consider good objective and don't (inaudible) consider traffic and waste time for people going out to places. no sense to go randomly without a real objective. (inaudible) without good concern. so it should lead to (inaudible) for that person (inaudible) [bell] >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. i am leah, with the san francisco bicycle coalition. i want to build on the comments of nicole snyder, with walk san francisco. we work closely with you and staff from various departments, and thank you for taking seriously the goals of vision ze zero, elevating that. and i think that we have strayed and moved away from the urgency. it was to be crisis intervention

and it was addressing what we believe is not a responsive system. we are not fixing the streets fast enough. no one likes that, i don't blame anyone here. but we are not fixing our streets fast enough. this list is a great list but looks like list we have seen before that are great lists that get slowed down. and thank you commissioner kim for bringing up sixth and howard. and the one that gets me is market and tobias, and it slowly became a vision zero project, but i don't think it should count to the 24 to get done. i encourage you to stay on that and ask the city to go back and update what the new projects are that will get done. i think it will help them to figure out why the system isn't

working. it's not working. is it money? staffing? we don't know, but i ask you to use your work to do that. [bell] last we don't want is vis -- vision zero to be a buzz word, we need to make change. >> thank you, we will miss you tremendously. >> good morning, supervisors, my name is mark fong, i am a partner at attorneys in san francisco, good morning, commissioner yee. i am here in sort of a crisis intervention mode to speak on behalf of the family of fong lee who was killed at the intersection of sacramento and stockton street on saturday, september 20. three days after she lost her

life, while the tv cameras were there filming. there was another resident of the same senior housing project where mrs. yim lived, who was struck in the same intersection and cross walk. and he was seriously injured. so there is going to be a memorial at the intersection tomorrow at 10 a.m. it is going to be attended by some of your colleagues. i think supervisor chiu is going to speak. there will be members of the family who will make remarks. reverend fong from chinatown cdc will be leading a prayer for mrs. yim. and i wanted to stress as the attorney for the family, i have begun an investigation into this

intersection. [bell] i have lived here my whole life and recognized it to be very busy. but shocked to find out when i inquired of the mta zone traffic surveys that over the last nine years, and these are simply reported traffic accidents. of course we know many other accidents happen that don't get reported. and many others don't get turned into collision reports. in the last nine years there was 22 collisions at the intersection resulting in 29 injuries and two fatalities. i spoke with several business owners at the intersection. as part of beginning my investigation. and they were quite certain that over the last 20 years there has been five to six deaths that they are personally aware of at this intersection. far away the greatest number of accidents occurred --

>> sorry that is your time, sorry, i thought it was the little bell but the big bell. >> thank you, and i hope you support the memorial for the family tomorrow. >> seeing no public comment, i will closing comment on this item [gavel] i apologize, it looks like we are going to lose kwquorum for this meeting, i am not sure -- okay. i don't, yeah, i am speaking at 11:15. i am down the street. so i think what we will do is take a recess until we can find a third member of the board to take over. and i do ask that we reschedule vision zero back to thursday, so that we can all keep our quorum. the original date that vision zero committee was set for. and i will make a couple of

comments, yes there is a prayer and memorial for a senior resident that was killed at sacramento and stockton at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and we hope that folks will be able to attend. and know that this is not the list, but this is an intersection that we need to look at. those left turns are the top violations that lead to fatalities on that intersection. and we have so many pedestrians in chinatown, we definitely have to prioritize that intersection. and i do want to appreciate all the work. i don't want to be a session to give mta a hard time. we want to be sure that there is clear understanding what have we mean by vision zero, and near-term improvements. and i think that the discussion is helpful, and understanding what is included on this list, and what should be continued to be pursued whether on the list or not. and i agree with commissioner

yee, and if projects in the future and able to speedup, as a priority, and that is included on the list. i think this discussion is helpful, we can't talk to each other due to the brown act to be sure we are on the same page. i know that we have two other items, update on enforcement activities and the vision zero progress report. so i will return to make sure, if not able to find a member, we will regain quorum again. >> (inaudible). >> i did have that question when not in quorum, doesn't mean that we can make motion on the comment. >> this is legal counsel, in order to conduct business you have to have a quorum. you can hold a workshop, you

have to recess the meeting or find another. >> we did hold a committee member last thursday without quorum. and we weren't able to make a motion on the item to continue or file it. but we did hold it as a workshop. >> yeah, you can conduct a workshop with less than quorum members, but technically you are in recess, not in a meeting at that point. >> vice chair you have a preference? do you want to at least -- do you want to continue item 4 and do no. 5 as a workshop? does that make sense? or do both items. yeah, it's up to you.

