SFBC Rec Ride: Bike the Book – A Literary Tour

"Bike the book Stories for Airports. Join the author and SF Bicycle
Coalition member Judy B. on a tour of five scenes from the book, during
which she will read selections and explain how various locations
inspired the fiction."

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Bikes to Books Ride

By Aaron Bialick |
From Burrito Justice: Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration, “Bikes to Books” began as an homage to the 1988 street-naming project spearheaded by City Lights founder and former San Francisco Poet Laureate, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, in which twelve San Francisco streets were renamed for famous artists and authors who had once made […]

City of Souls–One City One Book Colma Cemetery Bike Ride

By Michael Rhodes |
"See the cemeteries and gravesites of historic figures that inspired Doug Dorst’s Alive in Necropolis. After the tour, there will be an option to ride back to San Francisco with the group. Tour leader Chris Carlsson is the Director of FoundSF.org, a living archive of San Francisco history, and the author of books on San […]

Bike Tour of Ecological History

By Aaron Bialick |
From SFBC: Take an eye-opening ride with Chris Carlsson, director of Shaping San Francisco, co-director of FoundSF.org, as well as author and editor of several books about San Francisco natural and cultural history on a bike tour to learn about San Francisco’s fascinating ecological past and present as you ride through SOMA, Telegraph Hill, Crissy […]

Bike Tour of Ecological History

By Robert Prinz |
From SFBC: Take an eye-opening ride with Chris Carlsson, director of Shaping San Francisco, co-director of FoundSF.org, as well as author and editor of several books about San Francisco natural and cultural history on a bike tour to learn about San Francisco’s fascinating ecological past and present as you ride through SOMA, Telegraph Hill, Crissy Field, […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Michael Rhodes |
This week, learn about the future of the planet, the history of transit in San Francisco, and present-day bicycle culture in Copenhagen. Here are the week’s highlights. Tuesday: SPUR Evening Forum: New residential architecture in Southern California. Sam Lubell will talk about his book, Living West: New Residential Architecture in Southern California, which book explores […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Michael Rhodes |
This is a week of stimulating conversation and rewarding volunteerism in the Livable Streets calendar, with a fascinating recycling plant tour to round things out. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: INFORUM: San FranCyclo, The Wheel World. The Commonwealth Club is presenting a conversation on the state of bicycling in San Francisco. The […]