Membership and Volunteer Engagement Intern

Posted on by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition works to promote bicycling for everyday transportation. Our member-base

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition works to promote bicycling for everyday transportation. Our member-based grassroots organization is considered one of the largest, most active and effective advocacy groups in the country. For more than 50 years, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has a proven track record of winning better bicycling improvements.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition acknowledges the harms biking culture and unequal access to transportation have inflicted upon underserved communities — especially people of color, folks with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and those with LGBTQ+ identities. We believe that these communities must be centered as leaders in the work we do; therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities.

Position description

Membership and Volunteer Engagement Intern will gain first hand knowledge about the backbone of any grassroots organization — our members and volunteers. In supporting our organization with events such as Volunteer Night, Light Up The Night, and Bike To Wherever Day, the Membership and Volunteer Engagement Intern will gain professional experience in nonprofit development and valuable experience in communications, marketing, outreach, and event planning for a thriving nonprofit organization. Must be able to be in the office 2 times per week. 

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Represent the SF Bicycle Coalition and recruit members at a variety of outreach events and trainings, as needed.
  • Assist with membership and store fulfillment, including maintaining a data-rich Contact Relationship Management (CRM) system (Salesforce) and direct communications with members and volunteers.
  • Assist in planning and executing logistics for Light Up The Night and Bike To Wherever Day 
  • Assist with our monthly Volunteer Night planning logistics 
  • Assists with day to day customer service, data entry, return mail, website maintenance

Required skills or abilities:

  • Strong, concise writing
  • Ability to multi-task and problem solve  in a busy work environment;
  • Clear interpersonal communication
  • Dedication to efficiency and timeliness
  • Inclination towards collaboration
  • Cheerful, friendly, upbeat outlook

Desired skills or abilities:

  • Strong commitment to the mission of the SF Bicycle Coalition
  • Experience with community outreach, community event planning 
  • Administrative experience
  • Experience with Salesforce and G-Suite
  • Outlining business processes in spreadsheets and documents

Internship Length:

  • Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 – Wednesday, May 31st, 2023

Internship Mandatory Attendance Dates:

  • Tuesday, February 14th (Intern Orientation Day)
  • Friday, May 19th (Bike to Wherever Day)

Compensation:

  • $16.99 per hour with a 10 – 15 hour/week minimum commitment
  • One year’s free membership to the SF Bicycle Coalition;
  • First hand experience in one of the country’s oldest and largest bicycle advocacy organizations
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, including:
    • Networking with SF Bicycle Coalition staff and professionals in a variety of fields, including but not limited to urban planning, transportation and nonprofits;
    • Training on and experience with nonprofit industry-standard software (Salesforce, WordPress, Marketing Cloud, etc.); and
    • Presentations and trainings aimed at development of professional workforce skills.

This paid internship offers a flexible schedule with a 10-15 hours/week minimum commitment. In person office work will be required up to 2-days a week and more frequently in April and May. This is a Monday through Friday internship, with occasional, infrequent evenings and weekends. Interns are expected to make a three-month commitment, which may be extended. 

To Apply:

To apply, please submit a resume and a PDF with your answers to the below four questions. A formal cover letter is not required. Please make your answers roughly one paragraph each:

  • What makes you excited to intern at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition?
  • How would this internship contribute to your long term personal and professional goals?
  • Please discuss any community outreach and/or volunteer recruitment experience.
  • Tell us about yourself (hobbies, interests, etc) 

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. People of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political orientation.

d grassroots organization is considered one of the largest, most active and effective advocacy groups in the country. For over 50 years, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has a proven track record of winning better bicycling improvements.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition acknowledges the harms biking culture and unequal access to transportation have inflicted upon underserved communities — especially people of color, folks with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and those with LGBTQ+ identities. We believe that these communities must be centered as leaders in the work we do; therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities.

Position description

Volunteer and Membership Intern will gain first hand knowledge about the backbone of any grassroots organization — our members and volunteers. In supporting our organization with events such as Volunteer Night, Golden Wheel, and Bike To Wherever Day, the Volunteer and Membership Intern will gain professional experience in nonprofit development and valuable experience in communications, marketing, outreach, and event planning for a thriving nonprofit organization. San Francisco residents encouraged to apply. Remote applicants will be considered (*must be a California resident*).

