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Livable Streets Community Meet-Up!

By lilyb | | 6 Comments
Join Streetsblog SF and the Livable Streets Initiative next week to meet fellow advocates from around the Bay Area to discuss the role of technology in transportation advocacy. Whether you’re a long-time transit/neighborhood activist or just getting interested in taking action, join the Livable Streets Community to share strategies and let us know how technology can grease the […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Michael Rhodes | | No Comments
The BART strike was averted, and what better way to celebrate than with an exciting week of livable streets events. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: CCSF Bike Repair Class. CCSF is offering a full-semester class involving repair, maintenance, customizing bikes for hilly San Francisco riding, building bike stands and truing stands and […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

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An exciting week of livable streets discussions lies ahead, with a well-earned cookout to round things out. Here are the week’s highlights. Tuesday: SPUR Evening Symposium: The Post-Carbon City: Planning for abundance in an era of dwindling resources. A panel will discuss Eco-Urbanism, "a movement that emphasizes sustainability, as planners promote green buildings, ‘closed-loop’ architecture […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Michael Rhodes | | No Comments
It’s a quiet week on the Livable Streets Calendar, as in quiet enough to hear the roar of the ocean at a car-free Great Highway this Sunday. Here are the week’s highlights, leading up to the penultimate 2009 Sunday Streets. Tuesday: SFBC Treehouse Talk: Bike Plan 2009 – the rest of the Plan. We’ve adopted […]

This Week in Livable Streets Events

By Bryan Goebel | | No Comments
This week kicks off with a discussion and update on the proposed Geary BRT project, and winds down with Critical Mass, and an event to get the kiddies off their training wheels. Monday: The San Francisco County Transportation Authority holds a community meeting on Geary Corridor Transportation improvements, including an update on the proposed Bus […]

Bike Bans: A Serious Threat to Safe Routes to School

By lilyb | | 1 Comment
Banned in NJ: Many Jersey towns don’t allow kids to bike to school. Photo: Voorhees Transportation Center Image Library, Leigh Ann Von Hagen. This May, a bill surfaced in the U.S. Senate that would triple federal funding for Safe Routes to School programs. Livable Streets Community activists have been on the case this week, mobilizing […]
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