**PRESS RELEASE** San Francisco –Nonprofit Livable City is thrilled to bring over a mile of open space to Folsom Street with Sunday Streets SoMa on Sunday, August 18 from 11am- 4pm. Spanning Folsom from Essex to 10th Street, the car-free route connects western SoMa with the Financial District for attendees to reimagine their city streets…
For the first time, a free Livability Summit will take place during Sunday Streets Mission on July 14, giving guests a chance to experience thought-provoking discussions on transit, mobility and public health, see the car-free event from the inside-out, and enjoy 1+ mile of open streets, all in the same day!
Experience over six miles of car-free streets on June 9 as Sunday Streets connects JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park all the way to the Great Highway at Sloat Boulevard from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On May 5, Sunday Streets is thrilled to present the first annual Bayview Faith Festival at Carroll Avenue, bringing faith communities together for a day of service, worship, praise, and celebration during Sunday Streets Bayview/Dogpatch, with a car-free route on Third Street from 22nd Street to Carroll Avenue.
In an increasingly competitive San Francisco – where we all must compete for jobs, seats on the bus or at a cafe, on our sidewalks as pedestrians, and especially for housing (indeed, for space itself), open streets programs create a non-competitive environment.
Sunday Streets brings car-free fun to the Tenderloin and Civic Center on April 14
Open streets programs are a powerful way of modeling a car-free future – exposing people not just to what human-scale public space looks like, but what sustainable transportation feels like.
Sunday Streets comes to the Excelsior district on March 31 from 11am-4pm, transforming Mission Street from Silver to Geneva Avenue into on open street with free activities, live music, health resources, a local goods Market Square, Picnic Grounds and more.
By Marynoel Strope The story of open streets begins with Ciclovía In 1974, Bogotá, Colombia began an experiment that would help shape a worldwide movement. That year, bicycling and recreation advocates piloted a program that closed city streets to cars to open them up for cycling and recreation. “When I came back home to Bogotá,…
"Helping to create a livable San Francisco for everyone!"
2024 Livable City. All rights reserved.
Staff Directory
Darin Ow-Wing, Executive Director
darin@livablecity.org
Jessica Tovar, Program Director
jessica@livablecity.org
Sally Chen, Deputy Director
sally@livablecity.org
Tom Radulovich, Senior Policy Fellow
tom@livablecity.org
Isaac Santiago, Sunday Streets Program Manager isaac@livablecity.org
Reina Terry, Program & Development Associate, reina@livablecity.org
