Dear Kevin, Biker Bulletin News
BART Bike Ban Ends Monday (for 5 months)
How can you celebrate this momentous occasion? By bringing your bike on BART and being awesome while doing it. Here are a few simple rules to make this 5 month pilot run as smoothly as the smaller ones. If we all do our part, a permanent lifting of the bike ban is sure to come. • Bikes are NOT allowed in the first three cars during rush hour and never in the first car of a train.• When you have your bike, use the elevator or stairs, not escalators, and always walk your bike.• Keep doors and aisles clear, and yield priority seating to seniors and people with disabilities.• In case of an evacuation, leave your bike on the train and do not let it block aisles or doors.• Regardless of any other rule, bikes are never allowed on crowded cars. Use your good judgment and only board cars that can comfortably accommodate you and your bicycle.Thanks for being a great ambassador for bikes on BART! Together we can lift the ban forever, and make it easier for all of us to travel around the great Bay Area with our bikes! Introducing San Francisco’s New Bicycle Strategy!
This decision is a huge milestone for biking in San Francisco, and one that your SF Bicycle Coalition will be working hard to turn into immediate improvements to your ride in the coming days, months and years. Read more here. Speak up at Crucial Market Street HearingsLast week members spoke up at a hearing of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Economic Development Committee about the City’s work on Market Street. Big thanks to all of the passionate members and Supervisors Scott Wiener and David Chiu for sending a clear message at the hearing that Market Street needs more improvements now, particularly east of 8th Street where the bikeway disappears. Read more about the hearing here. Mark your calendars: The City will hold two more public meetings on Market Street in July, where the public can weigh in on the design options. July 17, 6-8:30PM at Parc 55 Hotel ballroom and July 20 from 10AM-12:30PM at the Main Library. What an Inspiring at Golden Wheel Awards!
Congratulations to 2013 Golden Wheel Award honorees! The large team from CC Puede filled the stage and Fran Taylor spoke about the challenges and successes of their grassroots work on Cesar Chavez. Yerba Buena Community Benefit District’s Cathy Maupin said even more improvements are on the way for this central neighborhood! The crowd went wild for the powerful lineup of speakers! Your SF Bicycle Coalition Leah Shahum kicked things off by thanking the generous sponsors and members. She also called on the decision-makers in the room for improvements and stated “our elected leaders have a responsibility to prioritize safety of our citizens on our streets”. SF Transportation Director Ed Reiskin charmed the audience with his support for the SF Bicycle Coalition’s work and his thoughtful introduction of the esteemed keynote speaker from NYC, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. NYC Transportation Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, lived up to her reputation with an inspiring and rousing presentation that highlighted her transformative work in New York City and how San Francisco can follow her lead. With so many notable lines from Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, it’s hard to pick just a few. Our favorites include: “When you push the status quo, the status quo pushes back at you." “There are parts of Brooklyn that if you stop, someone will chain a bike to you.” “Every time we put down a protected bikeway, it's 50% safer for ALL users.” No doubt we’ll all be buzzing about the 2013 Golden Wheel Awards for years to come and we’re already working on topping it next year! Thank you! Opponents Still Trying to Stop Masonic Avenue RedesignLast Tuesday, opponents to the already approved Masonic Avenue redesign project once again loudly spoke up against ending the carnage on the deadly boulevard and in favor of parking and even more delays to the project at a committee hearing of the SF County Transportation Authority. Led by a new group calling itself Save Masonic, opponents unabashedly called the proposed parking loss “a bit of a catastrophe”, and claimed that the number of deaths on Masonic did not “sound like a lot”. The already-approved Masonic Avenue Complete Street Project, much like Second Street Improvement Project and Mansell Corridor Improvements in McLaren Park, resulted from extensive community involvement that acknowledged that these corridors required substantial safety improvements for all users, whether they walk, bike or take transit. This morning, the SF County Transportation Authority will make the final decision and we hope they will prioritize safety and choose to fund these critical projects. Learn the results by visiting sfbike.org/masonic. Ride with Byke Pride This Weekend!
