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Those incidents, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Female-cyclist-killed-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-13673483.php?psid=1GAfn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most recent of which\u003c/a> occurred in March, have spurred demands for heightened safety measures and prompted the city to try a series of mostly short-term fixes to make the two streets safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those immediate measures included \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2019/03/12/after-cyclists-death-city-to-remove-parking-from-two-blocks-of-howard-to-improve-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the rapid expansion\u003c/a> of a parking-protected bikeway along Howard Street after 30-year-old cyclist Tess Rothstein was killed March 8 while riding in an unprotected cycling lane between Fifth and Sixth streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11755438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11755438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-1200x769.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unprotected bike lane on Folsom Street, between Third and Fourth streets. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Folsom-Howard project, which has been under development for three years, is also driven in part by a recognition that the neighborhoods through which the two streets pass have changed dramatically from the light industrial and warehouse uses that characterized them in the mid-20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both streets are three-lane thoroughfares -- Howard one-way westbound, Folsom one-way eastbound -- that carry a sometimes chaotic mix of commute traffic, trucks making local deliveries and an increasing number of bicycle riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was just a different feel in this area of the city 50 or 60 years ago,\" said SFMTA engineer Paul Stanis, the Folsom-Howard project manager. Over the past couple of decades, the area has been marked by explosive growth in housing and employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we're doing is addressing that,\" Stanis said in an interview before the SFMTA board vote on June 18. \"While these streets were designed for vehicles for many decades, we're now designing them for people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reconfiguring the streets will involve reducing the number of traffic lanes from three lanes to two in most areas. About 120 curbside parking spaces would be eliminated -- a typical point of contention for businesses that seek to ensure nearby parking for customers and need to load or unload merchandise and supplies from the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA says it will accommodate businesses by increasing the number of loading zones along the corridor by 20 percent, a feat accomplished by removing some short-term parking and passenger loading zones along the two streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradley Dunn, an SFMTA public information officer who did community outreach on the project, said providing more loading zones will solve a chronic problem in the corridor: trucks double-parking or parking in bike lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We did an initial survey and found that 80 percent of the businesses reported that they either loaded or unloaded in the bike lane or the travel lane,\" Dunn said. \"So fixing that is a boon for local merchants that are already facing a lot of challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest change on the two streets would involve the dramatically improved bicycle infrastructure. The current bike lanes -- some of which are protected by a parking lane that's been shifted to the left from the curbs, some of which are simply painted lines adjacent to traffic lanes -- would be replaced by two-way parking-protected bikeways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Intersections along Howard and Folsom will feature new traffic signals -- separate lights to govern the movement of cyclists proceeding straight through an intersection and drivers making turns at the same corner. The signals would eliminate the \"mixing zone\" at intersections, the stretch of pavement where bikes and turning motor vehicles merge across each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11755439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11755439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-800x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-800x565.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-1200x847.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A \"mixing zone\" -- a point where turning vehicles moves across a bike lane -- at Howard and Seventh streets in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The project also includes fresh safety features for pedestrians, including \"bulb-outs\" that reduce the crossing distance at intersections and new, signal-protected midblock crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's planning process involved advocacy groups like the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Walk SF, as well as SoMa community organizations like the sponsor of the Folsom Street Fair, United Playaz and the South of Market Community Action Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Wiedenmeier, the bike coalition's executive director, praised the Howard and Folsom plan as a potential model for reimagining streets throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This really is the highest quality of infrastructure when it comes to bikes, pedestrians and transit that the city has put forward to date,\" Wiedenmeier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted that the Folsom and Howard project has combined a series of near-term fixes -- like the parking-protected bike lanes installed recently on Howard Street -- with a broader vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are iterating and learning from these pilot projects as we go, getting improvements in the ground quickly and then learning from those to inform the larger, long-term design,\" Wiedenmeier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project was almost unanimously applauded during public comment at the SFMTA board meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But John Elberling, who runs South of Market nonprofit housing developer TODCO, asked the SFMTA board to remove one block from the project -- Howard Street between Fourth and Fifth -- so it could be redesigned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the planned two-way bikeway on the block would endanger the 250 residents of TODCO's Woolf House senior housing facility, at Fourth and Howard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You cannot safely assume that they are going to see bicycles coming from both directions,\" Elberling said. \"... In fact, what you can assume is that a significant portion of the time, they won't see them coming.