to help bicyclists with insurance. because i'm sure you're aware of we have a lot of different accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists and audibles. i love riding a bicycle but if we're going going to sponsor have insurance companies have types of information on the bicycles or the key that support the bicyclists with insurance >> are there any members of the public who wish to speak seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have this action item before us on the strategic analysis report i believe mr. swaerts and ms. crab are looking at is language ms. crab recommendations >> yeah. we'll work with the speaker on the language and bring a revised version to the board. >> and there's not a hurry to adapt this today but bring the restoration to the board and are you recommending us to continue this item until - >> i think supervisor campos i'll suggest i'll make a motion to accept this and approve the report move forward this with a positive recommendation to the full board understanding the time it maybe so

that bicyclist excited about the grand opening later today. this is one of 30 bike lanes to be completed around the city in the next two years. $15million will be spent during that time on the safety improvements. later this morning representatives from the san francisco bicycle coalition will be on hand and various city leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony that will happen at 11:00 this morning. there will also be a ceremonial first ride for folks. at 6:45 we will have more on the bike light that is are part of this bikeway. we will tell you more about those later this morning. live this morning in san francisco, alex savage, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> a statewide manhunt continues to capture a veteran firefighter from the sacramento area suspected of killing his fianci. 55-year-old oroville fleming is a cal fire battalion chief. law enforcement agencies started searching for him yesterday after the body of sarah douglas was found at a home she shared with phlegming in sacramento. family members say the 26-year- old woman was a

a healthy and affordable way to get around san francisco it's having results with tragedies in bicyclists getting hit. we want to eliminate the tragedy in san francisco in 10 years it impacts impacts our road users and must be eliminated we are exist that the department of public health is add through the corridor map we are using to help to advocate for battery and safer streets and looking forward to seeing this in the transbay effort that will be talked about later and other ways based on the needs and times of the community. thank you for considering this resolution we hope to continue to work with you and the rest of the family in san francisco continuing to look at streets that require special attention to accomplish vision zero thank you very much. >> so thanks and no small part to the hard work of walk san francisco and the bicycle coalition we're at vision zero it's a concept that's on exported in sweden and the vision is zero traffic related deaths. san francisco has a goal of zero deaths by 2024 and its it shared value of human life is the same value saving the human lives is t

to help bicyclists with insurance. because i'm sure you're aware of we have a lot of different accidents with

and many of those are the most dangerous streets for the bicyclists as well and need to protect the victims, and it happens in tender loin and china town and soma and this is not only a safety issue it is an equity issue and i have heard the stories of the residents who are afraid to cross the street and they are isolated and that raises a whole new set of issues and so again, it is on and i want to thank you for taking this issue seriously and i know that commander ali has been working closely with the department of public health and mta to share the data and we are really, you know, as you are saying, commissioner wong, this is a really important issue that we understand, that the root cause is and we know that enforcement is the stick, but there are a lot of carrots but we are certainly pushing the mta and the dpw to pursue those carrots by making the streets safer in the first place and the enforcement piece is important until we get there because, it does take a long time to rebuild streets that were designed for speed, and not safety. >> i think one other thing, you know, i think just

i was told it's the automobile that the - no, no the bicyclists that need to be focused on. but the thing is if we're going to spend money spend it wisely and the right way. thanks >> thank you are there any members of the public who wish to speak seeing none, public comment is closed. i wanted to thank the staff ms. kim for the presentation and the slides. and say those 5 projects are critical for our city especially save routes to school making franklin and the other boulevards safe and say that the speed and volume surveys will be helpful in their analysis and for the pedestrians refugee island i know first-hand that they need the small improvement to make it safer and the neighborhood groups have been advocating for small improvements that will make a difference as well the other areas that will be helped and lastly the 7th and 8th streetscape are critical in the eastern neighborhoods as well. any other comments >> supervisor campos. >> thank you to the members of the public that have spoken i appreciate what's been said and i share the fact that the mta has not moved wi

