Bryan Goebel

San Francisco Making Its Pitch for Stim Money This Week (SF Gate) Report Urges Governor Not to Waste Stim Funds on Highway Expansion (Streetsblog LA) Reuters: “California Puts Out Welcome Mat For Road Investors” Mountain View City Council Wants High-Speed Rail Station (Merc) EPA Proposes Emissions Registry (WaPo) Palo Alto Mayor Proposes Carbon Tax in … Continued

In the lead up to the November 3, 1999 election, more than a year after a massive Muni meltdown and with ridership low, Proposition E was sold as a way to make Muni more accountable and set higher enforceable standards for service. It was also meant to improve street management and put more detailed transit-first language in the city charter. Voters agreed to create a new Municipal Transportation Agency, a "coordinated transportation system," merging the Department of Parking and Traffic and Muni into a single entity.

Muni Claims Driver Discipline is Improving On-Time Performance (SF Examiner) The Ballooning Costs of SF’s Central Subway Project (SF Appeal) More on the Rise in Transit Ridership with Bay Area Numbers (Transbay Blog) Mother, Daughter Hit by Car in Burlingame Remain in Serious Condition (Merc) What Works and Doesn’t Work About SF’s 311 System (Akit’s … Continued

A stenciler was at work in front of San Francisco City Hall recently, painting over the green "showcase" stripe for two plug-in electric vehicles (EV) to reflect what the true green vehicle is: the bike. The bike injunction prevents the city from coloring lanes for bicyclists and this is all we get for now. We do know the MTA is testing green bike lanes at one of its Muni yards, and will probably roll out an experiment sometime after the injunction is lifted. The Presidio Trust, meantime, is conducting a green lane experiment on one of its bike lanes, and Brisbane has installed a blue bike lane on what has become a dangerous stretch of road for cyclists.

Public Transit Ridership Soars to Its Highest Level in 52 Years (WaPo) Driver Hits Five People Selling Girl Scout Cookies in Burlingame; Won’t Face Charges (ABC7) California High Speed Rail Must Include the Central Valley (CHSRB) SF Examiner Editorial on Sunday Streets’ “Surprising Converts”  Oregon Rep Proposes Bicycle Registration Bill (BikePortland) With Biking on the … Continued

California Waiver Request Sparks Debate Over National Emission Standards (SF Gate, LAT) Visalia’s Mayor Doesn’t Want HSR to “Zoom By”; Urges CHSRA to Plan a Stop There (Fresno Bee) TreeHugger Talks to Andy Kunz About Prospects for American High-Speed Rail Caltrain Promises More Consistency with Its Bike Cars (Cyclelicio.us, SVBC) Powell Cable Car Line Shuts … Continued

EPA Will Hold Hearing Today on California Waiver to Regulate Emissions (LAT) Muni Bus Crash Leaves Three Injured (KTVU) San Mateo County Residents Apparently Find It Hard to Break the Car Habit (SF Examiner) San Mateo City Leaders Reiterate Support for High Speed Rail (Inside Bay Area) CHSRB: Central Valley HSR to Open in 2015  … Continued

It's been one month since the Caltrain Board of Directors approved a plan to increase bicycle capacity on its trains, a move advocates welcomed but felt didn't go far enough because it won't entirely prevent bicyclists from getting bumped.

Taking another page from the international movement spawned by Bogotá's wildly successful Ciclovia, and just two days after Seattle announced its Summer Streets initiative, the official word is out: San Francisco's Sunday Streets campaign is proposing expanding to six Sundays this year, or one a month for six months, beginning April 26th. 

Sunday Streets Will Expand to Six Sundays in 2009; Dates Announced (SF Examiner) Muni Reports 3.5 Percent Increase in On-Time Performance (SF Gate) Lawsuit Questions Funding Swap in BART Warm Springs Extension (Transbay Blog) Woman Killed in San Jose Hit-and-Run Identified (CBS5) East Bay Legislator Introduces Bill to Increase Bike Capacity on Buses (Cyclelicio.us) Santa … Continued