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board approved an amendment from Vice Chair Gwyneth Borden directing SFMTA staff to confer with TODCO and adopt design changes that address the Woolf House safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA board approval of the transformation proposal kicks off a two-year planning process for the city's Public Works department. Construction could begin in 2021 and take about two years to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The changes feature expansive new bike lanes, improved pedestrian crossings, and sophisticated traffic signaling designed to eliminate conflicts between bicycles and motor vehicles on the two boulevards between Second Street and 11th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project will also create a transit-only lane on Folsom that promises to make Muni bus service more reliable and new \"public realm\" sidewalk areas -- spaces akin to miniparks -- to be designed by community groups along the Howard and Folsom corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main driver for the changes is improving safety: The SFMTA notes that 391 traffic collisions have occurred over the last five years on the two corridors, which span roughly a mile and a half of each street. Of those crashes, 166, or about 40 percent, have involved pedestrians and cyclists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside those statistics: Three cyclists and three pedestrians have been killed in the corridor since January 2013. Those incidents, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Female-cyclist-killed-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-13673483.php?psid=1GAfn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most recent of which\u003c/a> occurred in March, have spurred demands for heightened safety measures and prompted the city to try a series of mostly short-term fixes to make the two streets safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those immediate measures included \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2019/03/12/after-cyclists-death-city-to-remove-parking-from-two-blocks-of-howard-to-improve-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the rapid expansion\u003c/a> of a parking-protected bikeway along Howard Street after 30-year-old cyclist Tess Rothstein was killed March 8 while riding in an unprotected cycling lane between Fifth and Sixth streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11755438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11755438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a-1200x769.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-a.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unprotected bike lane on Folsom Street, between Third and Fourth streets. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Folsom-Howard project, which has been under development for three years, is also driven in part by a recognition that the neighborhoods through which the two streets pass have changed dramatically from the light industrial and warehouse uses that characterized them in the mid-20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both streets are three-lane thoroughfares -- Howard one-way westbound, Folsom one-way eastbound -- that carry a sometimes chaotic mix of commute traffic, trucks making local deliveries and an increasing number of bicycle riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was just a different feel in this area of the city 50 or 60 years ago,\" said SFMTA engineer Paul Stanis, the Folsom-Howard project manager. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradley Dunn, an SFMTA public information officer who did community outreach on the project, said providing more loading zones will solve a chronic problem in the corridor: trucks double-parking or parking in bike lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We did an initial survey and found that 80 percent of the businesses reported that they either loaded or unloaded in the bike lane or the travel lane,\" Dunn said. \"So fixing that is a boon for local merchants that are already facing a lot of challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest change on the two streets would involve the dramatically improved bicycle infrastructure. The current bike lanes -- some of which are protected by a parking lane that's been shifted to the left from the curbs, some of which are simply painted lines adjacent to traffic lanes -- would be replaced by two-way parking-protected bikeways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Intersections along Howard and Folsom will feature new traffic signals -- separate lights to govern the movement of cyclists proceeding straight through an intersection and drivers making turns at the same corner. The signals would eliminate the \"mixing zone\" at intersections, the stretch of pavement where bikes and turning motor vehicles merge across each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11755439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11755439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-800x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-800x565.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2-1200x847.