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
SFBC Rec Ride: Green Schools
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From SFBC: Join Arden Bucklin-Sporer, SF Green Schoolyard Alliance, and Nik Kaestner, Director of Sustainability, to see the progress SF schools have made. Visit several schools in the Richmond and Sunset that showcase the latest in green design, alternative transportation, green schoolyards, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. Kids and families welcome and encouraged! SF Bicycle […]
Different Spokes Monthly Ride
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Join Different Spokes San Francisco (the SF Bay Area’s LGBT Cycling Club) monthly club ride. There are three options (27m/47m/57m) so you can go at your own pace and distance. The rides split and regroup in Tiburon. Meet up at 8:30am, ride out at 9am. RSVP: David Gaus at president@dssf.org.
SFBC Valet Bicycle Parking at the Ferry Building Farmers Market
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From SFBC: Pedal to the Ferry Building to fill up your panniers with local bounty and park your bike with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. All 52 weeks a year, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will be providing complimentary valet bike parking in Harry Bridges Plaza (look for the orange tent)
PUBLIC Bikes Presents The Lost Cyclist
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Hear author David V. Herlihy’s presentation on his new book, The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance.
WTF Night at the Bike Kitchen
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From SFBC: WTF night at the Bike Kitchen is for women, trans/gender queer folks, femmes, or anybody else that has had gender be a barrier to learning mechanics. No one turned away! Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. http://www.bikekitchen.org/
Bike Maintenance Class: Know Your Bike
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From SFBC: Learn the names of the parts of your bike, how to fix a flat, and the importance and ease of keeping your bike clean in this hands on bike maintenance class @ Box Dog Bikes. $35 for this class; Take two for $65, three for $90, or four for $120. Contact: dan@boxdogbikes.com with […]
SFMTA Responds to Demands for Speeding Market Street Bike Improvements
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In response to concerns that the SFMTA is taking too long to put in more green protected bike lanes and other innovations on Market Street, the agency’s Sustainable Streets Director, Bond Yee, in a letter to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, has outlined and provided a timeline for his agency’s planned improvements. Yee confirmed that […]
Gateway or Boulevard? SFMTA Narrows Options for Fixing Masonic Avenue
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) options for fixing Masonic Avenue, a major north-south traffic sewer that was the scene of the city’s first and only bicycle fatality this year, have been narrowed to two designs. While each option would calm auto traffic in slightly different ways and offer different amenities for bicyclists, both […]
Bike Advocates to SFMTA: Time to Fill the Gaps on Lower Market Street
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Nearly five months after the SFMTA installed the green protected bike lanes on Market Street, which most agree has been a successful trial, bike advocates are urging the agency to finish the job and plug in the gaps from 8th Street to Octavia Boulevard. “I heard from [SFMTA CEO] Nat Ford Market Street is a […]
New Route Chosen for Walk SF’s Sixth Annual ‘Peak to Peak Walk’
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The organizers of Walk SF’s annual “Peak to Peak Walk” October 16th have mapped out a new “North by Northwest” route this year that will take participants from the heart of the Mission to Land’s End, a 13-mile trek along some of San Francisco’s hidden stairways, paths and streets. In all, the walk will span […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
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This week, speak out for a better Masonic Avenue, discuss the Schlage Lock development in Visitacion Valley and learn how a new federal transportation bill will affect the Bay Area. Then, end the week enjoying free bluegrass in the park. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The San Francisco County Transportation Authority […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
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From SFBC: A crowd equal in size to the population of San Francisco will squeeze into the park this weekend for a free dose of a wide spectrum of music, definitely not only bluegrass (though the greats of that genre will all be present). If you’re riding your bicycle, and want to benefit from the […]