Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car-Free Streets

UCSF Campus Plan Orders Up an Extension of 4th Street — Hold the Cars

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
Rarely does the opportunity to create a new street present itself in a densely built-out city like San Francisco. But neighbors and planners at the developing Mission Bay campus of the University of California, SF decided to make the best of such a chance by designing an extension of Fourth Street as a car-free plaza. Fourth […]

On the Horizon: A Car-Free Market Street With Raised, Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | | 12 Comments
Note: The Better Market Street Project will hold two public workshops on July 17 and 21, where you can provide feedback on the proposed concepts. The future of lower Market Street seems more likely than ever to be unencumbered by cars, freeing up space for effective transit and raised, protected bicycle lanes. The latest update [PDF] on the […]

New Car-Free GG Park Sunday Streets Route Kicks Off This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
Head out to the Avenues for some car-free action this weekend at Sunday Streets in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. Don’t forget: the route through Golden Gate Park is slightly different this year. At Transverse Drive, the route switches over from John F. Kennedy Drive to Martin Luther King along the western section. Activities in […]

SF Continues to Explore More Permanent Sunday Streets in 2012

By Aaron Bialick | | 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 […]
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