the violations citations given to the violations for the pedestrian and bicyclists are by far the greatest increase, and they are not the greatest number, but the production and case is right up there. and at least that from the start and i have been public about this we are not against enforcement. you should be enforcing dangerous behavior and i think that is all about what the focus on the five is. just raises the question of the resources that are going towards those significant increases 350 increase and 191 percent increase and is that the best use of limited resources? >> right. but if you look and you have to total all of those other violations. so the pedestrian violations and bike violations were done bundled into one total category of just all bike violation and all ped violations and the vehicles by 92 percent get all of the tickets and the pedestrians get 6 percent, and bicyclists get the fewest tickets two percent. and in the aggregate and so everybody has gotten a lot more tickets in the aggregate and you are just looking at it by percentage and if you look at it by 100 perc

i understand we're trying to be a public transit first and bicyclist riding that's good but one day the money is going to dry up so that's all i have to say >> thank you are there any members of the public who wish to speak. >> i'm from the central city democratic's i want to show my support to support the candidate that for reappoint and defer to supervisor avaloss decision on that. i wanted to make a general public comment on the advisory committee since they're here. that they continue to support of the central subway and that they continue to support of the central subway moving forward to north beach and fisherman's wharf and also that the advisory committee panel make a stand for citizens and people with disability that we ride muni for free. thank you >> thank you, mr. griswold per seeing none, public comment is closed. the district 6 seat that former vice chair the late joseph flanagan held we're waiting on supervisor kim's comments on this seat my suggestion we continue the district 6 seat and that we approve angela mecca for another term of district 11 seat. can we take that w

the bicyclist appears to have been hit by that bmw. also a statement from santa barbara city college. they're extending their sadness but not very specific on whether or not the person, the suspect involved here, was a student or not. fredricka? >> all right. kyung lah, thank you so much. appreciate that. >>> all right, let's check in with evan perez now. evan, what are you hearing from your contacts about this investigation? >> reporter: well, fred, the federal law enforcement has been brought in the to help the santa barbara sheriff's office do this investigation, and what they bring to the table is, simply the ability to help trace the gun, the firearm that was used here, and recovered at the scene. tear also -- if the santa barbara sheriff office needs it, they can provide some evidence analysis help. the fbi offered its assistance. it's not clear whether the sheriff office needs it. they mentioned at their press conference at 2:00 a.m. they were looking to, for the help of the california justice department crime lab to help do som

the am fewer bicyclists explained what the bicyclists have to undue. >> you have to like pain. you have to be able to get into the pain cave and just continue on. >> stage three starts in san jose. it goes up-and-down mount hamilton. it goes through livermore and ends at mt. diablo. medical staff is riding by. >> we have two ambulances, five race doctors in the race 12ing in convertible to administer first aid to the riders. pretty interesting to see. >> bicycling in hot water is not unusual. last year riders endured 114 degree temperatures during a page in palm springs keeping the riders hydrated is tough. >> this is panty host filled with ice so it will be wicked hot and something the riders will do is wrap this and put it in their back jersey to cool off. >> there are 700 rice cakes to hand out. >> there is bacon, butter butter and soy and maple syrup. >> the exerts physicianologist says that the riders can sweat two or three liters an hour and burn 4,000 calories during the entire stage. >> i expect for the rider today is a lot of pain and a lot of suffering. there is no wa

a bicyclist crashes on a popular biking trail then falls down a very steep ravine prompting this dangerous and difficult rescue. it happened at china camp state park in san rafael. kron 4's scott rates walks us through the rescue and shows how that man is doing tonight. this happened around 2:30 sunday afternoon, that's when this intense rescue got underway, i was told the bicyclist fell about 150 feet down, after some how veering off the bike trail he came to rest in a very difficult spot to get at because of that crews had to bring a helicopter and repel a line to the injured biker then watch this, after the injured man was placed on a backboard he and rescuer were hoisted up in to the air and dropped down to a near by parking lot that's where the biker was loaded in to an ambulance and taken to the hospital. fire crews not entirely surprised this happened sot there's a steep ravine that runs alongside a very popular biking trail. this is an area where it had people crashed before. now that bicyclist is in the hospital tonight; he suffered some nasty injuries, but is expected to recover

