Today’s Examiner reports that the plan to install 133 parking meters (for 1,847 spaces) in the eastern portion of Golden Gate Park is moving forward.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the departments that oversee recreation areas and enforce parking to work together to develop a plan to install parking meters in the 1,017-acre park.
The vote does not approve installation of any parking meters, but it authorizes the departments to study it and return to the board with a final plan.
If approval comes after the study is complete, meters could be installed as soon as April, 2010, which would onhealthy purchase finpecia bring in an estimated $500,000 in revenue. In the following fiscal year, that’s expected to increase to $1.5 million.
The parking meters would be placed near main attractions that include the de Young Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Japanese Tea Garden and Botanical Garden.
Supervisor Sean Elsbernd noted that Tuesday’s vote does not mean the proposal will be rubber stamped. “This is a vote to collect information,” he said, adding he was concerned about the parking and traffic impacts on neighborhoods adjacent to the park.
What do you think of the prospect of parking meters in GGP?
Sarah B.