Livable Streets Community

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

This week is packed full of stimulating discussions to work your brain, and wraps up with the last Sunday Streets of the season to work your body. The Labor History Bike Tour will do a little of both! Here are the week’s highlights. Tuesday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Job sprawl and the polycentric megaregion. Is the … Continued

What better way to start your week than with a livable streets meet-up! Here are the highlights from this week’s livable streets calendar. Monday: Livable Streets Community Meet-Up. Join Streetsblog SF and the Livable Streets Initiative to meet fellow advocates from around the Bay Area to discuss the role of technology in transportation advocacy. Whether … Continued

Join Streetsblog SF and the Livable Streets Initiative next week to meet fellow advocates from around the Bay Area to discuss the role of technology in transportation advocacy. Whether you're a long-time transit/neighborhood activist or just getting interested in taking action, join the Livable Streets Community to share strategies and let us know how technology can grease the wheels of your work!

The BART strike was averted, and what better way to celebrate than with an exciting week of livable streets events. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: CCSF Bike Repair Class. CCSF is offering a full-semester class involving repair, maintenance, customizing bikes for hilly San Francisco riding, building bike stands and truing stands and … Continued

An exciting week of livable streets discussions lies ahead, with a well-earned cookout to round things out. Here are the week’s highlights. Tuesday: SPUR Evening Symposium: The Post-Carbon City: Planning for abundance in an era of dwindling resources. A panel will discuss Eco-Urbanism, “a movement that emphasizes sustainability, as planners promote green buildings, ‘closed-loop’ architecture … Continued

It’s a quiet week on the Livable Streets Calendar, as in quiet enough to hear the roar of the ocean at a car-free Great Highway this Sunday. Here are the week’s highlights, leading up to the penultimate 2009 Sunday Streets. Tuesday: SFBC Treehouse Talk: Bike Plan 2009 – the rest of the Plan. We’ve adopted … Continued

This week kicks off with a discussion and update on the proposed Geary BRT project, and winds down with Critical Mass, and an event to get the kiddies off their training wheels.

This May, a bill surfaced in the U.S. Senate that would triple federal funding for Safe Routes to School programs. Livable Streets Community activists have been on the case this week, mobilizing support for the measure. In many communities, however, local policies also have to change to help kids get to school by walking or biking.