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Difference between when we do it and when we dont . And maybe we dont have to go into indepth right now, but that is the conversation i would like to have at a certain point. I would be happy to bring that material back. So we have talked about some of the more capitalintensive things that were planning on doing in 2016, but its important to remember that the majority of streets to be touched were continuing to build on the foundation that goes back to the walk first efforts dating back to 2013. Our goal again is to get to every single intersection on the highwaycrash network by 2024. That walk First Program has touched nearly 500 intersections todate and that is the program through which were bringing highvisibilities caremarks crosswalks, lpi, and other safety features and doing this kind of work all over the city. Engineering and design side of thing we need to remember that a lot of what our success . San francisco is because linking engineering and design to education and enforcement and policy. Again, to get education and enforcement and policy focused on speeds, in 2016, were looking at continuing to build on the success of the largevehicle training by going to taxi drivers now. In the way that we told our Truck Drivers tips on how to drive safely in San Francisco, we have a professional group of drivers running taxi and want to get to them and do multimedia campaigns targeted at our most vulnerable users and to Link Education and enforcement together. To build on the find ing last year, we found a greaterlevel of stop sign and red light compliance. What we want to do is bring some targeted neighborhoodlevel enforcement to corridors throughout the city, following on targeted corridorlevel education. So again, educating drivers about making them aware about the behaviors that cause these collisions and fatalities and following that up with enforcement and continuing to evaluate our efforts to see are we driving down those behaviors . Are we driving down collisions and fatalities . So that map just shows you the span of the city. Our goal is to do 48 combined enforcement and education events, four times per month, covering 11 highinjury corridors in the city. Each of those would involve approximately 130 hours of focused Speed Enforcement. So this is really getting our Speed Enforcement geting our Traffic Enforcement focused on speed and Speed Enforcement focused on places that we really think we can make a dent in speeding and make a difference in peoples behavior. That is not just because of the results on those corridors burb , but its asking through the mayors legislative agenda and hoping that you in your role as Vision Zero Committee supports that. The controller came out with the report this month that shows some really impressive statisticks about the reductions in collisions, reductions in injuries and fatalities in jurisdictions like washington, d. C. And chicago and new york, which have automated safety enforcement. We want to make sure that when we get to the end of 2016, through the Engineering Work that we do, through the enforcement and education work, we can say honestly, were using every tool we have at our disposal in San Francisco to control excessive speeds. But we need more. We need more from the state. And we need something that works. I think given how challenging that has been, i think barring that, what would be the three next most importantly tools to reducing speed in San Francisco . Ideally we should keep pushing, but in the meantime, what can we do to reduce speeds . Its the progress that were talking about in our plan for 2016, the engineering, enforcement and education. And what is a little different about 2016 and the work that we did in 2014 and 15 is our education and enforcement message will be focused on speed. We focused on the five, but something that were learning over last two years is that one of those five is more important than the others and that is the reason. I think the info graphic you had earlier with the likelihood of living surviving versus having a resulting fatality, that is an amazing graphic to show people. I think when you see that and you see how much your speed matters, and just pure terms of survivability, i think that is incredibly important. In terms of the engineering piece, so because we crafted vision zero together, i get that education and engineering and enforcement with the three major areas, but the top tool you would pursue that is specific to get to a reduction in speeds . We know within our engineering toolbox that certain tools are better at controlling speeds than others. So timing the traffic lights in a corridor. Signal timing. Signal timing i think is a huge ahhah, im just trying to understand what we can support to get to vision zero. What is that the board should be pushing for . You know, kind of given what you know . So signal timing . So signal timing within the engineering bucket. And within the education with the education realm we had some great findings with the stop sign research we did in that area, i think. Campaigns targeted in a thoughtful way at the speeding problem. Okay. I dont want to belabor the point. But you know, i think as we continue this dialogue, for me its helpful to have as much specificity as possible. Because i dont want to keep saying engineering, education and enforcement. I want to be able to deliver this to our residents and i know that is your goal, too. Im not implying that its not. But i want to know what i should be putting resources into . I want to know what i should be supporting, what i should be trying to secure funding for and how i can best support our efforts to get to vision zero . So the specificity is really helpful. I know the Speed Enforcement cameras is a huge priority, but i also know its going to be very difficult to accomplish especially in the nearterm. So understanding that, i want to know what other things that our board can help sfmta push through . So we can get to reduce ing our traffic fatalities, thank you. Thank you. Are there any other comments . Commissioner yee . I want to go back in terms of the 24 projects, how are we going to move forward in terms of identifying . Are we going to able to identify another 24 . The reason i ask, even though we all know that in the city we actually do more than 24 projects, including trying to get some projects in my district done through participatory budgeting, which seem like it should have some priority. But what is helpful for me as i talk to the public is to say here is our goal. Here is some concrete things were going to be really focused on they arent the only things, but i think it gives the public something to hang their hat on to, say oh, okay, i get it. We are serious about this. So are we going to move forward with identifying another 24 and what would be the criteria . I mean, maybe the first 24 that we identified were a little easier than the next 24. I would like to know how were going to really make some choices . Right. So we dont want to just grab 24 projects out of the queue and be thoughtful and say we want to attack the excessive