Slow Streets

For the hearts and minds and health of Bay Area residents.
Restaurant customers dine outside on a San Francisco street that is closed to cars.
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Joey Kotfica

Slow Streets are temporary closures of streets in your neighborhood.

Places where you can slow down and have room to move during the pandemic.

People sitting on San Francisco's Page Street, watching a musician perform a concert from the sidewalk.
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Joey Kotfica

Open streets where you can walk, bike, run and roll.

While staying safe, at a distance.

A family with a young child and a dog walking on a Slow Street in San Francisco' Hayes Valley.
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Joey Kotfica

Because there are a lot fewer cars, and room to move.

You can bike to essential services like your local grocery store, pharmacy or doctor.

Or just enjoy the open space.

Three children playing on a Slow Street in Alameda - one on a scooter, one on a skateboard and one on a bicycle.
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Peter Beeler

MTC helps cities and counties get started with Slow Streets.

By sharing resources, community leaders can move quickly, building on work that's been done by others.

Pedestrians on a street closed to cars enjoy the San Francisco views from Twin Peaks.
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Joey Kotfica

Oakland closed 20 miles of streets across 18 routes.

Across the Bay Area, even more parklets, outdoor dining spaces, bikeways and Slow Streets have opened.

Diners enjoying a sidewalk "parklet" in Oakland.
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Karl Nielsen

See the MTC toolbox that's shared with local governments.

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