Slow Streets were introduced to SF’s residential streets as a response to the pandemic and a collective need for more public space. As the program moves towards permanence, SF Parks Alliance is committed to providing support for local residents serving as stewards. Our experience working with hundreds of community groups across the city has informed a robust toolkit of resources that will help you plan events, organize neighbors, initiate art projects, and add greening to your Slow Street.
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SlowStreets@sfparksalliance.org
Ground Murals
In 2023, the SFMTA was granted a Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative Grant. We’re thrilled to be working with them to utilize this grant to install ground murals along Slow Sanchez Street in 2024! Check back on this page for project updates.
Sidewalk Gardens
In 2021 SF Parks Alliance was awarded a Watershed Stewardship Grant from the Community Challenge Grant program to fund the installation of sidewalk gardens along some of San Francisco’s newly minted slow streets. Between 2022 and 2023, we worked with the Friends of the Urban Forest to install 11 sidewalk gardens on Page St., 10 on Golden Gate Ave., and 9 on Sanchez St. with the help of over 70 volunteers. Go check them out!