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Market Street Repaving Underway
Fresh pavement and new, bright green paint are already on the ground between Van Ness Avenue and 6th Street. The rest of Market will be repaved later in June and early July. So this summer, you’ll have a smoother, safer ride all the way from Van Ness Avenue to the Embarcadero! We’ve heard from our members that the poor pavement quality on Market Street is of utmost concern for them, and often a deterrent to riding their bikes to work. That’s why the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has made improving Market Street one of our primary campaigns. Your SF Bicycle Coalition has been pushing for near-term improvements to Market Street, while still advocating for a much bigger and truly Better Market Street that includes safe, separated bikeways the full length. We’re proud that our relentless calls for Market Street improvements resulted in patch pavements of 35 sections last year, and a full, fresh repaving starting last week! It’s taken countless meetings and a hundreds of hours to win you smoother pavement on Market Street and across the city. We can’t write grants or get funding for this long-term and often tedious advocacy; it’s only supported through our membership dollars. Thank you to our incredible members for supporting this work. If you like the smoother pavement and want more improvements to Market Street, join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition today. We Need You at an Important Market Street Hearing on June 17Smooth pavement is far from the only improvement needed on Market Street. Your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will continue to push for the larger safety improvements to Market Street and you can help us get this important project back on track! The Board of Supervisors’ Land Use Committee will be holding a hearing on the delays in the Better Market Street project on Monday, June 17 at 9:00 AM. This hearing is a rare chance for you to directly express your frustration with delays with this incredibly important project. E-mail marc@sfbike.org to let us know if you can attend and help City leaders understand just how important it is to improve biking, walking and transit on Market Street. Tickets are Going Fast for Goldenwheel
She’s responsible for turning Times Square into a plaza for people to enjoy, she launched the largest bike share in the country last month, she turned Broadway into a green street and she’s added 300 miles of new bikeways in the Big Apple. This is an event not to be missed -- an evening of mingling, open bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres and inspiration. Best yet, your ticket supports the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s work to transform our streets into safer, better, more livable spaces -- just like Sadik-Khan has done in New York! 21st Annual Golden Wheel Awards Don’t Miss Tonight’s Wiggle Open House!This evening, Tuesday, June 11, the SFMTA and the SF Public Utilities Commission are hosting the first Community Open House for the Wiggle Neighborhood Green Corridor, a new project that will revamp this very important bike route. Learn what possibilities exist by visiting our Think Bike Wiggle page and explore ways of making the Wiggle safer and more pleasant for people walking and biking. Happy Pride Month - RSVP for Byke Pride Events!
LGBTQ Meet & Mingle, Monday, June 24 Pride Parade, Sunday, June 30 Valet Bike Parking at the SF LGBT Pride Celebration, Sunday June 30 Saying Farewell to our Amazing Planning Director, Neal PatelIt is with a combination of sadness and excitement that we bid farewell to our outstanding Planning Director, Neal Patel. After six years, Neal is leaving the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to work at the SFMTA, where he will be working on a number bike, pedestrian and traffic calming projects with the Livable Streets Program. Neal will be greatly missed by our staff and countless members who got to know him through his leadership on crucial and challenging projects like Fell and Oak street, Polk Street and Masonic, as well as countless bike riders that he led for our members. While sad for us, this is great news for San Francisco. Neal will bring his knowledge, diplomacy and passion for bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects to the City, where he can help make great change to our streets. Come say farewell to Neal at Golden Wheel on June 20, his last day. Want to follow in Neal’s dapper footsteps and become a part of the SF Bike Coalition’s passionate Program team? We’re hiring for two positions: Shed Some Clothes at Community ThriftGive your gently used items a second life at Community Thrift, a non-profit thrift store in San Francisco. When you bring Community Thrift items in good condition and designate the SF Bicycle Coalition (#181) as the beneficiary, when your items sell, they donate a hefty portion of the proceeds to us! They accept clothes, bicycles, jewelry and more. Check out their guidelines for a full list of acceptable items. Video: Bike Boulevards
Upcoming EventsCheck out our online calendar of events. To add your bike event to our calendar, simply email the details to us. Tuesday, June 11Green Connections Concept Design in Bayview* The Green Connections project team has developed a streetscape design to improve walking and biking on Oakdale Avenue between Joseph Lee Recreation Center and the Southeast Community Facility. We want to understand your priorities for this street. Join us for an open house. Stop by for a few minutes. We want to hear from you! Event details Wiggle Neighborhood Green Corridor* Help plan the Wiggle Neighborhood Green Corridor! The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) invite you to help plan for a green infrastructure and traffic calming project in your neighborhood. Join us at a Community Open House or online! Event details Wednesday, June 12SF Bicycle Coalition Volunteer Night This twice-monthly SF Bicycle Coalition tradition has been happening for as long as we can remember and newcomers are always welcome. So stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow members and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend -- the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike to the office. No RSVP necessary. Special thanks to Rainbow Grocery for generously providing snacks for our volunteers. Join a discussion on what the regional "Plan Bay Area" means for San Francisco. Hear input from a panel of presenters and discussants. Event details Want to help bring a full scale bike share system to San Francisco -- asap? Attend one of our fun trainings to learn how to talk to your networks about bike share. Bike share champions will set up presentations and discussions with their networks (professional, neighborhood, social, etc) to help more people understand bike share, and to create even more local support for a full scale bike share system in San Francisco. Thursday, June 13Bike Share Champion Training Want to help bring a full scale bike share system to San Francisco -- asap? Attend one of our fun trainings to learn how to talk to your networks about bike share. Bike share champions will set up presentations and discussions with their networks (professional, neighborhood, social, etc) to help more people understand bike share, and to create even more local support for a full scale bike share system in San Francisco. Monday, June 17Better Market Street Update at Land Use Comm.* Smooth pavement is far from the only improvement needed on Market Street and the Better Market Street Project continues to be delayed. Your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will continue to push for the larger safety improvements to Market Street and you can help us get this important project back on track! The Board of Supervisors’ Land Use Committee will be holding a hearing on the delays in the Better Market Street project on Monday, June 17 at 9:00 am. This hearing is a rare chance for you to directly express your frustration with delays with this incredibly important project. E-mail marc@sfbike.org to let us know if you can attend and help City leaders understand just how important it is to improve biking -- and much more -- on Market Street immediately. (Events not sponsored by the SF Bicycle Coalition are marked with an *) Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and make San Francisco great for bicycling
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