Livable Streets Events

A City Hall hearing this afternoon is your chance to weigh in on the SFFD's push for wider streets, followed by the first open house on the Transportation 2030 funding measures planned for November's ballot. Later this week: a SPUR forum also envisions "the car-less city," the city holds a workshop on redesigning Ocean Avenue, and Streetsblog's Aaron Bialick will discuss how to win over bike lane skeptics.

Thursday marks the 20th annual Bike to Work Day. The California Bicycle Coalition will hold a benefit party on Wednesday; buy tickets through our site and Streetsblog will get a cut. City agencies will also hold an open house to present new proposals for a redesign of Columbus Avenue.

Author Benjamin Ross is in town to discuss his new book about the approaching end of suburban sprawl, and Bayview and Dogpatch get another opportunity to enjoy Sunday Streets.

More than 40 schools in San Francisco will be participating in this year's Bike to School Week, sponsored by the SF Safe Routes to School Partnership and organized by the SF Bicycle Coalition.

Tomorrow, the SFMTA Board of Directors could vote tomorrow on a budget that caves to pressure from Mayor Ed Lee and undoes Sunday parking metering. On Thursday, a SPUR panel explores the idea of a contra-flow transit lane on the Bay Bridge.

SPUR's lunchtime forum this week looks at how congestion pricing could benefit Highway 101. This Friday is Walk to Work Day, and Sunday Streets returns to the Tenderloin and Civic Center.

This week, the SFMTA's Board of Directors begins its budget talks, the Board of Supervisors hears an appeal on the SFMTA's private shuttle regulation pilot program, and SPUR hosts a bicycle tour of the city's newest green infrastructure. Here are this week’s calendar highlights:

The SFMTA will unveil its final proposals for a redesigned Polk Street this Wednesday -- don't miss this chance to weigh in. The SFMTA Board of Directors also meets to go over the recommended service adjustments in the Muni TEP, and SPUR discusses how big data is shaping transit policy.

In a light week on the calendar, SPUR looks at what SF can learn from DC, and Donald Shoup will be at UC Berkeley to talk smart parking policy.