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
Driver Who Killed Bicyclist on Masonic Facing Manslaughter, DUI Charges
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What remained of Nils Linke’s bicycle. Photo: CBS5. A 37-year-old Oakland man has been identified as the driver of a 1989 Mercedes-Benz who allegedly killed 22-year-old Nils Linke of Germany while he was riding his bicycle Friday night on Masonic Avenue near Turk Street, a tragic reminder that the SFMTA needs to act quickly to […]
SFPD Increases Enforcement on Wiggle as SFMTA Ponders Signal Priority
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A bicyclist waits to turn left onto Fell from Scott, where SFPD officers have been ticketing cyclists for running the red light. Photos: Bryan Goebel. It’s no secret that many bicyclists pedaling through one of San Francisco’s most popular bicycling corridors, The Wiggle, often run the red light turning onto Fell Street from Scott. Whether […]
Cyclists Cheer as Judge Finally Frees San Francisco from Bike Injunction
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Photo: Bryan Goebel After nearly four years of legal wrangling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch lifted the city’s bike injunction this afternoon, freeing the SFMTA to begin working on implementing the remaining projects in the Bike Plan, and soundly rejecting the objections made by plaintiff Rob Anderson and his attorney Mary Miles. "We […]
The Day Has Come: Judge Busch Lifts San Francisco’s Bike Injunction!
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After four long years, a San Francisco judge this afternoon lifted the city’s longstanding bicycle injunction, overruling the objections of Rob Anderson and his attorney, Mary Miles. Here’s the ruling (PDF), and here’s the press release from City Attorney Dennis Herrera: San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch issued an order late this afternoon […]
SFMTA to Name Bond Yee as Sustainable Streets Director
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Yee at a press conference recently celebrating the Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project. Photo: Bryan Goebel. Bond Yee, a veteran traffic engineer who has spent thirty years designing and managing San Francisco’s streets, will be named to fill the recently created Sustainable Streets Director position permanently, Streetsblog has learned. Yee was appointed interim director of the […]
Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Installs Green Bike Lane on Fell Street
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Photos: Bryan Goebel In its best attempt yet to prevent drivers from obstructing the bike lane on a troubled section of Fell Street, alongside the Arco station, the SFMTA painted the lane green today, along with the dashed lane from mid-block to Divisadero Street, as part of its new configuration. Michael Helquist of BIKE NOPA […]
Mayor Newsom, SFMTA Announce More Muni Service Restorations
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The SFMTA says F-Line historic service will be better integrated into the schedule to increase headway efficiency. Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that Muni will restore 61 percent of the service it cut in May, or about 178,781 service hours, after identifying about $15 million in funding sources and […]
Advocates say Bicycle Riders Could Save Caltrain from Service Cuts
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Photo: sfbike With Caltrain facing a $2.3 million deficit, and its governing board considering service cuts and fare hikes, bicycle advocates from three Bay Area counties who have been leading the call for more bicycle capacity have calculated that the commuter rail line could stave off reductions if it would just accommodate the increasing demand […]
Win for Union as Judge Issues Injunction in AC Transit Labor Dispute
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Photo: /\/\ichael Patric|{ An Oakland judge granted a temporary injunction late this afternoon that prevents AC Transit from unilaterally imposing its last, best and final offer on the agency’s 1,100 bus drivers, saying it not only has the potential to cause harm to the operators and their families, but to the agency’s 236,000 riders. "ATU’s […]
Some Performance Highlights from This Year’s Bicycle Music Festival
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Justin Ancheta Performs at the 2010 Bicycle Music Festival Parade from John Hamilton on Vimeo. Hundreds of people turned out over the weekend for the largest 100 percent bicycle-powered music festival in the world. This year’s Bicycle Music Festival began with a day venue in Golden Gate Park, and ended with an evening of performances […]
MTC Adopts Aggressive 15 Percent Target for Reducing Emissions by 2035
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Photo: Keenahn The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), in a historic vote Wednesday that will help guide the future for more sustainable land use and transportation planning in the Bay Area, recommended a 15 percent per capita target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2035, the most aggressive goal to date among California’s metropolitan planning […]
Supes Muni Reform Measure Nixed as Chiu Strikes Deal with Mayor
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Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography Fearing a potential defeat by voters on a crowded November ballot, and saying he wants to see faster reform at the SFMTA, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced a compromise with Mayor Gavin Newsom late Tuesday night before casting the swing vote against a Muni charter amendment he had originally […]