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
Broad Coalition Calls on SFMTA to Provide Free Muni Youth Passes
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A broad coalition of community groups, youth leaders, transit advocates and elected officials called on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency today to initiate a three-year pilot program to give young people ages 5 to 17 free Muni passes. The program would cost an estimated $7 million a year and result in a 4.6 percent […]
Sign Up for Walk SF’s Annual Peak2Peak Walk This Sunday
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Walk San Francisco’s seventh annual Peak2Peak Walk this Sunday promises to be an exciting adventure through the spine of the city. The walk starts at West Portal, where participants will embark on a 12-mile, 15-peak journey from Mount Davidson to Coit Tower: You’ll cross the city over wide sidewalks, dirt trails, hidden stairways, and take […]
First Walking Sunday Streets a Hit in Chinatown and North Beach
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San Francisco’s Grant Avenue, the city’s oldest street, was opened to pedestrians only yesterday in a milestone Sunday Streets event that drew thousands of people to the historic neighborhoods of Chinatown and North Beach on a sunny, 74-degree day. The city’s first walking Sunday Streets on a thoroughfare that seems like one of the most […]
PARK(ing) Day 2011 in San Francisco: “Time to Reclaim the Streets”
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People all over San Francisco reclaimed metered parking spaces normally reserved for private automobiles today, and transformed them into living spaces for people to mark PARK(ing) Day, one of the most celebrated livable streets events that began here six years ago, and sparked a worldwide movement. “It’s exciting to see how in just a very […]
Happy PARK(ing) Day!
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View Larger Map The number of PARK(ing) Day installations in San Francisco featured on the PARK(ing) Day website has grown in the past 24 hours, as more people have registered their event on the above map. Where are you celebrating PARK(ing) Day today? Please send your photos to tips@sf.streetsblog.org, Tweet them to us or add […]
Celebrate PARK(ing) Day Tomorrow by Reclaiming the Curb
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Dozens of installations are planned all over the Bay Area tomorrow to mark PARK(ing) Day, the annual worldwide event to reclaim metered curbside parking spaces normally used by cars and transform them into temporary “PARKS” for people. Last year, from Iran to Venezuela to South Korea, people in more than 180 cities across the globe […]
Tomorrow: Support a Two-Way Haight and More 15 MPH School Zones
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Two important projects will get a hearing before an SFMTA engineering panel tomorrow, and advocates say a show of support is crucial. First up is a hearing for the third set of 15mph school zones, championed by Walk San Francisco. More than 70 streets are on the latest list. As we’ve written, the 15mph school […]
Bike Coalition Endorses John Avalos for Mayor Followed by Chiu, Lee
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John Avalos Rides SF from John Avalos on Vimeo. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition announced today that it is endorsing John Avalos as its number one pick for mayor, followed by David Chiu and Ed Lee. Avalos, the District 11 supervisor, has been especially aggressive about courting the bicycle vote, showing up at bike events, and […]
Growing Momentum for a Car-Free Market Street Ahead of 2015 Repaving
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An unprecedented planning effort is currently underway to redesign Market Street, and transform it into a grand car-free thoroughfare in 2015, when it’s scheduled to be repaved. But why should we have to wait that long for a car-free Market Street? There is a growing momentum to do more aggressive trials that would inform the […]
Candidates Talk Streets and Parks at Mayoral Forum
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Eight mayoral candidates turned out for last night’s forum on streets and parks sponsored by Walk San Francisco, the Neighborhood Parks Council and Friends of the Urban Forest. The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club’s endorsement meeting was also going on, and some of the candidates, who were juggling schedules, either showed up early and […]
Scenes from Sunday Streets Western Addition
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An estimated 10,000 people turned out to celebrate Sunday Streets in the Western Addition, NOPA, Fillmore and Alamo Square neighborhoods yesterday. By all indications, the event was a success, and the weather, well, perfect. And we’re in for another treat this week. For the second time in Sunday Streets history, San Franciscans will get to […]
Sunday Streets Returns to Western Addition This Weekend!
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Sunday Streets will grace the streets of Western Addition again this weekend, and bring lots of car-free activities to the Fillmore, NOPA and Alama Square neighborhoods. The event will coincide with International Artists Week, and promises to be great fun! Download the official press release from the SFMTA here [pdf]. See the official activities sheet […]