crosswalks on the street. i am asking because i think it's quite effective. they use it all over uc davis and daly city as well. it actually when you approach the illumination crosswalks it gives the drivers they're seeing it is crosswalks are illuminated and having them a chance to stop and slow down. sometimes you have a car stop but the other car stops because they don't see the pedestrian so the elimination of the crosswalks would give people a heads up prior that and i hope that we look into that as well as other issues. >> thank you. i guess these people left. annie chow. are you here? . [calling speaker names] >> hi supervisors. i am annie chow. i am a district represent for lee land yee and do constituent services for district 7 and eight. you both supported the resolution and thank you gies so much for the double fine zone and i have seen a huge out cry from the community for more need for pedestrian safety in d7 from various neighborhood groups, from residents, from the police departments because the

with neighbors confirmed that everyone using the crosswalk has concerns about it. i talked to supervisor's yee office and suggested we get data from residents and we circulated a flier to share the personal insurances and here are a. >> >> few of the responses that we got from the telephones and conversations. "it's outrageous how dangerous it is. i have a grandson and i have to wait for a wind citizen to stop." number two "every time i use it i am running for my life and i am." number three "and seems like someone only needs to spend five minutes at the intersection to see why it's so dangerous. number one. a car stopped for me and another car came and almost hit me. i am concerned i will trip in the middle of the street and it will be all over. we want to make sure something is done about the crosswalk before someone is killed. >> thank you kate. >> hi my name is i don't sonia [inaudible] and a few of the neighbors are here to talk about the crosswalk which is extremely dangerous. i have two kids, a two and four year old. we have forbidin my nandy or family membe

and continental crosswalks. on the slide before you you can see what these continental crosswalks will look like. up to 33 controlled and uncontrolled locations will be identified for this treatment. crosswalks along key high pedestrian [speaker not understood] corridors are being prioritized for these improvements. sfmta anticipates selection and design will be complete bid [speaker not understood]. on page 89 of your enclosure, you can view a list at this point for proposed locations. and finally, the department of public works has requested prop k funds for the construction and reconstruction of approximately 95 a-d-a curb compliant ramps and gutter and roadway work. you can view the curb ramp matrix, in other words, how they prioritize these requests on page 104 of your enclosure. and on page 105. this specific allocation request will require [speaker not understood] upon completion and design the department of public works submits to us final list of curb ramp applications and supervisorial districts. desig

with more than one lane and see the pedestrian step into the crosswalk and slows down and the driver behind doesn't see or they're stopping for no reason. we see rear ends and drivers swerving and we have a multi-threat crash so we have been going through systematically. we have 200 locations like this city wide and improve the visibility of the wrawk and more red on the side of the crosswalk so it's easier to see each other and improve the sight lines and a low cost way with paint so we have about 200 of these and we have 80 left and we have been using variety of funding sources to have a broad impact with a relatively small amount of funding. head count down signals. we had work that the mta did several years ago that demonstrated dollar for dollar they have some of the best return on investment in terms of reducing pedestrian crashes so the program is something that the department has been focused on trying to roll out. we have 69 intersections to be upgraded in the next three years and you see some of the prioritization criteria that our signals group uses to target those improve

it comes in the form of a new signal at crosswalks.as activated today on connecticut avenue and north hampton. thrilled to see the lights come in. >> she said it was about time. >> it was impossible to get across here. >> she has lived in this corridor for 15 years. gone are the days when pedestrians had to use flags to signal drivers to stop. >> it is the same as any other crosswalk that you push a button 4. >> the setup of the light is what is different here. drivers will have to pay attention to the sequence of life here. >> as soon as someone presses the button, the light starts flashing yellow, a reminder for drivers to use caution. the blinking yellow moves from that to read. >> that is when the cars have to stop. and after a few seconds, it starts flashing red, allowing drivers to proceed with caution. officials say there will be five of these at busy intersections. vincent gray was eager to try out the new crosswalk, but also glad that an extra signal will be along 11th street and an intersection where a woman was killed in a h

