Abigail Shull

"Many San Franciscans use employee shuttles to get to their offices in suburban campuses. As these shuttle services have proliferated, questions have emerged regarding how to best incorporate them into San Francisco’s overall transportation system. A recent report examines shuttle services in terms of their costs and benefits, coexistence with other transportation services and their impacts and benefits on the local neighborhoods they serve. With Margaret Cortes of the San Francisco Planning Department and Tilly Chang of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority."

"Part of San Francisco’s cultural flair includes an openness toward sexual freedom. How has this come to be? Kick off Pride week by joining moderator Carol Queen of the Center for Sex and Culture, Nan Boyd of SF State’s Women and Gender Studies Department, Madison Young of Femina Potens gallery and Demetri Moshoyannis of Folsom Street Events."

"San Francisco has a unique urban fabric and dynamic neighborhoods. It also is the center of a growing region and home to the best transit infrastructure west of the Mississippi. Where should the new housing and jobs go? What are some of the planning tools that help planners decide? With Sarah Dennis-Phillips of the San Francisco Planning Department, Ken Kirkey of the Association of Bay Area Governments and Ron Miguel of the San Francisco Planning Commission."

"The effects of the recession on the tumultuous real estate market has left us with some unknowns: what will happen when San Francisco’s for-sale housing supply dries up? What creative approaches and tried- and-true strategies keep projects selling and renting? And what are the bright spots for 2010-2011? Join Paul Zeger, CEO, Pacific Marketing Associates, as he offers his perspective on current and anticipated trends. Co-sponsored by the Urban Land Institute."

"Designer and founder of New York City’s Center for Urban Pedagogy, Damon Rich will explore how design can engage with place-based activism across the country to energize our most pressing collective conversations. From housing to the environment to economic development, Rich will demonstrate how the tools of design, including videos, drawings, exhibitions and workshops, can bring people together around tough issues in surprising and productive ways."

"How will SB 375 — the 2008 bill that limits greenhouse gas emissions by curbing sprawl — change our economic landscape? A new report by the Urban Land Institute assesses the impacts of the bill on land values and economic vitality in California. Learn about the results and what the implementation of this bill will mean for the state’s economy. With Kate White of the Urban Land Institute, and a ULI expert panel including Meea Kang, CEO of Domus Development, and Alexander Quinn, Director of Sustainable Economics at AECOM."

"As cities explore options for convenient, sustainable and intermodal transportation, bicycle share systems have become increasingly popular. How do bicycle shares work, what makes them successful and what are their challenges? Join Jessica Coleman, landscape designer at MPA Design, former recipient of U.C. Berkeley’s Scott Traveling Fellowship, as she shares her research from Paris, Amsterdam and Copenhagen."

"Planning for implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act — AB 32 — is rapidly underway. At the same time, its detractors, including those from out of state, are mounting a campaign to undermine the effort. Join us for a frank discussion of the policy and politics of AB 32, four years after its adoption. With Wade Crowfoot, West Coast Political Director for the Environmental Defense Fund, and Donnie Fowler of the Clean Energy Network."

"At the next TransForum, we’ll look at the harsh realities transit agencies currently face across the Bay Area and discuss potential solutions.

"Robert Beck from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority will provide an update on the project to extend the rail alignment for Caltrain and California High Speed Rail to a new Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. This project has made a tremendous progress since last year. Later this year, the current terminal is expected to be demolished and AC Transit operation will be transferred to a temporary terminal.