Livable Streets Events

The week could be one of the most significant for bicycling in San Francisco over the past four years, as Superior Court Judge Peter Busch will consider lifting the bicycle injunction at a hearing today, Monday. Stay tuned to our Twitter feed for live updates. Also, Streetsblog Editor Bryan Goebel and Reporter Matthew Roth will be in Portland, Oregon, for the Congress for the New Urbanism's Project for Transportation Reform, so look for tweets and posts from the City of Roses. 

This week, stand up for parking reform on Tuesday, sit down for a talk about Time Square’s lawn chairs on Thursday, and stand up again for the Walk SF Peak2Peak Walk on Saturday! Here are the week’s highlights. Monday: SFBC Treehouse Talk: Driven to Excess. Josh Hart, former Program Director of the SFBC, is back … Continued

TODs, (quilting) bees and more are all on the livable streets calendar this week, plus a chance to tour the alleys of Chinatown (for free.) Here are the highlights: Tuesday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Designing TODs. Architect David Baker explores how transit-oriented developments serve as a mechanism by which residents are able to make changes to … Continued

Heads up, walkers: this week holds two of the year’s most important events for pedestrian advocates: Walk SF’s annual meeting and Walk to School Day. Fans of bicycles and music have plenty to look forward to later this week as well. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Tuesday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Planning Portland. Prior … Continued

It’s a pleasing week ahead in the livable streets calendar, aside from the dour discussion of AC Transit service cuts. With Bicycle Diaries creating a ton of buzz, author David Byrne will check into San Francisco to raise our spirits. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City. Copenhagen … Continued

This week is action-packed with parking strategies, transit-oriented development, bikes, and even a cemetery or two. Here are the highlights, but be sure to check out the full events calendar for even more. Monday: SPUR Evening Forum: EmBIKEadero: 2009 Patri Fellowship Presentation. Come hear and see a fully-considered vision of a world-class bikeway on the … Continued

This week there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in shaping the future of your community, clean and green it up now, and take a look back at SF’s architectural tradition. Best of all, the workweek winds down with a Livable Streets tradition — PARK(ing) Day! Here are the highlights. Monday: Public Meeting for … Continued

It’s a short week but a full one. Here are the highlights, but be sure to check out the full events calendar for even more. Tuesday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Growing Urban Habitats. William Morrish speaks about a new how-to guide describing opportunities for housing design that are both respectful of current residents and sustainable for … Continued