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/howardstreetlanes-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A \"mixing zone\" -- a point where turning vehicles moves across a bike lane -- at Howard and Seventh streets in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The project also includes fresh safety features for pedestrians, including \"bulb-outs\" that reduce the crossing distance at intersections and new, signal-protected midblock crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's planning process involved advocacy groups like the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Walk SF, as well as SoMa community organizations like the sponsor of the Folsom Street Fair, United Playaz and the South of Market Community Action Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Wiedenmeier, the bike coalition's executive director, praised the Howard and Folsom plan as a potential model for reimagining streets throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This really is the highest quality of infrastructure when it comes to bikes, pedestrians and transit that the city has put forward to date,\" Wiedenmeier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted that the Folsom and Howard project has combined a series of near-term fixes -- like the parking-protected bike lanes installed recently on Howard Street -- with a broader vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are iterating and learning from these pilot projects as we go, getting improvements in the ground quickly and then learning from those to inform the larger, long-term design,\" Wiedenmeier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project was almost unanimously applauded during public comment at the SFMTA board meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But John Elberling, who runs South of Market nonprofit housing developer TODCO, asked the SFMTA board to remove one block from the project -- Howard Street between Fourth and Fifth -- so it could be redesigned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the planned two-way bikeway on the block would endanger the 250 residents of TODCO's Woolf House senior housing facility, at Fourth and Howard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You cannot safely assume that they are going to see bicycles coming from both directions,\" Elberling said. \"... In fact, what you can assume is that a significant portion of the time, they won't see them coming.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board approved an amendment from Vice Chair Gwyneth Borden directing SFMTA staff to confer with TODCO and adopt design changes that address the Woolf House safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA board approval of the transformation proposal kicks off a two-year planning process for the city's Public Works department. Construction could begin in 2021 and take about two years to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco officials say they've begun instituting a new set of safety rules for firms that bid on city transportation infrastructure projects, reforms prompted by the death of a construction worker inside a rail tunnel last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning this month, contractors must submit more detailed safety plans and hire dedicated safety managers to qualify for construction contracts with the city's Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Subsequent to the accident, the SFMTA has amended its contractor selection and bidding procedures,\" agency spokesman Paul Rose said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes come amid the release of an autopsy report on the death of the worker, 51-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/appealdemocrat/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=189945715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Ricketts\u003c/a>, disclosing new details about the fatal incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $40 million Twin Peaks Tunnel Improvement Project, which aims to upgrade service on light-rail lines between Muni's Castro and West Portal stations, was tied to a series of severe \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11691978/muni-says-contractors-mistakes-on-tunnel-project-causing-new-delays-in-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transit delays\u003c/a>. Problems associated with the job led to two City Hall hearings that shined a light on SFMTA's \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/BLA_Muni_Operator_Staffing_120518.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operator shortages\u003c/a> and weaknesses in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699521/after-workers-death-on-muni-project-s-f-grapples-with-how-to-vet-contractor-safety-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contractor hiring\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Ricketts was killed, news reports disclosed workplace regulators had issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686976/muni-chief-downplays-safety-concerns-in-sf-tunnel-project-after-worker-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of safety violations\u003c/a> in the last decade against one of the companies involved in the tunnel project, Oakland-based Shimmick Construction. That included a $50,000 fine in 2016 in connection with the death of a worker operating a forklift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that penalty, Shimmick had told city officials when it bid for the tunnel project that it had not been cited for any serious or willful safety violations by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the accident, Cal/OSHA and San Francisco police launched investigations into the Aug. 10 \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1339097.015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a> that killed Ricketts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then police have closed their case, according to SFPD spokesman Sgt. 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But while doctors were performing a CT scan on Ricketts, \"the subject arrested again and could not be revived.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also notes that Ricketts' hardhat was not found at the scene of the accident and one was not located at the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peters says while hardhats are important for construction protections, wearing one in this incident would not have saved Ricketts life. 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That included a $50,000 fine in 2016 in connection with the death of a worker operating a forklift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that penalty, Shimmick had told city officials when it bid for the tunnel project that it had not been cited for any serious or willful safety violations by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the accident, Cal/OSHA and San Francisco police launched investigations into the Aug. 10 \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1339097.015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a> that killed Ricketts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then police have closed their case, according to SFPD spokesman Sgt. 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If the launch goes well, Skip and Scoot could double their fleets in six months. