This Sunday is the next installment of Sunday Streets, when areas of the city get closed off to traffic so residents can play!
This Sunday, portions of Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway will be completely closed to traffic, making it a great chance to get out and walk, run, bike, rollerskate – pretty much anything goes. Indulge in car-free wanderlust all the way from the Academy of Sciences (“Penguins”) out to the SF Zoo (“Polar Bears”).
Dozens of activities, live music and performances will line the route along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. Popular programs include free bike repair, skate lessons and rentals, music, dancing, and more.
So dust off those bikes, scooters and other wheeled vehicles and come out to enjoy our streets with your neighbors! Sunday Streets runs from 11am until 4pm, this Sunday.
Sarah B.
There’s also a seperate Richmond District Sunday Streets on 10/27/13 that will be new and different. According to a March 2013 sf.streetsblog.org posting the October event “Organizers haven’t established the details of the route or the exact date, but an aide from Mar’s office said it will likely include inner Clement’s commercial strip and a major section of Balboa Street, running out to the Great Highway and including connections into Golden Gate Park, where eastern John F. Kennedy Drive is already car-free every Sunday”.
So while the classic GGP/Great Highway “route through the woods” is fantastic for families and kids the Richmond Route in October may appeal more to the social and trendy types.