Float Decorating, Wednesday, June 26 Pride Parade, Sunday, June 30 Valet Bike Parking at the SF LGBT Pride Celebration, Sunday June 30 Welcome Anna Gore, Membership Manager!We’re thrilled to welcome Anna Gore as our new Membership Manager! Anna is a seasoned veteran of the SF Bicycle Coalition, having worked as our Database Assistant, Interim Volunteer Coordinator, Bicycle Education Instructor and volunteer. Just last month, after captaining a Bike to Work Day energizer station, she rode down the California coast leading Team Greenbelt Alliance on the California Climate Ride. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Anna was a board member of Bike Athens as well as Georgia Bikes. Huge thanks to Phone Banker Juli Uota for doing such a terrific job as interim Membership Manager! Job Openings
Video: Janette Sadik-Khan's Golden Wheel Presentation
Upcoming EventsCheck out our online calendar of events. To add your bike event to our calendar, simply email the details to us. Wednesday, June 26SF Bicycle Coalition Volunteer Night: Tube Times edition! It's time to get the Summer 2013 issue of the Tube Times out on the street and into the mailboxes of our members! The SF Bicycle Coalition office will be hopping with friendly folks-chatting, snacking and labeling away until the issue is done. Come out and help spread the news about biking in the city! Dinner is provided. Bring your bike up to the 10th floor. Special thanks to Rainbow Grocery for generously providing snacks for our volunteers. As the Better Market Street Project readies new designs, take an evocative stroll down San Francisco's most-traveled thoroughfare with a thought-provoking film. Join Walk SF's Elizabeth Stampe after the screening and share your own perspective as part of a discussion with the filmmaker, designers, planners, and other Market Street users about the future of San Francisco´s greatest street. RSVP Required Thursday, June 27SF Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting* Come and speak up about bicycle issues in San Francisco. This eleven member committee meets once a month and advises the Board of Supervisors on all matters bicycle. Check the BAC website to see schedules and agendas, and contact BAC chair Bert Hill to ask to have an issue on the agenda or to request notice of meetings. Get ready to ride your bike in Dyke March! In preparation to ride in the bicycle contingency at the Dyke March, the Women's Building is hosting a bike decoration party to make spoke cards, streamers, signs and pinwheels. RSVP with Kelly@womensbuilding.org Saturday, June 29Urban Bicycling Workshop: Traffic Skills 101-1 This introductory course is perfect for anyone who wants to be more comfortable riding. This four-hour, in-classroom course will cover the basics on how to choose the right bike and properly fit a helmet as well as tips for the safest ways to ride in traffic. You'll also learn techniques to avoid or handle street hazards and emergency maneuvers along with the best way to lock up your bike and how to use a bike in combination with public transit, and biking rights and responsibilities. This free class, funded in partnership with the SFMTA & SFCTA, is open to adults and anyone over 14 years of age; preregistration is required. Indoor bike parking provided! Sign up at online. Wheelin' for Women Dyke March Celebrate San Francisco's annual Dyke March on your bike. The Women's Building will ride after the Dykes on Bikes (motorcycles) from Dolores Park to the Castro. Women only please. Sunday, June 30San Francisco Pride Parade Get your Byke Pride on with the SF Bicycle Coalition and East Bay Bicycle Coalition contingent in the 43rd annual San Francisco Pride Parade! This is a fun and fabulous way to experience the parade firsthand, there is nothing quite like the thrill and exhilaration of riding down the center of Market Street in one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the world. You must be a current member of the SF Bicycle Coalition or the East Bay Bicycle Coalition to ride in the contingent.
Registration required at sfbike.org/pride From 11AM to 4PM, Sunday Streets will be transforming Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway into an open space for people to walk, run, skip, jump, bike, and play. The SF Bicycle Coalition will be teaching our Freedom from Training Wheels workshop, and we'll have a Service Station at the event as well offering free air for your tires. Stop by and say hi! (If you're interested in volunteering with Freedom from Training Wheels, contact Margaret. Trained Bicycle Ambassadors can sign up here to volunteer at our Service Station.) (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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