Comments on: TALK BACK: Is it fair to make MUNI drivers pay for parking at work? http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JH http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6492 JH Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:15:32 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6492 lets see; If I want to go downtown I have two choices. Drive and pay to park.Which costs more now that the fees went up and tighter parking enforcement.Or I can take the bus which I also have to pay. Now if I work for MUNI I can ride for free and think I should park for free too!!! Something is very wrong with this picture. The city is out of money. How can we the taxpayers pay for the salaries and benefits MUNI have without paying something for parking, health care, retirement benefits etc?Enough is enough. If everybody has to tighten their belt why should MUNI employees get free pass? lets see; If I want to go downtown I have two choices. Drive and pay to park.Which costs more now that the fees went up and tighter parking
enforcement.Or I can take the bus which I also have to pay. Now if I work
for MUNI I can ride for free and think I should park for free too!!!
Something is very wrong with this picture. The city is out of money. How
can we the taxpayers pay for the salaries and benefits MUNI have without
paying something for parking, health care, retirement benefits etc?Enough
is enough. If everybody has to tighten their belt why should MUNI employees get free pass?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6491 Andrew Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:17:47 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6491 The drivers should be encouraged to ride MUNI. Maybe then they would actually consider enforcing the rules on the bus. I no longer ride MUNI busses since a MUNI supervisor told me that the drivers will be fired if they kick someone off the bus - it's just not safe. I've had people harass me on the bus - even threaten to cut off my face - but the MUNI drivers don't do anything about it. The drivers should be encouraged to ride MUNI. Maybe then they would actually consider enforcing the rules on the bus. I no longer ride MUNI busses since a MUNI supervisor told me that the drivers will be fired if they kick someone off the bus – it’s just not safe. I’ve had people harass me on the bus – even threaten to cut off my face – but the MUNI drivers don’t do anything about it.

]]> By: Kate Russell http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6488 Kate Russell Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:02:07 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6488 They should take the bus like the rest of us. There's no such thing as a free lunch. They should take the bus like the rest of us.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

]]> By: A http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6486 A Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:47:16 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6486 Yes. Maybe if more of the drivers needed to rely on public transit, public transit would become more reliable. Yes. Maybe if more of the drivers needed to rely on public transit, public transit would become more reliable.

]]> By: ed http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6485 ed Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:32:06 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6485 YES...At all my jobs in SF we have had to pay to park, what makes them any different?? I think the concept is entirely ridiculous but hey, employers change. YES…At all my jobs in SF we have had to pay to park, what makes them any different?? I think the concept is entirely ridiculous but hey, employers change.

]]> By: Jo Pulnacek http://www.californiabeat.org/2011/02/02/talk-back-is-it-fair-to-make-muni-drivers-pay-for-parking-at-work/comment-page-1#comment-6484 Jo Pulnacek Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:18:59 +0000 http://www.californiabeat.org/?p=13773#comment-6484 You can see both sides. Space is a commodity, but...these are your employees afterall. There should be a compromise--but, how many employees take up space---$millions of dollars...that's a lot of revenue (lost/gained)... Tough call. Find compromise. You can see both sides. Space is a commodity, but…these are your employees afterall. There should be a compromise–but, how many employees take up space—$millions of dollars…that’s a lot of revenue (lost/gained)…

Tough call. Find compromise.

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