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Celebrate the Third Year Anniversary of Car-Free JFK on Friday
Yes, it has been three years, and it is certainly something to celebrate
April 27, 2023
Sup. Christensen Gives Tentative Support for Car-Free Powell Street
District 3 Supervisor Julie Christensen offered tentative support for the car-free Powell Street trial proposed for Union Square. The SFMTA hopes to have a pilot project in place in November, in time for the holiday shopping season, but it has met some resistance from the Union Square Business Improvement District because delivery vehicles would be banned during daytime hours.
September 4, 2015
SFMTA Proposes a Car-Free Powell Street in Union Square
The SFMTA has proposed making crowded, traffic-clogged Powell Street in Union Square a car-free street on a trial basis. Removing cars from the equation would make the street function better for pedestrians and cable cars on the blocks between Ellis and Geary Streets.
August 26, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Twitter’s Alley-Turned-Plaza Bustles Near Civic Center
A plaza is bustling with life several months after its creation on a segment of the Stevenson Street alleyway at 10th Street, next to the Twitter offices.
July 30, 2015
New York City Now Has Permanently Car-Free Roads in Two Major Parks
A week after New York City's Central Park went mostly car-free, today marked the beginning of the permanent car-free zone on the west side of Prospect Park [PDF].
July 7, 2015
Cars Will Remain on the Crooked Block of Lombard Street Until at Least 2016
Cars will continue to fill the crooked block of Lombard Street until at least 2016. Although the trial car closures last summer were seen as a success, the gears of city bureaucracy appear to have slowed the momentum for going permanently car-free. It will take until December for the city to issue a report on the restrictions. No timeline has been laid out for implementation.
June 24, 2015
Should SF Streets Go Car-Free to Make Room for Nightlife?
Polk, Valencia, Castro, Broadway -- when bar patrons crowd these streets at night, should they go car-free?
February 24, 2015
Hearst Corp Backs Off Bid to Tear Out Annie Alley Street Plaza
The Hearst Corporation has withdrawn its appeal against the Annie Alley street plaza [PDF] after talks with city planners and the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District.
February 2, 2015
Stockton Street “Winter Walk” Plaza to Return Next Holiday Season
The incredibly popular (but temporary) "Winter Walk" plaza will return to Stockton Street in Union Square for another holiday season in December, the local business improvement district announced.
January 28, 2015
Union Square’s “Winter Walk” Plaza on Stockton a Hit – Why Bring Cars Back?
Families are loving "Winter Walk SF," the temporary holiday plaza filling two blocks of Stockton Street in Union Square. As CBS reporter John Ramos put it, the on-street downtown play space "represents the San Francisco everyone wants it to be."
December 8, 2014