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.
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Board of Supes Votes Again Not to Reject MTA Budget
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BOS Prez David Chiu, who voted not to reject: "It is time for us to move forward." Photo by Bryan Goebel. The Board of Supervisors, for the second time this month, voted 6-5 this afternoon against a motion to reject the MTA’s $778 million budget. BOS Prez David Chiu and Sophie Maxwell were among those […]
Hundreds Expected to Take Part in Bike to School Day Thursday
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Commuter convoys of students, parents, teachers, administrators and bicycle educators are expected to take part in tomorrow’s first annual Bike to School Day in San Francisco, an effort to educate communities about the dangers of driving to school, and the healthy benefits of bicycling. "It’s something I felt the city was ready for," said Benjamin […]
Bike to School Day
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A day of education for students, parents, teachers, administrators, and others about the costs and benefits of the various ways by which students get to and from school. Bike to School Day is a fun, educational, green, and healthy new event. More: http://www.biketoschoolday.org.
Muni Releases List of Service Enhancements As Supes Near Rejection Vote
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Service on the 14 Limited would be expanded from mid days to 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Flickr photo by Octoferret. MTA Executive Director Nat Ford has released a list of proposed service enhancements on 14 lines that run parallel or near lines that are being eliminated or scaled back in this year’s budget. The […]
Happy Memorial Day Weekend
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The full transformation will take a few months to set up, but come Memorial Day, pedestrians will finally have some breathing room in New York’s Times Square. This is a really exciting weekend for our Streetsblog colleagues in New York City, as Ben Fried writes: When Memorial Day weekend rolls around, here at Streetsblog we […]
A San Francisco Parking Enforcement Debate That Shouldn’t Be Happening
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Flickr photo: andreil Why is San Francisco — considered by many around the world to be a “progressive” and “green" city with a Transit First policy — still debating whether to extend meter hours and parking enforcement, even in the face of a crippling Muni budget deficit? Didn’t we merge Muni with the Department of […]
Caltrain Drops Bicycle Surcharge Idea and Is Bringing Back Tags
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Caltrain destination tags. Photo by Shirley Johnson. Caltrain has dropped an idea to make bicyclists pay a $1 surcharge to help solve its budget deficit. In an email this afternoon, Mark Simon, the special assistant to the Caltrain CEO, wrote "a bicycle surcharge will not be part of the budget proposals for the coming fiscal […]
Supes Delay Action on Motion to Reject MTA Budget
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Supervisor Avalos on parking enforcement: "The more I think about how we need to do what’s best for the environment and what’s best for riders my position has changed." The Board of Supervisors will try again on an MTA budget, voting 7-4 this afternoon to delay a motion to reject it. Instead, they’ll hold a […]
Supervisor Avalos, Advocates Call for More Equitable Muni Budget
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Supervisor John Avalos at Transit Justice rally. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Supervisor John Avalos, leading the charge for a Muni budget that is more equitably balanced between drivers and transit riders, was joined Monday by a broad coalition of advocates, including groups representing seniors and youth, in a rally designed to pressure the MTA into […]
Today’s Headlines
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Supervisor John Avalos Takes the Lead on the Muni Budget (Beyond Chron) SF Examiner: "Higher Muni Fare Evasion Fines Pitched" Sizing Up Muni at Bay to Breakers (SF Appeal) BART Director Fang Insists Phone Card Will Prove Translink Obsolete (Matier & Ross) Independent Auditor Would Investigate Civilian Complaints Against BART Police (SF Gate) Examiner Editorial […]
Avalos Calls for Charter Amendment to Reform MTA Board; Rally Monday
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Members of the MTA Board, who are appointed by the Mayor. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos is proposing a charter amendment "that will provide greater checks and balances and independence for the MTA Board of Directors." Avalos, along with other supervisors and transit advocates, plan to announce their own MTA budget […]
Supervisor Avalos Would Like to See Public Bike Pump Stations in SF
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Flickr photo: tokek beland (busy fora while) If you pedaled around the city yesterday for Bike to Work Day you were no doubt happy to see the SFBC’s energizer stations — with fresh coffee and bagels — and the occasional sidewalk bike mechanic ready to align your spokes or pump a little air in your […]