Room 263 San Francisco City Hall

Commission Chambers - Room 400 City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Presidio Community YMCA's Bike Skills Area, Barnard Rd. in the Presidio All participants must know how to ride a bike. Ages 12-17. Heavy rain cancels.

Meet outside Duboce Park Café - Duboce and Sanchez Get springtime going with the Good Roads Crew on this special-edition Park to Park ride. We start at the bike-friendly Duboce Park Café and then pump north to take on the bike routes in the Richmond. Weather permitting we'll find all the pothohes, cracks, and trenches that make cyclists dodge and wish we were coming their way. After taking on Lake, Cabrillo, and the connectors in between stops at the cycle-fave Velo Rouge Café for a jolt and the Arguello Super for picnic stuff. Then it's on to the SFBC potluck in Golden Gate Park for the Healthy Saturdays kick-off. Open space for bikes and peds, we're there! Visit sfbike.org/goodroads for more information. Heavy rain cancels.

Join SFBC staff and members--and all park fans-- for a casual picnic in Golden Gate Park to kick-off another six months of Healthy Saturdays. We'll be celebrating the car-free space in the park with Freedom from Training Wheels for the kids and for the adults? Good ol' lounging and chatting with other awesome SFBC members. Bring a frisbee, or a blanket, and some snacks or drinks to share at this potluck picnic. A great chance to meet the SFBC staff (new and old) and oodles of SFBC members. This is a very child friendly event. We hope to see you there! Heavy rain cancels.

Meet at Geneva Skate Park near Crocker Amazon Soccer fields. SF Urban Riders and IMBA Trail Care Crew Jason Van Horn and Inga Beck will lead a casual group ride on select trails of McLaren Park, Including an extended recreational loop that leaves the park utilizing Multi Use trail, bike path, and paved road. There will also be information to share about SFUR's proposal to create a bike skills complex in certain areas of McLaren Park. The ride will be a casual 14-18 miles, but require a good effort. Mountain or Cyclocross style bike strongly recommended. Bring layers of clothing dependent on weather, water and snacks. This is a FREE ride.RSVP is very helpful - info@sfurbanriders.org Please visit www.sfurbanriders.org for more information.

Youngblood Park (Mendell St & Fairfax Ave) Youngblood Inaugural Bike Polo Tournament & BBQ at Youngblood Park, in Bayview. Three on three games on tennis courts, Double elimination tournament. Registration 11:30-12:30 sharp with games starting at 1:00. Beginners & spectators welcome. Great stadium seating and non-tournament beginner games, with mallets provided. more info: joel (at) sfbikepolo (dot) com

312 Sutter Street, fifth floor 12:30-1:30 p.m.Your chance as a SPUR member to find out what's going on and voice your ideas for creating a sustainable transportation system in San Francisco. March agenda: the Better Streets Plan. The plan's authors will be present to talk about what it will take to translate the plan's concepts into action.

Presidio Community YMCA, 63 Funston Ave, Letterman or Bike Program Shop BikeSmart Bike Mechanics II will thoroughly cover the most commonly encountered bike maintenance issues and will teach participants essential bike maintenance skills including how to true wheels, adjust hubs and headsets and change cables and housing. students will be introduced to specific tools and learn more about how and why bikes work. Ages 14+

The Bike Kitchen, 650H Florida St. Over the 3 weeks (April 6th, 13th, 20th), it will cover what is included in a basic shop tune-up: installing and removing tubes and tires (i.e. fixing a flat), installing brake and shift cables, adjusting brakes and gears, chain maintenance, truing wheels, etc. * No previous knowledge about bikes is required or expected. But a willingness to learn and have fun is a must! Web site: http://bikekitchen.org Contact: info@bikekitchen.org Registration: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61110 * The fee for this class is sliding scale, and is $40-90 for current Bike Kitchen members, or $80-130 for non Bike Kitchen members; non-members receive a 1 year membership with class registration.

A noontime forum, held at SPUR, 312 Sutter St. (at Grant), Fifth Floor, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. We are located close to the Powell St. BART station and several Muni lines. Feel free to bring a lunch. SPUR Forums are open to the public, free for members and $5 for non-members. The Presidio Trust has identified a “preferred alternative” for revitalizing the Presidio’s Main Post and is in the midst of a public comment period on the supplemental EIS to the Presidio Trust Management Plan for the Main Post district. The executive director of the Presidio Trust, Craig Middleton, will present the Trust’s vision for the Main Post. The Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio (CAMP) is one of the key projects in the preferred alternative. Sam Nunes and Bryan Shiles, partners in the San Francisco architectural firm WRNS Studio, will discuss the design concept for the building that is being proposed for CAMP.