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Represent the SF Bicycle Coalition and recruit members at a variety of outreach events and trainings, as needed.
  • Assist with membership and store fulfillment, including maintaining a data-rich Contact Relationship Management (CRM) system (Salesforce) and direct communications with members and volunteers.
  • Assist in planning and executing logistics for and Winterfest 2022
  • Assist with our monthly Volunteer Night planning logistics 
  • Assists with day to day data entry, return mail, website maintenance

Required skills or abilities:

  • Strong, concise writing
  • Ability to multi-task and triage in a busy work environment;
  • Clear interpersonal communication
  • Dedication to efficiency and timeliness
  • Inclination towards collaboration
  • Cheerful, friendly, upbeat outlook

Desired skills or abilities:

  • Strong commitment to the mission of the SF Bicycle Coalition
  • Experience with community outreach, community event planning 
  • Administrative experience
  • Experience with Salesforce and G-Suite

Internship Length:

  • Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 – Thursday, December 15th, 2022 

Internship Mandatory Attendance Dates:

  • Tuesday, September 20th (Intern Orientation Day)
  • Winterfest (November 6th, 2022)

Compensation:

  • $16.99 per hour with a 10 – 15 hour/week minimum commitment
  • One year’s free membership to the SF Bicycle Coalition;
  • First hand experience in one of the country’s oldest and largest bicycle advocacy organizations
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, including:
    • Networking with SF Bicycle Coalition staff and professionals in a variety of fields, including but not limited to urban planning, transportation and nonprofits;
    • Training on and experience with nonprofit industry-standard software (Salesforce, WordPress, Marketing Cloud, etc.); and
    • Presentations and trainings aimed at development of professional workforce skills.

This paid internship offers a flexible schedule with a 10-15 hours/week minimum commitment. This is a Monday through Friday internship, with occasional, infrequent evenings and weekends. Interns are expected to make a three-month commitment, which may be extended.

To Apply:

To apply, please submit a resume and a PDF with your answers to the below four questions. A formal cover letter is not required. Please make your answers roughly one paragraph each:

  • What makes you excited to intern at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition?
  • How would this internship contribute to your long term personal and professional goals?
  • Please discuss any community outreach and/or volunteer recruitment experience.
  • Tell us about yourself (hobbies, interests, etc) 

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. People of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political orientation.

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Marketing Communications Intern

Posted on by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition works to promote bicycling for everyday transportation. Our member-based grassroots organization is considered one of the largest, most active and effective advocacy groups in the country. For more than 45 years, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has a proven track record of winning better bicycling improvements.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition acknowledges the harms biking culture and unequal access to transportation have inflicted upon underserved communities — especially people of color, folks with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and those with LGBTQ+ identities. We believe that these communities must be centered as leaders in the work we do; therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities

Position description

The Marketing Communications Intern will gain experience in experiential marketing, social media marketing, writing, and building a brand’s presence online. This internship will focus on how we grow and maintain a strong and positive presence online to further our mission of promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation. The Marketing Communications Intern will provide direct support to the Marketing Communications Associate.This internship is eligible for remote applicants. 

What you’ll learn:

  • Social media strategy and content creation
  • Copywriting across communication channels
  • Introductory WordPress
  • Event promotion and marketing

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Assisting with content creation for our 53,000-plus followers on social media
  • Assisting with bi-weekly production of our e-newsletter
  • Publishing blog posts and creating copy for a variety of media
  • Maintaining and refreshing website content via WordPress
  • Assisting with digital asset management
  • Working on video and photography projects is available for the right candidate

Required skills or abilities:

  • Strong, concise writing
  • Ability to multi-task and triage in a busy work environment;
  • Clear interpersonal communication
  • Dedication to efficiency and timeliness
  • Inclination towards collaboration

Desired skills or abilities:

  • Strong commitment to the mission of the SF Bicycle Coalition
  • Experience with photography and/or videography, or a strong desire to learn
  • Experience generating ideas and content for social media (i.e. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook)

Required dates for this internship include:

  • June 7 – August 31, 2022, with possibility of extension into the Fall season

Compensation:

  • $16.32 per hour with a 10 – 15 hour/week minimum commitment
  • One year’s free membership to the SF Bicycle Coalition;
  • First hand experience in one of the country’s oldest and largest bicycle advocacy organizations
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, including:
    • Networking with SF Bicycle Coalition staff and professionals in a variety of fields, including but not limited to urban planning, transportation and nonprofits;
    • Training on and experience with nonprofit industry-standard software (Salesforce, WordPress, Marketing Cloud, etc.); and
    • Presentations and trainings aimed at development of professional workforce skills.
  • Indoor bike parking provided.

