Calendar of meetings, events and milestones

Streetsblog:

• Join Us May 10 for a Conversation About Women’s Movement in Denver April 18, 2018
  Denver’s transportation system should work equally well for everybody, but it doesn’t. And one of those inequalities breaks along gender lines. Women bike to work less than men in Denver. “Walkability” has a different meaning for women than it does for men, according to researchers at Stanford. And waiting for a bus can be a different […]
• A Driver Killed a Cyclist at LaGuardia, So the Port Authority Restricted Biking April 18, 2018
  Instead of taking steps to make cycling safer after a hit-and-run driver killed airport worker Steven Morales, the Port Authority banned cycling on the road where Morales was killed.
• Eyes on the Street: Upper Market and Turk Finally Get their Protected Bike Lanes April 17, 2018
  Note: Metropolitan Shuttle, a leader in bus shuttle rentals, regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog Los Angeles. Unless noted in the story, Metropolitan Shuttle is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. The paint was literally still drying on the inbound side of the new protected bike lane on Upper Market this morning. An SFMTA […]
• Denver7 Got It Wrong: Parking Is Proliferating Downtown, Not Shrinking April 17, 2018
  On Friday, local ABC affiliate Denver7 aired a news segment about the effect of growth on the downtown parking supply. The gist of the story was this: Useful buildings are supplanting surface parking lots, and that means fewer places to park cars. If only!
• Ydanis Rodriguez Caves to Bike Haters on Dyckman Street April 17, 2018
  But Dyckman doesn't have a bike lane problem, it has a parking management problem.