Room 400 San Francisco City Hall The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors will be asked to declare a fiscal emergency at its meeting a week from today, a move that will allow Muni to skip environmental reviews and implement service cuts and fare hikes this year to deal with a projected $129 million budget deficit.

SFBC HQ, 995 Market St (at 6th). Bring your bike up! Take your commuting to the next level, try bike travel! Join SFBC-member, and well-traveled cyclist Vajda as he reviews how to travel to and fro (long distances!) on a bicycle. Learn how to choose a bike and load it up efficiently or pack it to enjoy the open road. Successful long-distance and local trips will be discussed and shared by all in attendance—bonus outing planned for the following weekend!

Palace of Fine Arts Theater, 3301 Lyon St. This is the best one to say how you feel about a contemporary art museum and hotel in the center of our national park, San Francisco's birthplace. Show that the public cares!

A noontime forum, held at SPUR, 312 Sutter St. (at Grant), Fifth Floor, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. We are located close to the Powell St. BART station and several Muni lines. Feel free to bring a lunch. SPUR Forums are open to the public, free for members and $5 for non-members. Humanity's demand for natural resources already exceeds what the planet can supply, and our 'ecological footprint' is expected to grow in the future. Investment decisions in long-lasting infrastructure - roads, power plants, urban form, and more - will determine resource consumption needs for years to come. How do we make sure we are creating opportunities, and not traps? Join Mathis Wackernagle, Executive Director of the Global Footprint Network and founder of the ecological footprint concept, for a discussion of future-proofing our cities to manage resources and risk.

San Francisco City Hall

Room 263 City Hall During this hearing, Finance Committee members will tackle the issue of the increase in SFMTA work orders for other departments -- at the same time that Muni is considering cutting service and raising fares. It's Item 1.

2nd Floor Board Room 1600 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612

SFBC HQ, 995 Market St. Suite 1550 This SFBC tradition every second and fourth Wednesday has been happening for as long as we can remember, but newcomers are always welcome. So stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow cyclists, and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend - the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike! Questions? Email kate@sfbike.org or just show up.

Third Floor Board Room 344 20th Street Oakland, CA

Push off at 8:00 AM - Meet at Velo Rouge Cafe - 798 Arguello Blvd. Come Spare the Air and Practice for Bike to Work Day with a Ride to work with District 1 Supervisor, Eric Mar.

8:30am meet, 9:00am ride out, Peet's Coffee, 2257 Market St. at 16th St Come join Different Spokes (DSSF), the San Francisco Bay Area's GLBT cycling club for our monthly Jersey Ride, held the second Saturday of each month. All are welcome. The ride offers different distance and level options. The ride starts from Peet's in the Castro. There are three options so you can go at your own pace and distance. The rides split and regroup in Tiburon where we have lunch together as a group. Rain cancels. Details: www.dssf.org Contact or RSVP to rides@dssf.org

Meet at the corner of 18th & Dolores Where was the city's first amusement park located? What street did the railroad run down? Which park sits upon a disinterred Jewish Cemetery? These questions and so many more will be answered on the Mission's Secret History Bike Tour. The SFBC's Cultural History tours and Recreational Rides are free for SFBC members (a $5 donation from non-members is appreciated.) Rain cancels rides. Questions? Email bbaunach@yahoo.com

Meet at Duboce Bikeway at Market Street Each second Saturday of the month the SFBC Bike Buddies hit the street to acquaint new riders with common or challenging bike commute routes in San Francisco with a Route Ride. An experienced bike commuter leads these rides at an easy pace; new riders are encouraged. In April, familiarize yourself with the Wiggle, one of San Francisco's most famous bike routes, connecting Market Street to Golden Gate Park, NOPA, the Richmond and the Sunset. The ride will begin and end at the Duboce Bikeway. Heavy rain cancels. Email bikebuddy@sfbike.org for information.

Room 416, San Francisco City Hall; Item 8 -- CONCOURSE TRAFFIC REVIEW Update on current traffic circulation patterns in and around the Concourse including measures being taken to alleviate congestion. (DISCUSSION ONLY)

One South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor Atrium Conference Room

Room 263 San Francisco City Hall The Authority holds a number of regular and ad-hoc public meetings. Agendas for meetings are published at least three days before the meeting date. Agendas usually have support information for each item, action or information, and are available on-line. If you are interested in receiving an email when agendas are published on-line or receiving a hard copy of the agenda, please contact the Clerk of the Authority at (415) 522-4831. Please check the Meeting Schedule for further information. You may watch recent Committee and Board meetings on the San Francisco Government Television (SFGTV) website.

