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
Judge Busch Delays Decision on Lifting SF Bike Injunction
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A San Francisco judge today delayed a decision on lifting the city’s three-year-old bike injunction, and instead ordered both parties to submit briefs by November 12th on his authority to lift the injunction, and then reverse it, if he later determines at a separate hearing that the exhaustive 2,000 page document is not adequate, although […]
Streetfilms: Drivers Behaving Rudely
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San Franciscans and New Yorkers have a lot in common when it comes navigating the mess of threatening autos on the streets. In my neighborhood near Polk Street, I’ve recently noticed a lot more aggressive drivers skirting the law, blocking crosswalks, failing to yield, and honking for no good reason. In this latest Streetfilm from […]
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Bicyclist Claims No Knowledge of Crash
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View Larger Map Note: We’ve posted an update and a profile of Mary Yonkers. The driver of a dump truck who killed a bicyclist this morning in Redwood City has been located by investigators, but claimed he was not aware he hit the woman, and has not been arrested, Bay City News quoted police as […]
Ad Nauseam: Toyota’s (Passive-Aggressive) Ransom Note to America
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Toyota wants you to know that it’s here for you. And not just as a car maker, as the company explains in this spot, ironically entitled "Community." Like GM before them, Toyota wants to make sure you realize just how much their company means to you. Here’s our voice-over: "We acknowledge you are coming to […]
Bicyclist Killed in Redwood City Hit-and-Run
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View Larger Map Note: We’ve posted an update and a profile of the bicyclist, Mary Yonkers. According to KCBS radio, a bicyclist has been killed in a hit-and-run crash involving a dump truck this morning in Redwood City: Authorities are looking for the driver of a dump truck who hit and killed a bicyclist in […]
High Court Rejects Appeal of Ruling Declaring Transit Fund Raids Illegal
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Muni has lost $180 million over three years because of PTA fund raids. Flickr photo: skew-t In what the California Transit Association called a resounding victory for transit providers and riders, the California Supreme Court has rejected Governor Schwarzenegger’s appeal of a lower court ruling declaring raids on transit funds illegal. "The Supreme Court has […]
Mayor Newsom Still Opposed to Extending Parking Meter Hours
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Flickr photo: KayVee.INC Mayor Gavin Newsom has been quietly pressuring MTA Chief Nat Ford to delay or prevent proposals to extend parking meter hours on weeknights and Sundays, despite a looming mid-year MTA budget deficit and studies that show it’s good policy, Streetsblog has learned. A study on the parking management and revenue implications of […]
Men Who Harrased Bicyclist On Her Commute Home ‘Severely Warned’
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Flickr photo: Richard Masoner A San Francisco police inspector has "severely warned" two men who allegedly harassed a bicyclist in the bike lane along the Embarcadero last week. The terrifying tale, which we published verbatim on Streetsblog, stirred quite a reaction among new and regular commenters, and served as an important reminder about what to […]
Streetsblog Promotes Michael Rhodes to Full-Time Muni Reporter
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Photo: Myleen Holero When Streetsblog San Francisco launched last January with a staff of two — reporter Matthew Roth and me — we quickly realized that to adequately cover San Francisco’s livable streets movement we’d eventually need more full-time reporters. Considering the often difficult time we have getting the MTA to cooperate with our requests, […]
Streetfilms: PARK(ing) Day 2009 in San Francisco and New York
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San Francisco and New York were blessed with gorgeous weather Friday, which made for glorious PARK(ing) days in both cities. In San Francisco, upwards of 34 metered parking spots were transformed into temporary parks, on-street bike parking demonstrations, cafe seating and other public space reimaginings. New York, writes Streetfilms director Clarence Eckerson, had about 50 […]
Eyes on the Street: Backwards Driver Crashes Into Cyclist in GG Park
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Flickr photo: NateShow From SF Citizen via Eyes on Blogs comes word of a nasty collision between a bicyclist and an SUV driver in Golden Gate Park Wednesday. The photographer who snapped these shots described the crash on his Flickr post: The driver of this SUV (apparently not from the area), was backing up in […]
It’s Time to Reclaim the Curb: Celebrate PARK(ing) Day Friday!
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PARK(ing) Day 2008. Flickr photo: plaid iguana Tomorrow’s (PARK)ing Day festivities in San Francisco are likely to be much grander than in years past, with dozens of locations mapped out across the city as spots where metered parking spaces will be transformed into temporary public parks, and other uses, for people, instead of automobiles. Temporary […]