Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car-Free Streets

A Car-Free Street Grows in Queens

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 4, 2010 | No Comments

Back in 2008, residents in Jackson Heights, Queens, banded together to win car-free Sundays on 78th Street, creating a new, temporary public space for children and families in one of NYC’s most park-starved neighborhoods. This year neighborhood activists aimed much higher: They wanted to make the street car-free 24-7 for the entire months of July […]

First Mission Community Market Today

By Matthew Roth | Jul 22, 2010 | No Comments

The newest repurposing of street space in San Francisco, the Mission Community Market (MCM), will formally launch today with its first weekly market and street closure on Bartlett Street between 22nd and 21st Streets from 4-8 pm. After holding a successful fundraiser in June, the MCM’s organizers are hopeful the event has already gained a […]

Second Mission Sunday Streets of the Year This Weekend

By Matthew Roth | Jul 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

Having fun in The Mission. Photo: dustinj Sunday Streets continues to be a huge success in San Francisco, with last month’s event bringing out at least 25,000 cyclists, skaters and amblers. Because of the large size of the crowds, organizers have added Harrison Street from 16th to 26th Streets to the route, which provided ample […]

An Unfinished Freeway Revolt: Car-Free Vancouver Day

By Chris Carlsson | Jun 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Banner at Car-Free Vancouver Day The organization fighting the massive freeway plan in Vancouver I’m just back from a fantastic five-day visit to Vancouver to help celebrate and publicly ponder Car-Free Vancouver Day. The event started six years ago along East Vancouver’s Commercial Drive (“the Drive” as it is often called there). It has grown […]

Mission Community Market Hopes to Revitalize Dormant Street

By Matthew Roth | Jun 9, 2010 | 16 Comments

Organizers of the nascent Mission Community Market hope to transform an underutilized block of Bartlett Street in the Mission into a thriving weekly market, where vendors sell their goods and kids play in the street after school. As an initial test, the Mission Community Market Collaborative (MCMC) is throwing a block party and fundraiser on […]

Technology and Impotence

By Chris Carlsson | May 28, 2010 | 7 Comments

The BP oil spill goes on. And on. We watch the oil on live web cam pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. And we watch. Political rage is muted, practical responses even more distant. What to do? How do we “take action” on something like this? How can individuals meaningfully respond to this catastrophe? Stop driving? Boycott one brand of gas? Stop buying things made of plastic?

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