This paid internship offers a flexible schedule with a 10-15 hours/week minimum commitment. This is a Monday through Friday internship, with occasional, infrequent evenings and weekends. Interns are expected to make a three-month commitment, which may be extended. 

To Apply:

To apply, please submit a resume and a PDF with your answers to the below three questions. A formal cover letter is not required. Please make your answers roughly one paragraph each:

  • What makes you excited to intern at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition?
  • What does transportation justice mean to you and how do you see it fitting into your career?
  • What skills and/or experiences do you have that would make you a good fit for this role?

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. People of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political orientation.

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How We Grow Our Membership: To 12,000 and Beyond

Posted on by Brian Wiedenmeier

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s 10,000 members power our work. From thousands of hours spent volunteering to speaking up for safe streets, people power is at the heart of our movement.

So how do we grow that movement to 12,000 and beyond?

This year’s record-breaking Bike to Work Day was a great start. Our volunteer Bicycle Ambassadors helped us sign up almost 1,400 new and renewing members in just one day.

I had so many conversations on Bike to Work Day with folks who are brand new to San Francisco and had never heard of us. Meeting people along their commute is one of my favorite ways to engage people and let them know about the work the SF Bicycle Coalition is doing to transform San Francisco into a safe, just and livable place. With some explanation of what we do and what we’ve accomplished, many of them joined on the spot.

And yet, many barriers still exist to becoming a member, including cost. Despite the rising wealth in our city, a $35 membership is still out of reach for many San Franciscans. That’s why I’m excited that our board of directors has begun to explore a reduced membership level for low- income individuals. We also need to continue to grow our multilingual and culturally competent outreach to San Francisco’s diverse communities and neighborhoods.

I am also excited about the rise of youth voices in this movement. If the average age of our membership continues to rise, as it has, we risk losing our relevance and influence. How do we attract more young people to get involved and join? Our work needs to speak to the reality of how young people get around in San Francisco.

That means saying “yes, and…” instead of “no” when it comes to engaging new kinds of transportation modes. These include emerging mobility technology companies, such as e-scooters, bike share, and Uber and Lyft. Our purpose isn’t about preserving the “purity” of bike advocacy, as some people have suggested. If we focus almost exclusively on “cyclists” and ignore other means of getting around, we would be speaking largely to people who are already members and engaged in our work, many of whom are older, white and male-identified.

We must continue to call out the well-documented, negative impacts of transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft, but we also need to recognize that they are transportation choices for hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans. If we can steer Uber and Lyft’s operations toward positive safety outcomes, like limiting pickups and drop-offs to streets without bike lanes and educating users and drivers about the dangers of dooring, we will not only save lives, but also raise awareness of our organization and its work. If more Uber and Lyft riders know about the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and understand what we’re working for, that’s a win.

We must also try to find common cause with all of the others who have found their way onto bike lanes — for example, scooters and skateboards. Their numbers are increasing, and they share with us a need for the safe use of San Francisco’s streets.

Our advocacy is increasingly including more young people, people of color and folks across the gender spectrum. As our advocacy director Janice Li wrote in our spring 2019 issue of the Tube Times, we are a movement of people who bike, not bicycles that people use. We will only grow our movement if we expand the conversation to include those who are not currently part of it.

Our current members will have a chance to weigh in on all of this via our member survey.

You can do your part to help us grow to 12,000 members and beyond. Share a campaign you’re passionate about on social media, talk to people you see biking in your neighborhood, or start a conversation with your co-workers about what would make it possible for them to bike to work. We can grow our membership, and our impact, by welcoming in the many thousands of people who are not already connected to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, but who increasingly love biking in our city.

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the summer issue of our quarterly Tube Times magazine, one of many perks of membership at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Not a member? Join today.

Honoring Jane Kim, a Champion for Safe Streets

Posted on by Janice Li

Jane Kim became a champion for protected bike lanes after learning to ride a bicycle as an adult. As she’s recounted on stage at our City Hall rallies, “Since I learned how to bike, I became committed to being one less car.” She adds, “But I will only bike if there’s a protected bike lane to keep me safe.”

