By Aldo Toledo : sfchronicle – excerpt
Families living in RVs parked near Lake Merced could soon be forced to move to other neighborhood streets so the city can break ground on critical pedestrian safety work this fall. The potential moves come as officials continue to struggle to help those living in vehicles that began to flood the neighborhood in recent years.
Four-hour weekday parking restrictions could return to Winston Drive, Lake Merced Boulevard and Buckingham Way near the San Francisco State University campus if the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency approves a request for enforcement from Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who represents the area. The area is home to dozens of largely Latino families living in RVs and other vehicles, many of whom work in the city but lost their housing during the pandemic.
Melgar wants those unhoused families to move their vehicles to a nearby street — though she didn’t identify where — while city workers finish a planned quick-build pedestrian and bike safety project along Lake Merced Boulevard, a busy street where two pedestrians have been killed since 2021. The project is set to begin in September and will eliminate about 101 parking spaces on the east side of Lake Merced Boulevard to give way for a new protected bike lane, the SFMTA said, adding that the agency will distribute flyers about the parking removal at least two weeks before work begins…(more)
This project is another example of the influence of the Bicycle Coalition! It has donated thousands $$$ to our elected Supes & Mayor. Simple math. Follow the money!
This is a devastating option! It will FORCE many people to become unhpused! Can’t move those vehicles a block away into the Park Merced property. So WHERE do these folks go? NO RV Park in SF. RV parks in Daly City, SSF & Colma are full. What is Melgar thinking?! She needs to intervene to help prevent a disaster, not support one!