i would like to see a lot of changes taking place, more lighted crosswalks in district 7, more or no left-right turns when pedestrians are crossing the street. i hope i will be considered for reappointment to the committee. thank you. >> thank you. yes, you have a question. >> thank you. ms. brasso, sounds like we should be electing you to the state house. [laughter] >>> i do serve on the [speaker not understood] legislative committee on the state level. so, we would do this there, too. >> thanks. you're already on your way. thank you. i was wondering if you could just expound in just a few sentences about the bicycle ambassadors program. >>> sure. >> and how that actually relates to pedestrian safety. >>> absolutely. this is a program that i found out about in new york city. and when i was back in new york, i talked to the young man there who works with this program. they have something called transportation alternatives, which is a combination of walk, walking or pedestrian safety organizations, bicycling, and public transportation. and they know that in new york as in san francisc

now but we're shifting to the continental pattern and the school crossings which are the yellow crosswalks and that pattern will be done at all locations and one of the easiest way to get this accomplished as paving projects come along we will shift to the continental pattern. uncontrolled crossings of particular area of concern. this is area where the pedestrian didn't have the benefit of the sign or construction and this indicates best practices should be at uncontrolled crosswalk. a median so people only have to worry about crossing one direction at the time. the continental walk and highlights this and these yield ones which the government recommended and for vehicles from stopping right up against the crosswalk and if they go further back it will prevent the multiple threat collision and one vehicle stops and another passes and hits the pedestrian and the theory in the research is the further back the vehicle stop the passing vehicle has the chance to see the pedestrian crossings the street. monterey in the bold and street lighting and sign are important. again the red zone keep vehic

remember always be cool and the city remember toshiba don't be a pedestrian fool that's the city crosswalkafety yeah ♪ >> come on up. any more public comments or songs? [laughter] >>> public comment from i, john alex, vice-chair of pedestrian safety advisory committee and former seat holder then called seat number 8 transitioned over to seat number 7 representing child advocate and schools for port organizations. i come up to endorse and recommend your approval of both sonja kos and robin brasso. they're both fine. i have worked with robin extensively in the past on psac and i have met sonja and appreciated her commentary during psac meetings. so, please, submit to the board of supervisors a recommendation for both to take their seats on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comments? >>> supervisors, my name is zach marks, the chairman of the san francisco pedestrian safety advisory committee and i just want to thank you, supervisor yee, for hosting the forum that we just had earlier today. and also supervisor breed was a very nice kind note r

also if a pedestrian is in the middle of the crosswalk they are less visible to the driver and difficult to see the vehicles. another location this is occurring is on kirkham where a strategy to traffic calm and this creates a vision barrier hiding pedestrians from drivers so my request is in planning these median strips please plan ahead and we are focused on costs and there are maintenance cost and less of a focus. keeping this in mind if plants are part of pedestrian safety or other improvements maintain them so blind intersections are not the outcome. thank you. >> thank you ms. leaderman. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am mark bolton. i'm a teacher at se carmichael school. i am here to advocate for the kids in san francisco and their importance in this project. i have worked for many -- many years i worked in bay view. we lost a kid when i taught at brent hart and lost a kid at another school where i worked and we haven't lost a kid recently but we had kids hurt and i live in the area and i haven't seen street so dangerous as d6 and around that area and i want to make sure that we

pedestrian areas where zero cars have been area to make the turns because of pedestrians own the crosswalk. a big thanks to the mayor's office for convening the task force and producing the strategy. to the supervisors for your excellent oversight. for your advocacy and the city departments for the execution of the plan. thank you. >> thank you mr. smith. >> [inaudible] supervisors. i was glad today when i heard a senior speak on an issue that is very important to me and that is pedestrian bicycle safety because i walk -- i live in district 6 also on terp their tailor but sometimes i go to upper market and sit near valancia and market where they have a bicycle signal and i am walking around to see where the bicycles signals are which the bicyclists don't use them that they put up there for them, but i am sure if you put one on sixth and market it would be utilized and i am glad the commander said today that how to get more enforcement in certain areas so i would have to start calling 311 or non emergency about bicyclists running down pedestrians and we didn't hear anything about that but t

