Transit Policy Summary
The SF Green Party promotes social, economic, and environmental justice through the expansion of inexpensive and appealing public transit service, improved pedestrian areas, and safer bicycling, especially in underserved and low-income neighborhoods of San Francisco.  This is a summary of major points from the Transportation plank of our local platform, adopted in 2004.  The full version is at http://sfgreens.org/transpo.pdf.

Transit (really) first!
•	Immediately roll adult Muni fares back to 2003 levels, and make Muni free to youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities.  Continue to roll fares back towards zero as new funding sources become available.  Public transit benefits non-riders also, and should be free to the public just as public parks, libraries, and schools are.
•	Create a citywide Bus Rapid Transit network with dedicated bus lanes, controlled traffic signals, and timed transfers, to ensure rapid and convenient service.
•	Pay for these improvements by raising parking costs to market rate, charging developers for transit costs at the time of new development, and taxes on large businesses, especially those that benefit most from transit, such as the SF Giants.
•	Increase meter rates to a price that opens up several free spaces per block.  Ease of finding parking would offset the pain of higher prices for drivers, and encourage them to shop at local businesses rather than driving to a suburban mall.  This would raise money for transit both directly and indirectly (more sales tax revenue).

Bikes, Pedestrians, and Taxis
•	Cut government bureaucracy that slows the creation of new bike lanes.
•	Create transit-only streets, allowing bikes, buses, taxis, paratransit, and delivery.
•	Increase traffic-calming measures such as pedestrian bulbouts, trees, and wider sidewalks.  Pleasant streets encourage people to walk to local businesses.

Housing, not Parking
•	Legalize existing “in-law” units and conversion of garages to living quarters.
•	Eliminate parking requirements for new housing, and institute maximum parking limits for new development, with lower caps in areas well served by transit.
•	Increase the tax on all parking lots, and encourage conversion of above-ground parking garages and lots to housing.
•	Sell permits to park on the street in front of your own driveway.  Ticket other blocked driveways and sidewalk parkers without requiring a citizen complaint.