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sounds nice and neat and, well, resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all is settled in the city’s scooter wars, touched off last March when scooter firms Lime, Bird and Spin distributed their machines without city authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the scooter pilot has launched, transportation officials are still facing a series of appeals from three companies questioning the city’s process in awarding the permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the companies has gone further, filing a lawsuit that resulted in SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin and a member of the agency board being compelled to give depositions about the permit process. 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A total of a dozen firms eventually applied for pilot program permits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689546/s-f-launches-scooter-pilot-and-excludes-bird-lime-and-spin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SFMTA announced\u003c/a> at the end of August that it was awarding just two permits, to Skip and Scoot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/sfmta-offers-two-permits-one-year-powered-scooter-pilot\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explaining\u003c/a> the firms had scored highest among the 12 applicants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lime and two other companies that were shut out of the pilot program by the SFMTA — Jump and Spin — have not gone quietly. Each has appealed the agency’s decision and are awaiting hearings in the coming weeks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appeals are trying different tacks in trying to get the SFMTA to reconsider its permit decision. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, Jump — an Uber-owned company known for its bright red electrically boosted dockless rental bikes — raises questions about how permit applications were assessed and why the firm didn’t score higher. The company’s appeal letter ends with a rather restrained request for the city to grant more permits and allow an increase in the number of scooters on the street. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lime has taken a harder line. Lime argued in \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5019179/Lime-Appeal-FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its September appeal letter\u003c/a> that SFMTA officials and the application process led to an arbitrary decision to reject Lime’s permit application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, days before Skip and Scoot were scheduled to launch, the company upped the ante. It filed \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5019124/Lime-v-Sfmta.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a lawsuit\u003c/a> alleging that the permit process was “cloaked … in a veil of secrecy,” lacked clear guidelines and was so biased it denied the company of its constitutional right to due process. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit argues, in essence, that the transportation agency had it in for Lime and the two other companies that launched in March. The company’s complaint points to a provision added to the city’s new scooter regulations when the SFMTA board adopted the rules at a meeting in early May. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before they voted, several members of the board and audience said they felt the prior behavior of scooter operators ought to be considered in weighing future applications. That was a not-so-veiled reference to Bird, Spin and Lime, which had already been grilled before the Board of Supervisors and had gotten cease-and-desist letters from the city attorney’s office. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most pointed comment at the meeting — which Lime quotes in its suit as evidence of the SFMTA’s prejudice — came from SFMTA board member Art Torres. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are bad actors, number one,” Torres said, noting Santa Monica’s struggle to rein in Bird in late 2017. “… So I guess it goes back to what we said earlier about past behavior. We ought not be rewarding people who have stuck their fingers at us when dealing with cease-and-desist orders. Those of us on this panel, I know we believe in the rule of law. What are we going to do? …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn rejected the company’s motion for a temporary restraining order that would block renewed scooter service to begin in the city Oct. 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kahn surprised the city by giving Lime something the company’s suit had not asked for: He issued an order allowing the company to seek further information from the SFMTA about its permit deliberations. As part of that evidence discovery process, the city initially agreed to let Lime take depositions from five SFMTA officials, including agency chief Reiskin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon further consideration, though, the city balked, and filed a motion asking Judge Kahn to reconsider his discovery order. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you think you might have overpaid a San Francisco parking ticket sometime between 1995 and 2012 -- if you can remember that far back -- you've got until next Thursday, March 3, to get a refund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reviewing data from that 17-year period, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency says more than 200,000 overpaid citations have yet to be refunded. The overpaid amounts, which range from $15 to more than $1,000, total $6.1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4>See If You Get a Refund\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Here are SFMTA's lists of those with overpaid parking citations, organized by last name or company name. Once you open the PDF, type \"Ctrl + F\" or \"CMD + F\" and search by your name or license plate.