following our tour i am happy to announce that most of the crosswalk have been newly painted continental style and curb ramps have been installed around the campus. the chief of public safety and the master plan manager presented to -- unfortunately usf is delaying the plan for moving forward and in my opinion has demonstrated a clear disregard for public safety and public health: sf mta submitted plans six months ago and hasn't received the plans or comments for final review. until they receive the plans from usf they're unable to provide plans-- yet the usf website doesn't mention pedestrian safety once. in contrast we-- and in addition the sf mta has done a wonderful job. in addition our committee -- i recently joined the sf transportation committee and focuses on financial constrained scenarios for the plan and evaluated the methodologyand our goal is ensure traffic calming and pedestrian safety is properly addressed as part of san francisco overall transportation plan. unfortunately they don't have a dedicated representative to send to the meetings. following this meeting i will be

he was hit by a motorists and he was in the crosswalk with his father so after that i have been very active in safety within my community. i myself with two other people from my neighborhood [inaudible] had requested 16 stop signs at intersections. we have supervisor ma who is not in my district helped us implementing 12 of the intersections with stop signs. there is an intersection at aptoas and darion that i have been trying to get a speed hump. i got a stop sign at that one intersection but it's a block down from the middle school. i had sf mta come out and [inaudible] banks said it didn't need a speed hump but it's at a grade so you're going downhill. it's a blind spot so you're turning from darion on to aptoas and make the left you're blinded and the principal was at the intersection and try to help kids crossing two and from and we have a stop sign but we call it darion dl. opolis and there are cars that have accidents there but the police don't come to an accident unless someone is actually hurt so the statistics you heard earlier we don't have funds for police officers so tha

what gets widened and what crosswalks go and needed change to solve the problem. that's not going to work. the process that would do the job is the expansion eir, the top contributor to the entire district. the expansion eir is on roughly the same schedule but focused on the geographic area in question. and because the city is the developer, the city can propose specific changes to pacific locations, crosswalks, sidewalks, rules and regulations that the city can then build and city can then pay for as mitigation measures. that is the process that can solve the problem. i want to be very clear. you may know we an appealed. we are going to pursue our full and legal remedies on this issue. that includes the expansion and even potentially the central quarter rezoning. the city needs to sit down with us and work out how we are going to solve the problem. we are not going to wait 2 more years for promises that will take another 3-5 years to implement the real solutions. thank you. >> linda chapman. >> i want to address again the polk alcohol restrictions and sometimes y

check out this car driving over this pedestrian crosswalk. see an aelderly man walking with his shopping cart about to cross and the driver gets really upset and ends up scolding the older man that was about to cross the street and then later in the video we see the car again waiting for the man to get to his car. she chases the man and ends up ramming her car into his car. >> doesn't make sense. she has nothing to be mad about. this is a crosswalk at a grocery store where you are supposed to yield to people crossing. >> after she did that, she ended up getting away and not before hitting an officer that was going to check out the scene. she ends up getting away, leading police on a chase. you won't believe what she says. >> this is really embarrassing. >> and she starts pleading with police. >> i don't usually do anything bad. >> it gets better. >> i am so embarrassed. >> she is hugging the guy? hugging the officer? >> yeah. she is looking for comfort and asking the police officer please give me a hug. she apparently was having a really bad

. >> where the pedestrians in the crosswalk, out of the crosswalk, what speed were they at, were they running, walking, by interviews we will find out what they saw. >> the deputy involved is obviously devastated. it is just a tough and terrible thing to have happen. >> authorities are trying to determine how fast the deputy was traveling and who was at fault. we are told he is a nine year veteran of the department and is receiving grieve counseling and put on paid leave. reporting from hayward, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a man is receiving care after being hit by a freight train in oakland, part of a train running through jack london square clipped a man passed out near the tracks around 1:00 a.m. firefighters helped rescue him. he has head injuries and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. >>> police are investigating a body found in east oakland, police tell us the body was found last night on 81 avenue and they would not say if it was a homicide investigation. >>> a fire started there, as a precaution crews cut off gas and electricity due to power lines,

