The enforcement with the work that sfmta and sf pd does we know that people will be moving slowly and we want them to move and dont block the box will be an rather than to help us we have sfmta here and i want to thank and recognize aaron miller and peter and theyre planning interim aerial that did the car count and prepared the data and liz bringing so from sfmta and the enforcement manager for the sf Street Division i want to recognize sf pd will be here to answer questions maybe momentary about the pilot and the partnering with the sfmta so unless theres more comments ill open up for sfmta for presentation. Thank you for calling for that hearing today federal and state this is an important issue particularly in south of market but to a lesser degree this is a real problem but south of market is definitely the epic center of the gridlock and the violations of the law we see that have presented impacts on twraf and the neighborhood quality of life and this is really blocking the box i
San francisco is a congested city we cant add more lanes to roads so theres a few other things on the supply side that includes the type of enforcement were discussing as well as signal timing and another one in context of mission bay reconnecting street lights their resilient things on the demand side there is a whole lost things we can think of one set of things increasing or improving more focusing efficient options like in terms of how much space they took place on the rise and more effective amenities and more options for carpoolers and getting the right incentives to include everything from the sf parks crisis flaw in the city the code Pricing System thats been study by the sfmta as well as the category of Transportation Demand Management Strategies that can include things like working with the Flexibility Work schedules so we should do all of those things to manage congestion i dont think theres a Silver Bullet by to work at all the pieces to look at the challenging issue the Tr
Sf Street Division i want to recognize sf pd will be here to answer questions maybe momentary about the pilot and the partnering with the sfmta so unless theres more comments ill open up for sfmta for presentation. Thank you for calling for that hearing today federal and state this is an important issue particularly in south of market but to a lesser degree this is a real problem but south of market is definitely the epic center of the gridlock and the violations of the law we see that have presented impacts on twraf and the neighborhood quality of life and this is really blocking the box it is a boarder challenge where our streets are basically, the so you yeah. Well get to you in one second laughter where otherwise, it looks like im lecturing you, we is a boarder issue in San Francisco where the streets are like the wide west and earlier this year we held a hearing on double parking weve ramp and double parking throughout the city that has impacts on congestion and creating traffic j
And pedestrians trying to cross with the crosswalk is blocked and also for cyclists and Truck Drivers its hard to navigate a transacting truck through the gridlock and bicyclists that went to the other side of the street i wanted to introduce it in this way this problem of all the cars on the street is one that i dont think is going to be revolved but dont block the box the reality a lot of people want to go home by crossing the bay bridge how quickly a car can get on the bridge not to mitigate by car or by walking or transit that being said i know i wanted to frame the issue in context of the set of tools in the toolbox to manage congestion and in the context of the supply and demand side strategy on the supply side San Francisco is a congested city we cant add more lanes to roads so theres a few other things on the supply side that includes the type of enforcement were discussing as well as signal timing and another one in context of mission bay reconnecting street lights their resil
Fourth tiers, that has already begun to happen. And major contractors have said that the furloughs were triggered because the Defense Contract Management Agency was furloughed. And so the contract inspectors, some of the technical inspectors, werent there. And also that some of the government facilities had not opened up, some of of the governmentowned contractor operated facilities but even the most of the civilians are back at work and some companies are still gone ahead and furloughed or laid folks off. Why is this the case, that this is where companies are trying to bank savings for the future that they understand that deep defense cuts are companying or driven by what is happening . I think it is a combination of both. But what youre really seeing is the result of uncertainty. With unpredictability and uncertainty in the market, sue more conservative tism. It is a cascade effect. Where you saw it in week one, and you see it at the second tiers in week three and third and fourth ti