SAN FRANCISCO – What kind of improvements would you like to see on San Francisco’s streets, and paths?

Your opportunity is online at www.improvesf.com to give your input on the San Francisco Planning Department’s Green Connections network, which features over 140 miles of ‘green connectors’– special streets and paths linking pedestrians, cyclists and wildlife to parks and other open spaces throughout the city.

“Through this collaborative partnership with the Planning Department and ImproveSF, we have created another way to engage our communities to help shape the vision of our streets and open spaces,” said Mayor Edwin Lee.

The map includes a network of 25 unique routes stretching across all parts of San Francisco.

“This is a 20-year long project, and in order to better connect individuals and their families to enjoy natural areas and public amenities in their community, it’s important that we hear what residents really want in their neighborhoods,” said John Rahaim, Planning Director.

Green Connections is a collaborative effort between the San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Mayor’s Office of Housing.  The City agencies have also partnered with three community-based organizations: San Francisco Parks Alliance, Walk San Francisco and Nature in the City. 

ImproveSF is a citywide program that generates opportunities for the City and Country of San Francisco and its residents to work together via online community challenges and polls voted on by the public. The Green Connections polls close January 11, 2013.

To give your feedback now, visit www.improvesf.com. And for information on Green Connections, visit http://greenconnections.sfplanning.org.

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Media Contact:

Joanna Linsangan

415.575.9119 | joanna.linsangan@sfgov.org