As the Supervisor serving District 6 from 2010 to 2018, Jane made biking and street safety a top issue — not only for the neighborhoods in her district (including Tenderloin, SoMa, Mission Bay and Treasure Island), but also citywide. So it’s a surprise to no one, especially our own SF Bicycle Coalition members, that we are excited to award Jane Kim for all of her vital work at this year’s Golden Wheel Awards on July 25.

If you’ve ridden in the Tenderloin or South of Market in the past two years, you’ve most likely noticed a brand new, burgeoning network of protected bike lanes improving streets like Turk Street, Folsom Street, Seventh Street, Eighth Street, Townsend Street, and more. None of the other 10 supervisor districts in San Francisco come close to District 6 in terms of the number and mileage of protected bike lane projects.

Creating quick change on these streets wasn’t easy, but Jane’s boldness and vision made it possible. “Just go for the bullhorns. Why not? Be courageous. That’s how to be a true advocate.”

From bringing together community partners around street safety, to being a voice for San Francisco on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, to regularly speaking at SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board meetings, Jane consistently and courageously advocated for streets that work for everyone.

Join Supervisor Jane Kim in conversation as we honor her on July 25 at the Golden Wheel Awards. Buy your tickets today.

Learning from the Next Generation of Bike Advocates

Posted on by Janice Li

On March 15, hundreds of middle and high school students marched down Market Street carrying signs reading “Youth vs. Apocalypse,” and “It’s Our Future.” As part of the worldwide Youth Climate Strike that spanned over 100 countries, these young people demanded that our representatives in Congress listen and take action to preserve a future for our people and planet.

These youth were calling out the mess they’ve inherited — indeed, many of the choices we made in years past put the future of today’s youth at risk. America’s century-old love affair with the automobile has led us to today’s reality, where city streets are designed for cars, rather than for people. Just as we now bear the brunt of decades of poor decision-making, the next generation will experience the lasting effects of the decisions we’re making today.

Changing how we build cities is no easy task, but your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is working every day to make changes that will have positive effects on future generations. In the last year, we’ve seen some big and promising shifts. We are constructing more protected bike lanes than ever, and on Bike to Work Day, Mayor London Breed directed City staff to build 20 miles of protected bike lanes in the next two years.

It’s not just the pace of change that is shifting — it’s also who’s leading the change. Some of San Francisco’s youngest bike commuters and pedestrians have led the charge on safe streets advocacy. Whether they are going to City Hall and meeting with Supervisors or making public comment before the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors, more and more youth are stepping up for safety.

Take the Westside Waves, a girls soccer team that tragically lost teammate Madlen Koteva, when the fourteen-year-old was hit and killed by a driver while walking across John Muir Boulevard near Lake Merced.

For Madlen’s teammates, it wasn’t good enough to hope that policymakers or City planners would do the right thing. Wearing their blue soccer jerseys, they went to City Hall and met with Supervisors Norman Yee and Aaron Peskin to demand action. One teammate, Leela, told the San Francisco Chronicle, “It shouldn’t take our friend to die to fix this problem.”

A couple weeks later, the young women came back to City Hall to make public comment in support of pedestrian safety improvements. There was not a single dry eye in the room as teammate after teammate pleaded for change. The improvements they advocated for passed unanimously, and pedestrian safety improvements are now under construction. The improvements will be completed by this summer.

Youth who get involved in advocacy are usually fighting to change the status quo. They bring optimism and urgency to stagnant conversations, compelling us to adopt entirely new perspectives and see old problems with fresh eyes.

Recently, when we asked our members to urge the SFMTA Board to approve protected bike lanes on Howard Street, 12-year-old Nadine Denmark wrote, “I ride to and from school a few times a week, and I know that it is safer to ride on Howard Street. But still, riding there is scary.” Reflecting on the role of cars, Nadine added, “Some days when I am thinking about global warming and what it is doing to this earth, cars pop up in my head. They are a big part of pollution. Why can’t some people see this?”

As we continue creating the San Francisco we want to live in, walk in, and bike in, we must remember that our advocacy must be the most inclusive it can be. By empowering and welcoming youth to engage in advocacy, we are cultivating the next generation of leaders who will continue fighting to clean up the mess they have inherited and work for a better city for everyone.

