Parklets

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) authorized $1 million Tuesday to fund the Golden Gate Greenway, a project to close lanes on a block of the street in the Tenderloin to provide some much-needed green space on a permanent basis. From a release from Supervisor Dean Preston, who sits on the CTA and represents the district:

A little bit about Oakland and San Francisco's parklets/shared spaces programs

Destroyed by a motorist but since rebuilt, water-cycle parklet turns San Francisco street into a classroom

Thousands of people, including lots of kids, came out to the Excelsior neighborhood yesterday morning and afternoon to enjoy a bright and sunny Sunday Streets on Mission Street. This one ran from Avalon/Theresa to Geneva Streets, and marks the final Sunday Streets event of 2017.

Today is Park(ing) Day, the now-ten-year-old celebration that repurposes street parking spots for people rather than cars.