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San Mateo County’s “Streets Alive! Parks Alive!” Returns (Mostly In Parks)

By Andrew Boone | May 1, 2013 | No Comments

Editor’s note: Today we welcome Andrew Boone, co-founder of the Peninsula Transportation Alternatives Blog, as our new reporter providing coverage in San Mateo County. In its fourth year, 16 cities in San Mateo County will take part in this weekend’s Streets Alive! Parks Alive!, an event aimed at getting people outdoors with programmed activities. While most […]

More Cities to Join San Mateo County’s “Streets Alive” This Year

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 22, 2011 | 3 Comments

San Mateo County’s first Streets Alive event may have had bad luck with the weather last April, but many Peninsula cities are eager to get another shot at celebrating car-free streets with an even bigger event in 2011. “Even though it was rained out, it was pretty popular with residents,” said Eric Pawlowsky, an aide to San […]

Bay Area Cities Open Streets This Sunday for World Health Day

By Matthew Roth | Apr 7, 2010 | 7 Comments

Numerous Bay Area cities are joining municipalities around the world this Sunday, April 11th, to embrace the health and community benefits of ciclovias — or car-free events that encourage walking, biking and physical activity — as part of the World Health Organization’s 1,000 Cities 1,000 Lives, World Health Day 2010. Like the incredibly popular Sunday […]