Day: September 7, 2010

"Wish PARK(ing) Day lasted longer than one day?  Learn how to get your very own “parklet,” the City’s innovative experiment to create more public space by temporarily transforming parking spots into mini-parks. Join Andres Power from the Planning Department and Kit Hodge of the Great Streets Project to get information and ask questions about a new permitting process for parklets."

"The Center for Transit Oriented Development recently declared that transit planning should focus primarily on connecting people to regional employment centers. Join us for a briefing on their recent report that has implications for regional and transit planning, and outlines a framework for using transit investments to shape land use decisions. With Dena Belzer and Sujata Srivastava from Strategic Economics and Jeff Wood from Reconnecting America."

"BYOBM. Bring your own bike and mustache. Bring money for the ferry back from Sausalito ($7.85)"

"Join Friends of the Urban Forest and Ellyn Shea on a tour of parks, natural areas and green spaces along the waterfront from Embarcadero to India Basin Shoreline Park, covering 5-6 miles of mainly flat terrain, mostly pavement, some trails. Ride ends at Heron's Head Park."

Rowena learned about the true cost of cars the hard way. Raised by her mom, a Filipina immigrant, in a happy if carless home in northern California, Rowena marveled upon graduating from college and getting a steady job that she could afford to lease her very own car. For a small down payment and $199 a month, she was in a beautiful new Honda.

"Covering everything from literary dissenters to urban riots and protests, this 4-hour tour examines sites of conflict and unrest, the social movements and upheavals, that have shaped San Francisco since its origins."

"Join architects & SFBC members David Baker and Robin Levitt and planner Rob Bregoff for a guided ride past some of the city's most spectacular post-earthquake homes. It will look at works by Second Bay Area Tradition architects and contemporaries, including buildings by Richard Neutra, William Wurster, Gardner Dailey, Henry Hill, and Anshen + Allen. Viewing these houses through the focused lens of local architects and planners, our daily city becomes a richer, more revealed place.

"Pedal to the Ferry Building to fill up your panniers with local bounty and park your bike with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. All 52 weeks a year, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will be providing complimentary valet bike parking."

"See flexible parking solutions in action all across the city on PARK(ing) Day, the annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens temporarily transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks."