From Shaping SF: Not long after the transit tunnels of Muni and Bart went in below Market Street in the ’70s, a San Franciscan butterfly — the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) moved into an ecosystem freshly lined with one of her host trees: the London Plane sycamore (Plantanus acerifolia). She lays eggs on this […]

Agenda [pdf] On the agenda: Planning Code – Transit Impact Development Fee Increase and Updates Resolution approving Amendment to Contract with New Flyer of America, Inc., to purchase 17 additional 40-foot low floor diesel-hybrid buses for $11,780,005 and a total contract amount of $48,669,369 Recommend that MTC Strengthen Provisions of Personal Information of the Clipper Card Program

Agenda On the agenda: Authorizing $6.7M to be used for a Free Muni for Low Income Youth Program and the Light Rail Vehicle Rehabilitation Project Free Muni on Dec. 28 in celebration of Muni’s 100th Anniversary Traffic calming for Clayton and Laurel Heights/Jordan Park neighborhoods Central Subway tunnel boring machine options Presentation and discussion regarding the Implementation […]

Agenda On the agenda: Planning code amendments to allow for additional car sharing parking spaces Certification of the Western SoMa Community Plan Final Environmental Impact Report

From EBBC: Do your holiday shopping by bicycle! Buy Local Berkeley is teaming up with the East Bay Bicycle Coalition to organize a holiday shopping bike ride across three merchant districts in Berkeley, stopping at locally-owned businesses who are offering coupons from a special mobile app provided by Buy Local Berkeley and Chinook Book. We’ll […]

From EBBC: You can get involved in an exciting project to plan the future of Albany’s two biggest streets. The City of Albany is undertaking a Complete Streets process to develop plans for improving San Pablo Ave. and Buchanan St. The process will identify ways that the streets could be changed to better accommodate alternative […]

From SVBC: Your support of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition gives us a larger voice to advocate for bikes and fosters a community of cyclists that believe that bikes can be the change. We invite you to join us to honor these efforts at our annual members only Winter Party. This year we will celebrate a […]

From TransForm: The Community Development Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco invites you to a policy briefing and engaging discussion on promoting housing and transportation affordability. Panelists will illustrate challenges in developing affordable transit-oriented housing developments including requirements for excessive parking, community opposition and financing hurdles.  They will then explore solutions that […]

From SFTRU: We have teamed up with Sports Basement for our Shop & Support SFTRU fundraiser and holiday party on December 12th. Present this flyer found at http://www.sftru.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SportsBasementFINAL.png at checkout at the Bryant Street Store and 20% of your purchases will be donated to SFTRU. Get presents for your friends and family while supporting our cause! […]

From SF Bike Party: San Francisco Bike Party (SFBP) and San Francisco Yellow Bike Project (SFYBP) are joining forces on Friday, December 7, 2012 to gather toys and bikes for children for the upcoming holiday season. The toys will be given to a local fire station at the end of the ride on Friday night. The bikes will be […]