Whether I’m about to get in or I’m parking, or I’m stopped at a red light — wherever it is, it never fails: someone asks me about my Smart Car. I’m beginning to think if everyone who stopped me actually bought one, parking and traffic wouldn’t be a problem and DaimlerChrysler would have no Read More

There has been a great deal of reaction with my friends and others over my last post about parking meters. Of course transportation has always been an emotional issue in San Francisco. Motorists say we are a hostile city to drivers. Bikers, pedestrians, and transit customers say San Francisco caters to cars. Without measurable facts Read More

My husband makes jokes about it. My friends tease me about it. It’s the weight of my purse. At any time the normal weight of my purse is augmented by quarters. It takes 14 quarters to park for an hour Downtown, and that’s about 1/5 of a pound, so I’m probably carrying around a few Read More