usually in a car happy to fully embrace vision zero one more thing if i had to vote on the best bicyclists i vote for carmen chiu (clapping.) and that finally also working together for a safer san francisco i'm thrilled to bring up the district attorney. >> thank you to the bike coalition and thanks to all the city departments coming together to make that a refreshment it's a wonderful city is and cycling is great just want to get a great message it's wonderful when i heard about evidentially stopping at the stipends and traffic light it's a shared that responsibility everybody must share the road and it makes the city safer very, very excited to looking forward to the day we'll not have a single traffic fatality if we all work together. thank you (clapping.) thank you so much to all our speakers it's been a power line up we, have a safer san francisco. quickly i want to recognize our bike friendly businesses of the year we had dozens and dozens we're honoring four institutions that exemplify each showing strong ridership and incentive programs that regard drum roll please four categories

let's figure out solutions we can work on to make sure our streets are safe for pedestrians for bicyclists and drivers so the fire department has what that he need we need to find beneficial solutions and implement vision zero thank you >> thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisors i'm with the san francisco bicyclist coalition i want to rope something go to the data this will hopefully lead us to the issue we know that is different viewpoints this raises cradle issues to retrofiting the streets we're spending money and political capital on skining streets to look at 7th and 8th and of the united states and howard no office supervisor cowen you know your district has the majority of streets. those are not perfect examples particularly here but we're michael important choices we've learned a lot of lessons and the data about one way streets and wider travel lanes clurdz collisions and more fatalities this is what the data shows. so, i say go to the data don't disregard our traffic engineer. i'd like to ask you as policymakers keep history and but focus on the data. talk to folks in new

i understand we're trying to be a public transit first and bicyclist riding that's good but one day the money is going to dry up so that's all i

temperatures are expected in the 90's by the time the bicyclist begin the climb up mt. diablo. the organizers requiring bicyclist to drink 20 bottles of fluids during the race and the tour of california will have a neutral hydration car supporting all racers. >> he should be ashamed. he should go into the background. what does he do for the black people? nothing. >>> donald sterling slams magic johnson in the first extended tv interview and the owner of the l.a. clippers reveals he is not a fan of nba legend. the nba is responding to donald sterling's attention-grabbing interview and katie marzullo was following the developments in the newsroom. katie? >> the commissioner adam silver issue add statement apologising to magic johnson on behalf of the nba saying he is sorry he continues to get dragged into this and dragged into it he is. what started as an apology for the racest remarks that got him banned to life turned into a personal attack on johnson. in the interview on cnn he says johnson was a great player but that is it. he does nothing to help the african-american communi

we went on a ride-along today to show us what could be the biggest problem facing bicyclists. >> carsng right hand turns. at intersections is the number one sources of conflict between the motorists and bicyclists. >> the commandser says drivers who want -- commanders says drivers who want to turn right should signal and bicyclists should stay behinds the car. >>> there is a push to make sure workers get sick leave. 5million californians don't get paid sick days. lawmakers announced a bill that makes sure everyone gets three sick days a year. if it passes california will be the second state to approve such a law following connecticut. >>> the fate over a beach remains uncertain as the legal battle or access gets underway. martin's beach is six miles south of half moon bay. the owner wants to restrict access to it. they are challenging that action. the battle in supreme court began -- superior court began today. >>> few reports of light showers in the north bay and drizzle in the oakland hills hills and the coast, san francisco and half moon bay. look at the rain accumulations. nothing

