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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 […]
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. […]
SFBC: New Belgium’s Tour de Fat
By Robert Prinz |
From SFBC: Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a ballyhoo of bikes and beer at the fun-filled day in the park sponsored by our generous friends at the New Belgium Brewing Company. All proceeds from beer and merchandise at Tour de Fat go to the work of the SF Bicycle Coalition and Bay Area Ridge Trail […]
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 […]
Bay Area Set for Its Biggest Bike to Work Day Yet
By Aaron Bialick |
Bicycle coalitions around the Bay Area will be rolling out the red carpet for bike commuters for the 17th annual Bike to Work Day (BTWD) this Thursday with energizer stations, commuter convoys, after parties, and other fun events. As cycling continues to grow throughout the Bay Area, bicycle advocates and city officials are expecting it to be the biggest […]