The Trust for Public Land

Kimpton Hotels

University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

Squashco Jumbo Industries

John Gilbert Architects PARK(ing) in Glasgow

RenameYourFiles PARK(ing) in Sicily

Zipcar

Pedal Express

Rebar is committed to connecting you with organizations that advocate for public open space on a permanent basis. Please visit our lead supporter, The Trust for Public Land, and consider donating to their righteous cause!

Here are links to other relevant civic, advocacy and private organizations:

City of San Francisco Sidewalk Landscaping Permits
[website]
The Department of Public Works - Bureau of Urban Forestry is now accepting permits for sidewalk landscaping. In addition to planting trees, this permit allows property owners to convert a portion of the sidewalk in front of their property into an attractive landscaped area. It looks great, provides habitat, reduces flooding, and is good for property values!

San Francisco Community Challenge Grant
[www.sfccgp.org]
The Community Challenge Grant Program (CCG), formerly known as the Neighborhood Beautification Fund, provides matching grants to local residents, businesses, non-profits and other community groups to make physical improvements to their neighborhoods. The CCG focuses on projects that directly engage residents and businesses in working together to create green spaces, gathering places, public art, and other neighborhood amenities. The program provides an important tool for enabling communities to take the lead in conducting small-scale improvements in their own communities, and is a critical component of San Francisco's Livable City Initiative.

San Francisco Better Streets Plan
[website]
The Better Streets Plan (BSP) will rethink how the City designs, builds and maintains the pedestrian environment. The BSP will create a unifying set of objectives, policies and standards governing all elements of the pedestrian environment, including all aspects of the public street right-of-way. The BSP will be based on the understanding that the pedestrian environment is about much more than just transportation - that streets serve a multitude of social, recreational and ecological needs that must be considered when deciding on the most appropriate design.

City of San Francisco's Livable City Initiative
[website]
San Franciscans have a proud tradition of taking on tough problems and developing creative solutions. The Livable City Initiative is a partnership between city government, local residents, and the business community to develop a comprehensive vision for greening San Francisco, develop citywide greening programs and projects, and create tools that assist communities in initiating greening projects locally.

 Street Reclaiming
[www.lesstraffic.com]
While traffic calming focused on slowing traffic, street reclaiming focuses on reclaiming the street for neighborhood-building activities such as play, socializing, commerce, culture, and sharing of street wisdom. Ironically, reinstating these community-building functions automatically causes traffic to slow down.

The San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC)
[www.sfneighborhoodparks.org]
The Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) advocates for a superior, equitable and sustainable park and recreation system. NPC provides leadership and support to park users through community-driven stewardship, education, planning and research.

Friends of the Urban Forest (SF)
[www.fuf.net]
Friends of the Urban Forest is a nonprofit committed to the belief that trees are a critical element of a livable urban environment. Since 1981, FUF has offered financial, technical, and practical assistance to individuals and neighborhood groups who want to plant and care for trees.

SPUR (SF)
[www.spur.org]
The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) is San Francisco's preeminent public-policy think tank. Through research, analysis, public education, and advocacy, SPUR promotes good planning and good government. We bring together neighborhood leaders, government officials, business leaders, planners, architects, students, and activists—the full range of people who care about San Francisco—to debate, learn, and plan for the needs of the city as a whole.

Project for Public Spaces (NYC)
[www.pps.org]
PPS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public spaces that build communities. We provide technical assistance, training, research and other services. Since our founding in 1975, we have worked in over 1,500 communities in the United States and around the world, helping people turn their public spaces into vital community places.

Green Pal (international/Japan)
[www.greenpal.org]
The mission of Green Pal is to restore the loop between green and people by uniting the power around the world into one. Green Pal supports creating and connecting an environmentally sustainable community by empowering people beyond borders and language barriers.

World Carfree Network
[www.worldcarfree.net]
Worldcarfree.net is a clearinghouse of information from around the world on how to revitalize our towns and cities and create a sustainable future. In addition to serving the carfree movement, Worldcarfree.net offers resources for architects, planners, teachers/professors, students, decision-makers and engaged citizens.

Traffic Calming
[www.trafficcalming.org]
Website serves as a practical guide to traffic calming and neighborhood traffic management, including, international and US history, a toolbox of calming devices, measured results from traffic calming, current programs around the world

Xtracycle
[www.xtracycle.com]
Makers of the SUB!

Critical Mass
[www.critical-mass.org]
An unorganized coincidence.