in the city because bicyclists they run the red light the city negotiates you negotiate with the bicyclists and itself coalition and nobody asked for anything in return we don't expect them to stop at the stop sign and all day long we've been talking about the diagnostics no one wants anyone to die not drivers or pedestrians or bicyclists so this board has a really big job you've got to cut through the rhetoric and look at it some of the numbers and get an eir thank you (clapping) >> thank you. >> is leslie she's here (calling names). >> thank you good afternoon. >> thank you. i'm leslie i've lived in about polk street areas and i've seen the congestion over the years i know that is issues we need to address my concern is polk street as hundreds of small businesses and is surrounded by neighborhoods who's residents support them and other patrons to visit the businesses and may need parking why destroy the businesses and change the neighborhoods that made san francisco the great city it is suffice it it seems you're not interested in visiting the businesses please consider those are not peop

others are high street coordinates we have on polk street for the entire north-south transit for the bicyclists we accepting expect more people to get out of their cards and more housing along the van ness and south of market we need to figure out ways to get people bicycling and walking we have a publicized article where a 6-year-old was hit and killed by a driver on polka first grader at the elementary school a horrific story i represented a district that has the highest number of pedestrian kinds of the collisions this is wasn't i'm passionate about i recognize the difficult position there is on a balance of many different needs of the are stakeholders involved i have to say i want to give thoughts to the staff we think they have a balance of the plan with a lot of stakeholders nodes and listening to merchants and drivers but as someone that is a beginning kinds of the committed to bicycling more there our more pedestrians if you want people like me driving less i want to be protected in the bike lanes we're not asking for a lot only polk street again (laughter) we're just asking for polk st

as many bicyclists that live in the neighborhood make sure that the design for polk street increases the safety well 345i7bd or maintained the majority of parking polk street needs to be assessable for all people and the demographics change from one street to another the people living in russian hill or knob hill people need to be forced to spend more time in their cars not less in the bike lane were put in to union street nobody knows the street better than the people that live in the area those people are not interested in stopping a practice writing project that works they want to see a project that works to the benefit of you'll not a small majority the plan that was critiqued by the sfmta helps cyclists and pedestrians and on that takes into account all the needs of those invested and as a community we should be pleased with the recommended plan the 7 to 10:00 a.m. parking zone if you remove that everyone will be >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) and good afternoon. >> good afternoon i'm amy and i'm a resident and merchant of the polk street community when w

having bicyclists endischarged by the traffic we need a go proposal making it safe for everyone not polk versus polk (clapping) and (calling names). >> any of those folks here. >> come right forwarded please. ms. ellen. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon i'm barbara graham i'm speaking on behalf of pacific heights association we're deeply concerned about the remaining of the character and vital of the resident in san francisco based on our analysis of the information that was prepared on the proposal that you see before you color code all of the streets that have been proposed and i want to point out that the parking changes that are described here may have a certain percentage of intention of removing the parking spaces but the numbers are great deal more if you looked the red and yellow and the blue zones and the white zones combined with the dedicated bike lanes and the removal of parking on van ness it leaves little if no parking for the clients of the small businesses restaurant shops and professionals along polk street realistically those businesses are the vibrancy of polk

with bicyclist, obey the traffic signals and the signs. that would make life a lot safer for everybody. >> george branyan, there are so many pieces to this campaign not just one entity here education or enforcement. >> we want people to keep their eyes open for the tired faces, faces with tire tracks. we're zeeing a big boost in awareness and recognition. people are remembering that image. you will see it on transit shelters on buses, in buses, radio ads that reference the street smart campaign. this year we have a new tv add which will be shown on nbc network. >> excellent. we're proud to have that. ten seconds left. >> numbers going down citations going up. remember it's a year-round campaign. pedestrian safety is important every day of the year. >> we can't say it enough. gentlemen, thank you so much for coming in and enlightening us all with a very important message. we want to thank you for having us in on "viewpoint." we'll see you later on "reporter's notebook." "news 4 today" is coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ . . . >>> right now the southbo

