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Parking Meter Plan Would Punish the Poor, Neighbors Argue - The Bay Citizen

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Meter Madness is sweeping the streets of San Francisco. Neighborhoods are in an uproar. Many are protesting a plan, which they feel will drive them out of the city.

"The transit agency has put the changes on hold following a public outcry, which culminated in a heated public meeting last week where 200 upset neighbors, sometimes shouting and stomping their feet, confronted city leaders and transit agency officials...

The dispute is far from over. The transit agency's plans are in limbo but not abandoned -- and some believe a larger, more troubling question has emerged from the fight: are the city's parking and transit policies disproportionally hurting the poor and working class?"
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