of rapidly becomes the feeling that you have the right-of-way to make that right turn on red and nothing should block you as if a pedestrian trying to cross, or a bicycle. and if it's a car, you wait, because you can't make a right turn on red, because you can't. but if a bicycle, you honk your horn and the reason why those of us who advocated for no right turn on red, and then signs. i wouldn't matter signs at 80% of intersections, and that said right turn on red after a full stop for no one else is using the intersection. but the problem becomes that

having made the law that right turn on red, people start thinking that they have the right to make that right turn on red. hold that thought, because i want to talk about one other thing, this last point about the expectation that if there are two teenagers standing on the corner, you ought to be slowing down or showing you are aware are them in some way. the highway department has the signs that show the family running across the highway to alert drivers on interstate 5, that might be refugees dashing into the roadway to find freedom. and the notion presumably is when you drive on interstate 5, you don't expect to see a

family run across the roadway. whereas when you drive in san francisco, you ought to expect to see teenagers stoned on testosterone and as a as -- seniors and when i give safety tests, they are all on drugs and they are legal drugs, but be aware that it throws your perceptions and timing off. and drivers need to know that kids and seniors and drunks are all over the place in the city. and drive with that in mind. so the thing about changing the law on right turn on red or anything else, how do we change those expectations and how do we get drivers to expect that people will step out in front.

and that's what driving in the city is like, and how do we expect them to not make a right turn on red. and that's why we might want to prohibit right turn on red or use other strategies but we need to think of those expectations. >> i endorse that and we can do all the engineering measures in the world, but they have to coupled with enforcement and education in the form of how difficult it is to get a driver's license. i think that drivers are out of control. and i am not talking about san francisco, i am talking about all across the country. where has enforcement gone and real driver training, and they take it online, they could have

their sister do it. i frustrated as an engineer, that we don't complete the triangle of enforcement and education. >> peter we have at least four people that want to make comments and i want to throw in a comment. and i have been here since pedestrian policy and one of things that i take away from today, and the sidewalk parking, i think that we need to obviously do a lot more in that area, and there are creative issues to pursue. at minimum and internal task force and that we talk about these issues and have a program that you help people and put programs in your home and you don't have to deal with that parking and help you navigate to get balers in front of your home. and i think there is more to

do, and more resources and any idea we have here today, we have to find funding for. and that's something that advocates can help us, and we have outside sources and that limits what we can accomplish. and sometimes there are huge needs and gaps in funding and no where to be found, and streetlights is an area, and we as a city don't do a great job and no outside funding. and we are hearing you about sidewalk parks and we can do some things cheaply, like task force, and it would be great to have a control in off hours and to enforce that, and there are a lot of great ideas out of today. >> thanks bridget, we will wrap up at 3:30 and we will have time between that and 4 to enjoy

refreshments. >> susan king, and two quick thoughts on sidewalk parking and with walk san francisco, we put fliers on cars and on sidewalks and says, sidewalks are for walking and this creates an awareness, and the people get really pissed off at you, but it's something and they feel entitled to park the sidewalk. and speeding, cars are driving faster and fasters and there are should be no place in this city where the speed limit is more than 25 miles per hour. people expect to drive quickly and they cut through neighborhoods because the main arteries are too slow and they have the expectation that you can drive 35 miles in the city

and you can't do that now. >> anyone want to address the next speaker? >> -- corridors where people are not required to use an automobile. and yet the too biggest transportation corridors through the area, 16th street and partrero avenue and the requirements increased and housing lowers and it goes

against all best practices, and i want to encourage you all, who are not so politically mostivated at supervisors and to do something and to do the urban planning and focus more around the transportation, than the political, i don't know what is behind it, that's causing us to do things wrong. >> megan, you had a question? >> i actually had a response to a question, megan from the department of public health and whether safety is the goal, and yes it is the goal, and we shouldn't have to choose whether we are hit by a car and the physical activities and health benefits will improve

