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I don't really see how. the income phase out is close to the median individual income for SF. I also have a hard time seeing how it will meaningfully reduce con

I don't really see how. the income phase out is close to the median individual income for SF. I also have a hard time seeing how it will meaningfully reduce congestion when roughly half the residents are fully exempted. seems more like a slightly obfuscated tax.

jcims 5y ago
It boils down to who is most likely to change their behavior because of the fee. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/16/bay-area-report-great-for-tech-professionals-but-worst-for-service-workers/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/16/bay-area-report-great... >In San Francisco and the East Bay, disposable income for police, firefighters and security workers ranked last in the country, with $1,800 left over annually after living expenses. Workers in transportation, food service, maintenance and personal care all fell short of being able to afford basic needs. Assuming these folks make it out of the lowest income bracket, the least they will pay is ~$2. That's over 1% of their disposable income for the year. These are the folks that are going to stop driving downtown at rush hour, unless of course their job requires it...then they're fucked. There are lots of folks in SF earning $1800/day of disposable income...it's not even going to cognitively register that they are paying anything.