Sages, Saints, and Spirits AIA Guided Bike Tour
"Join AIA SF for a guided architectural bike tour of San Francisco's
sacred and worship spaces. The tour will focus on notable structures
which house daily rituals and special life events. Looking at both
historic and modern places of worship, you will be able to see works by
Lewis Hobart, Julia Morgan, Stanley Saitowitz and more.
August 20, 2010
SFBC Free Urban Cycling Workshop: Intro to Safe Cycling (Day 1)
"This four-hour in-classroom, introductory course is perfect for new cyclists and those want to feel more comfortable riding on city streets. Class will cover the basics for how to choose the right bike and properly fit a helmet. Learn tips for the safest ways to ride in traffic, techniques to avoid or deal with road hazards and emergency maneuvers along with other useful gems of knowledge, like the best way to lock up your bike and how to use a bike in combination with public transit, and cyclists' legal rights and responsibilities.
August 20, 2010
A20 Event: Fix Fell “Bike Spill”
"For the 11th straight week, protesters will return to the embattled Arco station- owned by BP- at the corner of Fell and Divisadero Streets in San Francisco. Their simple demand - that the City of San Francisco place the safety of all road users above free private motor vehicle storage and convenient access to cheap gasoline.
August 20, 2010
This Week in Livable Streets Events
Take it easy during the work week and prepare for an action packed, free-wheeling, rustic dining, advocacy supporting weekend. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar:
August 16, 2010
SFBC Survey Ride: Geary BRT and bikes
"If you live, work, pedal or strap-hang along the Geary Boulevard
corridor you should know about the project to bring significantly better
transit service to that busy and heavily-traveled route. But it's about
more than Geary bus rapid transit BRT, worthy and important as that may be -- there are improvements coming for the walking and biking environment as well.
August 14, 2010
Sports Basement Shopping Party to Benefit SFBC’s Climate Ride Team
"Climate Ride Team SFBC is hosting a shopping party at Sports Basement to
help raise funds for the ride while enjoying your support along with
drinks, snacks, music and raffle. 20% of all purchases this evening
will help support Team SFBC.
Seven SF Bicycle Coalition members are riding for Team SFBC on this
year's Climate Ride. A whopping 40% of all fundraising by our team will
directly go back to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition."
August 14, 2010
La Cocina SF Street Food Festival 2010
"The San Francisco Street Food Festival is an event hosted by La Cocina that advocates for the creation of policies that support the formalization of mobile food vending in San Francisco.
August 14, 2010
This Week in Livable Streets Events
There are excellent opportunities to get social and suss out some urban issues this week. Work through traffic calming options for Masonic Avenue, discuss South Bay cycling with SVBC and indulge your sweet tooth over the weekend with SFBC. Here are this week's highlights:
August 9, 2010
“Put the Sea in Cycling” Bike Rally
"Join us for a bike rally to celebrate sustainability in cycling and
the sea! The "Put the Sea in Cycling" bike rally will coincide with the 2010 California and the World
Oceans Conference.
August 5, 2010