutch thing of limiting access to streets but having nearby parking lots? -crazy intersections like this could be repurposed as residential lots, w a casual low cost permitting system...2/?
...then you could justifiably start enforcing sidewalk parking, but ease into it and allowing people to opt into using the lot nearby before you start levying fines...
...we just can't be all stick and no carrot with this stuff, my guess is most residents would embrace a system like this once they say the upside of less traffic and kids actually being able to use the street.... 4/?
..."saw" the upside...with centralized parking the city or neighborhood groups could contract security to enforce time limits and prevent break ins...5/?
...my thinking is evolving on this, we need to acknowledge that stricter parking enforcement will not fall on all people in a way that's equitable, and esp now w COVID when we need to ease the path for frontline workers, who arguably need cars more than you do...6/?
...to drive to Pt Reyes this weekend for a break from your remote job. 7/done