to parking is r50ikd during that part of the day for bicyclists to ride the reason with we choose that because of the existing street sweeping parking restrictions and counted the bikes during the peak bicycle traffic. >> in order to improve of the attractiveness and make polk an inviting place to visit we're going to be planning department a number of street trees work with the denial in upwards of one hundred trees and replacing the existing light standards for more public safety decorative ornament and hanging over head stinging lights over the alleyways we heard from the merchant in lower polk they would like to see improvements in the oswald's to set the stage for other programs project will effect about one hundred and 40 parks along the 20 blocks of polk street 70 percent of polk parking will be retained within a one block radius we recognize that managing curb space is important but especially in a dense commercial district like polk street we're being targeted and work with the community on proposals that really maximumize how we manage that streetscape and improving the comme

. >> i support the folks for polk and the sf bicyclist coalition and as well as the proposals to have the extended bike lane on the north side i think that safety has to come first and think of the future thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) hi, i'm eric i bike in the city and i occasionally ride in a door i support director brinkman to look at towards expanding it bicycle lanes to the north it is a great example of beaming options but showing full protection the city can go further to make it save it is over 80 percent of the people are riding not by cars and it is one of the dangerous 0 corridor i support the bikes lanes. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good evening board members thank you for taking public comments unfortunately i'll have to say it is water down i really strongly support director brinkman's to look at extending the bike lane and a all the way and to look at the southbound the only chief administrative officer y09 to support getting paint on the ground as quickly as possible and observe this board and others have en

entire width of the street is very narrow we have to compromise i feel that putting pedestrians and bicyclists first is a stubble way of tropt o trorpt people including u including the muni single vehicles sit on polk and don't go anywhere. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> i've lived in san francisco about 19 years i drive and take public transit and taxis and everything else i have a disabled mom that comes to velocity i take takes i'm here to advocate for bicycle lanes all the way up polk street i don't see parking as a large inconvenience when i'm traveling with a disabled person i feel like i'm seasoned people are scared by kinds of the in the city i feel like if we give cyclists the infrastructure they'll use it and not pass people it is scary when you don't have the infrastructure cars have the paralleled streets on both sides of polk i can't bicycle on franklin and others streets polk is my only option i want to see lanes the entire way of polk thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> cip. >> (calling names). >> i'm owner of the property along polk street a

the southbound ramp i believe as element 2 to ocean avenue from any 2 it creates pedestrian and bicyclists congestion so the proposal identified in the study was to create a s intersection to create a ramp for safety there so this phase of work is to had a traffic analysis and environmental review and prepare the caltrain approval package to move that closer to prelims the second element is labeled and element one the color of the southbound on ramp on to i 80 that creates conflicts around the balboa station so the identification to close the ramp to only enter from ocean avenue this phase includes a ramp case analysis that is approved by conflicts and the administration before we could moved with the implementation of a pilot or permanent closure of that so the idea to move those closer to a closer analysis and documentation we need and get those approvals in like that so we can push that forward i'll include a component as we outreach to 9 community including the cac that's been involved in the appropriation and recommendation our schedule moderating to so 0 do the ramp enclosure 0 analy

we're belashing this we all support the goals the brought to my attention education is good the bicyclist coalition this is one of the flags a lot of money that is being disseminated in deif you find was i was given a run down felt number of people in the classes served it seems to me the number of people we're reaching in the program is small it is fledging so to extend the program to the future areas not being reached also a strategy of how we effectively reach for o more people in order for the program to have an impact it's great to have thirty or 40 students here or there but it may not be hand drawn we may have to do pamphlets so they're not so instructor intensify how can we increase the number of people reached and how can we target that outreach to the communities that most need it and how to have an equitable sdrpgs by location of ridership or schools going forward those are questions that are likely to come up. >> so - >> i think those are actually excellent questions those is the extension of our current contract i think we can take that back and integrated that those are good

