plan that executes the things you were talking about. from a planning perspective, city planning can talk about this more, we are fully aware of the demographic issues that are facing the city. we are aware of the changes happening between now and the next 25, 30 years. in that process, we prioritized development areas, the eastern part of the city. they have rich transit access. one of the key objectives of all of this transit-oriented development is to insure that the streetscape and st. designed is pedestrian-friendly. -- street design is pedestrian- friendly. there are so many streets in san francisco that were redesigned

or were built 60 years ago. we're playing catch-up. if we had more funds earlier -- supervisor mirkarimi: the contrast is, all around a public school, there are certain requirements, protocols, of the state street approach for kids crossing. is there not? >> to my knowledge, there is. >> some are state-mandated. some are amplified by local law. if you see a given complex that has evolved over the last 10 or 20 years of seniors moving in because of the permit of allowing people to develop housing in residential areas, they would be primarily made for seniors, unless the planning department permission and board of supervisors approval with

them categorize that as senior housing, and required the companion-enhancements, most often, these enhancements are not getting done, or are an afterthought. if you have a centralized population, we will build 100 units of housing, and this has happened over the last five, 10, 15 years, you don't see the change in that area of where the housing has been located to accommodate that changing demographics. i am wondering if we do that for a school, that could be the automatic response as required by law, why wouldn't we do that for that kind of housing but we're beginning to build? there are clusters of houses and, residential, becoming more prevalent. why would that not be sort of the more automatic reflex in preparing for these kind of inevitability is --

inevitabilities? >> it is a very good point. supervisor mirkarimi: it is not on your shoulders. i am spotlighting the areas we are dealing with. it is fragmented between 60, dpw, planning, mta, and the whole concept of, why isn't there something in the aggregated approach dealing with populations with special needs, populations of residents who are predominantly becoming more aged? that is not to exclude the others in danger, the risks of younger populations, people who need more time to cross the street. we are seeing the casualty record, especially those who in -- who go with muni buses. they are just so big.

the growing population our seniors. they are becoming part of the casualties. it is beginning to spell out a larger story. if you look at where it is happening adjacent to who lives where, i think where there is smoke, there's fire. the planning has not quite dialed down into those fixes. mta looks to me, especially in district 6, you are always going to be playing catch up until there are some institutional changes that say, on the front burner, when we build housing for this level of population, this has to be the companion piece that fortifies pedestrian safety. wouldn't you agree? >> yes. supervisor mirkarimi: that was easy. [applause] supervisor jim?

anybody else? >> we are going to put off one of the presentations. we will collop the collaborative to talk briefly about their recommendations for6th street. this is a collaboration of the mental health association of san francisco and conrad house. >> good afternoon. i'm a community organizer. i may past hit-and-run victim. -- i am a past hit-and-run victim. i have firsthand knowledge of the lack of pedestrian safety. myself being hit by car earlier this year, and a few of my other friends have been hit on other occasions. it is evident of the lack of concern about the way things are

being handled. it is one of the biggest residential areas downtown. from may to september of 2009, a study was done to solicit residents on the change there would like to see on the safety of 6th street. they organized community meetings. approximately 275 residents attended 14 meetings and brainstorm the variety of ways to make it safer for pedestrians. ,656 -- all in all, 600 of the six residents reject6 -- all in all, 656 residents were involved. this is about getting a safer way to just get around. the solutions are, adding two

crosswalks between market and mission. there should be a sign showing there is a crosswalk. i have lived on this block for three years and did not know it was there until it was pointed out by someone. i have walked by it every day and not realize it is a legal crosswalk. people will not stop for pedestrians. we believe in cyanogen crosswalks in the neighborhood would decrease accidents. at a second crosswalk -- add a second crosswalk. they should use these alleys as -- they use these alleys as shortcuts.

a crosswalk across the alleys will be helpful to the wheel chairs and the disabled people. add a no-turn on red rule. this is cause for a lot of accidents. this rule will push the subjects that the pedestrians do have the right of way. more police patrols will and forced the traffic issues and be a deterrent to reckless drivers and increase the mobility in crossing the street. all traffic heading east on market must turn right on 6th street. it increases traffic on a very residential street. there are 21 hotels and approximately 1300 units. all of the traffic on market is being routed through one of the

most residential streets. at the intersection of sixth and market, there are conflicting signals, creating confusion for drivers. increase the amount of time pedestrians have to cross the street in all directions at the intersections. the countdown starts at 15. some people are often found trying to hightail it across the street. they cannot make it across in time. pedestrians should be allowed to cross in all directions at once. i'm asking anyone from the board of supervisors or the city departments to see for yourself the issues and ask yourself of this as an acceptable way for people to get around. as a resident of that neighborhood, i would like to take you on a tour, along with some of my neighbors.