and the air quality and the noise from traffic and greenhouse eshg missions. -- emissions and all of these benefits are due to decreases in traffic. and to decrease in driving is improving pedestrian safety in our city. >> we have one more question and then we are ought of time. >> i wanted to know if the city was considering banning cell phones and driving or talking on a cell phone. it seems when i am nearly hit on my bike or walking, and the person is on the cell phone. and i know that's being talked about and could the city be a forerunner, and it's a problem and it's a safety issue. >> yes, that question came up

earlier. and the state law as we understand will go into effect july 1, prohibiting talking on cell phones in the car. so if no other questions, any last words from the panel? >> michael. >> a couple of things and the right turn on red issue, and a couple points and i agree with jack on the issue from a safety perspective, right turns on green are worse. but the other hand, back to peter's, the goal is more walking. and from a pedestrian friendly standpoint, and it urk's and no turn on red would flip that and one problem with banning turns on red and having signs when

it's allowed and there are a lot of people that drive in out of town and from work. and there would be pretty good learning curve and you are not allowed to turn on red unless a sign. and i want to make a comment on enforcement, i listened to that session, and one point and it relates to comments and pedestrian's and bicycleists and motorists and the concern of bicyclist danger to pedestrians and i see that as an issue and when it comes to enforcing laws to pedestrians and bicyclists, there are laws but the key is to focus on the enforcement that is an obvious safety issue. you can't just enforce the law every time they walk

against the light and if there is a car, enforce that but not the illegal behaviors that seem safe. finally, the pedestrian courses and that's a course that i teach. i am not fort -- fortunate to teach the one in california, but it's a great course and if you want more about countermeasures or pedestrian safety, attend that course. >> thank you, as i wave the microphone, no takers, and we could use another shot of coffee. and i want to thank you for being here today and i hope to see you in a year or so. and i want to thank the panelists for spending their time with us. [applause] >> thanks peter for leading us

in the last two sessions and i want to echo peter's thank you. and i want to thank you everyone for attending today's pedestrian safety summit, and especially for those who have been here all day. and for those who made this successful and the speakers and partners for pedestrian safety, and please join us it's the back the room for the reception that's provided by the departme of health, thank you.

>> welcome to a special edition of main stage. the first anniversary. time to look back at one year of great performances from the stage of san francisco's main library. we will key the authors, poets and playwrights, the story tellers and the photographers and hear music brought to our stage from 4 continents. we will also meet some of the people that help bring the performances from the coet auditorium to your television screen. time to celebrate, main stage year 1.

>> 3 cups of tea with each other. >> doesn't anybody care? >> i have been on the river for 7 days... >> our first performance is one of our most popular on line videos. the dance company around the bay area and around the world. educating audiences of the culture of north india. the movement of a cottic dance. [music]

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only 5 years the festival has established itself as the premiere over view of san francisco's lively literary scene. the week long event draws 10,000 people to the city's book

stores, night clubs and of course it's libraries. here in the coret auditorium. 2 days of reading. show casing 50 writers from all walks of life. the event was like speed dating to find the next companion for your night stand. >> i'm paying this woman more than a hundred bucks an hour and she's laughing at me. this should tick me off but it seems to put me at ease. let me make sure i'm following this one. you lost a guy you were tracking in your rear view mirror. you are convinced you did the guy in. well, yeah, i guess. it sounds stupid when she throws it back and i get what she's doing. trying to make me recognize the obsurdity of what i'm telling her. you don't you killd that guy? >> i could have.

