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.

there must be an objective way to tell the mta. we based those on observed rest of the communities. they were on the western taskforce, and they determined how the land you stresses will affect public health. data collection and quality insurance are critical if we are going to get reliable data that can be used for priorities. it could be doing a complete street is expensive. the mta and the planning department don't work well the other. it will cause more problems due to lack of cooperation. it will take a comprehensive approach to get the public

involved and getting feedback based on empirical data. every cop, wherever they are, should have it in their dna hope that the enforced the law when people run a red light or speed. i have seen cops watch folks in run red lights and do nothing. what individual places their convenience and puts those people and injured. i want to be very brief indeed knowledge of the fact that this has been a at a public hearing -- an epic public hearing. i will be speaking about the sixth street area. to everyone responsible for

helping to make sixth street and other areas safer, we want to issue the sixth street challenge. we want to take photos of some of the basic changes to public safety and pedestrian safety on sixth street. changing the intersections between the alley ways, pointing out some of the sign age for the crosswalk that is already in place between market and the mission. there is a sign for, but there is no physical crosswalk. we will start the clock. the idea is that we will track how long it takes for these folks to be addressed and implemented. some of these things cost money. what we will try to do is stagger these for you. some things can be done immediately.

some things are in the future that need to be done. but why we don't have these things get done is because pedestrian safety, i hear about the budget silos and the different departments that are involved. can you help us be able to do that? sylvester talked about setting up a two were so that we can point these things out. we also want a physical tour to go down there and check all these things out. will you work with us? supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> i understand it has been a very long hearing for you. i am the deputy director, i

apologize. i only heard about this meeting today. i wanted to add a couple of points to the discussion of from the perspective of an organization that focuses on the city's compliance and representing people with disabilities. but also as a person who was hit twice. i wanted to bring a three points today to you. the first one is the need for better data collection. we talked about the tenderloin area, where we have the highest concentration of seniors. there is a high correlation between the visibility and people that are over 60. we also have a very special

populations of people with multiple health disabilities. some of the pedestrian safety issues that can address those things quickly, i see people signal timing changes. if we know that we are in an area with a high traffic volume and a concentration of people with disabilities, we need to address that directly. i would also like your help advocating for changes so we can get a better collection of disabilities that are impacted in those traffic accidents. the second point i wanted to bring out is to echo supervisor mirkarimi's point. we are seeing a huge movement for accessible units, we need to

look at the environment around those elements. i have served on many committees addressing the pedestrian environment, the transit effect of this project, and of them address the crossing or sidewalk environments. in some ways, we act counter intuitively by wanting to expand the sidewalk or narrow the sidewalk, having a direct impact on pedestrian safety. finally, i wanted to talk with you for a man about the definition of pedestrian safety. [chime] supervisor mirkarimi: perhaps you can answer for me, what that

definition is. >> the times i have had a more painful accident is on the sidewalk. i realized it is a political issue. but for a lot of us are the more vulnerable populations, the impact of a bicycle of a person with low mobility is much more significant. i understand bicyclist who cannot always safely use the streets. however, they should of the pedestrian impact.

the other aspect of it is cars parked in driveways. one assumes that if they are in a safe spot, the car might back away and not have good visibility. those were the instances where i personally had that. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for your comments and your good work. >> it has been three years the have been trying my very best. my knees are weak and i may fall out, but there are a few things i want to say before i do that. for the people that came out today, thank you.

i have a few suggestions i like to make and i want reiterate what you have already heard. with regards to sixth street, please stop all of the traffic at sixth and the mission. let the people go across safety. please install redleg cameras to catch those that violate the law. in addition, with regards to some of the much-needed projects, i understand the redevelopment agency is spending money on a graduate came from the federal government. -- spending money that came from the federal government. we wanted them to use it in a

way that would benefit this community and make a sustainable, livable community for the future. especially the agencies of the city, and get out of the closet and get out of the box. we are all pedestrians at some point in time. there is no reason for priority to be given transportation. i encourage this committee to require all areas of san francisco with a heavy population of seniors, that there be a safety check to be done to identify those critical elements that need to be corrected. again, thank you, her supervisor can -- thank you, supervisor

kim. supervisor mirkarimi: the final public speaker will be ending public comment. >> i am the executive director of what san francisco. --wal walk san francisco. more than a hundred people this year, every year, are hit by cars in our city. three people were killed in one week. i have a graphic that shows that this problem is really the worst in district 6. as you can see, there are far more injuries, people actually

being killed by cars than in any other district. the disparity is clear. this is a walking the city. but more walking should not mean more dying. the city charter says that we are a pedestrian priority city. but how do we call ourselves that when your four-times more likely to die in the city when you are walking. that is not much of that incentive. we also heard from the department of public health that a 5 mile per hour reduction speed would reduce fatalities by half. that is pretty powerful. we need a road and diet, the

crossings that so many people ask for. you need to prioritize school zones in you need the enforcement that is based on data. there may a bond on streets that could set aside a significant amount for streetscape improvements. [chime] we are all pedestrians. supervisor mirkarimi: seeing that there are no others for public comment, i will close public comment. supervisor kim: i know that this was a substantive hearing in the really appreciate everyone being here and stay in the entire time to listen to the community feedback. i want to think the constituents and not just for coming out, but your activity