Bryan Goebel

BART Labor Talks Continue As Another Deadline Draws Closer (SF Gate, ABC7) Tom Radulovich:  It’s Time to “Put the Region’s Rail Network on a Sustainable Course” NY Senator Schumer Introduces Bill to Ban Transit Operators from Texting (Newsday) CHSRB: “The Multi-Pronged Attack Against” California High Speed Rail Caltrans Considers Safety Improvements for Bicyclists, Peds on … Continued

One day after we asked when the bike box on Scott Street at Oak would reappear, lo and behold, it's back. It was apparently repainted sometime this morning. Tipster and Streetsblog commenter MichaelSF points out it appears longer. It's almost a full bike box but it's still not connected to the bike lane, like most bike boxes in other cities such Portland and New York.

KTVU Report: “BART Officials Spending Big on Travel and Food”  Meantime, Labor Negotiations Between BART and Unions “Drag On”  (ABC7) Chronicle Op-Ed: “Expectations Grow, Funding Shrinks for Transit”  Great Piece in The Nation About Why the Feds Should Fund Transit Service School Bus Fees Set to Go Up in Santa Rosa (Press Democrat)   Santa Rosa … Continued

If you've pedaled through The Wiggle in the last few weeks -- as thousands of bicyclists do on a daily basis -- you've probably noticed the disappearance of what was a rare San Francisco bike box on Scott Street at Oak. The only other bike box is on 14th Street and Folsom. On Scott, the street recently underwent a repaving but crews haven't re-striped the bike box, which gives bicyclists a head start in front of a line of cars, and is designed to reduce bicycle-car conflicts, especially in areas heavily traveled by bicyclists.

Media Post-Crash Scrutiny of Muni Begins: Feds Say Injuries Up on Trains (AP) And More on the Investigation and Release of Surveillance Video (ABC7, CBS5) MTC Approves $140 Million for Oakland Airport Connector on 10-3 Vote (BCN via CBS5) SFCTA Study Says the City Lacks Funding to Repair Cracked, Dangerous Sidewalks (SF Examiner) More on … Continued

The MTA has released video of Saturday’s Muni collision, which was captured by several platform cameras at the West Portal Station. The footage showing an L train slamming into the rear of a K train, and the immediate aftermath, was in the custody of the National Transportation Safety Board but turned back over to Muni … Continued

Supervisors Call for Hearing into Muni Collision (SF Examiner) SF Gate: “Newsom Mum on Muni Crash” BART May “Impose Contract on Unions”; Talks Resume (ABC7, KCBS) LA MTA Board to Decide Whether to Extend AnsaldoBreda Contract (LAT) Joe Romm: Copenhagen Climate Treaty Could Fund Worldwide BRT Rollout (Climate Progress) “State Leaves Nothing for City Road … Continued

We're getting very excited for the weekend, especially the second of two Sunday Streets events in the Mission, this Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. After you've experience the streets freed from vehicular traffic noise and opened up for walking and bicycling, roll/walk on over to Valencia Cyclery to celebrate a certain blog we like.

Streetsblog tipster Nick just sent us these photos of one of the damaged trains being hauled away following today's Muni collision:

Flickr photo: 2Girls1Queen At least 47 passengers were injured this afternoon when an L-Taraval train collided into the rear of a stopped K-Ingelside train on the platform of the West Portal station. MTA spokesperson Judson True said four of the injuries were “critical,” including to the operator of the L train. At least 20 ambulances … Continued