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In Park(ing) Day’s Seventh Year, Parklets Now a San Francisco Institution

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2012 | 5 Comments

When Park(ing) Day started in San Francisco seven years ago, setting up camp on a sliver of street space normally reserved for storing cars was a somewhat radical idea. But these days, evidence of the movement’s continuing success can be seen year-round with more than 35 (and counting) semi-permanent, city-sanctioned parklets around the city. Park(ing) […]

Great Streets Project Quantifies the Impacts of Parklets

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Nearly two years after the first parklet arrived in San Francisco, a new study provides an empirical assessment of reclaiming parking spots for public space. The 2011 Parklet Impact Study [PDF], released yesterday by the SF Great Streets Project, measures changes in pedestrian volumes and activity at three new parklets built last year. The study, […]

Western Cesar Chavez Streetscape Project to Be Completed in Summer 2013

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 8, 2011 | 15 Comments

Construction on the Cesar Chavez Sewer and Streetscape Improvement Project will be completed a few months behind schedule in summer 2013, according to the SF Department of Public Works. DPW’s Kris Opbroek said the streetscape portion will begin in the spring as completion of the sewer work moves west. When finished, the project will transform Cesar Chavez […]

Market Street Right Turns Made Permanent by SFMTA Board

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2011 | 15 Comments

A trial project diverting private automobile traffic off Market Street will become permanent following a unanimous vote by the SFMTA Board of Directors today. The changes have made the the city’s main thoroughfare more inviting for people who walk, take transit and bike by requiring eastbound drivers on Market to turn right at 10th and […]

Mission Community Market Hopes to Revitalize Dormant Street

By Matthew Roth | Jun 9, 2010 | 16 Comments

Organizers of the nascent Mission Community Market hope to transform an underutilized block of Bartlett Street in the Mission into a thriving weekly market, where vendors sell their goods and kids play in the street after school. As an initial test, the Mission Community Market Collaborative (MCMC) is throwing a block party and fundraiser on […]

Streetfilms: Making a Better Market Street in San Francisco

By John Hamilton | Dec 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

For decades, planners and transportation specialists have debated how San Francisco’s most important street could be re-visioned to make it work better for transit, pedestrians, cyclists, shoppers, and those living on or near it. Now, as the Better Market Street Project moves forward with trial traffic diversions, the Art in Storefronts project, music and programming […]

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