SFMTA Is Cutting Muni Service and Looking for Money. Will Parking Fees Turn Into a Third Rail?

SFMTA Is Cutting Muni Service and Looking for Money. Will Parking Fees Turn Into a Third Rail?

San Francisco’s public transit, devastated by pandemic changes to the city’s work patterns, is facing a huge budget deficit. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has stretched out pandemic relief dollars as much as it can, but in the upcoming fiscal year of 2025-26, the last $250 million or so of those dollars will be spent. There’s a hostile administration in Washington, and recent attempts to raise taxes and bridge tolls failed. Service cuts…