enforced it is not popping up but at san francisco and polk i've taken pictures this last year two bicyclists hit one another had to take them away in an ambulance they don't stop at the stop sign you create a freeway with toys of more pedestrians 0 going to get hurt i don't want anyone to get hurt it is very frustrating to be what you goose are trying to do. >> thank you that will conclude the open session. >> ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen, we're back in section ladies and gentlemen, we're back in session i've asked director ramos to start. >> i'll keep my questions brief i want to thank and acknowledge many montoya i know he's been working on this for a long time half a done a great job ever putting possibility a compromise for the city and polk street i just feel like the reason why i seconded the vice chair amendment from my perspective there was direction in airing out this direction of a longer bike lane that sound like up to voov i having think from my prospective from what the folks are saying in the interest of protecting the merchant when i talked to the merchant the las

that explicit allow for cars to stop and unload handle people with disabilities and chores as a bicyclist if we are to get our own lanes so to speak to at least see for loading and unloaded on market street with the taxis we go around and get back to the infrastructure so i would liquor to have staff come back as we go with vice chairs amendment to look at those things how do we effectively include the commercial loading as he potentially happening with the cycle tracks and changing the legislation to accommodate it and if it didn't workout we go back to what was done today i ask for more comprehensive strategy parking program like reside shire pause and more flexible rates to create the 80 percent flexibility all the time it is beyond me the parking structure is closed on sunday's that is got to have impacts on the parking availability i want to explore that when in comes back particularly to the section of pine street i'll stop that director ramos a couple of clarifications the first thing with the loading and unloading at the section that right now if we approve this the section on mca

>>reporter: a bicyclist in very bad shape after being hit by car in san francisco happen this afternoon unfortunate in all some in the mission district before the person was taken to the hospital the driver did stay behind the police are still investigating the cause of the crash. >>reporter: the pit bull that tactical no woman left a critical condition has been euphemize on sunday night and have your pick bull attacked its owner a 40 year-old woman by her badly in the face arms and legs in fact the wounds were so severe they said she had trouble breathing now have learned the pit bull was stabbed to hit with a baseball bat during the malling and several years a lot of artists have had contact with the same dog for not being licensed. >>reporter: that little dog attack after reacting to a man who was having a seizure at a home. >>reporter: while rubble mecca for really cool pictures and lasted from growing on sure this is huntington beach and the slack is snow-covered unless the weather services and each an inch of ice to pull it covered the sand in some places even see stretching on wh

i lot of the vehicle deaths especially for bicyclists are caused by larger vehicles. as part of the presentation when they said about truck design i would like to see if it's possible for newer trucks to have some sort of censors so the drivers will be able to tell if there's you know somebody in the area like either a camera or motion. i know there's some new cars that have cameras and they can tell if there's people behind them like when they are backing up and stuff like that so i'd like to see not only large trucks but also newer muni vehicles or light rails to have some sort of censor to let them know that they are there so they can slow down or stop if it's possible so i really like to see that in the future. thank you. >> thank you. seeing no further public comment on this item public comment on this item is now closed. >> any further comments from colleagues? okay seeing none thank you everyone for everyone's participation and actually i'm i'm sorry we have two more items. will you please call the next 2 items. introduction of new items 7 and 8. >> thank you s

i'm -- i occasionally ride a cab, i'm a bicyclist, but i can say that as a bicyclist, i've noticed that change at the cal train station, it doesn't make any sense put those bikes on the sidewalk and i'm a serious cyclist and i'm just going to advocate for that, get the taxis back where they belong, also i had the experience a few days ago of somebody ordering an uber for me it was my first experience and i want you to know, i consider a serious safety risk in this city, it was a horrifying experience, the person grew up in san francisco nonetheless, she did not know where she was going at all, like no clue, what's a one-way street, we went way out of our way, it was completely insane and she nearly killed pedestrians, hit car, it was endless, it was outrageous, it took 20 extra minutes to go where we were going and that's -- i just don't understand why there's professionals, you don't go to like an amateur for things, you want a proper service, you know, you go to a professional, taxi drivers are professionals and with the medallion situation, i don't understand why they have to -- i ju