Valerie Carrasco
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Different Spokes Monthly Jersey Ride
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"Come join Different Spokes (DSSF), the San Francisco Bay Area’s GLBT cycling club for our monthly Jersey Ride, held the second Saturday of each month. All are welcome. The ride offers different distance and level options. The ride starts from Peet’s in the Castro. There are three options so you can go at your own […]
SFBC Phone Banking
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"Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company."
SFBC Treehouse Talk: Biking Book Club
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"Interested in reading bike and transportation books and engaging in robust discussions with other friendly folks? Join this Treehouse Talk and official launch of our new book club. Come to the meeting with ideas for great books to read. We will meet and start a reading list of our favorite books like Traffic, the Parking […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The Parking Problem: Balancing local needs with regional aims
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"To someone circling the block looking for a space, nothing seems like a more personal transportation challenge than parking. But in addition to being a local issue, every car, parking space, meter and curb in the Bay Area comprises a much larger regional challenge—as planners try to accommodate all modes of movement (cars, transit, bicycles […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Metrics for a greener city
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"The Sustainable Sites Initiative is the nation’s first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes. This missing link in green design has the potential to reshape urban landscape design. Learn about the program’s new ratings system, and hear about case studies that demonstrate the process of landscape measurement. With April Philips, […]
SPUR Special Event: Classrooms of the Future: Opening symposium on green school design
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"Join us for opening night of Classrooms of the Future, an exhibit produced by Architecture for Humanity, on view at the SPUR Urban Center through Feb. 26. The exhibit features winners of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge, an international design competition for sustainable classrooms. We’ll kick off the night with a panel discussion featuring Nik […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The World’s Great Streets: Best practices from home and abroad
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"In recent years, the Planning Department has set out to make vast improvements to the city’s public realm by drawing on the best thinking from urban designers such as Allan Jacobs, Elizabeth Macdonald and Jan Gehl, while also gleaning lessons from other world-class cities. Join us for a discussion with David Alumbaugh, the acting director […]
Transit on the Information Highway: Web 2.0 and the public process
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"Web 2.0–shorthand for Internet applications that rely on users to generate content–has the potential to transform transit systems and operations, while also enabling the general public to collaborate directly with public agencies. Andy Nash, a veteran transportation and land use planner based in Vienna, Austria, will present his latest research on how Web 2.0 has […]
Learning from Washington D.C.: Monumental planning and thriving TODs
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"From Pierre L’Enfant’s plan of 1791 to James McMillan’s Plan of 1901, Washington D.C. is a city with a rich planning tradition. The Nation’s capital is also home to a dizzying array of monuments and memorials, with more to come in future years. Find out how Washington D.C. itself is planning for its next 100 […]
AC Transit Board of Directors Meeting
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Agenda.
SFBC Valet Bike Parking at A.C.T. Bike to the Theater: Christmas Carol
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"Ride your bike to the American Conservatory Theater for tonight’s performance of A Christmas Carol and let the SFBC park your bike. The Bay Area’s favorite holiday tradition returns to A.C.T. with a sparkling, music-infused A Christmas Carol. Featuring mean ol’ Scrooge, adorable Tiny Tim, those spooky Christmas ghosts, and a multigenerational cast of dozens, […]
SFBC Service Station: Cyclists Thank SFMTA
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"Help say thank you to the SFMTA for the bold and beautiful bike improvements on Market Street. We’ll be hosting an Energizer Station and making cards for the MTA. Are you SFBC Outreach trained and want to volunteer?"