sixth street is a dangerous people -- dangerous place for people in walkers or wheelchair's. we need changes to make the area safe. thank you. have a good day. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: supervisor kim, would you like to go to public comment? we would like to thank everybody from the city family and those working with the city family for their presentation today. let's go to public comment. i have a number of yellow cards. a fair amount of people spoke earlier. it is hard to tell who spoke. please file after each speaker. i'm afraid that you cannot speak twice.

supervisor kim is suggesting to have a one-on-one conversation. please. >> i am bob from senior action network, which started the pedestrian safety movement 20 years ago in what is now the south of market. we will use political leverage for additional safety enhancements, such as the countdown signals. i will try to answer some of the questions that were not fully answered. 20 years' worth of time i have spent at the regional and state level. i can help answer the question from supervisor campos about the accident investigation and the inclusion of the physical impairment. beginning six years ago, some of

us went to mtc. senior action network was on the regional committee worked with staff to look over the reform. 555 is controlled by the chp. we came up with startling facts. there were many unused data fields. we started suggesting things regarding the pedestrian and burn it. visibility, stop signs, crosswalks, things that should be included. these were submitted to chp and nothing has happened since. until that is changed, it is much harder for local jurisdiction to have a consistency in reporting data through the system statewide. here is where san francisco can assist. it is lonely for the few of us

trying to but the chp. i will suggest that that is something that can be a priority to a different city agencies. but i will suggest also that what supervisor mirkarimi talked of this worthwhile, pushing the major project. look of the demographics of the population. [tone] looking in and around the project itself. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. thank you. >> good morning and thank you for having the hearing. my name is richard and i am a member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee. i represent the senior and disability community on that committee. last year, i had the pleasure of serving as chair of the pedestrian safety advisory committee. coincidentally, on monday, in city operations, we will be

presenting a report on citywide issues involving the pedestrians. i used to live on 14th and i used to walk down market street. i am still upset about octavia and market in district 6. there should be a way for right- hand turns. it just the lights and move the bicycle lane to the outside. you force cars down the street that i used to live on. it is very fast. if they don't turn off, they go down to south of market, making that announce eighth intersection. -- an unsafe intersection. the closed market street off to cars. you are making cars make a right turns. what are they doing to help the pedestrians cross the streets when the car's maker returns?

being on the committee for a number of years, i feel the city need to take pedestrian issues more safely. there need to be more resources or the same amount of resources given to the bicycle groups in the city and two cars in automobiles. although m.t.a. has made improvements, i think there needs to be more improvements. when i see more resources devoted to pedestrian issues, i will know the city is. to take pedestrian issues seriously. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is jamie and i live that main street and harrison streets. $10,000 to paint across what

does not sound like a lot of money. there are six main arteries going up to market street and four crosswalks. 96 individual crosswalks. i saw a barney rubble sculpture that will cost a million dollars. perhaps we could persuade them to help us out over here with crosswalks. i see this as a bully in issue. -- bullying issue. every day when commuters are leaving the jobs north of where i live, the cars are crowding the crosswalks. it feels like i am being harassed to cross the street, to

walk to my job or to walk home from my job. the designs of our streets really don't serve the purposes. there is only one area plan that includes a transportation plan as part of the zoning. i think you should expect all area plans to include transportation. it is so important. harrison street was repaved using prop k money from last summer. as soon as i found out about it, great, what improvements will be made? none were made. dtw says, they did not say to make any plans. it was a 600-foot building. let's do what we can. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please.

>> but afternoon. i would like to thank supervisor camp for calling this hearing. my name is katie in buying the president of the south beach rubicon bay neighborhood association. i am a former board member and a p formersac -- a form3er psac member. i found my neighbor lying dead in my intersection of main and harrison. since that time seven years ago, many of us have been trying to get improvements it is used as an on ramp to the bay bridge. people speak up. if they are not beating, they are stuck in a traffic jam in the crosswalks, making it even worse for pedestrians to cross. that is an intersection i

personally want to point out to you. in addition, there are two whether intersections -- two other intersections. first and folsom and first and essex. there is a whole new population to the area, which was already dangerous in the first place. let's make folsom two ways. south of market in general, it was built as an industrial area for big rigs to drop-off and pick-up goods. that has changed. the population has gone from almost 12,000 to over 40,000 people. a lot of this -- a lot of us make south of market our home. it is no longer an industrial area. we must plan for the increased population. many of the expected 200, 000

people will be leaving through south of market. as you know, four pedestrians have been killed by drivers so far this year. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i wanted to extend a thank-you to supervisor camp for making pedestrian safety in district 6 such a priority. i do appreciate that. my name is susan nelson. i am from the neighborhood group and i am on the community police advisory board at southern station. i thought it was interesting when you were talking about those who are most vulnerable to injury or fatality. i do not fit that demographic and i have had two near-misses in just the past month. i am very careful.

