transportation

Fairfax on Foot: Evening history walk in Oak Knoll Neighborhood- Saturday, July 16

July 16, 2016 by Sustainable Fairfax Leave a Comment

Join Sustainable Fairfax for this 2-mile (mostly) flat walk through the Oak Knoll neighborhood on Saturday, July 16. We’ll meet at the Center Blvd entrance of Good Earth Natural Foods at 5 pm and walk east through this historic neighborhood, meandering close to San Anselmo Creek through picturesque streets, alleys and across bridges. At Saunders we will loop back via San Anselmo Avenue, with some history stops at Lansdale and Yolanda stations.

Judy Coy of the San Anselmo Historical Society will be joining us for the walk to provide us with some introductory comments about the history of this area.

Post-walk dinner or snack with group optional.

Please email SustainFX@gmail.com for more information.

This walk is part of our Reducex2 (car trips per week) initiative.

Fairfax on Foot: Evening history walk in Oak Knoll Neighborhood- Saturday, July 16

July 16, 2016 by Sustainable Fairfax Leave a Comment

Join Sustainable Fairfax for this 2-mile (mostly) flat walk through the Oak Knoll neighborhood on Saturday, July 16. We’ll meet at the Center Blvd entrance of Good Earth Natural Foods at 5 pm and walk east through this historic neighborhood, meandering close to San Anselmo Creek through picturesque streets, alleys and across bridges. At Saunders we will loop back via San Anselmo Avenue, with some history stops at Lansdale and Yolanda stations.

Judy Coy of the San Anselmo Historical Society will be joining us for the walk to provide us with some introductory comments about the history of this area.

Post-walk dinner or snack with group optional.

Please email SustainFX@gmail.com for more information.

This walk is part of our Reducex2 (car trips per week) initiative.

Slow Riders Bike Ride to KQED "Forum On The Road"

June 22, 2016 by Sustainable Fairfax Leave a Comment

UPDATE: If you were not able to attend this event, you can watch it here: http://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/06/21/forum-on-the-road-traffic-woes-rankle-marin-county/

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Michael Krasny of KQED’s Forum will be broadcasting Wednesday morning, June 22nd, from the Smith Rafael Film Center. The topic for this Forum is “Decongesting Marin County. ” The show will address the future of transportation in Marin and proposed solutions to traffic problems.

Sustainable Fairfax/Reducex2 will be a leading a SLOW RIDERS bike ride to this event.

MEET LOCATION: Good Earth- Fairfax- Center Blvd Entrance

MEET TIME: 7:45am

DISTANCE: 3.2 miles each way (side streets only!)

DESTINATION: Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael

COST: FREE

BRING:

Bicycle helmet
Bicycle lock

The bike ride to the event is a flat 3.2 miles each way. This will be an easygoing ride, all levels welcome. Please email SustainFX@gmail.com to let us know you are coming!

And don’t forget to register for the free Forum event at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-on-the-road-san-rafael-tickets-25553609534?aff=ebrowse

Slow Riders Bike Ride to KQED "Forum On The Road"

June 22, 2016 by Sustainable Fairfax Leave a Comment

UPDATE: If you were not able to attend this event, you can watch it here: http://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/06/21/forum-on-the-road-traffic-woes-rankle-marin-county/

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Michael Krasny of KQED’s Forum will be broadcasting Wednesday morning, June 22nd, from the Smith Rafael Film Center. The topic for this Forum is “Decongesting Marin County. ” The show will address the future of transportation in Marin and proposed solutions to traffic problems.

Sustainable Fairfax/Reducex2 will be a leading a SLOW RIDERS bike ride to this event.

MEET LOCATION: Good Earth- Fairfax- Center Blvd Entrance

MEET TIME: 7:45am

DISTANCE: 3.2 miles each way (side streets only!)

DESTINATION: Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael

COST: FREE

BRING:

Bicycle helmet
Bicycle lock

The bike ride to the event is a flat 3.2 miles each way. This will be an easygoing ride, all levels welcome. Please email SustainFX@gmail.com to let us know you are coming!

And don’t forget to register for the free Forum event at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-on-the-road-san-rafael-tickets-25553609534?aff=ebrowse

Transportation Resources at a Glance

February 10, 2014 by Sustainable Fairfax

[fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] For more information about transportation, see our Transportation Initiative page.

Marin County Bicycle Coalition: www.marinbike.org

Safe Routes to Schools: http://www.saferoutestoschools.org/

Safe Routes to Schools programs are designed to decrease traffic and pollution and increase the health of children and the community, Safe Routes to Schools promotes walking and biking to school, using education and incentives to show how much fun it can be! The program addresses parents’ safety concerns by educating children and the public, partnering with traffic law enforcement, and developing plans to create safer streets. Marin County pioneered the national Safe Routes to Schools program that has spread across the U.S.

Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART): www.sonomamarintrain.org

511 SF Bay: www.511.org

Resources include Rideshare, trip-planning, and cycling information. 511 is managed by a partnership of public agencies led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Department of Transportation. 511 was developed with the mission to provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable and useful multimodal travel information to meet the needs of Bay Area travelers.

Carma Carpooling

Transportation and Energy

US Department of Energy: http://fueleconomy.gov/

The official U.S. government source for fuel economy information.

Plug In America: http://www.pluginamerica.org/

Plug In America drives change. We accelerate the shift to plug-in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment.