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BART Board Meeting: Lifting Rush-Hour Bike Blackouts
By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda [PDF] From SFBC: For decades, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has worked to make it easier for you to bring your bike on BART. Finally, on Thursday, May 23rd the BART Board of Directors will vote on lifting the Rush-Hour Bike Ban and we need you to speak out. Dozens of Bay Area residents […]
SF Bicycle Coalition’s “Bike Talks” Series
By Roger Rudick |
Monday evening, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition held the second of its first three scheduled “Bike Talks,” a series it plans to continue to foster discussion and help shape its advocacy. Here’s how the SFBC describes the meetings: Here at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, we know our members love to dig deep on the […]
Panel Asks: How do We Get More Diversity in Bike Advocacy?
By Roger Rudick |
Yesterday evening, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) held a discussion about diversity as part of its “Bike Talks” series at the Sports Basement Grotto on Bryant Street. Janice Li, Advocacy Director for SFBC, moderated a panel comprised of Lateefah Simon, President of the Akonadi Foundation, Tamika Butler, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County […]
Two Local Bicycle Advocacy Groups Honored With National Awards
By Matthew Roth |
Not to be outdone by the movie industry’s much-ballyhooed awards season, The Alliance for Biking and Walking, a North American coalition of 140 bicycle and pedestrian organizations, recently announced its 2010 Advocacy Awards and two of the winners are from the Bay Area. Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) received the 2010 Campaign Award for its […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
Get to know your fellow livable streets enthusiasts at multiple mingling events this week, and work off the Thanksgiving feast with a smooth road ride. Here are the week’s highlights: Tuesday: SFBC Volunteer Phone Banking. No cold calling, just simple reminders to lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. […]
SF Bike Coalition Kicks off Plans for 2018
By Roger Rudick |
Physically protected bike lanes are coming to Valencia Street. “We are pretty sure some segments can be designed and implemented as soon as this Fall,” said Janice Li, advocacy director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, to 120 people who attended its annual member meeting Wednesday evening at the Google Community Space on the Embarcadero. […]