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tv   Mayors Press Availability  SFGTV  September 22, 2016 5:35pm-6:01pm PDT

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don't discriminate you shouldn't do that >> >> (clapping.) >> (calling names) i good afternoon. >> good afternoon directors howard your staff has strurgd to think they have an agreement with the neighbors with stops less than one thousand feet think about our spaes for more than 1400 feet an 19th street and less than 5 will 14 hundred feet on mission and less than 14 hundred feet on van ness this project that is proposed has a couple of stops one of which i used more than 14 hundred feet east of 19th avenue i would say you should have both stops on the east side of 19th avenue to serve the safeway
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consumers their doing the right thing and make that easier than crossing 19th avenue this is a transit first city and silly to talk about one extra block of walking this is a thing that is the global warming and needs to support health and because you are structuring with the parking spaces and structuring to provide parking in the neighborhood that didn't help and people complain about that one of the things in the future it adds to a reliability more riders at those stops get on average nor quickly and a slow person on the trolley people can go over and use another stop and also in you have 14 - needs one extra stop between west of
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sunset and one between sunset and 19 no big deal and so you're trying to do the right thing and as a matter of fact using too many stops before i pour the concrete think about how many stops you really need. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon my name is nancy i've been a park side resident over 25 years i'm against any final approval since i see sfmta has not spent a lot of time reviewing options and many in the communities are still not aware of the proposed changes like the person perpendicular parking i'm against the perpendicular parking at the disclosing those
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streets are not wide enough for cars go both ways this is not only a safety issue but causing a hardship and convicted a.d. nor congestion i'm totally in favor of pedestrian safety i think there is less expensive options to consider and recommend more visible like stop handles at the back of the buses and flashing on the back of the bus and bus stops stating something along the lines of stopping for pedestrians those are less costly to spend more pedestrian bulb outs we should keep the stops in place for the disabled and seniors and families with i did not know children eliminating them doesn't save time i'll asking you to consider please to wait
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for final approval today >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> the first one that spoke. >> kathy is she here? >> kathy no joel is mr. rubinstein here? >> good morning. >> i'm joel a pedestrian a cyclist and motorcyclist and my wife is sdaubd has owned a home in the terryville corridor for 29 years i agree with everything that was in the letter read by supervisor tang and agree with everything all the remarks with former supervisor carmen chu having an idea of a stop at the 28 and tara value for only
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people in the stops is absolutely absorb not heard of anything as rid as that and i would also like to say that i agree that there should be more stops for wheelchair assessable stops than now thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> is larry lee here move on (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> my name is marianne i'm a citizen of san francisco united states for i live in san francisco terryville street for 40 years and used to commute almost everyday. >> but the 28 stop is very important to me, i'm a senior
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now right now i could be able to move but i do not know when i may not be able to move as well as see i supposed to be if. >> cut off our staff so i canned walk the hill going up and down and not just me a lot of seniors and disabled people when they want to shop and carry something and go home and walk so long up this - the to get home won't be able to make it then those people will be a lack - so i really don't want to cut any stop we need to go to satisfy way shopping and post office and can't walk from the 46 avenue to the 28 avenue so i
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hope you guys have to consider about the seniors and the disabled we are here for so long we have - why you guys spend a lot of money to change it why not keep the money for something else thank you. >> (clapping.) >> 234e79 (calling names). >> good afternoon mr. straus. >> again peter strauss for the san francisco transit riders i'm here to address one aspect of this project and that is the safety islands we strongly support of safety island they be installed at all stops without delay we don't supportive pilot the historic data suggests
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nostril safety islands one thirds as many accidents as where interest have not been safeties elements the last data an terryville there are eltsz and location not having the board of supervisors islaning i we're not trying to protect against the consciousness drivers but drivers b of a badly and the signage not providing any physical protection it is possible that the mrirlt may appear to be successful and no one is hurt until someone is hurt with in physical protection provided we simply write high
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viability signage not preventing someone from driving in - safety island are acceptable and needed we urge you to install them without delay at all stations along terryville. >> next speaker, please. >> skmz (calling names) is paul here (calling names). >> paul is first. >> okay. >> go ahead. >> good afternoon. >> i've been living in the sunset since 1999 and also that
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area is mostly elderly area and i'm quite astonished to see how the muni just totally nethsz the closing certain stops just i don't see that is fair anymore so and also i know there are safety issues and concerns but should be a blend this has caused a lot of anxiety amongst elderly people and also this issue came up a few years ago on this preferring about a closing of similar bus stops i imblower you to- your
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own muni people have gone to great length to correct their data because of we're going against you're the life right now so that's >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon my name is rake i live on 17 avenue my husband lived in the home for 17 years i'm on maternity leaf but commute the terryville and urge you not to make decisions and consider taking this for the accessibility related issues especially for the elder and the disabled and people with
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children and i guess my main concerns are the removals of stops on 17, 22 and 28 that will decrease the ability to the post office and the public library for a lot of residents who use those stops regularly so if it becomes an assess issue for people that can't get around that's not to help those individuals i like you to consider that thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon i'm teresa i was born and raised san francisco 60 plus years and grew up on 27 and san diego and live on 15 and 16. >> my specific issue for this is the elimination of the any
