Green Connections

The project aims to make the City more healthy, sustainable, and livable through features such as pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, street trees and other landscaping, stormwater management, and opportunities for beautification, public art, and community stewardship.

Green Connections is a two year project, funded by planning grant from the State of California Strategic Growth Council. The deliverables of the project include:

• SF Plant Finder - SF Plant Finder is an online, searchable database that provides gardeners and designers with recommendations for climate-appropriate plants they can use in backyards, rights-of-way, and other urban spaces to support ecological diversity.
• Green Connections Network: A map of 24 routes, totaling 115 miles of streets across the City that will be improved to better connect people to parks and open spaces.
• Design Toolkit: A set of 18 design typologies for street intersections and blocks that could be applied to routes based on local conditions and priorities.
• Green Connections Community Resource List: A guide for commu­nity members who want to get involved in designing and implementing Green Connections routes, which includes examples of programs, grants, and other resources available to help.
• Green Connections Ecology Guides: A narrative describing each route and providing recommendations for plants that promote target species and habitats – plants and animals that serve an important ecological function and are ideally suited to the area.
• Neighborhood Concept Designs: Preliminary designs for routes in Bayview-Hunters Point, Chinatown, Potrero Hill, Tenderloin, Visitacion Valley, and Western Addition.

Partners

The project is a collaborative effort of the San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Department of Public Health, the Mayor's Office of Housing, and three community-based organizations Nature in the City, San Francisco Parks Alliance and Walk San Francisco.