SFBC celebrates first "parklet" on Divisadero in SF

Bikies,

According to the SFBC, San Francisco's first "parklet," a temporary sidewalk extension at Cafe Mojo on Divisadero, is now in use:

http://sfpavementtoparks.sfplanning.org/

This looks like an ideal program to try in Alameda and Oakland where narrower sidewalks constrain sidewalk activities as well a local commerce.
(This concept should be in Alameda's still-in-draft-form Bike Plan Update....)

Sorry the links below did not cross over with the cut-and-paste from SFBC's e-newsletter.

Jon

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Parklet Comes to Life
Hop on your bike and ride over to Cafe Mojo on Divisadero between Grove and Hayes, just off the 'Wiggle' route to see something new and amazing. The City's Pavement to Parks program has installed the city's first Parklet, a platform with seating, greenery and -- yes -- bike parking, transforming the street's spaces normally used for car parking. This trial Parklet is the first of many more to come throughout the city. Huge thanks to the many volunteers with SF Bicycle Coalition's Great Streets Project who have been out in rain and shine over the last couple of weeks building the installation, and counting and interviewing people about this new project. You've made history! And a huge bravo to the Pavement to Parks program and Mayor Newsom for testing out this great idea for improving public space in our cozy city. You'll remember that the Bicycle Coalition helped business owners and City leaders experience this innovative idea back in September on PARK(ing) Day, the one-day e
vent that re-purposes street parking spots into extra room for cafe tables and chairs, bike parking, and mini-gardens, giving pedestrians and bicyclists more room.

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