okay. so norman yee, our vice chair will like to continue items 4 and 5 as a workshop. and we will continue the items and take public comment on them. because we did notice them. so we actually had this issue last week at the select committee, the city and the schools. and our clerks and our city attorney did allow us to hear the presentations on the item. we weren't able to file or continue the item, and we can do that at the next meeting. but we have precedence to do that. thank you, i will hand things over to commissioner yee. >> to be clear, we are in recess as a committee now. and we will reconvene as a

workshop. >> we are in recess as a committee and having a workshop. >> right. >> can we for this workshop get update on the enforcement activities, it's not an item number. commander ali. >> good morning, commissioners. commander mikail ali, san francisco police department, to give you an update on where we are with enforcement. as august 31 of this year, relative to the same period of time last year, we have seen 62% increase in the number of traffic citations issued. 24% of the total citations are

focused on the top five collision factors involved in all traffic collisions. that we have analyzed from 2006 and 2011. to put in perspective, we are talking five violations of a vehicle code where there is literally hundreds of vehicle code sections. our officers are really focused in on the behaviors that are driving our collisions. and we are using them in the most strategic way. our officers in patrol have increased their functions relative to enforcement. and using our motorcycle units in particular in a strategic manner. those areas where we have problems, that's where we deploy them. we talked about enforcement and to give a great example. when we have a fatality and

other serious collisions at that location. in the absence of completed engineering project at that location, we had to increase not only our educational efforts for those in the community. but clearly had to increase our enforcement efforts. since that engineering project has been completed. we have not had to put thosekine of resources in that location. clearly we are talking about making certain there is a collaboration between the mta and police department and public health and others to make certain there is a clear sharing of data relative to the most problematic areas. and we are putting the resources where they are. and as a result not only of the enforcement efforts but other efforts as well. is reason why we see significant reduction in fatalities for the year. although we are not at zero.

we are definitely moving in the direction of. 2013 we ended the year with a total of 34 traffic fatalities. 21 of which were pedestrian fatalities. we are currently at 20. significantly below where we will be hopefully at the end of the year. as it worked out 21 pedestrian fatalities last year, and currently at 12. and i think in large part because of the additional enforcement. the unfortunate thing that we have to acknowledge that the driving enforcement is bad behavior. whether mitigating the behavior through engineering, that reduces the likelihood of a person speeding because of the changing environment. or hopefully getting to the hearts and minds of people and causing them to change their

behavior. we will continue to see this kind of increase in enforcement. not because it's really what -- it's not the answer, but it's definitely a response to the behavior until that behavior changes. one to be brief, i know that we are short of time and open it up for questions you may have. >> i guess when you had given a report in the past, you had a hand-out. i don't know if you have those numbers as a hand-out or not? >> i did not bring any today. but what we do, we report those to the public on the police department website. on a monthly basis we report out department wide and district wide the aggravate numbers of the citations and as well as a breakdown of the 10 and the

focus on the five. >> in the future, when you do this presentation, it would be helpful to have the numbers in front of us. >> sure. >> easier than to reflect, to see what you are doing now versus six months. >> perhaps when you reconvene, i will bring that. >> sure. >> any other comments? okay. let me get some clarification for workshop format. do we ask for public comments or anything? >> yeah, you are entitled to ask for public comment, it's not on the record. but if the public would like to comment, they are free to do so. >> thank you. >> commissioner tang is sitting in, in this committee. which we will receive a memo to seat her officially.

>> she's going to be temporarily appointed in the committee to fill a vacancy. >> okay. any public comments on this matter? >> madeline (inaudible), i have a request regarding enforcement. one that van ness as sort of a highway, literally a highway. and it's visually in every function acts as a highway, including speed. in an earlier meeting, commander ali mentioned that the chep could be brought in to help enforce with that. there is not a single day that goes by that there is not red-lighting running on that street, habitually. and so i would like to suggest

to bring chp in on this would help neighboring areas in terms of traffic calming. when people see enforcement happening, and the chp, i don't know how stretched they are. but they could take up the slack that sfpd has to deal with it. and i came from a very contentious meeting regarding polk street. and at this point i am pleading with the city to stand united behind this effort. it doesn't compute with people that what this is about is public well-being and safety. not just in terms of crashes but the air that we breathe and the vitality of the city. and honestly they don't see that the majority of the citizens of the city and neighborhoods do want these initiatives.

thank you. >> in terms of science and philosophy, (inaudible) all the people cannot go beyond the extreme restriction of being in danger. however, how they say a man (inaudible) however, there is a high level, (inaudible) stage of people other human beings. so it's beyond (inaudible) and dash dashlg, and it's a human way of destiny and human nature. >> thank you, any other public comments? seeing none, then public comment is closed for this particular item. i guess we are still waiting for official notice?

