April 29, 2008
"Those who wish to control their own
lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers -
those people ride a bike." -- Wolfgang Sachs, For Love of the Automobile, 1984
Table of Contents
- Golden Wheel Awards -- TONIGHT!
- One Day Left! Take the SF Bike Survey NOW!
- Kick off Bike Month This Weekend: Bike Network Tour, free Mash SF Screening
- Final Week to Vote
- Ready to Roll! Bike to Work Day is Thursday, May 15!
- Volunteer with the SFBC and Parade the Bike Love
- Bike Sharing in SF - Public Charrette!
- Upcoming Events
Connect the dots between bicyle advocacy and personal health at tonight's Golden Wheel Awards!
http://www.sfbike.org/goldenwheel
Golden Wheel Awards -- TONIGHT!
The 16th Annual Golden
Wheel Awards is tonight from 6-9pm at the Green Room in the War
Memorial Building (401 Van Ness Ave). We will be honoring local champions like Jake McGoldrick
for championing Healthy Saturdays legislation, the Martin Building Company for creating exceptional
public space and Bert Hill as an outstanding bike education advocate.
The Golden Wheel Awards will connect you with bike enthusiasts, local dignitaries, and SFBC
supporters while you nosh on tasty hors d'oervres and enjoy fine vino and New Belgium Brews
(and GuS sodas too!). We're delighted to have Jared Blumenfeld, Director of the San Francisco
Department of the Environment, to inspire us and connect the dots between bicycle advocacy and
personal health, a cleaner environment, and urban sustainability.
Tickets can be purchased at the door. Valet Bike Parking provided, of course.
The Golden Wheel Awards is an important
mid-year fundraiser for your SFBC.
If you are unable to join us, please consider making a special contribution so we
can continue to make our streets safer and saner for cyclists from the age of 8 to 80.
One Day Left! Take the SF Bike Survey
NOW!
If you ride a bike in San Francisco,
GO
RIGHT NOW and take the SF Bike Survey (we'll wait here while you do, it
only takes a couple of minutes). Super, thanks much. Now email the link to all
of your friends and family and co-workers
(http://sfbike.org/?reportcard
) and check back on Bike to Work Day (May 15) to see how the 2008 SF Bike
Report Card turns out . . .
Stop by the SFBC's Streetside Outreach on Wednesday at Market and Octavia,
5-7pm, to fill out a Bike Report Card survey in person. To volunteer to
do Streetside Outreach, contact kate@sfbike.org.
Kick off Bike Month This Weekend: Bike Network Tour,
free Mash SF
Screening
We're excited to announce the start of Bike Month -- it's not just
Bike to
Work Day (Thursday, May 15th), but Bike
Everywhere Month throughout May. You've
never had so many opportunities to celebrate the joys of biking. Hope you'll
join us one for one of these fun events:
-
Heels
on Wheels ride -- in your Friday night, pre-club,
pre-party, pre-date, pre-drag show finest -- Friday, May 2
-
Let's
make Bike Sharing a reality in SF -- free workshop on hot, new,
Paris-style program -- Saturday, May 3
-
Healthy
SF Grocery Stores Tour -- visit health-conscious grocery stores by
bike! -- Saturday, May 3
-
Bike
Network Tour -- join SFBC staff for an update on our advocacy efforts
to expand the Bike Network -- Sunday, May 4
-
MASH
SF -- Free bike movie night at The Independent with San Francisco's
original fixed gear film, plus outtakes! -- Monday, May 5
Find out details about these events -- and tons more this week and
throughout May -- on our
full
Chain of Events.
Final Week to Vote
If you want a voice in the SFBC's endorsement decision for the June election,
be sure to cast your vote by this Friday, May 2nd. We're considering an
endorsement position in the State Senate and State Assembly races. This is a
members-only vote. All current members should have received a special email
message last week with voting instructions. Learn about the candidates' views
on bike and sustainable transportation issues, and find out more about our
endorsements process
here.
Ready to Roll! Bike to Work Day is Thursday, May 15!
-
Have a skilled bike commuter show you or your pals the ropes with the
SFBC's
free
Bike Buddy program
-
Commute with a convoy
on an SFBC Bike Bus Thursdays May 1, 8, and Bike to Work Day, May 15 at
7:30am. Meet up with fellow cyclists in your neighborhood and ride
downtown together! (We still need Bike Bus "drivers" for the Marina
and Excelsior! If you'd like to be your neighborhood Bike Bus
driver, email Kate.)
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Celebrate Bike to
Work Day, Thursday, May 15, by Volunteering at an Energizer Station
-
Help
distribute
posters by stopping by SFBC HQ (995 Market St, Ste 1550) or printing
your own
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Enter
the Bike to Work Day Raffle to win awesome Bike to Work Day prizes!
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Rally your coworkers for the
Team
Bike Challenge -- get points everyday your team rides and win!
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Download our
Bike
to Work Day Employer Kit to make your workplace more bike-friendly
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Ring in Bike to Work Day with a
free bike bell
and a quick check-up by one of our Bike Doctors Sunday, May 11 at
Duboce Bikeway,
McAllister and
Webster, or
Fell
and Masonic. Swing by a Bike Doctor and get rolling! If
you are a Bike MD and would like to help, email
Kate.
Volunteer with the SFBC and Parade the Bike Love
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Help
do
bike outreach to SF City employees and get a free breakfast.
Wednesday, April 30, 9:30am-12pm. Contact
Kate@sfbike.org.
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Parade your byke pride by marching (or riding) with the SFBC in one or
both of San Francisco's favorite parades. Current SFBC members can
join the SFBC parade contingent for
Carnaval and/or
SF Pride by first attending a
meeting on May 1 at 6:30pm at SFBC HQ, 995 Market St, Ste 1550. Have
questions? Contact
Kate@sfbike.org.
-
Give away free helmets and do SFBC outreach to San Francisco youth and
families on May 4th at the
First
Five SEE ME event at Civic Center, 11am-3pm. Contact
Kate@sfbike.org
to help.
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Help with SFBC Outreach at the screening of
Mash
SF at the Independent on Monday, May 5 from 8-10pm. Contact
Kate@sfbike.org.
Bike Sharing in SF - Public Charrette!
Parisians are doing it, Austrians are doing it, even folks in Tulsa, Oklahoma
are doing it. Bike sharing is sweeping the world and getting scads of new
people riding bikes. What could a bike share program in San Francisco look
like? Join Futurefarmers, Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine, in
collaboration with Sabrina Merlo of the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition for a
half-day public dialog and charrette discussing the design of a San Francisco
Bike Share program. Come out and help shape the future of bike sharing your
city. Space is limited! If you would like to participate, please reserve your
spot:
soex@soex.org
- What: Recycle: Considerations,
Amplifications and Applications of City Bike Share Programs
- When: Sat., May. 3, 1-5pm (***please
note that the time is changed)
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Where: Southern Exposure, 417 14th
Street (at Valencia)
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Info:
www.futurefarmers.com/vapor
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