Bryan Goebel

Advocates Gearing Up for Wednesday MTC Meeting on Stim Funds (Berkeley Daily Planet) The Examiner Reports on SF Chamber’s Misleading Congestion Price Survey  More on the Grim Budget Picture for Bay Area Transit Agencies (Merc) How Do We Make Transit Independent? Cap’n Transit Has Some Ideas  John McCain Confuses Light Rail with High Speed Rail … Continued

California transit advocates have begun organizing a strategy to move legislation through Sacramento that would dedicate a steady, long-term state revenue source for public transit and prevent future budget writers from raiding it.

Former Oak Trib Reporter Dies from Injuries Suffered in N-Judah Crash (Merc) Muni Bus Crashes into Light Poles, Building (ABC7) Obama Tells Mayors Not to Waste Stimulus Money (Sac Bee) Transpo Secretary Considering VMT Tax, More Highway, Bridge Tolls (AP, Yglesias) Bronx Burrough President to Head White House Urban Affairs Office (WaPo, News, The Caucus) … Continued

No one knows for sure how long 23-year-old Brandon Thomas lay bleeding and unconscious before he was discovered in front of his aunt and uncle’s barbershop on San Pablo Avenue near 55th Street the morning of February 4th. He was believed to be riding a bicycle not far from his North Oakland home when the driver of a red Toyota pick-up truck hit him and took off.

State Legislature Passes a Crisis Budget in Overnight Session (SF Gate) And it Allows the Construction Industry to Skirt Off-Road Diesel Regulations (LAT) The EPA is Considering CO2 Regulations (LAT) California HSR Looks for $2 Billion in Stim Funds (San Mateo Daily Journal) BRT Debate Continues in Berkeley; Mayor Wants Time Line Moved Up (Daily … Continued

About 170 people showed up last night at the First Baptist Church for the launch of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's grassroots campaign to rally support for the city's long-stalled bike plan and get it re-adopted by Bike to Work Day.

Some Peninsula Residents Want High-Speed Rail Tracks Underground (Merc) State Budget Crisis Could Delay California’s HSR Project (CHSRB) The Transportation Habits of Bay Area Transportation Officials (Merc) Complaint Alleges SF Mayor’s SUV Hybrid Often Parked in Crosswalk (SF Weekly) Uptown Tenderloin Named a Historic District by National Park Service (Beyond Chron) Proposed Novato Bike Path … Continued

We're taking the day off for the holiday and will resume a regular schedule tomorrow.

While all bicycle facility improvements in San Francisco remain at a halt because of a disruptive bike injunction, other Bay Area cities are moving ahead. Take Brisbane. Our reporter, Matthew Roth, snapped this photo of a blue bike lane that was installed near the Brisbane/South San Francisco border in early January. The concept was thought up by a working group of professionals and bicyclists and Fehr and Peers, a transportation consultant firm, designed it.

State Budget Deal Would Eliminate Public Transit Funds (Cyclelicio.us, Transbay Blog) If Wall Street Gets Operating Funds Why Not Public Transit? (NYT) The Time is Now for High Speed Rail (HuffPo) BART Protesters Turn Out in Force at Board Meeting (ABC7) Planning Workshop on Palo Alto’s California Avenue Gets Heated (Merc) San Jose Boy Who … Continued