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/%23%2C%20A-B_0.pdf\">#0-9, A-B\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/C-D_0.pdf\">C-D\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/E-G_0.pdf\">E-G\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/H-K_0.pdf\">H-K\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/L-Mn_0.pdf\">L-Mn\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/Mo-P_0.pdf\">Mo-P\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/Q-Sk_0.pdf\">Q-Sk\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/Sl-V_0.pdf\">Sl-V\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2015/W-Z_0.pdf\">W-Z\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>SFMTA automatically notifies ticket recipients if they’ve overpaid their citations, but this is the first time since 1994 that the agency has sent out additional notices and taken extra measures to distribute refunds to people who haven’t responded to notifications in over three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has also posted a comprehensive list here, along with instructions on how to get a refund: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/services/permits-citations/citation-overpayments\" target=\"_blank\">Citation Overpayments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to make sure that, even though we haven’t heard back from them, that they hear from us,” said SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose. “We’re trying ... every means of communications that we can to ensure that people can get this information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the beginning of the year, when more active outreach began, about 500 people have filed for refunds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is something that’s garnered a lot of interest over the last couple weeks, and we expect that to continue,” Rose said. “There’s been an overwhelming response of people signing up to get their refunds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If overpayers don’t file a claim by March 3, any leftover money will go into the agency’s operating budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who do file for a refund can expect to have that money applied to any outstanding citations or receive a check within 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those due a very large refund was novelist and Stanford Continuing Studies writing instructor \u003ca href=\"http://valbrelinski.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Valerie Ford Brelinski\u003c/a>. Somehow, the city overcharged her $1,270 for parking citations issued more than a decade ago. She said she's glad to have gotten a check, but is less than impressed with the city's sense of punctuality and square-dealing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm certainly glad to have \u003cem>finally\u003c/em> received the money owed me, but it would have been great if they had paid me this 10 years ago,\" Brelinski said in an email. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am also amazed by the fact that they did not pay me any interest on this debt, but sent me a message saying that if they refunded this to me in error, I would have to repay them the total amount, \u003cem>plus\u003c/em> any interest that accrued,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lahue and Associates, a local company that makes and installs signs, received a refund for $121 in overpayments. 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Extra trains will be prepared for crowds after the fireworks show at the Embarcadero and will run every 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the most exciting things that San Franciscans and Bay Area residents get to do every year is go down and enjoy the fireworks at Embarcadero, so we want to be able to provide that service,\" said BART spokesman Taylor Huckaby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those heading into the city after 8 p.m and those leaving the city after midnight, BART will begin utilizing \"skip-stop\" service in and out of the city. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151208-0\" target=\"_blank\">Some lines will skip\u003c/a> Embarcadero, Montgomery and West Oakland stations to ease the crowds at the most popular platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day, with service beginning at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/1231-free-cheap-nye-public-transportation-bartmunisamtranscaltrainvta/\">FuncheapSF\u003c/a> recommends buying round-trip tickets and loading Clipper cards in advance to avoid long lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Caltrain will begin offering free rides at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. 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Service will run until 2:15 a.m. to Fourth and King streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">Extra Owl route \u003c/a>service will be offered from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clipper cards, Muni Mobile passes and Metro fares will not be necessary on Muni buses during free service hours. SFMTA asks that passengers do not tag their Clipper cards during free service hours. If tagged, cards will be charged. Muni Metro fare gates will be set to allow free access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab:\u003c/strong> Luxor Cabs in partnership with Berg Injury Lawyers' \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/about-us/community/safe-and-sober/\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home Program\u003c/a> is offering free cab rides home from 10 p.m. on Thursday through 4 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders must be picked up at a restaurant, hotel or bar and dropped off to a residency to qualify for a free ride. Free rides do not count if the cab is hailed from the street. Each ride is limited to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a free cab, you can arrange a ride with Luxor Cab by calling \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">(415) 282-4141. Patrons can tell the driver to send the taxi receipt to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/BIL_PressRelease_NYE-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Berg Injury Lawyers. \u003c/a>Berg Injury encourages riders to tip their taxi drivers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"eb\">\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda-Contra Consta County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit: \u003c/strong>Free rides will be offered on all AC Transit lines from 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want people to be safe and we care about our community,\" said Michele Joseph, director of marketing and communications at AC Transit. \"We care about our customers. And it's really important for everybody to realize the implication of driving while intoxicated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2015/12/23/ac-transit-offers-free-rides-on-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter service\u003c/a> will be available to those traveling after midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10812200\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10812200 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png\" alt=\"Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-800x352.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-768x338.