The San Francisco Great Streets Project aims to transform city streets into vibrant public spaces through demonstration projects. It works with leaders to test placemaking strategies like widening sidewalks, adding bike lanes and pedestrian plazas. These trials help officials identify effective approaches to institutionalize citywide, like those seen internationally in Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona and London. San Francisco has implemented several successful street improvement trials and has plans for more.

5. An international tradition of creating great public spaces by reimagining streets …

6. Stroget: Pedestrianized in 1962 as one of first efforts to trial street improvements in Copenhagen

7. Paris Plage: Pompidou Expressway converted in 2002 to a beach in the summer. Successful trial has been expanded and continued.

8. Barcelona: Ordinary street design uses creative, temporary materials to make them more pleasant.

9. Trafalgar Square: London converts former traffic artery in 2003 to an extremely popular pedestrian plaza.

10. … is being experimented with in New York City by trial improvements with temporary, salvaged or inexpensive materials …

11. Willoughby Plaza: New York City’s first trial street plaza in the Downtown Brooklyn civic area.

12. DUMBO Plaza: Neighborhood street plaza in Brooklyn.

13. 9th Avenue Bikeway: New York City’s first separated bike path and pedestrian refuge system.

14. 9th Avenue Plaza: Street plaza in Meatpacking District in Manhattan, reclaiming the center of a busy intersection.

15. Madison Square Plaza: Midtown Manhattan street plaza well used throughout the year.

16. Photo by Brad Aaron Broadway Boulevard: Times Square becomes a great place to sit, even before the space is built out. This will become a more permanent looking trial plaza.

17. Photo by nickdigital Broadway Before Improvements

18. Photo by Ianqui Broadway Boulevard Today

19. Photo by dirtycrumbs Broadway Boulevard Today

20. … and now San Francisco through trial projects and events.

21. Photo by Seefry Sunday Streets

22. Photo by Project Cambio Sunday Streets

23. Photo by Phil Hollenback Sunday Streets

24. Enjoy the next Sunday Streets. See sundaystreetssf.org for schedules and locations.

25. Photo by Jamison Weiser 17 th Street Trial Plaza: Launched May 2009

26. 17 th Street Before Plaza Opening

27. Photo by Jamison Weiser 17 th Street Plaza Under Construction

28. Photo by Jamison Weiser 17 th Street Trial Plaza Today

29. San Francisco has many wonderful plans for great public streets, including some that have actually been built …

30. Chinatown Alleyways Master Plan

31. Photo by Wayne Bremser Chinatown Alleyway Before Improvements

32. Photo by Wayne Bremser Jack Kerouac Alley Under Construction

33. Photo by Wooac Jack Kerouac Alley Today

34. On-Street Bike Parking at SF Main Library

35. Photo by Kate McCarthy Mint Plaza

36. Photo by memepunk Belden Place

37. Noe Street Farmers Market

38. Now the City is experimenting with new ways to deliver great public spaces -- faster, starting with these next three spaces …

40. Request one in your neighborhood at sfpavementtoparks.sfplanning.org.

41. How can this approach be applied to revitalizing Market Street?

43. The San Francisco Great Streets Project invites you to be part of the movement to bring great public spaces to our city’s streets. Get involved at sfgreatstreets.org