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Great Highway/GG Park Sunday Streets to Become More Regular
The ever-popular Great Highway and Golden Gate Park route for Sunday Streets drew thousands of San Franciscans of all ages yesterday with more activities than ever before. For next year, organizer Susan King said that the SFMTA is looking to hold a different, more frequent route.
July 11, 2011
Enjoy 4.5 Miles of Sunday Streets at the Beach and GG Park This Weekend
Sunday Streets returns to Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway this Sunday, extending the park's regular weekend street openings all the way to the beach and beyond. Thousands of San Franciscans of all ages are expected to pedal, play and relax along the car-free route running all the way from the Panhandle along John F. Kennedy Drive to the windmill and down the Great Highway along Ocean Beach with lots of fun activites along the way.
July 8, 2011
Scenes from Sunday Streets in the Bayview, Dogpatch and Potrero Hill
Thousands of people took to the car-free streets of the Bayview, Dogpatch and Potrero Hill yesterday for a sunny Sunday Streets. Did you go? Please share your stories in the comments section, and see more photos below the break. The next Sunday Streets is July 12th on the Great Highway.
June 13, 2011
Sunday Streets to Grace Bayview, Potrero, and Dogpatch This Weekend
Many a cycling tot will get another chance to graduate from training wheels this Sunday on safe, car-free streets by the Bay. Sunday Streets returns to Bayview with a tweaked route this year to include the Lower Potero Hill and Dogpatch neighborhoods in the plethora of family-friendly activities.
June 10, 2011
Sunday Streets in the Mission Shows the Demand for Pedestrianized Streets
An estimated 25,000 people turned out for a beautiful albeit windy Sunday Streets in the Mission yesterday, tying the attendance record for the city's "official block party." For many a participant, experiencing car-free Valencia and 24th Streets didn't just continue to beg the question "why not every week?" but rather, "why not all the time?"
May 9, 2011
This Weekend’s Mission Sunday Streets Will Be Packed With Fun
A sunny weather forecast promises an ideal Mother's Day for the thousands of San Franciscans planning to enjoy Sunday Streets in the Mission District. An extended route this year will be filled with live music and activities, and some of the biggest crowds yet are expected to fill Valencia and 24th Streets, one of the event's most popular locations.
May 6, 2011
A Growing Living Streets Community Emerges in Redding, California
Redding, California, with a population of 90,000, is probably best known for its sunshine, breathtaking landscapes and conservative politics. Located 200 miles north of Sacramento in Shasta County, the lush region surrounded by the Trinity and Cascade mountains offers an abundance of recreation, including a growing number of paved multi-use trails that draw large crowds of bicyclists and pedestrians.
April 29, 2011
Thousands Celebrate Second Sunday Streets of 2011 on the Great Highway
An estimated 10,000 people celebrated Sunday Streets on the Great Highway and Golden Gate Park yesterday, enjoying six miles of car-free space from Stanyan Street to Sloat Boulevard. Sunny skies and calmer winds blessed the crowds of bicyclists, skaters and walkers, some of whom discovered Sunday Streets for the first time.
April 11, 2011
Peru’s Traffic Menagerie
Our daily urban lives shape our imaginations in so many ways. Few things box us in like our everyday transit options, and the patterns of traffic that shape our sense of public space. These patterns themselves are historical of course. A quick look back at the famous Market Street film shot a few days before the 1906 earthquake shows how chaotic and unpredictable the flow of traffic was when San Francisco's main artery hadn't yet been paved and standardized. Similarly, leaving the U.S. and visiting other countries provides a fantastic opportunity to experience other assumptions and possibilities for urban space, and surprisingly perhaps, a different range of vehicles.
March 28, 2011
Despite Rain Threat, First 2011 Sunday Streets Graced with Some Sunshine
Despite the prevailing threat of rain, the clouds scattered for yesterday's first Sunday Streets of 2011 from Fisherman's Wharf to China Basin, allowing intermittent sunshine to grace the San Francisco waterfront. The event attracted thousands of people, including Mayor Ed Lee, who were able to tuck away their umbrellas and enjoy the car-free streets.
March 21, 2011