Livable Streets Events

SFMTA planners will present an update on implementation of the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project at a lunchtime forum hosted by SPUR tomorrow. The agency will also hold a community meeting tonight on its plan for a Central Subway turnaround loop at Mission Bay, and the SF Bicycle Coalition is putting on a tune-up workshop this Sunday to help make bikes available to the Spanish-speaking community.

It's a good week to renew your love with your bicycle. Join the SF Bicycle Coalition for a chance to learn about the Green Lane Project's efforts to bring protected bike lanes to cities including SF; try out the matchmaking at the “Love on Wheels" dating game; and take a field survey of the Sunset from a two-wheeled perspective.

Planners at the SF Municipal Transportation Agency are set to present the agency's five-year Strategic Plan tomorrow, laying out a framework to improve walking, biking, and transit in the city -- stay tuned for coverage.

This Wednesday, the Planning Department will hold simultaneous community meetings about making a more pedestrian-friendly Castro Street and the creation of a new Pavement to Parks plaza at the Persia Triangle in the Excelsior District. Those interested in more bike-friendly streets in the Glen Park, Noe Valley, and Castro neighborhoods can also join the SF Bicycle Coalition for a tour of District 8 this Saturday.

The SFMTA's parking management efforts in the northeast Mission continue on Saturday with a drop-in style public meeting about developing a saner parking system in a neighborhood where drivers circle endlessly to find spots. Plenty of opponents are expected to try to shut the process down, so parking reform supporters will need to make sure they're heard too.

This week, SPUR hosts a forum with updates on high-speed rail, the SFMTA considers bike lanes on part of the Great Highway, East Bay Bike Party hosts a superhero ride, and the SF Bicycle Coalition leads an exploration of the Richmond District and the upper Presidio.

In a light, pre-holiday week on the Streetsblog calendar, the SF Planning Department wants your ideas for improving Castro Street, and the San Jose Bike Party heads out on a holiday ride.

This week, an appeal against pedestrian and bikeway upgrades on Fell and Oak Streets goes before the Board of Supervisors, the SFBC and the Planning Department talk green streets, and Oakland hosts a community meeting on the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan.

This week, the Board of Supervisors considers a measure for Muni funding reform being challenged by a misled opposition, the SFMTA Board considers options for extracting the Central Subway drill in North Beach and could approve free Muni for low-income youth, and Walk SF hosts its annual member party.