. >> more pedestrians are killed in crosswalks in san francisco than new york city. on wednesday, a six-year old was hit off 2 immediate and the district attorney says distracted drivers are to blame for many of the accidents. talking on the phone, reading, grooming, eating, all of these things are leading to an uptick in the number of accidents. >> 60 percent of our accidents on the crosswalks are involving. distracted driver. that is significant because if you look state-wide there are 45 percent. >> a state court ruled last month that police can ticket drivers for simply holding their phone even if they are checking directions on a map. >> drivers need to be extra careful today because it is the first ever walk to work day. we will tell you more about that at 5:00. a lot of people are walking today. >> a great day to do it. >> always a lot people walking to work so be careful out there. you will not have to worry about the win. there will be the glare from the sun as we head through the afternoon hours. the high clouds we had yesterday will be limited today. live

he or she is crossing in a crosswalk. they have the right-of-way. the signalized -- the pedestrian signal is saying walk. that guy is flashing and there is time and they're hit and i think if you think about it -- i think if you think about it you can see drivers probably -- some drivers maybe distracted but drivers are naturally trying to protect themselves from the car from the other direction. they maybe less teantdive to the pedestrian and we need to think and do something about that, so following up what can we do about it? and i think i am very proud of the pedestrian strategy because many of the known evidence based solutions are in this strategy and we do need to deliver on them, but i think we can get to our injury reduction goals of 50% if we do deliver on the items in this pedestrian strategy. i am very confident on that based on how other cities perform who do this, so a few things that are going to need the support of the board of supervisors are policies like photo enforcement. photo enforcement is the proven effective way of reducing

that is when they say he struck and killed the man who is either in the crosswalk or around the crosswalk. a woman with him was taken to hospital but it is unclear whether not she was struck or what type of injuries she is suffering from. and all of this, neighbors are living in this area rushed outside to see what happened. >> all i heard was a big bomb. >> was going through your mind when you heard a boom. >> i don't know. >> when the officers struck the man authorities say he's word out of the way and ended up hitting this white car. no was in the car at the time, it was just a parked car on the time. he is being interviewed and they're getting his statement. the chp will be taking over this investigation. mission boulevard from madrid to grow will be shut down for quite some time. >> 7:28 a.m. is a time. >> will take a quick break and here's a live look outside as the golden gate bridge. traffic looks good on the 1 01. you get the word on your forecast of erica in just a minute. [ male announcer ] you think you know me. i'm just red carpets and big spectacles. but that's only the begi

around the crosswalk and another one was with the victim at the time of the incident.t sure she was struck or exactly what type of injuries that she received. he is giving a statement about what happened there in the chp will take over this investigation. this road, ms symbol bart is closed. the officers say this road is going to be shut down for quite awhile this morning. >> it is a marked car but was not speeding. when the lights flashing at the time? >> of stories tell me it is hard to tell exactly how fiat past he was going, that is part of the investigation. he was not actively chasing anyone, he was in the area following up on a pursuit that had ended and was perhaps headed back to the station. he may be did not see him but that is part of the investigation. >> waking up to clear skies, temperatures in the '70s along the coastline of most of those working up to the '50's and 40's in the bay area. it will warm by lunchtime, '80s and lynn buyer afternoon highs. 60s, maybe seven these remaining by 8:00 p.m. tonight. after nine highs, 78 palo alto, 80 degrees and mou

she was struck dmoun a crosswalk by a teacher driving to another school. police determined the driver was at fault for failing to yield the right of way. guadalupe is waiting for police to bring her daughter's killer to justice. >> they should do when they need to do because it's not right the driver is running around free. as if nothing happened. >> east palo alto residents were outraged when officers released the teacher. the district attorney steve wagstaff says his team decided not to prosecute. he says jrz often sympathize with the driver. >> i've seen that time and time again. the jury may say. >> but are to the grace of god that is me. i don't want to call the person a criminal. >> pouring over records collected by the state and found that 30% of people killed by drivers were hit while walking in a legal crosswalk. that is three times the national after richblgt since 19 30s prosecuters have had difficulty convincing juries to convict drivers. in response, california lawmakers in 1945 created a vehicular manslaughter statute with lighter sentences a