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In Tenth Year of Park(ing) Day, Parklets Bloom on Six Continents
By Payton Chung |
Cities on six continents celebrated Park(ing) Day on Friday, in its tenth year of temporarily transforming curbside space for cars into public spaces for people. Some of the pop-up parks that caught our eye this Park(ing) Day include: Providence pulled out all of the stops this year, with 32 parklets — and a pop-up protected bike lane down […]
Tonight: Tour Proposed New Public Spaces with Rec & Park
By Matt Baume |
Get ready to peek into a possible future for San Francisco parks. This evening and next week, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will lead a tour of four properties being considered for purchase and transformation into parkland. The locations being considered are at 17th and Folsom; Palou and Phelps in the shadow of […]
This Week: Muni TEP, Bike to School Day, and Sunday Streets
By Robert Prinz |
This Tuesday and Wednesday, don’t miss your chance to provide feedback on planned improvements to speed up the J-Church, 14-Mission, and 22 Fillmore Muni lines at the SFMTA’s TEP workshops. On Thursday, take your kids on a ride for San Francisco’s fourth annual Bike to School Day, and Sunday Streets returns this weekend with a modified […]
New Belgium’s Tour de Fat
By Aaron Bialick |
From SFBC: Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a ballyhoo of bikes and beer at the fun-filled day in the park sponsored by our generous friends at the New Belgium Brewing Company. All proceeds from beer and merchandise at Tour de Fat go to the work of the SF Bicycle Coalition and Bay Area […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
This week there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in shaping the future of your community, clean and green it up now, and take a look back at SF’s architectural tradition. Best of all, the workweek winds down with a Livable Streets tradition — PARK(ing) Day! Here are the highlights. Monday: Public Meeting for […]