LGBT Community Center 1800 Market Street (at Octavia) 4th Floor Ceremonial Room and Rooftop Terrace Presented by SPUR's Young Urbanists and the Koret Foundation As always, these events are free for SPUR members, $20 for non-members. Admission includes panel discussion, mingling, a drink on SPUR and light food for you to nosh on. Some people will blog about food, music or something as mundane as one’s beard. What propels others to blog about the city they call home? In this new Generation "Me", blogging has become an active medium for involvement in the political and social structures that make up San Francisco. Come and hear from local bloggers, including representatives from Mission Loc@l, WhatI'mSeeing.com and Streetsblog to learn more about how bloggers can augment local policy making and community outreach efforts.

Mission Bay Conference, Center at UCSF, Robertson Auditorium, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA;

UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, 1615 Owens Street, San Francisco, 94158 near the intersection of 3rd and 16th; Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is will be taking public comments in at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. There's a rally outside the center and we need you there. Secretary Salazar has the power to protect polar bears with a stoke of the pen, but his time is running out, he must act in the first hundred days of the the administration. We will have a family of polar bears with us, so beautiful banners and an abundance of pens to ask Salazar to save the polar bears. Event goes from 8am to 9am, perfect time to join us before work!

One South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor Atrium Conference Room

Meet at Mint Plaza bike racks outside Blue Bottle Cafe (66 Mint St.); Take a tour of six of the City's finest espresso joints according to CoffeeRatings.com. Bring your own mug if you prefer to pace yourself and share an order of drip coffee with new friends. The pace will be leisurely, but we understand if you're a little jacked up after six shots. Heavy rain cancels. Preview the course, and contact Frank if you have any questions.

Presidio Community YMCA, 63 Funston Ave, Letterman or Bike Program Shop; BikeSmart Bike Mechanics III is an extended bike maintenance class for those with some prior bike mechanics knowledge. it will meet twice and cover bike anatomy and higher-level mechanic skills, such as the repair and replacement of bottom brackets, headsets, derailleurs and other complex parts of the bicycle. Ages 16+

Room 263, San Francisco City Hall;

Room 400 San Francisco City Hall

Room 250, San Francisco City Hall; Item 24. [Taxi Medallion Fees] Supervisor Chiu Resolution urging the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to examine and consider taxi medallion fees. 4/14/2009, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

BART Board Room, Kaiser Center, 20th Street Mall – Third Floor, 344 20th Street, Oakland, California. Most of the items on the agenda will be heard in closed session.

Glen Park Elementary School Auditorium, 151 Lippard Avenue, between Bosworth & Joost; After several years' hiatus, the Planning Department is finally preparing to begin environmental review. The Planning Department and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) are holding an Open House to reintroduce the Glen Park Community Plan. The evening will begin with a brief presentation at 6:30pm. Come learn about the Plan elements and hear staff from Planning, SFMTA and BART give updates on work underway. The Planning Department expects environmental review to take 18 months and adoption of the Plan to follow. BART is considering replacing its small parking lot with housing and open space.

Rockridge Library 5366 College Avenue Oakland, CA: THIS MONTH'S GUEST SPEAKER - Please join us as we welcome Jason Patton, Oakland Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager, who will present the innovative bikeway signage program that Oakland has started to implement. Please join us to comment on the preliminary deployment and find out how a similar program could be implemented in your local jurisdiction.

Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter Lawrence D. Dahms Auditorium 101 8th Street, 1st Floor Oakland, CA 94607;

Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter Lawrence D. Dahms Auditorium 101 - Eighth Street Oakland, California 94607; Item 8. Resolution No. 3896 - Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): Proposal for State Funding.* This item is a proposal for the State funding element of the ARRA. The Bay Area's share is roughly $167 million in flexible highway funds, including $9.6 million for Transportation Enhancement projects.

SPUR, 312 Sutter Street at Grant; California is at the forefront of green innovation investment and jobs. From 2005 to 2007, green job growth outpaced statewide job growth by ten times. Last year, clean technology investment in California nearly doubled. Recent thinking from the group Next 10 highlights trends relating to the intersection of California’s economy and environment. Join founder F. Noel Perry for a discussion of green innovation, energy efficiency, and climate action. Feel free to bring a lunch.

2nd Floor Board Room 1600 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612

SFBC, 995 Market St Ste 1550; This SFBC tradition every second and fourth Wednesday has been happening for as long as we can remember, but newcomers are always welcome. So stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow cyclists, and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend - the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike!

