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
And the Winner of Our PUBLIC Bikes Contest is…
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I’m really happy to report that our 48-hour PUBLIC Bikes contest was a success. The winner of our random drawing picked this morning chose to remain anonymous, but we know she’s going to love her new PUBLIC Bike and we wish her the very best. Congratulations! Over the last two days Streetsblog San Francisco readers […]
Deteriorating Transit Service Will Leave Bay Area Seniors Stranded
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There are a lot of disturbing numbers in Transportation for America’s new report, “Aging in Place, Stuck Without Options.” It says the Bay Area currently has the best transportation access for seniors, but points out that in the coming years a rising number of people over age 65 will live in neighborhoods where transit service […]
Donate $50 by Midnight and You Could Be Riding a New PUBLIC Bike Soon
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Donate $50 to Streetsblog San Francisco and you could be riding a brand new PUBLIC Bike tomorrow! The San Francisco company has been a big supporter of Streetsblog SF since they were founded one year ago, and they’ve offered to give one lucky reader who donates $50 or more by midnight tonight a new PUBLIC […]
Dangerous Rincon Hill Intersection Finally Getting the City’s Attention
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On December 10, 2004, Katy Liddell had just stepped off the N-Judah with a sack of cleaning supplies and was walking to her Portside apartment at Harrison and Main in Rincon Hill, when she noticed a cadre of emergency vehicles surrounding the intersection. As Liddell drew closer, she saw something that horrified her. “I saw […]
Donate $50 by Tomorrow at Midnight and You Could Win a PUBLIC Bike
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To celebrate their one-year anniversary, and help boost our month-long fundraising push, PUBLIC Bikes has generously offered to bestow a brand new PUBLIC V7 or PUBLIC C7 bicycle on a lucky Streetsblog San Francisco reader who donates a minimum of $50 by midnight tomorrow. Donate $50 or more right now and you’ll qualify to win […]
Support a More Livable San Francisco: Donate to Streetsblog
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Last spring, we asked for help from readers like you to keep Streetsblog San Francisco going. You answered the call in a big way and I’m happy to report that your contributions helped carry Streetsblog San Francisco through another successful year. Streetsblog is a powerful force for change thanks to our readers, and we’re counting […]
San Francisco’s First Bike Lane Was Striped 40 Years Ago This Week
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On May 23, 1971, while 2,000 runners were racing to the finish in the 60th annual Bay to Breakers (the first year women were allowed), a diverse group of neighbors, most of them on bicycles, gathered on Lake Street to celebrate a first for San Francisco: freshly striped bike lanes. Neighbors had been demanding traffic […]
Eyes on the Street: “Green-backed” Sharrows Installed on Market Street
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SFMTA crews are continuing the “green branding” of Market Street, installing “green-backed” sharrows for people who ride bikes across several different intersections headed eastbound between Octavia Boulevard and 10th Street. Fifteen green shared lane markings have appeared on eastbound Market at Van Ness Avenue and 10th Street, with another 5 expected to go in soon […]
Mayor Asks CPMC for Money to Fund Transit, Ped Safety, But Is It Enough?
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has sent a proposal to California Pacific Medial Center (CPMC) officials requesting more than $108 million to help mitigate the impacts of a proposed 555-bed hospital and office building on Cathedral Hill in the heart of a rich transit district and congested area that will be the future crossing point […]
Will SF Tear Down That Freeway? 280 Removal Study for HSR Moves Forward
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The San Francisco Examiner, in typical tabloid fashion, picked up on a story this morning that we first reported nearly a year ago. The city is seriously studying demolishing the northernmost segment of Interstate 280 to accommodate four tracks for high-speed rail, and prevent the depressing of several city streets, including 16th Street, which Mission Bay […]
Bike Advocates Seek to Reform Obscure Caltrans Committee
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For decades, a little known Caltrans advisory committee dominated by highway and automobile interests has been setting the design standards for signs, signals and pavement markings for California’s urban streets. If a city wants a green bike lane, it has to be approved by the California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC), which also develops the […]
Parklets Begin Sprouting Up on Polk Street
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A parklet movement is springing to life along Polk Street. An installation completed last week in front of Crepe House near Washington has already been buzzing with activity while a second parklet began construction this week in front of Quetzal, a popular cafe with sidewalk seating on Polk Street between Sutter and Bush. Although it’s […]