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
Halloween Critical Mass
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Halloween weekend kicks off with the most colorful and often the funnest Critical Mass ride of the year. If you haven’t experienced Halloween Critical Mass check out this Streetfilm from two years ago. Gather at 5:30 p.m. at Justin “Pee Wee” Herman Plaza. Ride usually starts at 6.
East Bay Regional Parks Gets $10 Million TIGER Grant for Bike and Ped Trails
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $600 million dollars in TIGER II grants today and the only project in Northern California to make the cut was the East Bay Regional Park District’s proposal to fill in seven key gaps on the 200-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail system that runs across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. […]
An Emerging New Bike Plan for San Francisco is a Bold Path Forward
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After four years of an agonizing bicycle injunction that prevented the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) from adding any significant improvements to the city’s bike network, a judge earlier this year finally freed the SFMTA to begin building out the city’s long-promised Bicycle Plan. In short order, the SFMTA made some very noticeable improvements, […]
SFMTA Begins Installing More Bike Counters Around the City
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The SFMTA has begun installing 22 automatic bicycle counters at 15 locations throughout the city to help get a more accurate tally of the rising numbers of bicyclists in San Francisco. The Zelt inductive loop counters are placed 1 to 3 inches below the pavement and each time someone pedals over one, the system detects […]
SFMTA Reveals Breda LRV Refurbished with Federal Stimulus Funds
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SFMTA Chief Nat Ford was joined by members of the SFMTA Board, representatives from AnsaldoBreda and federal officials at an unveiling today of the first Muni light-rail vehicle to be refurbished using federal stimulus funds, part of a $56 million project to upgrade the agency’s fleet of 143 LRVs. “It’s going to help us keep […]
A Pleasant Ride to the Beach in the New Kirkham Street Bike Lanes
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San Franciscans who live in the Sunset or want to pedal to the beach now have a three-mile stretch of bike lanes on Kirkham Street from 9th Avenue to the Great Highway. I rode the new bike lanes over the weekend and it was a mostly calm, relaxing ride. I typically pedal through Golden Gate […]
City CampSF
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Are you interested in the future of civic engagement, emerging media and Gov 2.0 innovations? CityCampSF, Saturday, October 16, 9 to 6, is an unconference where we will: 1. Bring together municipal employees, experts, programmers, designers, citizens and journalists to share perspectives and insights about San Francisco and the Bay Area cities in […]
Aunt Remembers Derek Allen, Bicyclist Killed in Crash with Muni Bus
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It will probably be some time before we find out exactly what caused last week’s crash in the Inner Richmond that killed 22-year-old Derek Allen. From accounts posted by friends on Streetsblog, Derek was staying with some friends in the Richmond and was on his way to get dim sum on his bicycle when he […]
Muni Service Restoration Task Force Considering Bus Stop Optimization
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An SFMTA task force charged with figuring out how to fully restore last May’s Muni service cuts is narrowing its list of actions and strategies to reduce travel time on the system, and bus stop consolidation, or “optimization,” is likely to be adopted as a recommendation. As Streetsblog has reported, stop optimization could greatly improve […]
SFBC: Tell the Mayor to Finish the Bikeway on Lower Market Street
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Without prodding from the Mayor’s Office, our sources tell us, it’s very possible the SFMTA wouldn’t have acted as quick to give bicyclists green, protected bike lanes on Market Street. It is the Mayor, after all, who has the ultimate authority over the SFMTA, appointing its board members, overseeing the agency’s budget behind the scenes […]
Bicyclist Killed by Muni Bus on 6th Avenue in Inner Richmond
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UPDATED Friday, 9:05 a.m. A 22-year-old bicyclist named Derek Allen was killed by the driver of a 44-O’Shaughnessy on 6th Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Clement Street late Thursday afternoon in the city’s second bicyclist fatality of the year. (The raw video above is from CBS5). A spokesperson for the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office […]
Muni Service Restoration Task Force Meeting
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A task force charged with figuring out how to restore Muni service holds its second meeting. More info here.