Robert Prinz
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SFBC: Ride with D1 Supervisor Mar
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From SFBC: Join your neighbors and bike-friendly Supervisor Eric Mar for a group ride from the Richmond District to downtown. Mar is one of the SF Bicycle Coalition’s endorsed candidates for re-election on November 6th, as he’s been a strong and consistent supporter of more and better bicycling for District 1 and citywide.
SFBC: Bike the Vote Energizer Stations
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From SFBC: It’s time to Bike the Vote! November 6 is Election Day in San Francisco and there are several important races and measures on the ballot for voters to decide. Sign up to help us win these important victories! Grab your bike and a friend or co-worker and pedal by one of the SF […]
SPUR Forum: Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places
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From SPUR: Image Credit: Flickr user clickykbd How can we transform urban spaces and consider issues of ecology and sustainability alongside urban form? Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture and co-author of Urban Ecological Design, discusses a comprehensive design process with the potential to guide any urban design project. Co-presented by […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Geary Boulevard
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From SPUR: Image Credit: Flickr user anuiop Geary Boulevard is one of San Francisco’s major streets, a diverse mixture of housing, shopping and centers of work connected by the 38 Geary bus line. As the city moves towards planning for bus rapid transit, we take a look at Geary and what its transformation means for San […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Rebuilding From Grassroots: A British Perspective
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From SPUR: Image Credit: Flickr user disatasu Mark Herbert, British planner and urbanist, has been observing the United States up close — from Motor City’s Eastside to the Big Easy’s Lower Ninth Ward. He returns to the Bay Area to compare and contrast the vast differences between American and British community engagement models, and provide some […]
SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
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Agenda [pdf] On the agenda: Transportation Code – Large Vehicle Parking Restrictions Planning Code – Transit Impact Development Fee Increase and Updates Contract – New Flyer of America Inc. – 45 Low Floor Diesel-Hybrid Buses – Not to Exceed $36,889,364
SF Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting
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Agenda On the agenda: Planning Code, Zoning Map amendments: eliminate minimum parking requirements for the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, RC Districts, the Broadway and North Beach NCDs, and the Washington-Broadway SUD; make maximum residential parking permitted in C-3 and RC Districts consistent with NCT Districts; make maximum non-residential parking in RC Districts, Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, and Broadway and North […]
SFMTA Engineering Hearing
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Agenda On the agenda: Establishing all-way stop at Amazon Avenue and Edinburgh Street Closure of north crosswalk, crossing Castro Street, at intersection with Alvarado Street Establishing sidewalk bulb-outs on Turk Street at Larkin, Hyde, and Franklin Streets Establish no left turn, 4-7pm M-F, northbound 2nd Street at Mission Establishing parking and movement restrictions related to new Phelan bus loop
SFMTA Citizens’ Advisory Council
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Agenda and schedule
SF Bike Party: Hardly Strictly Bike Party
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From sfbikeparty: Guitars & bicycles Hillbilly music Open Open streets that we call home Guitars & bicycles Hillbilly music The only thing that keep me hanging on The only thing that keep me hanging on…. (Lyrics adapted from Dwight Yoakym’s Guitars & Cadillacs) What do hardly strictly bluegrass & SFBP have in common? Bicycles & banjos. They are two […]
Better Market Street Popups
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From www.bettermarketstreetsf.org: One street meeting. One street moving. Better Market Street Popups Appear Fridays in Fall! Friday, September 28 12:00 – 2:00 PM and 4:00 – 9:00 PM FoodLab @ Renoir Hotel, 45 McAllister Street (at Market Street at 7th Street) The Better Market Street project popups will kick off at the FoodLab at A Temporary Offering (ATO) with exciting displays of concepts […]
This Week: Shape a Safer Polk Street Linking Market to the Bay
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This week, help shape a safer Polk Street, celebrate the 20th anniversary of Critical Mass, and more. Here are all the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: Shaping SF Bike Tour: Transit History. Join Shaping San Francisco co-director Chris Carlsson for this “social, historical and critical tour through the city’s transportation past and present,” exploring the remnants of abandoned […]