Year: 2009

"Ride your bike to the American Conservatory Theater for tonight's performance of A Christmas Carol and let the SFBC park your bike. The Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns to A.C.T. with a sparkling, music-infused A Christmas Carol. Featuring mean ol' Scrooge, adorable Tiny Tim, those spooky Christmas ghosts, and a multigenerational cast of dozens, A Christmas Carol is a celebration of goodwill that you'll never forget. Bring your family, bring your friends, and check your "humbugs" at the door!"

"Help say thank you to the SFMTA for the bold and beautiful bike improvements on Market Street. We'll be hosting an Energizer Station and making cards for the MTA. Are you SFBC Outreach trained and want to volunteer?"

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's office this weekend experimented with the temporary removal of a handful of parking spaces on Powell Street between Ellis and Geary Streets to give  holiday shoppers in and around Union Square more space to navigate the crowded sidewalks.

"The SFBC will be out at the Caltrain Station thanking Caltrain for increasing onboard bike capacity and for providing staffed bike parking at Warm Planet Bikes. Are you trained in SFBC Outreach and want to volunteer?"

"It's time to get the January/February/March issue of the Tube Times out on the street! The SFBC office will be hopping with friendly folks - chatting, snacking, and folding away until the folding is done. Can you come out and help spread the news about biking in the city?"

"Interested in volunteering to do SFBC outreach at events all over town, like Bike to Work Day 2010, races, festivals, and SFBC Service Stations? Then this training is a must! Learn ways to engage people, how to sign up new members, and more!"

"Been an SFBC members less than a year? New members are invited to join us to learn about SFBC advocacy, education and community programs that will make SF a model cycling city, and how you can get involved. This is a great opportunity to learn more about your friendly SF bike advocacy organization. Bring your bike up with you!"

Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they're also absorbing lessons from one of the world's leading cities in sustainable transportation. In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent of commute trips are made by bike, and mode share among city residents alone is even higher.