>> i actually had a few questions and comments. first of all, i want to thank commander ali for this stepped up enforcement. it's been noticeable in some of our challenging intersections. i know that i receive complaints as we have discussed from some bicyclists. and i think that part of the enforcement that your officers has done, has really changed behavior somewhat. so i really do appreciate the enforcement. because then it changes how people drive in an area. and i would like to of course advocate for more. and it just -- it's very noticeable. there was a time a couple of months back there was really aggressive enforcement. and i noticed a great change in how considerate drivers and

bicyclists had become as a result of that. i know that the amount of enforcement we have to help throughout the city doesn't always exist. i know it's target and moved around. i want you to know that your efforts are noticed and appreciated. and i want to say keep it up. it would be great to see the numbers in terms of citations. we talked about this as well, and the citations and far exceed the number of cars and comparison of bicyclists. i think you have shown us that data in the past. to have information like that consistently when there is an update. it's helpful so when we respond to our constituents, we help them understand what the numbers say. but more importantly why it's important to make sure that we are enforcing the laws of the

road and how ultimately the goal is to protect everyone from collisions. so i appreciate that, and i wanted to make that comment. so thank you. >> thank you. >> ditto that. the other thing that you didn't mention that you mentioned last time. you also ticketed pedestrians. >> yes, you know as indicated we saw a 62% increase of actually the aggravate numbers is 87,500 citations issued as of august 31. 94% of those citations are issued to the operators of motor vehicles. 5% are issued to pedestrians, and less than 2% to bicyclists. and even those aggravate numbers have increased substantially over those same groups. those modes of travel in the years past. so when this committee

reconvenes, i will be certain to provide you hard numbers and the exact numbers in that regard. as staffing levels you know in the police department are low, as staffing levels get back to normal. we are certain to see more enforcement in that regards. and even as we fully utilize existing resources in terms of grants that are actually coming into the pipes as we speak. you will see more resources deployed as result of that additional support. and i thank you for being a part of that effort. >> you gave a great example, and another example to give you, when we started the student crossing guard program at (inaudible). where the students were, i would say the educators.

and the behavior of basically the parents dropping off the kids prior to the program was horrible. they didn't stop for pedestrians crossing the street. and in a rush to drop off their own kids they endangered other kids. and what happened with that program, there were one or two patrolmen that came, and all they had to do was ticket two parents within two days. and the education piece of it spread real quickly. and the principal was saying after those two tickets it became like a night-and-day situation. and i want to commend your effort of making a difference. we are trying to roll out a

couple more schools and we hope to duplicate that. i believe that the alice bone school just started and no one is ticketed there. and i think it needs to be done, they have pretty bad behavior there too. i would appreciate someone over there. >> sure. >> we have an official notice? in front of me. okay, do i need to read this? thank you very much, at this point we will end the workshop and reconvene the meeting. >> and we are item number -- should i call the item? >> we are on item 4, update enforcement activities, this is an information item. >> thank you, commissioner tang for joining us and making this an official meeting. so we will call item 4, in which do we have to hear the same

thing or what? okay, sorry, commander ali, you are on again. this is ovation -- yay, come back up. >> how do i summarize that, we are doing great. [laughter] anyway, just to kind of summarize as of august, 31, this year, we have seen a 62% increase in traffic citations issued for violations. it was 87,500 citations issued, to put in perspective, that surpasses all of 2013, the number of citations issued. and focus on the five are the top five collision factors identified in all of our

collisions. those being speeding, red-light running and stop signs and failing to yield making a left turn and failure to yielding to a pedestrian at a cross walk. those account for 24% of the total 87,500 tiitati z0 citati. and to focus on why that is significant, there is hundreds of enforceable sections in the vehicle code. and five of them are our top five enforcement efforts. and that speaks to our desire to impact the number of collisions we have in the city. the overall enforcement efforts are divided out among the district stations. and we utilize the officers in a strategic manner to address the areas identified through the

analysis of data and obviously through community feedback. as we sat through and listened and aware of the problems at sacramento and stockton, we have increase in enforcement at that location. and the increase enforcement of sunset, and we increase that until such time engineering kicked in and that project was completed that impacted the safety of that area. as you look at these major projects throughout the city. all of them are just about supported by increased enforcement efforts until the engineering fixes are in place. and ultimately it's behavior driven, so we are hoping that our wonderful public, you know simply changes their behavior. but until then, we will continue to give citations.

that a good summary? >> thank you, commander ali, for your great summary. >> thank you. >> any comments? no, okay. any public comment? can you make sure you talk about enforcement, please. >> police force, for their function (inaudible) number one, assisting citizens to go at angle, at area (inaudible) assisting them. (inaudible) starbucks and noise and action, and (inaudible) public behavior. for example, starbucks (inaudible) call the police to (inaudible). and issue citation (inaudible). and those two for police, to

assist also the citizen to achieve high level beyond the area, so they know how to uplift their spirit and the mind and everything to go beyond present level of activities. so unto safe soul, and for police to use citation to generate some type of (inaudible) philosophy and (inaudible) strike together to make a better force of life. to (inaudible) ticket, to allow such a person to receive such a ticket. to (inaudible) protective, more (inaudible) way of life force somewhere else, you know. (inaudible). >> any other public comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, item 5. >> vision zero progress report, this is an information item. >> the co-chairs of the task force, megan wier, and timothy papandreou from sfta will provide a progress report on vision zero and initiatives. >> good morning, timothy papandreou, co-chair and joined by may megan wier. most information is in writing, and the powerpoint is also available. we are going to give you verbal updates on key pieces and then happy to answer any questions. in the update itself, there are so