This Week in Livable Streets Events
This week, get updated on the Van Ness BRT Project, enjoy a Black Friday Critical Mass, and have a happy Thanksgiving! Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Community Outreach Meeting. The SF County Transportation Authority is meeting with neighborhood groups around the city to update residents on the Van … Continued
10:40 AM PST on November 21, 2011
This week, get updated on the Van Ness BRT Project, enjoy a Black Friday Critical Mass, and have a happy Thanksgiving! Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar:
- Monday: Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Community Outreach Meeting. The SF County Transportation Authority is meeting with neighborhood groups around the city to update residents on the Van Ness BRT project after releasing its draft EIR for public review. SFCTA staff will be at the Middle Polk Neighborhood Association tonight, and check the calendar for more meetings in early December.
- Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!
- Friday: Critical Mass. Spend Black Friday celebrating in the San Francisco-born monthly tradition of reclaiming the streets for bicycles that has spread all over the world. 5:30 pm.
Keep an eye on the calendar for updated listings. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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