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Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
District 6 (Western United States)
San Francisco Bay Area Section

Updates to the VTA's Bicycle Technical Guidlines (BTG)

Thursday, May 22, 2008

* NOTE: ITE rescheduled its 3rd-Thursday meeting to the 4th Thursday, to enable you to make the most of the Bike to Work Day Festivities on May 15, 2008. Ride your bikes to work on May 15, and then come to the ITE meeting on May 22 to learn how to build better bike facilities for everyone!

Click here for printable .PDF announcement.

Guest Speaker:

Michelle DeRobertis, Senior Transportation Planner, Valley Transportation Authority.

The 2007 Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)'s Bicycle Technical Guidelines (BTG) updates the 1999 version with expanded guidance and coverage on designing freeway interchanges and roadways, bike paths and construction detours for bicyclists. The BTG provides updated information such as the new Sharrow roadway marking and the replacement of the traffic manual with the CA MUTCD.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager bikes to the VTA!
Photo credit: kenbikes.blogspot.com

Come to the next ITE meeting to hear about the lessons learned, input from design engineers, and real life examples to assist in future design decisions, which were all part of the revised BTG. The updated Bicycle Technical Guidelines are used by contractors hired by VTA as well as a model for all cities in the County.

SCHEDULE
11:30 Check-in & Social Time 12:00 Lunch Service & Introductions 12:15 Presentation followed by Q&A 1:15 Conclusion of Meeting

MEETING LOCATION
San Francisco County Transportation Authority, 26th Floor
www.sfcta.org

100 Van Ness Avenue (at Fell St., 1 block north of Market St.) (at the corner of Webster St and Grand Ave)
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 522-4800

Public Transit: Walking distance from BART Civic Center Station or Van Ness Muni Metro Station. See 511.org for other transit options.

Driving: Pay parking available at the Performing Arts Garage on Grove St. Create personalized driving directions.

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MENU CHOICES

Box lunches will include a wrap (choices below), plus Asian salad, pot-stickers, snow peas, and bottled water.
For the wrap, choose from:

(M) MEXICAN CHICKEN: Grilled chicken, Spanish rice, black beans, tomato corn salsa, avocado, jack cheese, fat-free sour cream in a flour tortilla
(S) SAMURAI SALMON: Fresh salmon, avocado, soy-wasabi vinaigrette, daikon sprouts, nori, cucumber, green onions, jasmine rice, sesame seeds in spinach tortilla
(C) THAI CHICKEN: Grilled chicken, Thai peanut sauce, jasmine rice, ginger slaw, cucumbers, green onions, and sesame seeds in a spinach tortilla
(T) TERIYAKI TOFU: Marinated tofu, sauteed vegetables, teriyaki sauce, sesame seeds, jasmine rice in a flour tortilla
PRICES
Students: $5, $15 ITE Members, $25 Non-Members
HOW TO SIGN UP

Send your menu choice, name, affiliation, phone number, and membership status (student, ITE member, or non-member) to: events@sfbayite.org.

NOTE: If you don't have e-mail access, please phone your RSVP in to Mike Dahlin at (510) 869-9936.
RSVP DEADLINE

The RSVP deadline is Tuesday, May 20 at 12 noon. Please RSVP early. Cancellations will be accepted up to 24 hours before the event.

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