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland's Economic & Workforce Development Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Broadway Shuttle:\u003c/strong> The green\u003ca href=\"http://www.meetdowntownoak.com/shuttle.php\"> bus\u003c/a> taking passengers along Broadway from Jack London Square to 27th Street in Oakland will offer free rides from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday every 10 to 15 minutes.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"sm\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> Free rides on\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Offer_Free_Service_on_New_Year_s_Eve__Sunday_Schedule_on_New_Year_s_Day_4274.html\"> SamTrans\u003c/a> buses begin at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If your New Year's resolution is to drive less, or if you're still looking for a designated driver to help you celebrate New Year's Eve, transportation services around the Bay Area are hoping to help you out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit are just a few transportation options offering free rides and extended operations on New Year's Eve to carry celebrants into the wee hours of the new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a breakdown of Bay Area transportation options to take you around \u003ca href=\"#sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sm\">San Mateo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sc\">Santa Clara\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"#eb\">East Bay\u003c/a> this New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART:\u003c/strong> While BART is not offering free rides, extended service will be offered until approximately 3 a.m. Friday. Extra trains will be prepared for crowds after the fireworks show at the Embarcadero and will run every 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the most exciting things that San Franciscans and Bay Area residents get to do every year is go down and enjoy the fireworks at Embarcadero, so we want to be able to provide that service,\" said BART spokesman Taylor Huckaby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those heading into the city after 8 p.m and those leaving the city after midnight, BART will begin utilizing \"skip-stop\" service in and out of the city. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151208-0\" target=\"_blank\">Some lines will skip\u003c/a> Embarcadero, Montgomery and West Oakland stations to ease the crowds at the most popular platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day, with service beginning at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/1231-free-cheap-nye-public-transportation-bartmunisamtranscaltrainvta/\">FuncheapSF\u003c/a> recommends buying round-trip tickets and loading Clipper cards in advance to avoid long lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Caltrain will begin offering free rides at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. An extra four trains will leave from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/stations/sanfranciscostation.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco station\u003c/a> after the midnight fireworks show at the Embarcadero. Trains will operate on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday/holiday schedule\u003c/a> on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft and Uber: \u003c/strong>Lyft prices are capped at 200 percent this New Year's Eve, one of its \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Uber-Lyft-vs-taxis-in-New-Year-s-Eve-fare-war-5984146.php\" target=\"_blank\">most competitive\u003c/a> business days of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is also taking part in \u003ca href=\"https://help.uber.com/h/6c8065cf-5535-4a8b-9940-d292ffdce119\" target=\"_blank\">surge pricing\u003c/a>. Uber \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/new-years-guide/\" target=\"_blank\">suggests \u003c/a>using the service early or catching a ride after midnight to avoid high fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year's Eve last year, some Uber rides cost as much as $100. Lyft set a \"prime-time limit\" at a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/uber-lyft-new-years-eve-2015-surge-pricing-cost-riders-1771582\" target=\"_blank\">controversial\u003c/a> 400 percent. You can decide if 200 percent is a steal.\u003ca name=\"sf\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni:\u003c/strong> You can hop on any Muni bus for free starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday through 5 a.m. on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be extended service until 4 a.m. on Muni Metro lines between West Portal and Embarcadero stations. Service will run until 2:15 a.m. to Fourth and King streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">Extra Owl route \u003c/a>service will be offered from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clipper cards, Muni Mobile passes and Metro fares will not be necessary on Muni buses during free service hours. SFMTA asks that passengers do not tag their Clipper cards during free service hours. If tagged, cards will be charged. Muni Metro fare gates will be set to allow free access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab:\u003c/strong> Luxor Cabs in partnership with Berg Injury Lawyers' \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/about-us/community/safe-and-sober/\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home Program\u003c/a> is offering free cab rides home from 10 p.m. on Thursday through 4 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders must be picked up at a restaurant, hotel or bar and dropped off to a residency to qualify for a free ride. Free rides do not count if the cab is hailed from the street. Each ride is limited to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a free cab, you can arrange a ride with Luxor Cab by calling \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">(415) 282-4141. Patrons can tell the driver to send the taxi receipt to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/BIL_PressRelease_NYE-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Berg Injury Lawyers. \u003c/a>Berg Injury encourages riders to tip their taxi drivers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"eb\">\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda-Contra Consta County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit: \u003c/strong>Free rides will be offered on all AC Transit lines from 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want people to be safe and we care about our community,\" said Michele Joseph, director of marketing and communications at AC Transit. \"We care about our customers. And it's really important for everybody to realize the implication of driving while intoxicated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2015/12/23/ac-transit-offers-free-rides-on-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter service\u003c/a> will be available to those traveling after midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10812200\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10812200 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png\" alt=\"Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-800x352.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-768x338.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland's Economic & Workforce Development Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Broadway Shuttle:\u003c/strong> The green\u003ca href=\"http://www.meetdowntownoak.com/shuttle.php\"> bus\u003c/a> taking passengers along Broadway from Jack London Square to 27th Street in Oakland will offer free rides from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday every 10 to 15 minutes.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"sm\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> Free rides on\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Offer_Free_Service_on_New_Year_s_Eve__Sunday_Schedule_on_New_Year_s_Day_4274.html\"> SamTrans\u003c/a> buses begin at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. 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"content": "\u003cp>Some insult could drop off the injury of having a car stolen and then recovered in San Francisco, under a new tow fee scheme before the city's Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's current system allows a car-theft victim 20 minutes to get his or her car from the street where police find it. If they can't get there, car owners are charged close to $500, according to Paul Rose, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. That charge includes a $263 SFMTA towing fee and a $220.75 contractor's towing fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the unfortunate theft victim gets a four-hour window before the contractor's storage fee starts charging -- that's $57.25 for the first day and $66.75 for each day after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You’re already victimized once when your car is stolen, and then to be effectively victimized again, it just struck me as unfair,\" said the proposal's author, Supervisor Scott Wiener. \"It’s also an economic justice issue because for people who are lower income, their car might be their lifeline to get to work, and if they can’t afford to get their car out of the towing yard, that’s a huge hardship.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2015/04/20/baycurious.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/02/why-is-towing-so-expensive-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Why is Towing in S.F. So Expensive?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/02/why-is-towing-so-expensive-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-10575939 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2-400x296.jpg\" alt=\"mini_tow2\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2-400x296.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2-800x593.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2-1180x874.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2-960x711.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/mini_tow2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Learn more about San Francisco's pricy towing from KQED's listener-driven series, Bay Curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nicb.org/newsroom/nicb_campaigns/hot_spots/hot-spots-2014\" target=\"_blank\">National Insurance Crime Bureau awarded\u003c/a> the Bay Area the dubious distinction of having the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-24/watch-my-car-san-francisco-has-greatest-risk-for-auto-thefts\" target=\"_blank\">highest auto theft rate\u003c/a> in the nation Tuesday, with 29,093 reported thefts in 2014. Any of those cars recovered by San Francisco police would likely be wrapped into the city's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/02/why-is-towing-so-expensive-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">infamously high towing fees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener says some of them are unavoidable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The cost of doing business is more expensive in San Francisco,\" Wiener said, citing high labor and rent costs for the city's towing vendor, Auto Return. \"It’s not surprising that there are higher costs, which leads to higher charges. We should always be looking at ways that we can have a system that has enough of a disincentive so that people avoid having their cars towed, but isn’t punitive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter the less punitive scheme before the Board of Supervisors. The proposed eight-month extension to the city's contract with Auto Return would waive all of the initial fees for San Francisco residents. Residents of other cities, who may have had their cars stolen elsewhere and dumped in San Francisco, would pay just $133 -- half of the city's towing fee -- and the rest would be waived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of the city would get a full 48-hour grace period before the new $68.25 daily fee would start to accrue, and nonresidents would get 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would ideally like to see the window a little bit longer, a little bit more relief,\" Wiener said, \"but there are also revenue impacts to our transportation agency when we reduce fees, and so we’re trying to balance that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said the SFMTA expected to lose between $200,000 and $300,000 over the proposed eight-month contract extension -- not a huge hit for the agency's approximately $1 billion budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will have to work to cover those costs, but it is something that we are working with the Board of Supervisors and Auto Return to implement,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman with the San Francisco Transit Riders Union said the group is generally against reductions to the MTA's budget that favor car owners, but the group does not know enough about the proposal to comment on it directly.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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