Build the Cities and Neighborhoods You Want

UAS Ally: Kevin BayukUAS Ally: Kevin Bayuk

UAS ally Kevin Bayuk shares some Community and Governance tips for you all. Please share yours in the comments!

Host a neighborhood potluck or join UAS and we'll host one for you!

Shut down your street to traffic for a day and get to know your neighbors at a neighborhood block party.

Build community and share resources through swapping:

http://www.swapsf.com/

Reclaim and San Francisco street parks with your neighbors:

http://www.sfpt.org/Default.aspx?tabid=254#available

Explore living together in co-housing communities:

http://www.cohousing.org/default.aspx

Reinvigorate participatory democracy and understand the Politics of Trust:

http://www.politicsoftrust.net/

Study up on consensus:

http://www.ic.org/pnp/ocac/index.php

Learn about direct democracy:

http://www.swissworld.org/dvd_rom/direct_democracy_2005/index.html

Educate yourself on alternatives to current governance structures:

Constitutional criticism:

http://www.lysanderspooner.org/bib_new.htm (check out "No Treason")

Understand the commons and decision-making processes:

http://www.commons.org/

Dig some history:

http://www.diggers.org/overview.htm

Go a little deeper into the labels:

http://praxeology.net/BT-SSA.htm

 

 

 


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I'm all for Street Closures
Submitted by roscoe on Mon, 12/11/2007 - 12:00pm.

It seems like the time has come to start shutting down many of our neighborhood streets, especially during times of heavy foot traffic.

The Haight, especially upper, should be shut off to all cars except delivery vehicles in the early hours. After that, the bus would be the only thing on the roads during Saturday and Sundays. As time passed, we'd start to see eateries setup tables in the street, less congestion on the sidewalks and yes, a much more accessable and lively community hub.

This, above all other streets, seems the likliest candidate to try this out with. Kevin, do you think UAS could pilot something like this some weekend day? Yes, there are hurdles, and we'll need to consider them all. Busses, barriers, police, etc...

It could be a catalyst action that would provide an example for Union, Hayes, Carl, Grant and many others. Weekends could start to become more popular, then leading to permanant closure.

It seems much action in SF that actually gets completed is commerce driven, so the merchants groups should be involved. Call it the sidewalk sale days or something -- whatever could change the awful state of affair now, like trying to cross the street at the corner where cha cha cha is...

Cheers,

-Roscoe


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