it will provide a buffer between bicyclists and cars. you can see there is a fence, and also the median. what will make it unique, when it opens, you can see in the middle of the median there are plants and rocks that have been put in to try and beautify the street, as well. this is a contra flow bikeway, which means the bikes run the opposite directions of the cars. city leaders are hoping it can make things safer for those that bike around the city with an effort to reduce the number of serious accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians here. the project here on polk street also include as new bike box which allows bicyclists to pull in front of waiting traffic at an intersection. there are also lights in some area, letting riders know when they with enter the bikeway. representatives from the san francisco bicycle coalition will be on hand along with various city leaders and supervisors from san francisco. there will be a major ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00. it will be here at the intersection of polk and market where obviously

temperatures are expected to be in the 90's by the time the bicyclists begin the climb. racers are required to drink 20 bottles of fluids and the tour of california will have a neutral hydration car supporting all racers. >>> for parents, as we lit triple digit temperatures, this animation shows how quickly a car heats when it is only 80 were the temperature hits 123 togethers in one hour, a level that could be deadly for children and pets. >> can you track the heat wave and the temperature where you live with the weather app. we have information on how to download it on abc7news.com/apps. >> a growing problem on the second weekday morning commute since the big change to the golden gate bridge approach. drivers are confused. some are showing dangerous behave. amy hollyfield is in san francisco near the bridge. >> our video this morning could be captioned "people driving badly." watch, as we captured one person realizing the mistake and trying to make changes much the driver of the vehicle stops in the middle of northbound 101 with cars around the person are honking, driv

the bicyclists are going to go up two mountains dealing with scorching hot temperatures. the competitors head up to the summit of mount hand tom and east side of livermore and climb mount diabolo with temperatures in the 90's at that point. that is why for the first time the tour of california value a neutral hydration car supporting every racer. organizers are requires bicyclist to drink 20 bottles of fluid during the race. >> a special formula was created that is described as sweat in a bottle. >> if you have a little bit of sugar and sodium with a dunk you are actually going to be able to move water faster. >> stage three is 108.5 in the mid-70's when the race starts at 10:45. >> you can track weather any time with the abc7 news weather app and we have downloaded information on our website at abc7news.com/apps. >> a seven-year-old girl is missing from oakland. police say she was seen at her home at 6:00 last night and show is african-american, 4' tall, 50 pounds and brown eyes and hair and wearing a black third, blue unions and black tennis shoes. no amber alert is iss

with bicycles, there is a lot of us bicyclist. due to our size or needs do not have standard size bicycles. for instance, i have what they call ex-er cycle with a huge rack in the back. it's definitely going into doorway. since we bicyclist, i say we because that's what i use all the time. we have the right to be any place in the car. so i feel the middle part should be also accessible for wheelchair users. so the question is can a wheelchair user use the designated bike place if nobody is using it? why couldn't we have a designated wheelchair part nft new train cars middle and why do we have only two sections. being a bicyclist i use those sites when no wheelchair uses them. we should have them in all sections of the car. i think that's about it. okay. thank you. >> thank you. with that, we will start with public comment on agenda item 6/7. we are going to start with randall glok, the chair of the bart accessibility task force. we will be limiting comments to 2 minutes. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am randall. i am the chair o

, so the car traffic is on one side and bicyclists on the other side. this is one of many safety features, unique feature that is runs along polk street and connects in with market street. the medians you can see here have plants and rocks in them, as well, part of the effort to try and beautify the street. this is a contra flow parkway, meaning bikes ride in the opposite direction of cars and traffic. city leaders in san francisco are hoping that it can make things safer for those that bike around the city with an effort under way right now to try and reduce the number of serious accidents involving both bicyclists and pedestrians. the project here on polk street also include as new bike box which allows bicyclists to pull in front of waiting traffic at an intersection. there are also lights specifically for bike riders, letting them know when it is safe to enter the bikeway. people that pedal around the city say the bike lanes will make a huge difference. >> i think it is great. i have ridden down this way and sometimes i have had cars get a little to