We know we can do this first San Francisco and we can be nauseating and come together and were a great city to showing swede we can achieve vision zero. I want to reiterate our thanks to sf staff and as we move forward with our partners to advocate 0 for funding to make sure those courage more people to walk in San Francisco. Thank you clapping. thanks north america coal its welcome and it continues to push us for the record. Were luck n i didnt in the city when it comes to Public Safety we have two of the finest chiefs in the country i wanted to thank chief joanne and his wife and other first responders. We want to reduce the workload for them as part of the process i want to thank that staff and our real efforts theres safety and engineering and at the sfmta we play a supporting role and thats in improvement we can theres a lot we can do with the data we have and a lot we can do to design our streets better a lot we can do to make more people aware Everyone Needs to not Pay Attention
Department is an increase of 12 percent i want to thank. Them i know theres other valuable time by they okay. This is important preventing deaths and injuries. I will say to you this ive asked the Police Department awhile i do an awareness champion that says be nice and look twice im asking my officers not to be so nice enforcement is about the discipline in peoples behavior theyre not going to be nice when they see persons not yielding when red lights are run, and when speeding occurs puc. Im asking our Police Officers not to be nice because that enforcement should have effects on peoples behavior. Supervisor avalos and supervisor chiu and all the intrifrz we dont want to say were sorry. Last year was the highest number of faltsdz in our city and traffic collisions we need to do more about it. So were unveiling that and reminding everyone that Traffic Enforcement will be there throughout the city and we have evidence to back it up. The pedestrian Strategic Group thats he represented b
Having years where all of us in office are saying were sorry for something to happen well rather be saying thank you for you for yielding and not running the red lights and thank you for not speeding. Thats also going to be better than saying im sorry. This is what groups have taught us advocates in theyre right and well deserving they have a loud voice not city but we should have loud easier and hearing about more being thankful. It begins with what was yourness youve heard about the Awareness Program that muni and other agencies are proechlt through attorneys whether its radio or television or 3ri7bd materials on our buses well get them on the taxi spaces to get people to make sure that they know they can make themselves safer and drivers need to be safer and everybody on the road safer. The awareness champion cant work on its own. A good part of that and im always tafl to our Police Department is an increase of 12 percent i want to thank. Them i know theres other valuable time by th
Efficient and safer areas for people to walk and ride and continue promoting the city as the most walkable city anywhere no, the country we cant do that unless we support that very fine goal of being the most walkable city. So i say to you today, were acting on this today and i appreciate the peoples efforts its not enough its not fast enough people are going to say but the thing i want to say the people who drive in the city slow down. Youve got to slow down all the construction trucks with a great indication of our economic recovery have got to slow down. All the people that emergency vehicles have to be sure what theyre doing is the safety and most efficient way to provide that service we need to slow down and promote people looking both ways before they cross the street taking that supra precaution for themselves and their families. Were going to be doing that through education and enforcement and good solid investment were given around historic comments. I think this the comprehen
Swede can do this we can its an Innovative Program to make sure we get this done. I want to thank all the city agencies to put aside our differences and we have to in the coming months do this again come together and put aside the narrow differences on the issue and come and unit on issues on the november booklet to fund the Pedestrian Safety improvement. Thank you all for being here and looked forward to this Work Together clapping. thank you, president chow and one of another partner that the Transportation Authority thank you tilly chang shes one of the leaders in the city. The Transportation Authority is governed by an 11 Member Commission it happens to be the same commission it sits as our board of supervisors and theyre led by a great advocate for equality and safety and transportation please welcome the chairman john avalos clapping. thank you, ed im really glad to be sharing this room with our city departments and the mayor. President of the board of my colleagues who have take