SAN FRANCISCO—Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced on Tuesday, April 15, that the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors are reinstating free Sunday parking in San Francisco.

Mayor Lee issued the following statement in response to the news: “Repealing Sunday parking meters is about makingSan   Franciscoa little more affordable for our families and residents on Sunday, plain and simple. Paid Sunday meters were implemented in 2013, as a response to record budget deficits at Muni, and I thank the SFMTA Board of Directors for moving a budget forward today that eliminates this practice. Instead of nickel and diming our residents at the meter on Sunday, let’s work together to support comprehensive transportation funding measures this year and in the future that will invest in our City’s transportation system for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and drivers alike.”

During his State of the City Address, Mayor Lee asked that the SFMTA Board of Directors suspend Sunday meters beginning with the new fiscal year.

He asked for the SF2030 Transportation Task Force to develop a comprehensive roadmap with set priorities, with recommendations to maintain the condition of the City’s streets, with a goal to make Muni and other transportation systems more reliable. Findings revealed that more than $10.1 billion were needed in transportation infrastructure over the next 15 years and a generation of $3 billion in new revenue for the underfunded system by 2030.

Multiple factors including aging, outdated infrastructure and low-quality vehicles are primary causes of service delays and challenges the SFMTA face. In November 2014, the Mayor along with the Board of Supervisors will support the Transportation 2030 Task Force’s two recommendations for 2014 to bring voters a $500 million general obligation transportation bond and a measure to increase the local vehicle license fee.

By LaDale Anderson