Livable City, GLIDE and More Hosts Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin – a Block Party for an Afternoon of Community, Music and Fun!
CONTACT: sundaystreets@livablecity.org ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin – a Block Party for an Afternoon of Community, Music and Fun! Sunday, April 10, 11am–4pm San Francisco, CA — The nonprofit Livable City, GLIDE and other community and City partners join forces to kick off the 2022 Sunday Streets SF season and…
ANNOUNCED: Sunday Streets Phoenix Day Routes & Activities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE sundaystreets@livablecity.org **PRESS RELEASE** ANNOUNCED: Sunday Streets Phoenix Day Routes & Activities5 Open Streets Destinations, 20+ Mile Bike Ride, Dozens of Neighbor-Hosted Block Parties San Francisco – Routes and activities for Sunday Streets SF Phoenix Day on October 17th, 2021 from 12pm – 5pm have been announced and include a bigger than ever…
ANNOUNCED: Sunday Streets Phoenix Day, October 17, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Katy Birnbaumkaty@livablecity.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** Sunday Streets Phoenix Day on October 17, 2021Celebrating community, health and resilience in the streets of San Francisco San Francisco – Sunday Streets SF will relaunch October 17th, 2021 from 12pm – 5pm with the first ever Phoenix Day, bringing every district of San Francisco together on the…
Have your say on the future of Shared Spaces
On Monday the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee will consider legisation to make the City’s Shared Spaces program permanent. It’s your chance to weigh in on the future of Shared Spaces. San Francisco’s Shared Spaces program helped sustain neighborhood businesses and expand usable public space during the pandemic. Shared spaces include the…
Save Car-Free Natoma Street!
This week the Board of Supervisors will consider a plan to replace the car-free block of Natoma Street, between First and Second streets, with a roadway and garage entry. This block of Natoma is currently the longest pedestrianized block in SoMa, and the only pedestrianized block fronting on the Salesforce Transit Center. The pandemic has…
Residential Housing Reform
San Francisco’s ongoing housing crisis compels us to reimagine the type of homes we need to build and preserve to support the housing needs of all San Franciscans. To meet this moment, we must chart a path where building small scale multi-family housing is not only possible and encouraged and existing units are preserved especially…
Save Car-Free Natoma Street!
This week, the Planning Commission will consider replacing the car-free block of Natoma Street, which is currently the longest pedestrianized block in SoMa.
Why One Mile? The Case for Open Streets
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.
Why Open Streets are an Important Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change
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.
San Francisco’s Car-Free Roots
Human beings have been carving roads and paths for eons, but it’s easy to forget that cars are quite new. Before automobiles, roads were shared spaces – open to pedestrians, vendors and modes of transport like horses and buggies.
