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
Pedestrian Hit By Bicyclist Last Month on the Embarcadero Dies
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A 67-year-old Washington D.C. woman who was hit by a bicyclist on the Embarcadero at Mission Street last month has succumbed to her injuries. Dionette Cherney, a real estate expert who had been visiting San Francisco with her husband, was pronounced dead at 5:20 this morning, said SFPD Sgt. Mark Sullivan of the department’s hit-and-run […]
SF Mayoral Candidates Need to Tackle Transportation Funding
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Monday night’s first major mayoral debate contained more political theater than substance, and it’s too bad, because the very first question posed to some of the candidates — who gave no real answers to it — was a critically important one. The moderator, with a list of questions compiled by the Castro/Eureka Valley and Duboce […]
Doctors Upgrade Condition of 9-year-old Hit-and-Run Victim
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A 9-year-old boy from suburban Philadelphia who was struck and severely injured by a hit-and-run drunk driver in SoMa last week, after watching his hometown team beat the Giants, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition, and his family says he faces a long recovery. Ryan White began speaking in sentences this morning after […]
Surgeon’s Exhaustive Research Helps Shape SF Pedestrian Safety Policies
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We now know the economic toll and other important statistics about pedestrian injuries in San Francisco thanks to the exhaustive research of a San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon and her team. Dr. Rochelle Dicker, who is featured in a profile today on UCSF’s website, set out to conduct an analysis of the direct medical […]
We’re Taking a Summer Break
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Streetsblog San Francisco is taking a week-long summer break. In the meantime, please check out our national coverage at Streetsblog Capitol Hill, along with Streetsblog New York and Streetsblog Los Angeles. We’ll be back to a normal publishing schedule on August 8th. Have a great week!
Streets Bond Measure Headed to November Ballot
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Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories on the “2011 Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond.” A $248 million streets bond measure being pushed by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and other electeds is on its way to the November ballot after being approved this week in a 9-2 vote […]
Eyes on the Street: Dangerous Rincon Hill Intersection Gets New Crosswalks
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SFMTA crews have installed new continental crosswalks at the intersection of Harrison and Main streets, seven years after pedestrian advocates in Rincon Hill began lobbying the agency for changes following the death of retired SF State journalism professor Beverly Kees. In addition, the pedestrian countdown signals have been timed to give pedestrians a four-second head […]
Streetscast: An Interview with New SFMTA Chief Ed Reiskin
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One thing seemed clear about Ed Reiskin at today’s press conference announcing that he has been chosen to lead the SFMTA: he gets it. As someone who has not owned a car since 1991, Reiskin understands that reducing the city’s dependence on automobiles requires a safe and reliable transit system, comfortable, dignified bikeways for cyclists […]
Bicyclist Involved in SoMa Crash Dies
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A 25-year-old bicyclist who was involved in a crash with a delivery truck in SoMa yesterday has died from her injuries, the San Francisco Medical Examiner has confirmed. Nancy Ho of San Francisco was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital shortly before 11 last night. She is the first bicyclist to die from a […]
Public Works Director Ed Reiskin to Be Named SFMTA Chief
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Ed Reiskin, the head of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, has been chosen to oversee the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Streetsblog has learned. The official announcement will be made at a 10am press conference tomorrow at SFMTA headquaters at 1 South Van Ness Avenue. City Hall sources who requested anonymity told Streetsblog […]
Bicyclist Critically Injured in Crash with Truck Driver in SoMa
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A 25-year-old woman riding a bicycle was critically injured in a collision with a food delivery truck at the intersection of Mission and Fremont streets this morning. San Francisco police blamed the bicyclist because investigators determined she was making an illegal left turn onto Fremont, which is prohibited except for taxis and buses. “All indications […]
Powell Street Promenade Enlivens the ‘Heart of San Francisco’s Downtown’
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San Francisco cut the ribbon on an innovative public space “in the heart of downtown” today that will greatly improve the pedestrian realm in the Union Square shopping district. Hundreds of people spilled into the two-block Powell Street Promenade on Powell between Ellis and Geary for the official grand opening. “Two-thirds of the millions of […]