Parking Crunch Coming To Downtown San Francisco

New Bloomingdales and related retail uses planned for downtown San Francisco's extremely dense retail district--with exceptional transit access--is bringing parking worries among merchants and the small minority of downtown shoppers who drive.

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August 1, 2006, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"San Francisco's Transit First policy, which is designed to drive motorists out of their cars and onto public transportation, has brought new development downtown without creating much new parking...Now, with the economy's slow recovery, parking is beginning to get pricier and -- at least when big conventions are in town -- tougher to find."

Thanks to Michael D. Setty

Read the full story: Parking in S.F.? You're in a tight spot

Monday, July 31, 2006 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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