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CCSF Bike Repair Class Begins
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"CCSF is offering a class involving repair, maintenance, customizing bikes for hilly San Francisco riding, building bike stands and truing stands and other tools for proper maintenance, proper adjustments to working bikes and much more. Intro to engineering and technology (ENGN 48L, CRN: 78919) is for any age and skill level. Separate from the class, […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
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The BART strike was averted, and what better way to celebrate than with an exciting week of livable streets events. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: CCSF Bike Repair Class. CCSF is offering a full-semester class involving repair, maintenance, customizing bikes for hilly San Francisco riding, building bike stands and truing stands and […]
This Week: Transportation Funding, Waterfront, Community Repair
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Transportation Funding. From taxes and fares to private dollars, multi-million-dollar transportation projects are pieced together with funding from local, state and federal levels. SPUR is hosting a series about how we pay for our transportation infrastructure. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 12:30 p.m., SPUR San Jose, 76 South First Street, San Jose. […]
This Week: Ped Safety Committee, CASA, Community Repair
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee. The PSAC has been charged with providing expertise on issues concerning pedestrian safety, convenience, ambiance, and planning as well as advocating for pedestrian safety by engaging the public, Board of Supervisors and other relevant agencies. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m., Room 400, 1 Dr. Carlton […]
This Week: Regionalism, Urban Cycling, Repairing Telegraph
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Regionalism and Transportation. How are transportation decisions made across the region and at what levels of government? What crucial future issues do we need to plan for now? Join a panel of experts to describe the landscape of transportation decision-making in the Bay Area and how it […]
Beyond Fitness: The Social Benefits of Open Streets Events
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It’s a beautiful thing to witness just how much neighborhood streets can change when you remove car traffic. As open streets events, modeled after Bogotá’s Ciclovia, have spread across the U.S. in the past several years, they’ve brought not just opportunities for physical activity, but a joyful new way to use streets as public spaces. In Milwaukee, this year’s Ciclovia overlapped […]