FW: [SPAM] [sfbike] Carfree Trick-or-Treats in NOPA

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From: sfbike...@lists.riseup.net [mailto:sfbike...@lists.riseup.net] On Behalf Of Michael Helquist
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:33 AM
To: sfb...@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [SPAM] [sfbike] Carfree Trick-or-Treats in NOPA

NOPA got an even better car-free deal out of the block closures for Halloween.

The neighborhood association, NOPNA, paid the application fee ($150!) to close

two east-west blocks and then SFPD requested that the two north-south blocks

in the middle be closed as well to make it all safer. 300 people were walking 

about on all four blocks plus two more back and forth to get to kids parties in a local

restaurant. 

What's really needed is for MTA to reduce the application fee for 1-2

block neighborhood parties. (NY charges $15 for the basic permit), 

streamline the process, and, you know, actually....encourage car-free events.

Michael Helquist

From: Jym Dyer <j...@econet.org>
To: sfb...@lists.riseup.net
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:48:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [sfbike] Carfree Trick-or-Treats in NOPA
=v= Like a plague of wheeled locusts, cars swarmed into the
upper Haight and Cole Valley this evening, rushing around all
inattentively, looking for parking, and never mind all the
little kids trick-or-treating.  It was completely nuts!

=v= It occurred to me that Hallowe'en night is probably a very
good time to get a block party permit and close off the streets,
just to keep these kids alive.  Then I hopped on my bike and
coincidentally discovered that folks in NOPA had already come
up with the idea and implemented it!  Check it out:

http://ibikenopa.blogspot.com/2009/10/ghoulish-car-free-grove-set-to-spook.html

=v= Let's do this in EVERY neighborhood next year.
   <_Jym_>

P.S.:  Be sure to hit the after-Hallowe'en sales to get some
LED-based visibility items, for the fraction of the cost of
some blinkies!

--
Michael

BIKE NOPA  
All about bicycling and livability in San Francisco's North Panhandle neighborhood.
www.ibikenopa.blogspot.com

[Thea Selby]

After coming back from Belvedere Street (Cole Valley Halloween trick or treating extravaganza), I was kind of sad at how quiet the Lower Haight is for kids and trick or treating. Belevere was NUTS, however. Some middle ground would be nice. And, yes, at $15 for street closure, we could close waller or page, and make a nice little zone for t or t-ing...

 

Thea

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[Monroe Bryant]

I agree.  I went to Belvedere for the first time this year, with my wife and 3 year old.  That neighborhood really did it up.  That one house with the costumed people dancing in the windows was hilarious!
 
On Monday, November 02, 2009, at 08:37AM, "Thea Selby" <Th...@nextstepsmarketing.com> wrote:
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[r...@3-page.com]

http://ibikenopa.blogspot.com/2009/11/grove-street-orange-and-black.html

cute NOPA haloween pix

[r...@3-page.com]

I think Waller between Steiner and Diviz would be perfect, especially since Potomac, Pierce and Carmelita are such great little streets.  No bus diversions, no traffic problems, and there could be a party in the park or the Harvey Milk center after/during.

I'm cc'ing this to Susan Beckstead.  She organizes the 'Deadenders' party, and she knows most of the people on the dead-end streets.  We need to make sure that most of them are on board. 

Can we lobby Ross to pass legislation to lower the street closure costs? 

Let's make it happen next year! 

Rob

[Friedman, Lynn]

we got less than 20 kids on the 300 block of Waller.
next year we're thinking of setting up a table in front of
Cafe du Soleil, since most parents only take their kids
down the commercial streets