they both happen in crosswalks. two comments i wanted to make. some of the streets that sea traffic in from the expressway's and feedback out a 6,th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, is there anyway we can make people aware of what their speed is by posting the electronic signs that clock their speed? a lot of times, people don't understand how fast they are driving. another suggestion, i noticed where they have the full-stop intersection, all traffic stops, people come across on the diagonal. maybe that could be a possible solution to some of the more dangerous intersections we have. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. my name is chris.

i'm the director of san francisco crisis care. i want to draw your attention to the fatalities that occur on the streets of san francisco, people that suffer death or traumatic injury. there is an emotional and psychological need for comfort. my organization is new. we are organizing -- we are recruiting volunteers momentarily. we will have our first meeting of the tenderloin police station on monday. we are very excited about that. we provide emotional and practical support to folks as it is happening. our volunteers are sent into the street. paramedics arrive on site. highly skilled volunteers will be arriving on site as well. the piece i want to raise to you is this is a human issue. it does cause tremendous human

suffering. the emotional impact is not just on the family, but on the survivors and witnesses. i have been out and activated directly through the sheriff's department. i have been on site for some of the fatalities. i can tell you that the people were profoundly shaken up. we also bridge a safety net of providers. i also want to acknowledge san francisco for their tremendous leadership in taking on this issue. just to leave you with the impression that not everything requires money. there are dollars and donors in

the private sectors. people are looking for money. i do think this is a humanitarian cause. the interfaith council has been very supportive and helpful. i want to draw specific attention to the survivors who might be going through a recovery process. people lose limbs. it impacts the rest of their time. thank you so much. we will be seeing you on the streets. have a great day. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: neck speaker, please. >> thank you for calling this important meeting. i am mark, the program manager. we are here to voice our support for pedestrian safety. we want to see streets that are comfortable and confident for

pedestrians. biking is a hugely important aspect of this. the bike coalition, the state of california has compelled them to do state street. the complete streets include bike lanes and sidewalks and crosswalks, and so many other things that will improve safety for users. we would like to see this conversation happened. these will provide some benefit to banks, and we are looking to see that move forward. clear sign ainge about reducing its being and reducing crosswalk incursion as well as parking on the sidewalk are huge problems for everybody. we want to make sure those are a top priority of enforcement from

the police department. i want to acknowledge them for being here. this is a really great example of how the city can move forward in protecting people that are biking and walking. one of the things that i recently had a realization, the streets of san francisco make up a vast majority of the public space. when people talk about it, they mean that violence. they don't think of it in terms of public safety that implies a safety for people who are walking or biking. i really appreciate that this conversation has been happening here in the public safety commission, because this is public safety first and foremost. thank you for calling this.

>> my name is christopher, i work for the sixth street pedestrian safety program. i mainly spoke with residence, store owners, and pedestrians to get the information. to get into it, there should be a no turn on red sign on sixth street in the mission. and also a crosswalk on mission and the sixth to implement a better way for accessibility for pedestrians. what i have personally witnessed myself, and buses and stopping in the middle of crosswalks, this also causes a very hard way for people to walk around and it causes drivers behind them to drive erratically. and a very important thing is

handicap accessibility. they also get stuck in the middle of the street, they need more time than the basic person to cross the street. this is another important feature that we would like to see implemented. what causes a lot of erratic behavior on the streets would be police making several arrests or running red lights. i know they are trying to do the job, we don't want to stop them from doing that at all. but once you do these things, it causes erratic behavior from all sides and it causes buses to stop install. with that, there is also the last thing i would like to add. there needs to be a union between the way the city is created.

one thing that i have noticed myself, there is no room, and having car accidents. >> i was on the transportation task force. these are collisions, not accidents. we have some low hanging fruit, which are the crossings, identifying a plan to get things going in real time. these measures must incur in transit, mo.