Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Car-free street

U.S. Cities Have More Car-Free Households Than You Think

By Kea Wilson | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives — and where they're located often suggests a dire need for more transit to serve the under-resourced residents who need it most.

Process Begins to Make Car-Free J.F.K. Permanent

By Roger Rudick | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Will the eastern half of J.F.K. Drive remain car free? That's the question behind a new outreach effort, launched Tuesday by SFMTA and Rec and Park, to determine what people want the future of Golden Gate Park to look like

Tracking Slow Streets in the Bay Area

By Roger Rudick | Jun 11, 2020 | No Comments

SPUR, with a little help from Streetsblog, put together a list of cities with 'slow streets' programs

Interview: Oakland Leader on Racial Equity and Mobility

By Courtney Cobbs | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor's office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch "Slow Streets," has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19.

North Beach to Get a ‘Slow Street’

By Roger Rudick | May 14, 2020 | No Comments

A survey shows residents overwhelmingly support adding the neighborhood to the 'slow streets' map

Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Loop Re-Opens to Walking and Bicycling

By Damien Newton | May 13, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor Tornek: "if the social distancing doesn’t work, then we’re going to be back to ground zero on this.”

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