A small stretch of 17th Street in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood was transformed into a car-free pedestrian plaza, an experiment that could be replicated in neighborhoods across the city if the public buys into the idea.
"The test of success will be whether the neighborhood accepts it," said David Alumbaugh, San Francisco's acting director of citywide planning.
The new plaza will be about half a block long - located on the west end of 17th Street between Castro and Market streets. A gas station runs along one side of the plaza and neighborhood-serving businesses on the other. The Municipal Railway's historic F-line trolleys run along tracks in the middle of the street, and will continue to do so.
The project is modeled after an initiative in New York City where parts of roads are turned into plazas and seating. Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is pushing the idea, described it as "democratizing the streets." He said more than a half-dozen similar projects are in the works.
The new plaza will be about half a block long - located on the west end of 17th Street between Castro and Market streets. A gas station runs along one side of the plaza and neighborhood-serving businesses on the other. The Municipal Railway's historic F-line trolleys run along tracks in the middle of the street, and will continue to do so.
The project is modeled after an initiative in New York City where parts of roads are turned into plazas and seating. Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is pushing the idea, described it as "democratizing the streets." He said more than a half-dozen similar projects are in the works.
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