In the next decade, development in downtown San Francisco will continue to expand, to the dismay of many. “We’re experiencing, maybe for the first time, a real urban revival,” says Evans.

Urban Alchemy, a San Francisco–based homeless-services nonprofit ... and their aim is “transforming the energy of traumatized urban spaces.” By design, these practitioners are almost all ex-convicts.

San Francisco's Board of Directors adopted a comprehensive Biking and Rolling Plan for safer, more connected transport.