This Week in Livable Streets Events

It’s a pleasing week ahead in the livable streets calendar, aside from the dour discussion of AC Transit service cuts. With Bicycle Diaries creating a ton of buzz, author David Byrne will check into San Francisco to raise our spirits. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City. Copenhagen … Continued

By Michael Rhodes

9:21 AM PDT on September 28, 2009

It’s a pleasing week ahead in the livable streets calendar, aside from the dour discussion of AC Transit service cuts. With Bicycle Diaries creating a ton of buzz, author David Byrne will check into San Francisco to raise our spirits. Here’s a taste of what’s in store.

Monday: How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City. Copenhagen was an automobile-centered city. Huge public demonstrations in the early 1980s resulted in significant changes in the transportation infrastructure and in the years since it has become of one the preeminent cycling cities in the world. This round table Q&A session features Niels Jensen, Senior Traffic Planner, City of Copenhagen. 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: David Byrne hosts Bike Advocacy and the Urban Environment. City Arts and Lectures will host David Byrne just in time for the launch of his new book, Bicycle Diaries, which features personal anecdotes from his wide travels and a “strong argument for the way a bicycle can change our view of the world and the city in which we live.” With SFBC’s Leah Shahum. 8 p.m.
Tuesday: SPUR Evening Forum: Good Design SF. Min Day Architecture, Mike and Maaike, Stamen Design, Surface Design, Kuth Ranieri Architects and Volume present simple design solutions to some of the city’s most pressing issues. 6 p.m.
Wednesday: AC Transit Board of Directors Meeting. Have your say at this public hearing on service “adjustments” in Special District 2 (South Alameda County – Fremont/Newark Area). 6 p.m.
Thursday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: A new Doyle Drive. With funding from the federal stimulus package, the new Presidio Parkway is slated to start construction this fall, replacing Doyle Drive. Join this discussion on the project with Jose Luis Moscovich and Ignacio Barandiaran of the SFCTA. 12:30 p.m.
Saturday: SFBC Monthly Good Roads Ride: Back to the Bayview. Join the Good Roads Crew in their endeavor to mark every pothole, crack, and trench with spray paint and turn them in to 311 for rapid repair. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Keep an eye on the calendar for updated listings. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

Michael Rhodes

Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning.

Livable Streets Events

Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.

More from Streetsblog San Francisco

Safety

Caltrans and MTC Hold Greenwashing Panel for North Bay Freeway Widening

SR 37 is going to be under water. But the Metropolitan Transportation Commission just agreed to flush another $11.6 Million into the state transportation agency's $500 million project to widen it. But it'll save the salt marsh harvest mouse according to the agencies.

Roger Rudick

April 23, 2026