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SF Board of Supervisors Meeting

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Agenda [pdf] On the agenda: Policy Discussion: Effects on Bike/Ped Access due to Convention Street Closures Affirming or Reversing Certification of FEIR – CPMC’s Long Range Development Plan Resolution Urging Muni to Prioritize Eligible Funds for Maintenance Over Free Youth Fares Program Transit Impact Development Fee Increase and Updates

SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Pier 70: Plans to Projects

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From SPUR: Image credit: Flickr user Dave R Over the last five years, the San Francisco Planning Department and Port of San Francisco have set forth plans for the Eastern Neighborhoods and Pier 70 areas. With an eye to preserving the waterfront’s rich history and creating new parks while protecting maritime and industrial needs, these plans […]

SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Grand Boulevard

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From SPUR: Image credit: Flickr user bsterling Rethinking long streets as boulevards for transit and development is key to retrofitting suburbia. While the Grand Boulevard Initiative has earned praise as a collaboration among many cities along El Camino Real, the reality of shifting roadway space to transit has been too much for some cities. Kevin Connolly from the […]

Pleasant Hill Canal Trail Crossing Upgrades Grand Opening

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From EBBC: The City of Pleasant Hill has recently completed significant enhancements to six of the major trail crossings throughout the city. Mayor Hanecak and city officials will conduct a ‘switch-on’ ceremony of the signal lights. The public is welcome to attend the event. The Citywide Trail Crossing Enhancement Project consisted of constructing access and visibility […]

Shaping SF Bike Tour: Ecological History (south)

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From Shaping SF: This trip through San Francisco’s lost sand dunes, ponds, creeks and coastline will focus on the city from the center southward, covering the Mission before heading all the way to Candlestick Point and then making our way northward along the bayshore. Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, Heron’s Head Park, The Farm, community […]

This Week: EBBC Celebrates 40 Years of Bike Advocacy

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This week, the East Bay Bicycle Coalition celebrates four decades of advocacy, transport economics guru John Pucher talks biking and walking at UC Berkeley, and the Green Building Conference tours SF streets. Here are all the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Wednesday (SJ) and Friday (SF): SPUR Forum: Using Social Networks to Improve Transport Planning. SPUR brings this […]

San Jose Bike Party: Hillbilly Hoedown Ride

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From SJ Bike Party: Lock up yer sister cause this month we are gonna be exploring the Silicon Valley Hillbilly style. Think banjoes, coveralls, Jawharps, and Washboards, Teeth are optional. Daisy Dukes should be fine too as long as you don’t get too cold. While The Warm summer days have dwindled it still seems like good weather […]

Investing in Public Transportation: What We Build, Why We Build It, and Who Benefits

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From TransForm: At the federal level almost $400 billion – approximately 80% of total transportation investment – is directed to highways and roads based on the assumption that large capital projects are drivers of job creation and economic development. Recent reports challenge that assumption and prove that investment in public transit creates roughly 20% more […]
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