Piggybacking off a comment made yesterday, maybe I should have a somewhat daily post of residents' and readers' "Big Ideas of the Day". Let's give it a try - send me your Big Idea of the Day and I'll post it here (with full credit, of course!).
OK, here's my not-quite-as-well-thought-out-as-it-ought-to-be-for-prime-time Big Idea of the Day! I just read about AB1871 being signed into law at SF.Streetblog
Read the article ar SF Streetblog first before commenting!
My idea: Neighborhoods comprising a certain number of households could buy a car or two for the program. Those cars would then get city-designated parking spaces on the street on condition that a certain percentage of the households on the block agree to give up one of their personal cars. Those cars could be new or (preferably) existing vehicles (no older than 10 years) that are currently owned by local residents that would be sold to be used in the program.
As an added incentive to get rid of those extra cars, the city could begin to levy additional taxes on residents who have more than two personal vehicles registered to their address. The added taxes could help neighborhoods fund the purchase of vehicles for the car share program.
OK, let me have it (be nice!).
