This Weekend: Sunday Streets Returns to the Tenderloin and Civic Center

By Aaron Bialick
Aug 16, 2013

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It’s been a while, but the Tenderloin and Civic Center will be graced once again with Sunday Streets this weekend. Get out and enjoy this rare opportunity to play on the normally speed-dominated streets of one of the city’s densest neighborhoods.

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SF Continues to Explore More Permanent Sunday Streets in 2012

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 17, 2012

Sunday Streets keeps on growing, with 10 car-free events coming to neighborhoods around the city this year. This year’s schedule includes four consecutive months of the ever-popular Mission route, a new route in the Excelsior, and a modified route through Golden Gate Park. The Civic Center/Tenderloin route was also taken off the table this year […]

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Why SF Should Strive to Replicate the Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | May 16, 2014

On the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, between Market Street and City Hall, the new contra-flow protected bike lane creates a unique street layout for San Francisco. For the first time on a downtown street, people on bikes are accommodated in a way that people in cars are not. Bike traffic goes both ways, while […]

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Inner Sunset Organizers Take a Serious Look at Irving Street Public Plaza

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 10, 2013

The vision for a block-long pedestrian plaza on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset is taking the next step, with the launch of a community-based study. Dubbed “Irving Commons,” the plaza idea was warmly received by neighbors when it was presented two years ago at Inner Sunset Sundays, a street party organized four times per […]

Rally to save 'Car-Free JFK' held in February. Photo: Sergio Ruiz

Weekend Roundup: Final JFK Vote, Sunday Streets

By Roger Rudick | Apr 8, 2022

Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.

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Eyes on the Street: Another Driver Jumps the Curb in the Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 20, 2015

No sidewalk is safe. Another driver jumped the curb and crashed into a building at Post and Taylor Streets near Union Square on Sunday. Cheryl Brinkman, who sits on the SFMTA Board of Directors, captured this photo of the aftermath and remarked: “I’ve been keeping a mental list of ‘Things we can’t trust car drivers […]

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Eyes on the Street: New Muni Signage, Route Names, and Maps in Action

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 27, 2015

The SFMTA launched its “Muni Forward” wayfinding upgrades this weekend with new shelter features, sign posts, and changes to some bus route names. In the most sweeping change, the former “Limited” buses can now be seen rolling with the new “R” mark for “Rapid.” The SFMTA is installing new Muni stop sign poles, which include solar-powered lanterns that […]