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StreetUtopia North Beach

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

View southeast across North Beach from Russian Hill. StreetUtopia is a new community organizing effort centered in North Beach. Launched by Hank Hyena and Phil Millenbah at an inaugural event in early January, they drew upwards of 150 people to an empty historic storefront at 1 Columbus Avenue, where they showed Streetfilms, had a small […]

Sign on, Root in, Branch Out

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 21, 2010 | 22 Comments

Imagine the Wiggle as fully green bikeway, with agriculture and an open creek instead of cars! He skirted Market Pond and made his way up to the Wiggle. Passing through a green arching gate he rolled along next to a long aging wall that had seen better days. On the other side of the wall […]

Dates and Locations For 2010 San Francisco Sunday Streets Announced

By Matthew Roth | Dec 19, 2009 | 11 Comments

Photos: Matthew Roth San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the dates and locations for nine Sunday Streets events for 2010, starting on March 14th along the Embarcadero and finishing October 24th around Civic Center. Building off the tremendous success of the events in 2009, Mayor Newsom announced the events will expand to new communities […]

Eyes on the Street: Powell Street Parking Lane Becomes Trial Sidewalk

By Matthew Roth | Dec 14, 2009 | 16 Comments

Powell Street parking lane closed to cars for increased pedestrian space. Photos: Matthew Roth San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office this weekend experimented with the temporary removal of a handful of parking spaces on Powell Street between Ellis and Geary Streets to give holiday shoppers in and around Union Square more space to navigate the […]

Muni Reaps the Benefits of Reduced Traffic on Market

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 29, 2009 | 9 Comments

A 5-Fulton bus turns onto Market, where it enjoyed a privileged status today. Photo: Michael Rhodes It’s been half a century since the "roar of the four" streetcar lines dominated Market Street, but with the Market Street traffic diversion trial in effect today, trains and buses reasserted themselves over automobiles as the uncontested dominant vehicles […]

Presidio Launches Temporary Street Closure and Traffic Calming Study

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 29, 2009 | 9 Comments

Presidio Boulevard. Photo: Michael Rhodes In an effort to make the Presidio function less like a traffic shortcut and more like a national park, the Presidio Trust is trying out an idea that’s caught on in the dense city that borders it: a trial street closure. From today until October 27, Presidio Boulevard will be […]

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