Bryan Goebel
Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.
Recent Posts
SFMTA: Bike Boxes Coming to Market Street “Within the Next Month”
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Last November, we brought you news that the SFMTA is planning to install five green bike boxes on Market Street where the numbers of bicyclists have dramatically increased since the SFMTA mandated right-turns at 10th and 6th streets. During peak hours, there are so many bicyclists on Market Street it looks a little like Amsterdam […]
Cameron Beach and Jerry Lee’s Future as SFMTA Board Members Uncertain
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Cameron Beach likes to mention that he started his career in public transportation forty six years ago sweeping buses. The 62-year-old semi-retired transportation consultant and former chief operating officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District does know a lot about running a transit system. However, as Beach’s four-year term on the SFMTA Board of Directors […]
Brinkman Pushes SFMTA Staff To Install Fell Street Protected Bike Lane
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The SFMTA Board of Directors today issued a directive to staff to move on installing a trial curbside protected bike lane on Fell Street between Scott and Baker Streets. SFMTA Director Cheryl Brinkman raised the issue at today’s board meeting, pointing out Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog last week that he would like to […]
Bicyclist, Supes Prez David Chiu Announces Bid for San Francisco Mayor
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David Chiu, the car-free President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, declared his candidacy for mayor on the steps of City Hall this morning, promising to make sustainable transportation one of the cornerstones of his campaign. “We’re the city that invented the cable car, but while we call ourselves a Transit-First city, we are […]
Mayor Lee Calls on SFMTA to Move Quickly on Fell Street Protected Bikeway
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Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog earlier this week that he would like to “quickly” see a physically-separated bike lane trial on Fell Street along The Wiggle came as exciting news to bicycle advocates who are proposing a continuous green stretch along the curb from Scott to Stanyan Streets. “I want to get to that […]
SFMTA Chief Nat Ford: I Didn’t Seek Out D.C. Airports Job
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SFMTA Chief Nat Ford told Streetsblog today that heading up the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is actually the first job that he’s been interested in taking, despite steady rumors that he’s been applying for a number of positions over the years. “I am not seeking to leave the MTA. I was approached by the […]
Mayor Lee Must Make SFMTA Act Quickly on TEP Implementation
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, in an interview with Streetsblog this week, pledged to make the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) implementation his number one Muni priority. That’ll be no easy task, however. More than three years after the SFMTA Board unanimously approved a plan to give Muni its first major revamp in 20 years, the […]
Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee supports the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Connecting the City vision, promises to “very aggressively” carry out Gavin Newsom’s executive directive on pedestrian safety, and said he has a commitment from the SFPD to do more aggressive enforcement of drivers in the Tenderloin to make the streets safer for those on […]
Woman Critical After Being Hit by 92-year-old Driver in Richmond District
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A woman in her 50s suffered “life threatening injuries” this afternoon when she was struck by an SUV being driven by a 92-year-old man in San Francisco’s Richmond District. Transit advocate Sue Vaughan, who lives in the Richmond, tipped us off to the crash on Park Presidio and Anza Street, and sent us the above […]
Mayor Ed Lee: TEP Implementation Is My #1 Muni Priority
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In a wide ranging interview with Streetsblog this morning, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said he is frustrated by how long it takes to implement ideas to improve transit and pedestrian safety, and pledged to make the implementation of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) the top Muni priority in his administration. “The Transit Effectiveness plan […]
SFMTA Chief Nat Ford Top Candidate To Head D.C. Airports Authority
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Rumors about whether SFMTA Chief Nat Ford plans to depart the agency have been circulating for years now. In interviews with Streetsblog, Ford has repeatedly said he doesn’t want to leave the SFMTA, telling us in our most recent meeting last September that he is confident about the future the agency is charting “and I’d […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
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This week, the BART Board could decide whether to fire GM Dorothy Dugger and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition holds a key fundraiser to support the Bay Bridge Pathway and help make the East Bay more bicycle friendly. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SFCTA’s Citizens Advisory Committee on Van Ness […]