Nadine and Oscar Denmark, 12 and 14-year-old siblings who advocated for protected bike lanes on Howard Street
Q: Why is it important for kids to get involved in advocacy, and what do you wish adults did better?
Nadine: I think that it is important for kids to get involved because if a kid speaks up, the supervisors can see all the points of view. I wish adults would speak up for kids more and see us as citizens of San Francisco like everyone else.
Oscar: It is important for kids to advocate because it is our world as well, and we will be living on it [for many years to come].

Q: We had big wins on Howard Street. How do you feel now?
Nadine: I am excited that changes are being made, because that means all of the hard work that people are putting into this is helping a lot. It is also exhilarating to know that I was a part of this change.
Oscar: It makes me feel that I can make a change on this planet, and that in the grand scheme of things, we could end climate change, because more people will bike.

Molly Pile, 12-year-old at SF Friends School who spoke at City Hall to support protected bike lanes on Valencia Street
Q: We know that some parents at your school didn’t agree with this project. How did that affect you?
Molly: I think it helped that we were some of the first people to speak at City Hall. I am very glad that I spoke first, because I might not have felt comfortable speaking after hearing older people speak out against the project.

Q: What advice do you have for other youth looking to speak up at City Hall?
Molly: When you’re in the moment, it’s not as bad as what you thought
it would be. Just walk up and speak. Then, you want to rehearse it enough times, to be comfortable saying it without mistakes.

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the summer issue of our quarterly Tube Times magazine, one of many perks of membership at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Not a member? Join today.

Let’s Win a People First Hayes Valley

Posted on by Kristen Leckie

At the Octavia Open Street Project open house last month, our members and other attendees were enthusiastically clear: they want to open up more streets for people biking and walking now. Up first for approvals is the proposal to permanently keep cars off Octavia Street along Patricia’s Green, turning the north end of the park into a calmer public space. This will go to a vote next Tuesday at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) Board of Directors meeting. If we want to see people put first in Hayes Valley, we’ll need your support.

Write a Letter of Support Today

If approved by the SFMTA Board, Octavia Street from Linden to Hayes would be permanently closed to vehicle traffic in both directions, remaining open for biking and walking. After years of pilots and community outreach, this project has received overwhelming support. Hayes Valley is currently plagued by congestion, and this will be the first step toward putting people first and creating welcoming and comfortable spaces for all.

This is the last step to make this change permanent, so write a letter of support today to get us across the finish line!

Write a Letter of Support Today

Celebrating People Protected at the Golden Wheel Awards

Posted on by Nesrine Majzoub

Maureen Persico and Matt Brezina met on Twitter. Two avid biking advocates, they brainstormed and bonded together over a new idea to protect bike lanes where infrastructure is lacking. As they biked together down Valencia Street one day in early 2017, the idea for People Protected was born.

A few months later, people traveling on Golden Gate Avenue experienced the world’s first People Protected bike lane. Matt and 13 other activists stood in the street, forming a physical barrier to protect people on bikes from cars as they rode through the busy corridor.

With this successful first action, their movement took off. Weeks later, they organized on Valencia Street and soon after, they organized on other San Francisco streets: Townsend, Embarcadero, Howard, and more. Hundreds of people began to stand with Maureen and Matt on various streets — including former Supervisor Jane Kim, former State Senator Mark Leno, and Mayor London Breed.

People are incredibly grateful as they ride their bikes through People Protected bike lanes. “There were lots of smiles, high fives, and kids on the backs of bikes waving and ringing their bells,” Maureen said. “What surprised me is how many car drivers were supportive. Drivers honked and waved in solidarity.”

Cities around the world saw People Protected’s bold action and followed suit. “We’ve seen [People Protected] actions in over a dozen American cities, as well as internationally in Mexico City, Berlin, Dublin, Montreal, Waterloo and more,” Matt explained. As their movement has grown over the last two years, People Protected’s mission has expanded beyond bike lanes to crosswalks as well. On May 1, 2019, exactly two years after the first People Protected bike lane, activists gathered on Market and Montgomery to form a People Protected crosswalk in collaboration with SF Transit Riders Union and Walk SF.

Fueling Maureen and Matt’s advocacy over the last two years has been a hope that San Francisco would model itself after cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen.

For anyone who is interested in starting a similar action, People Protected has instructions on their website. As Maureen explained, all that’s required to make change is for people to join together. “You and ten friends can create a protected bike lane.”

Join Maureen and Matt in conversation as we honor People Protected on July 25 at the Golden Wheel Awards. Buy your tickets today.

Change is coming to Lake Merced

Posted on by Kristen Leckie

Lake Merced is one of the city’s premier parks and yet one of the most inaccessible. Poor path conditions around the lake and major, fast-moving streets like Lake Merced Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard bordering the park make it difficult for those walking and biking to enjoy this beautiful space.

Your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, alongside our City partners and safe streets advocates, have been hard at work this year to bring big changes to Lake Merced to create a safe, enjoyable park for all.

Stay Updated on Lake Merced news

Here’s what we’re working on:

1. Fixing the Lake Merced path: Last month at the Recreation and Park Commission meeting, we won approvals for the Lake Merced project which will bring necessary improvements to the biking and walking path along the lake. This win will ensure more people can safely and comfortably enjoy the path. This is the second project approved this year that addresses critical safety concerns along and near the lake.

2. Securing more funding for bike lane improvements around Lake Merced: Recognizing the need for better bike infrastructure around Lake Merced, Supervisor Norman Yee advocated for and secured $150,000 last month to develop plans to improve bike lanes along Lake Merced Boulevard and John Muir Drive. This funding will allow the SFMTA to conduct a study to determine different options to improve bike infrastructure in this area, given segments are already on the city’s high-injury network.

3. Traffic calming on John Muir Drive: Earlier this year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) approved important traffic calming improvements to John Muir Drive including raised crosswalks and daylighting (the removal of obstructions to make crosswalks more visible to people driving). These improvements were won by the direct advocacy of the Westside Waves, a girls soccer team that went to City Hall to demand urgent action after their teammate, Madlen Koteva, was tragically hit and killed by a driver while walking across the street. These improvements just broke ground and will be complete by the end of the summer.

While we are seeing so much progress on our downtown streets, we are making sure that our advocacy leads to changes in the outer neighborhoods of San Francisco too. Sign up for updates and make sure you receive the latest news as these projects advance.

You’re Invited: District 5 Candidate forum on July 15

Posted on by Janice Li

Every one of the 11 elected members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors makes a big difference in our work. In recent months, they have helped to fast-track critical protected bike lane projects, identify funding for new projects and even advance game-changing policy to get street safety projects in the ground more quickly than ever before.

This November, the District 5 seat is on the ballot. In an effort to engage our members in this important race, we are hosting our first-ever candidate forum on July 15 to hear from District 5 Supervisor candidates. Join us as we hear from Vallie Brown, Ryan Lam, Nomvula O’Meara and Dean Preston.

You’re Invited

District 5 Supervisor Candidate Forum on Transportation
Monday, July 15 from 6:00-8:00PM
Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St.
RSVPs required

From the Wiggle to the Panhandle path and beyond, District 5 has some of our city’s most popular bike routes, which is why it’s critical that we have a true bike champion representing it. This is especially important given that 2019 has been one of the most tragic years on record when it comes to traffic fatalities in San Francisco.

Not sure if you live in District 5? Look up your address here.

We’re excited to partner with Walk San Francisco, SF Transit Riders and Our Bikes to put on this event to cover all things biking, walking, transit and beyond. Margaret McCarthy, our former Executive Director and street safety advocate, will be moderating the panel. All candidates are invited, and audience members will be invited to ask questions. Given limited capacity, RSVPs are required for this event.

Now let’s get ready to Bike the Vote in District 5!

Quick-Build Protected Bike Lane on Seventh

Posted on by Charles Deffarges

Last month, we celebrated when the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) passed a new policy that will streamline lengthy approval processes from street safety projects and get protected bike lanes built faster than ever before. Now, we’re starting to see that quick-build policy in action, with Seventh Street up first.

Get Seventh in the Ground

Out of the list of projects identified to be the first quick-builds in San Francisco, protected bike lanes on Seventh Street, from Townsend to 16th Street, are up first. As a critical bike connection to Mission Bay that’s also on the city’s high-injury network, this stretch of Seventh Street needs safety improvements urgently.

With the quick-build policy, rapid implementation means that the first step towards approvals is next week, which will allow us to get the project in the ground in months rather than years. We’ll also continue to evaluate the project so we can continue to improve on our designs.

Join us at the special July 9 evening public hearing to get this project approved and built as soon as possible.

Seventh St. SFMTA Public Hearing
Tuesday July 9, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Recology Auditorium Room, 900 7th St