speeding issue and to make sure that all projects that we prioritized this year and come back to you every quarter and were accountable every quarter are addressing that issue. I think its also important that the 24 and 24 were all engineering projects. I think its important that were also talking about the education and the enforcement campaigns as campaigns as well. Because i think they have been proven to be just as effective over the last two years as some of the Engineering Work. So what i laid out today was a framework. My hope is that take something of the really good feedback were hearing today to come back with a more detailed list. I appreciate that. Thank you. So seeing no further questions or comments at this time, i will open up for Public Comment on this item. Any members of the public that would like to speak . Good afternoon, commissioners. Im kathy deluca, the policy and program manager, thank you, with walk San Francisco. And and i originally feel like i have so many things to say in response to the conversation that just happened. Commissioner kim, i would like to say that walk San Francisco would like to see leading pedestrian intervals at every intersection in the city and that is something had a we that we talk to mta as well and we see how effective they have at keeping people safe and commissioner mar to acknowledge you for you all the Community Groups that helped to push vision zero forevered. Forward. And thank you, for those who attended the world day of remembrance events, which was a really important time for us to focus on why we adopted vision zero in the first place. So thank you all for coming to that. But my original reason to come up was actually to thank mta staff for completing the 24 projects ahead of schedule. I know that there is a lot to do, and we certainly have a lot more work to do, but its important to celebrate the success that we have had. How many times are things done early . Not really that that common and walk sf appreciates and Vision Zero Coalition appreciates all the hard work of the mta staff and look forward to future projects being done ahead of schedule too. Thank you. Thank you. Any members. Public who would like to speak on this item . Just please come up to the mic. Sylvia johnson. We dont move very fast with bigger wheels and a lot of other issues that were seeing i think sometimes we need a blue light to stop or slow down. So when it turns yellow they have a blue light in between to slow down and proceed because that way they could drive safeer and were seeing with sidewalks, and more bigger wheels will culminate with these issues on lights [speaker not understood] thank you. At this time you will close Public Comment. You dont need to speak at Public Comment. At this time i will close Public Comment. Public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. Director chang . Thank you, chair kim. You just wanted to add my thanks and congratulations and acknowledgment to walk sf and the team here really does deserve a ton of credit and to acknowledge sfmta and all of the agency its are part of the Vision Zero Coalition and advocacy groups and committee members, who serve on the task force. The 24 milestone is a pause for success and tim and megan were cochairs and want to thank them for their service and under the general direction and leadership of tom maguire, i think this feedback is important and the continuing back and forth and ability to engage you all and the public and the community in setting the next generation of projects, establishing some of the supporting efforts that the board can also help with next year is very important as well. Thank you, chair kim for your leadership, as well as the mayors as well. Just wanted to also draw folks tension attention to within the project which was on the consent calendar. There is a set of six additional projects. The list is here. Its howard pedestrian and bicycle improvements between 610 streets and safety and street permits from mcallister to union and kerny and sacrament and ocean and geneva, as well as 20 locations where there are highinjuries related to broadside crashes and pedestrian improvements at persia triangle and let folks those are those as well we expect in the next few months. Thank you, ms. Chang. Just wanted to really do look forward to working with the Transportation Authority staff and sfmta on the next set of vision zero projects. And having a specific list. Its great to see what is in the hopper naturally with especially the corridor transformations and im glad that a number of corridors are going to move through. I think really significant points in the design process. For me, this vision zero subcommittee is not about the work that i think is already happening at sfmta. Its really about how can we continue to accelerate and expedite projects that can go on the ground now and helping to identify within what is already going on, things that can move just a little bit faster and that we can actually deliver to the public in 2016 . That is the list that i really want to develop through this subcommittee. I think sfmta is doing a stellar job in general and kind of our longterm vision and plan and our voters have been very generous supporting the funding that is needed to ensure these projects move. I think just that is what the subcommittee is about is identifying what can be the nearterm projects . What can get accelerated or expedited or whatever set of reasons so we can deliver certain aspects of projects to our residents . You know, faster, basically. That is just what i want to continue to push staff on and hopefully had in our subcommittee meetings throughout next year we can help identify this group of 24 projects within the kind of overall vision and longterm planning at sfmta. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, can we please call the next item. Item 7, recommend supporting automated safety enforcement as San Franciscos key legislative initiative in support of vision zero for the 2016 state legislative session. This is an action item. Thank you. We actually spent a bit of time talking about this in the previous item. But it has been the priority of sfmta and certainly my office to help push through an automated safety enforcement at state legislaturelevel, something that we view as really key to slowing down speeds here in San Francisco. And kate breen, Government Affairs director for sfmta and Claire Phillips performance analyst at the office of controller will be presenting on this issue. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for the opportunity to be before you today. Were hoping for safe holidays here in San Francisco. Appreciate your commitment and leadership on this and partnership with the mta. So per the information that is included there is a lot of detail in the vision zero Quarterly Progress Report across all aspects of vision zero action strategy, but with regards to the policy priorities youll see a deeperdive, if you will on some of the work that were doing as it relates to advancing policy changes in particular starting to build support in en

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