"Tour the newest great public spaces in San Francisco, created as part of the City’s Pavement to Parks Initiative. Planning Department staff will guide you through the process of how these new, instant trial "parks" came to be, as well as their future. Sites on the tour will include Castro Commons, a trial plaza at […]

"Join SPUR’s Young Urbanists for an informal gathering and learn what’s on the ballot for the November election and what it means for San Francisco. You’ll hear the inside story from Corey Marshall of the SFMTA, SPUR Deputy Director Sarah Karlinsky and other guests speakers."  "This event is generously sponsored by the Koret Foundation."

"Iran has been in a state of conflict since the controversial presidential election in June. Marc Babsin, principal at Emerald Fund, spent three weeks in Tehran immediately following the election. Join Marc for his observations on Iran’s urban culture, daily life and shifting political landscape."

"Anthony Flint, author of Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City, will address trends in planning, infrastructure, density and NIMBYism as cities confront the challenges of energy and climate change. Flint, a former Boston Globe journalist, is director of public affairs at the Lincoln Institute […]

"Architect David Baker explores how transit-oriented developments serve as a mechanism by which residents are able to make changes to their carbon-reliant lives. Using his firm’s current projects as examples—three high-density, green, mixed-use affordable TOD projects at BART stations in the Bay Area and at a light-rail station in Sacramento—he will outline merits of and […]

"The purposes of the workshop are twofold: 1) to present information on innovative programs, and 2) to begin a dialogue about the future role of biking for SJSU students, faculty, and staff. The panelists are Rod Diridon (Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute), John Brazil (Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Coordinator, City of San Jose), […]

"Take a merry ride over the bridge to the Headlands Center for the Arts and drop in on their fall Open House. Meet HCA’s Artists in Residence and Affiliate Artists in their studios, see and discuss current works-in-progress, and check out this very groovy scene nesting in the former Fort Barry site."

"Buy, sell & trade new and used bikes, parts,gear, equipment, clothing and any thing bicycle related. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will be on hand with resources for biking in San Francisco and to tell you about our work to make San Francisco a city where anyone from 8 to 80 can safely ride a […]

"This ride is a pedal-powered introduction to San Francisco’s avian life. Riders will look for some of the more than 300 resident, migrating and overwintering bird species that can be found in SF, proceeding at a relaxed pace around Lake Merced, to Ocean Beach, the Cliff House and Golden Gate Park. The tour will finish […]

"The SFBC wants to help more people substitute just one short car trip with a bicycle trip just one day a week. So, encourage a friend or coworker to pedal with you to an SFBC Energizer Station on Gas-Free Fridays and fuel up on coffee and snacks. In San Francisco, half of all driving trips […]

"This trip through San Francisco’s lost sand dunes, ponds, creeks and coastline will focus on the city south of downtown and SOMA, traversing the Mission, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Bayview, and the southeast coastline, including several new public parks. It’s a social, historical and critical 4-hour tour through the city’s ecological past and present."

Trips for Kids is opening its San Rafael warehouse to the cycling community.