Bryan Goebel

Gap Founder Abandons Plans for Presidio Museum (SF Gate, KCBS) Ray Lahood’s “Streetcar Pep Rally” in Portland, “the Transportation Capital” (Bike Portland) Lahood to Announce Las Vegas to Socal High-Speed Rail Corridor (Las Vegas Sun) Advocates Propose Chicago to St. Louis HSR Line (Progressive Railroading) WaPo: “Metro Failed to Detect Hazard” Before Deadly Crash Novato … Continued

Sacramento Appeals Court Says Legislators Cannot Raid Public Transit Funds (AP) How to Talk Up Transit to a Conservative (Infrastructurist) SFBG: “Parking is Quietly Becoming the Year’s Big Issue” Streetscape Measure Moves to Full Board of Supes Without Underground Utility Money (KCBS) Supes Approve Rec and Park Fee Increases (BCN via CBS5) Bicyclist Killed by … Continued

Leah Shahum, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, will debate and discuss the newly approved Bike Plan with Rob Anderson on KQED radio's "Forum" program tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Anderson, the bicyclist-hating obstructionist who filed the lawsuit that has locked the Bike Plan in court, wrote on his blog this afternoon that he'll be joined by Bert Hill, who sits on the Bicycle Advisory Committee, Jamie Whitaker of the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association and Chronicle reporter Rachel Gordon. Anderson, who has compared bicyclists to "Islamic fanatics," had more choice words for bicyclists in the comments section of his post:   

A San Francisco bicyclist who confronted a motorcycle cop over why he was parked in the bike lane on Market Street while on a meal break has received a dubious answer to his complaints from the Office of Citizen Complaints. Andrew Turley filed two complaints against the officer for "Conduct Reflecting Discredit on the Department," one for "being rude about parking in the bike lane" and the other for parking in the bike lane. We wrote about his story back in February. The official response is terse but telling: 

19-year-old Pittsburg Man Allegedly Rams Car Into Castro Valley Home; 5 Injured (SF Gate) KCBS Reports a 19-year-old Woman Jumped In the Path of the Car to Save a 2-year-old Conditions of Two Women Hit By a Driver in Park Merced Said to Be Improving (BCN via CBS 5) “Aggravated Driving” With a Suspended License … Continued

Considering all the new bicycle infrastructure that'll hopefully start going in at the end of the summer, or early fall, I asked Mayor Newsom outside City Hall today after a press conference celebrating the passage of the Bike Plan if he's planning to do any more bicycling. His response?

In a decision advocates hailed as a victory for bicyclists in San Francisco, the MTA Board of Directors voted uaninmously this afternoon to approve the EIR and adopt the Bike Plan, legislating 45 of the 56 priority projects, which will add about 34 miles of new bike lanes in the city.

I'm happy to announce today that Dave Snyder, the former transportation director at SPUR, will join Streetsblog San Francisco as a regular contributor.

Consideration of the EIR and Bike Plan is far down on the agenda, which says it will be considered around 6:30 p.m.

The crowded sidewalks on 18th Street between Dolores and Guerrero in the Mission are usually packed with foodies inching their way into renowned eateries like Tartine Bakery and Cafe or Delfina Pizzeria and Restaurant. Couple that with a high volume of bikes and a scarcity of bike racks and the block screams for improvements to benefit the public realm.