100 Van Ness Ave. 26th Floor San Francisco, CA The Authority holds a number of regular and ad-hoc public meetings. Agendas for meetings are published at least three days before the meeting date. Agendas usually have support information for each item, action or information, and are available on-line. If you are interested in receiving an email when agendas are published on-line or receiving a hard copy of the agenda, please contact the Clerk of the Authority at (415) 522-4831. Please check the Meeting Schedule for further information.

Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop; In response to public requests for a different meeting format, the Trust will replace the April 16 meeting with a meeting on April 22 that will provide an overview of the transportation issues being analyzed through the Main Post planning process. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about transportation issues.

Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St (at 16th) in the Grotto, San Francisco, CA. Just in time for Bike to Work Day, the SFBC will show you the best way to get around town quickly and safely by bike and how to fix a flat tire--the most important bike maintenance skill. All this great info in just 90 minutes!

California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento. At this meeting, members f the board will vote on a new regulation promoting fuels that generate relatively few greenhouse gases. The proposed "low-carbon fuel standard" penalizes biofuel companies for their indirect effects on land use, such as clearing forests for cropland in the developing world.

300 Lakeside Drive, P. O. Box 12688, Oakland, CA 94604-2688

Room 408 San Francisco City Hall San Francisco, CA

Board Room, Administration Building, Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza, San Francisco, CA

Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco

David Baker and Partners Architects, 461 Second Street; Let’s grow some green for Victory Gardens! A project of Garden for the Environment, Victory Gardens plants vegetable plots in yards and lots around San Francisco, putting food at city-dwellers' fingertips. Please join us to celebrate and support urban agriculture and growing-knowing with music, snacks, drinks, and not-so-garden-variety local products to browse and buy.

Presidio Community YMCA's Bike Skills Area, Barnard Rd. in the Presidio, SF, CA; All participants must know how to ride a bike. Ages 10+. Heavy rain cancels.

Meet at Illinois St. Bridge, Illinois south of Marin, SF, CA; Join the SFBC and Tom Evans from the SF Redevelopment Agency to talk about and tour the Bayview/Hunter's Point neighborhood. We will review the urban design plan currently proposed for the Shipyard and Candlestick Point, while discussing other land use issues in the area.

Golden Gate Valley Library, 1801 Green St (at Octavia), San Francisco; This four-hour in-classroom, introductory course is perfect for new cyclists and those want to feel more comfortable riding on city streets. Class will cover the basics for how to choose the right bike and properly fit a helmet. Learn tips for the safest ways to ride in traffic, techniques to avoid or deal with road hazards and emergency maneuvers.

Waterfront Route running along the Embarcadero–from AT&T Park to Aquatic Park. Sunday Streets is an initiative dedicated to bringing safe, fun, car-free places for people to get out and get active in San Francisco neighborhoods on Sunday mornings.

Meet at CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission St. (at 9th St.); CounterPULSE and Shaping San Francisco director Chris Carlsson conducts 4-hour historical tours of San Francisco by bicycle. Bring a snack and water.

2nd Floor Board Room 1600 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612

Room 250, San Francisco City Hall

SPUR, 312 Sutter Street at Grant, San Francisco, CA; Now that the high-speed rail bonds have passed, the prospects for San Francisco's grand downtown terminal look better than ever. Learn about the latest from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority's Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director; and Bob Beck, Senior Program Manager; and Fred Clarke from the firm designing and building the transit tower, Pelli Clarke Pelli.

Presidio Community YMCA, 63 Funston Ave, Letterman or Bike Program Shop; BikeSmart Bike Mechanics 1 is a short, 1-hour class designed for those who want to know enough about how their bikes work to take care of most minor issues. it will cover the basics of bike maintenance, including brake and gear adjustment, flat-tire repair, and other simple but essential quick tips you can use to take care of your bicycle. Ages 12+

SFBC Headquarters, 995 Market Street, Suite 1550; Everyone is welcome. For agenda and details, contact Leah at 415-431-BIKE x306 or leah@sfbike.org.

First Baptist Church of San Francisco, 22 Waller St. @ Octavia Blvd (near Market St); Adventure Cycling Association is coming to San Francisco for their Regional Gathering — learn about Adventure Cycling's latest routes and activities, and meet others who share your passion for bicycle adventures. Media director Winona Sorensen will also present the latest organizational news.

CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, SF, CA: Redesigning urban life off the grid. How can urban dwellers begin immediately to move towards self-sufficiency? We’ll have several permaculture practitioners presenting step-by-step recommendations for the next six months, a 1-year and a 3-5 year transition…K. Ruby (Inst. Of Urban Homesteading), Novella Carpenter (Ghost Town Farm), Kevin Bayuk (SF Permaculture Guild), Laura Allen (Greywater Guerrillas)

City Hall, Room 400