San Francisco plans to eliminate 150 parking spots in the Sunset District to make room for boarding islands and other mass transit construction projects. The move is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s plan to upgrade the L-Taraval light-rail line, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

 The spaces that will be eliminated stretch from 18th Avenue to 45th Avenue. To mitigate the losses, SFMTA was weighing the option of adding 140 new spaces to nearby streets, but residents living on these streets said no. In fact, 81 percent of polled Sunset residents say they did not want any new “angled parking” spaces, as opposed to the existing parallel spaces.

 The result may come as a surprise, as it is notoriously difficult to find street parking in San Francisco, particularly in neighborhoods like Sunset.

 As upgrades on L-Taraval continue over the next few months, SFMTA may revisit the idea of angled parking. For now, most of those blocks in Sunset will retain their parallel parking spaces.

 It is worth noting that only 38 percent of polled residents returned their ballots, according to a Curbed SF report.