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
Future of the 26-Valencia Line Uncertain
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Flickr photo: Octoferret Eliminating the 26-Valencia, a route with low ridership and parallel service only a block away on Mission Street, would save Muni an estimated $2.4 million. But three members of the MTA Board expressed concerns at their meeting this week about staff’s proposal to eliminate the 26, and it followed public testimony from […]
AC Transit Board To Consider Declaring Fiscal Emergency
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Flickr photo: pbo31 The MTA Board did it this week, and now AC Transit may become the second transit agency in the Bay Area to declare a fiscal emergency. Such a declaration allows the agencies to bypass environmental review in order to implement service cuts. The AC Transit Board of Directors voted yesterday to hold […]
Advocates File Appeal in MTC Discrimination Case
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Transit justice advocates at a 2004 rally nine months before the suit was filed. Photo by Public Advocates Inc. Nearly a month after a San Francisco federal judge ruled against a discrimination lawsuit against the MTC on behalf of AC Transit riders of color, attorneys representing a broad coalition of riders, labor and environmental justice […]
Streetscast: An Interview with BOS Prez David Chiu on the MTA Budget
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David Chiu testifying before the MTA Board two weeks ago. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has introduced a motion (PDF) that would allow his colleagues to reject the MTA’s budget, which is due to be finalized and voted on by the MTA Board next week. As we’ve reported, Chiu testified before the […]
Where is the MTA Board’s Leadership on the Budget Crisis?
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MTA Chair Tom Nolan. Aside from Malcolm Heinicke’s proposal to tax rental cars at SFO — which was apparently shot down by legal staff — no member of the MTA Board of Directors has offered any ideas for generating new revenue, other than toying or saying yay or nay to recommendations presented by staff, to […]
Today’s Headlines
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Muni Single-Ride Fares Likely to Rise in July Instead of September (SF Examiner) BOS Prez David Chiu Introduces Legislation to Reject MTA Budget (SF Gate) Marin IJ: "Sausalito Takes Steps to Ease Bicycle Crunch" Proposal Would Allow SF’s Street Fairs to Charge Admission (SF Examiner) NY DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn in Toronto for Speeches, Meetings […]
Today’s Headlines
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Cyclist Remains Critical Following Hit-and-Run; Silver BMW Sought (Cyclelicio.us, KCBS, Merc) Rampaging Hit-and-Run Driver Faces Fremont Murder Charge (SF Gate) Supervisor Eric Mar Will Join Taxi Drivers To Protest MTA Medallion Plan (SFBG) Can State DOTs Implement Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan? (Trains for America via Streetsblog.net) AVE Trains Having a "Profound Effect on Life" in […]
MTA To Get Greater Management Role Over SFPD’s Traffic Company
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Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk According to a "fact sheet" (PDF) released by the Mayor’s office Friday, "new operational improvements and efficiencies" have been identified that will amount to $3.5 million in cost savings for the MTA, including giving MTA Executive Director Nat Ford more power over the SFPD’s Traffic Company. The plan, first reported in […]
Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part II
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Photo by Bryan Goebel MTA Executive Director Nat Ford sat down with Streetsblog San Francisco last week for an hour-long interview. In today’s segment, he addresses the funding crisis facing California transit agencies, the long-awaited implementation of the Bike Plan and the internal MTA battle over how to balance the different modes. I also asked […]
California Transit Association Recommends Long-Term Funding Ideas
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Flickr photo: pbo31 The California Transit Association has submitted a list of recommendations (PDF) to the Commission of the 21st Century Economy, a "bipartisan" panel mostly appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger, that call for establishing a "stable, predictable source of long-term funding" for the state’s public transit agencies. “The latest budget shell game only reinforced what […]
Streetscast: Sunday Streets Press Conference
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Leah Shahum with Wade Crowfoot, Nat Ford, David Chiu and Ben Caldwell. Photo by Bryan Goebel. The Mayor’s Director of Climate Change Initiatives, Wade Crowfoot, joined MTA Executive Director Nat Ford, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum and many others this morning to formally announce this year’s six Sunday Streets […]
Today’s Headlines
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Berkeley School District Looks to Improve Ped Safety Around Schools (East Bay Express) Chino Man Getting His Mail Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Socal (LAist) Injured Cyclist Airlifted Out of Tilden Park (BCN via Merc) Mayor’s Office Releases More Details on This Year’s Sunday Streets (Fog City Journal) Rec and Park Commission to Hold Hearing […]