Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sunday Streets

A Sunny and Beautiful Sunday Streets on the Great Highway

By Matthew Roth | Aug 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

Walking the dog on the portion of the Great Highway closed to traffic for four hours. Photo: sfbike Despite early fog hugging the coast, the sun finally came out to play around 12:30 pm yesterday and blessed the thousands of cyclists, skaters, bladers and walkers who enjoyed the approximately six miles of the car-free Sunday […]

“Penguins to Penguins” Sunday Streets Kicks Off This Weekend

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 10 Comments

Now imagine riding on that road. Flickr photo: J.B. Davis The next two Sunday Streets are moving from the heart of the busy Mission to two of San Francisco’s more picturesque natural locales as it winds through Golden Gate Park to the Great Highway along Ocean Beach. This Sunday, August 9th and again on Sunday, […]

Wade Crowfoot Leaves Mayor’s Office for EDF

By Matthew Roth | Jul 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Bryan Goebel Wade Crowfoot, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Director of Climate Change Initiatives, quietly transitioned out of his role in city government last Friday to become the West Coast Legislative and Political Director at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a new post created just for him. His portfolio will be primarily climate, water safety, and […]

Is Sunday Streets the Next Critical Mass?

By Dave Snyder | Jul 22, 2009 | 22 Comments

Flickr photo: Michael Bolger Though it occurred for just four hours on two miles of streets in the Mission, this week’s Sunday Streets event has transformed the livable streets movement in some of the same ways that Critical Mass transformed San Francisco’s bicycle rights movement in the early 1990s. “Even better than Critical Mass,” was […]

Reminder: Streetsblog Party Planned After Sunday Streets!

By Matthew Roth | Jul 17, 2009 | No Comments

We’re getting very excited for the weekend, especially the second of two Sunday Streets events in the Mission, this Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. After you’ve experience the streets freed from vehicular traffic noise and opened up for walking and bicycling, roll/walk on over to Valencia Cyclery to celebrate a certain blog we […]

Streetsblog is Having a Party After Sunday Streets: Come Join Us!

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog San Francisco is nearly seven months old, and with our nose to the transportation grindstone, we haven’t even thrown a party yet to say thank you to you, our readers, and the communities you represent. So in the spirit of PARK(ing) day, we plan to put down some sod, fire up the barbecue, hand […]

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