>> right and his body bounced 3 blocks where it landed on a hypodermic needle. >> when i was your age, only the rich girls had parties. i dreamed this this day since the daughter told me you would be a little girl. she pinched my cheeks. everything will be fine, you see. i saw something tighten in my chest the way i saw her gazing out at the party. highway could i say, no? okay mom, i knew i would regret this. >> of course not i understand democracy is people power the people chose whom they want. our education system has been gutted the president says our childrens has not been doing. people get the news from the few

new outlets. josh, are you saying you will believe in democracy once people catch up to you? >> of course, not. brian, you know i'm a mess. i say i will believe in democracy when the people catch up to you because you are a substantial person. and i don't understand how this happened we started so similarly, brian and i. 2 east coast jews. both studied at princeton and studied under the same political theorists. here we are 2 guys in our shared park in berkeley my son the same age as his daughter. why out of the 2 of us only one has bottom an adult. >> i'm never getting married.

she sank back against the ground. i sat then next to her i could smell fabric softener. >> this is nothing hoeky about loving something with all your heart. that's not how anyone has loved me. that's why they leave me. i'm everyone's good luck charm but mine. >> she was right. there was nothing hoeky about a great love to span a lifetime. >> love struck couples staring into each other's eyes. waitress with tired legs waiting for the end of her shift receives a visit from johnitto. he turns, one last time to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out.

into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals, dark as sacrificial hearts. >> if we killed you now, if we took aim for your belly with our cross bow or laser sight and pulled a trigger or let a tipped arrow rip through the night air, there would not be a story to tell. so, while we lay and wait for you to appear, chewing the fat, lit up on beer. lit up on the last of the evening light, we will honor ~ess you in speech laszo you with language and make you bleat like the common peg you were. >> one of my favorites lines. we are spending a lot of time studied enequalities in algebra

which makes sense, >> we have a wide range of forces that we call upon. and we try to respond to the diverse community throughout san francisco. we may partner with cultural organizations. we support literary organizations and lit quake that we do annualy. we might be promoting an author reading who is on a national book tour. there is just a wide range. and oftentimes we go out to the community and seek the partn partnerships or they might approach us with an idea for an event or program. as well as we have active community minded staff throughout the library who have a wealth of resources and ideas at their finger tips.

they often bring ideases and from that we create programs. >> that was a really great program. that came to us as a lot of events and programs do through our book seller community. bo and our staff worked to bring poets and writers for a wonderful program. we had over a hundred people that attend third degree event in the auditorium. from that, bo is continuing to do work toward the knobby street project today. >> on march fifth 2007 a car bomb was exexploded in baghdad, more than 30 people were killd and more than a hundred were wounded. this local is the historic center of baghdad book selling. a winding street filled with

book stores and out door book stalls. named after the famous 10th century arab poet, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. book selling on this street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense we feel the street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. monthknabe street starts here. >> just before the street was eviscerated by a searing length of deaths and despair, delusion and destruction that destroyed more than the 30 lives. twisted more than the 100 souls who were bent and crippled amidst it's rage. just before the moment you were

the proclamation, the prayer as they summoned and swore laugh, controlled, denied and affirmed. did you hear the words as they fell. for 2,000 years we have. what do you think. this says, map, border, resistance. truth. spirit, faith. doctrine, domaine. love, free, open, winds, cut. did you here the euphony of the street like birds among the fluttering leaves of their books and newspapers as they addressed if not solved, defined if not created the problems and the promise of tomorrow? did you hear the explosion, the screech, the howl the scream. did you even know? >> the photograph. the photograph was of an iraqi

boy on the front page of the new york times. he sat at the edge of the truck. 8 or 9 years old. surrounded by his family. his father, mother and 5 siblings were asleep. his head was buried in his hands. all the clouds of the world were waiting on the threshold of his ice. let all man wipe off the sweat and start the digging the 7th grace. >> for nearly a hundred years there was a station in the middle of san francisco. chinese were detained before being allowed to enter the u.s. in this reading, writer nancy om, takes the audience to angel island. >> palm trees faced us when we landed. they were like garred yens to

pass the golden gate we told them what wement todd hear. on the island of desperate dreams we shed our skins and wore new ones. burned our parents name and let our pasts curl into smoke. >> no longer my father's daughter. no longer my husband's wife. only the sea gulls know who i really am. for months we were held in separate rooms. the dampness seeped through the bunks and gnawed or bones. at night the wales of ghosts kept us awake. 32 steps to my father's house, 4 windows facing north. 24 steps to my uncle's house, 2