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stops on the l terryville the one i use is 15 at the meetings that were held before since this was one that was for sure no going back on that and doesn't make sense if you're familiar you go 15 avenue and have to take a left turn the streetcar stops anyhow but have to slow down the streetcar will take a amount of time the leemsz of the stops to allow people to get on and off the streetcars is seconds not minutes a stop if so is eliminated a full block up to terryville to get to the stop that is currently there the other stop on the 17 and
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terryville one which of you eliminate that no other stops from 15 and terryville to 19 and terryville all hill and quite a bit of a walk there is a complex issue but san francisco has been doing nothing but trying to get people out of their cars doesn't make sense to make people get on muni and out of their cars thank you . >> (clapping.) >> 234e79 (calling names). >> any of those folks here. >> is emily here s g r o? no >> (calling names) no. >> grace chair tang. >> c h a n is grace chair tang
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here coming up please. (calling names) if you could come forward (calling names) line up please. >> good afternoon. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i live by 24 avenue. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm not good at walking. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i need this bus at the stop to 24. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i need to use that station so that i can go buy groceries.
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>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i need that station. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i believe that the bus companies intention is good for the convenience of the cityy. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and not don't worry about and get rid of of the station. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and then the proposal of unoccupied buildings some benches the benches are low and good 5 years old and not good for people of my status few and
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far between. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so if not helping the citizens shouldn't operate the l car that's it. >> okay. thank >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. my name is grace chin i sponsoring support to spotting stop the muni if those two stops are removed it only saves two minutes in extra we may have to walk far more than 2 minutes we have to wait
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to enter the tunnel we always have to wait to move to the next station and have better arrangement instead of roving the stops like safeway and library and post office muni should think about the elderly san francisco has lots of hilly slopes and the seniors have to walk uphill especially in the back or when this is raining or windy it is really hard and muni can arrange buses and the passengers can have a choice on hope island will not be moved and no entry for cars had the train stops if so enough already otherwise how - with so many i'd like it is two quiet many
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restaurants and shops but islands will be a loss of parking spaces and businesses will be killed many spaces on island tend to use on - then we will have more frequent and reliable as much as if parking spaces are moved to side streets it will add stress to them too >> next speaker, please. >> (clapping.) >> (calling names). >> is windy here. >> windy windy. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i live by 24 and l. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i lived there for 45 e 35
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years. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i don't drive. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> for all the over 35 years i depend on muni to go to work. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> sow now i'm retired i have to be depend on more on muni for my grocery shopping for any post office visit and more importantly for my medical checkups >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm strongly opposing to abolish the station.
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>> (speaking foreign language.) >> so the 24th street that already a stop and a bus arrives and does not open it's door what good is that for. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i don't believe that the eliminations was saving you time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> is alice chang here. (calling names) >> right here. >> okay (calling names) okay (calling names). >> good afternoon. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. my name is a we think.
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>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i live by 28 and terryville. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i've lived there for 26 years. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i don't drive. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my mother currently live with me and she's 86. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i need to transportation to go to work. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i does not want to see any cuts in that line. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i believe the public transportation is here to serve everybody. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the system is not a showcase but needs to fulfill a
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need. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> maybe we should hang up improving the service rather. >> thank you. >> thank >> next speaker, please. >> (clapping.) >> (calling names). >> okay (calling names) good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon henry president of the san francisco council of the emergency associations i really commend this vision zero a great program but i go back in history the days of rollings we came a long way and move to the cars the first cars were built making sure that we wouldn't get run over now buses and cars and bicycles we have actions with
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bicycles and extra busy remember a woman crossing the street and hit by a bus who's fault i'll not blame either won those things happen you have to eliminate accidents just by doing what our doing you're totally wrong i couldn't say that what helps is good riding and control and citations i seen actually that the red carpet people don't drive on the red carpet they're afraid of getting a ticket am i in favor the red carpet but people look at things like that i'm for the pilot program let's try it and see how it works but don't implement the rest of that is bad for the merchant and bad for the community thank you. >> thank you, sir.
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>> next speaker, please. >> is ms. moe gagging began here? is darrell newsom here is doug and laura is she here okay. please come forward. >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, members my name is henry and he stand before you in staunch opposition of this bathroom, from professional and personal grounds starting with professional i work for the fire department and that has been ringed but frowning acknowledge of someone that drives in the field not in a red carpet but missing anytime you impede the flow of traffic putting in island you're putting lives in