Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car-Free Parks

Marina Boat Owners Riled by Proposal to Take Cars Off Bike/Ped Path

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 27, 2013 | 72 Comments

Along Marina Boulevard there’s a bicycle and pedestrian path where visitors and residents can stroll along the bay without having to worry about cars — until they get to the stretch between Scott and Baker Streets, where drivers are allowed to enter the path to access 51 parking spaces. It’s the only part of the […]

We Used to Expect Streets to Be as Safe as We Do Holly Park

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2013 | 10 Comments

Rarely does the death of someone struck by a motorist garner as much public outrage as the incident in Holly Park last week. Media around the world has covered the death of Christine Svanemyr, who was lying in the grass with her infant daughter and dog when she was run over by Thomas Burnoski, a […]

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Separated Bike-Ped Path Coming to Mansell Street in McLaren Park by 2016

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 23, 2013 | 8 Comments

Mansell Street, which runs through McLaren Park, is poised to get a two-way bikeway and a walking and jogging path separated from motor traffic under a plan approved by the Recreation and Parks Commission last week. Mansell is a wide roadway with no dedicated space for walking and biking, and its four traffic lanes are […]

Flashback: The Mother of All Streetfilms

By Ben Fried | May 3, 2012 | 5 Comments

Hey SF, Aaron is out with a nasty bug today, so to keep your content craving sated I thought I’d share this proto-Streetfilm from 2004, which Clarence Eckerson recently unearthed for a museum exhibit about the history of NYC activism. It’s about the campaign to get cars out of Manhattan’s Central Park. Anyone who lives […]

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SF Continues to Explore More Permanent Sunday Streets in 2012

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 17, 2012 | 12 Comments

Sunday Streets keeps on growing, with 10 car-free events coming to neighborhoods around the city this year. This year’s schedule includes four consecutive months of the ever-popular Mission route, a new route in the Excelsior, and a modified route through Golden Gate Park. The Civic Center/Tenderloin route was also taken off the table this year […]

SFMTA: Market Street Traffic Pilot is Meeting Its Objectives

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 7, 2010 | 30 Comments

The Market Street traffic diversion pilot only got better for people on bikes when the SFMTA striped bright green bike lanes. Not all drivers are complying with the required turns, though. Photo: Michael Rhodes It appears the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has come to similar conclusions to Streetsblog’s in its review of the pilot […]

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