Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car-Free Streets

Packed Mission Sunday Streets Raises the Question, “Why Not Every Week?”

By Matthew Roth | Jun 8, 2009 | 26 Comments

Voguing for the camera, with proud parents behind. Photos: Matthew Roth Massive crowds came out to the Mission yesterday to enjoy the first of two Sunday Streets events, packing Valencia Street and 24th Street with families, dog walkers, and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Organizers were thrilled with the turnout and seemed only to […]

Mission Sunday Streets Will Showcase Merchants and Cultural Centers

By Matthew Roth | Jun 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

Mission Cultural Center board member Eva Sandoval at a Sunday Streets press conference in the 24th and York Streets mini park in the Mission. Photo: Matthew Roth The first of two Mission Sunday Streets is this weekend, opening up wide swaths of car-free space away from the city’s edges and in busy neighborhood streets where […]

Proposal to Limit Vehicles on University Ave in Palo Alto Gains Support

By Matthew Roth | May 28, 2009 | 15 Comments

University Avenue in Palo Alto. Flickr photo: richardmasoner In the past few weeks, Stanford University students have built support for a proposal to reduce parking, widen sidewalks, and eventually close eight blocks of University Avenue in Palo Alto to motor vehicles. The Palo Alto Pedestrian Mall (PAPM) started out as an assignment in a "Creating […]

The Crossroads of the World Goes Car-Free

By Aaron Naparstek | May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

I’ve lived in New York City for just about twenty years now but yesterday was my first trip to Times Square. Sure, I’ve been to Times Square before. Plenty of times. But until yesterday Times Square had never ever been a destination for me. Rather, it had always been a place to avoid or, if […]

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

By Bryan Goebel | May 22, 2009 | No Comments

The full transformation will take a few months to set up, but come Memorial Day, pedestrians will finally have some breathing room in New York’s Times Square. This is a really exciting weekend for our Streetsblog colleagues in New York City, as Ben Fried writes: When Memorial Day weekend rolls around, here at Streetsblog we […]

Finding Unused Pavement for Parks and Plazas in Lower Potrero

By Matthew Roth | May 22, 2009 | 12 Comments

Axis Cafe and Wolfe’s Lunch across 8th Street, which could be closed for a pilot pedestrian plaza. Photo: Matthew Roth When Mayor Gavin Newsom dedicated the trial pedestrian plaza at 17th Street and Castro last week, he took a significant stride toward improving his record on livable streets issues. He demonstrated engagement with local community […]

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