Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sunday Streets

Come Celebrate Mothers Day This Sunday in the Bayview

By Matthew Roth | May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

We hope you’re all getting ready for the second of six Sunday Streets this Sunday in the Bayview from 10 am – 2 pm. The SFBC edited together this lovely video from last year’s Sunday Streets in the Bayview to whet your appetite for good times. See you on your bikes (or blades or boards […]

Sunday Streets Brings Out Throngs of People to Enjoy Car-Free Streets

By Matthew Roth | Apr 27, 2009 | No Comments

Non-human modes of transportation welcome, too. Photo: SFBike Tens of thousands of people came out to enjoy Sunday Streets yesterday, filling the Embarcadero with walking, cycling, skating and general merriment. The mainstream media couldn’t help but cough up superlatives to describe the car-free event, underscoring its importance to the local economy, to encouraging fitness and […]

First Sunday Streets of 2009: “An Idea With Staying Power”

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 26, 2009 | 11 Comments

People instead of cars fill the streets in Fisherman’s Wharf. Photo by Bryan Goebel. Today’s crisp, sunny weather and car-free waterfront drew thousands of people to San Francisco’s first Sunday Streets of 2009 along the Embarcadero from Aquatic Park to the Giants ballpark. Business seemed like it was booming in Fisherman’s Wharf, dispelling concerns among […]

Don’t Forget To Come Play in the Streets This Sunday!

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 24, 2009 | No Comments

Members of the California Outdoor Rollersports Association perform a Thriller dance at last year’s Sunday Streets. Flickr photo: Jon Bauer This weekend’s Sunday Streets from 9am-1pm on the Embarcadero from the Giants ballpark to Aquatic Park promises to be more thrilling than last year’s, with a lot more activities planned along the waterfront. So don’t […]

Bayview Merchants Hopeful Sunday Streets Will Bring Business

By Matthew Roth | Apr 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

A block of predominantly female-owned businesses that will participate in Sunday Streets It’s been reported that the Fisherman’s Wharf merchants who vocally opposed Sunday Streets along the Embarcadero last year now proclaim their support for the day and are programming numerous events to coincide with the street closures this Sunday. But merchants in Bayview never […]

Streetscast: Sunday Streets Press Conference

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

Leah Shahum with Wade Crowfoot, Nat Ford, David Chiu and Ben Caldwell. Photo by Bryan Goebel. The Mayor’s Director of Climate Change Initiatives, Wade Crowfoot, joined MTA Executive Director Nat Ford, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum and many others this morning to formally announce this year’s six Sunday Streets […]

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