Calming. You will see a much Larger Program that encompasses all the changes before you and the next action item is for the fiscal year 20132014 and to solidify the policy items for today. I believe that is it for me. Thank you. Good morning mr. Chair and commissioners. Thank you so much for having me today. I am marian [inaudible] and with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and its an informational item but we are interested in your feedback because we will come back to recommendations which you have the opportunity to adopt ultimately in the five year in the next five year pyp. So first just to give you a little background about traffic calming. As was mentioned physical measures to reduce speedos our city streets. This has a benefit in livability in the neighborhood, making it a better place for people to walk and bike and live and shop but it does have a real impact on safety. We know vehicles traveling at 20 Miles Per Hour versus 35 Miles Per Hour are less likely to
Prop k. We do a comprehensive update on this for traffic calming. You will see a much Larger Program that encompasses all the changes before you and the next action item is for the fiscal year 20132014 and to solidify the policy items for today. I believe that is it for me. Thank you. Good morning mr. Chair and commissioners. Thank you so much for having me today. I am marian [inaudible] and with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and its an informational item but we are interested in your feedback because we will come back to recommendations which you have the opportunity to adopt ultimately in the five year in the next five year pyp. So first just to give you a little background about traffic calming. As was mentioned physical measures to reduce speedos our city streets. This has a benefit in livability in the neighborhood, making it a better place for people to walk and bike and live and shop but it does have a real impact on safety. We know vehicles traveling at 20 M
First just to give you a little background about traffic calming. As was mentioned physical measures to reduce speedos our city streets. This has a benefit in livability in the neighborhood, making it a better place for people to walk and bike and live and shop but it does have a real impact on safety. We know vehicles traveling at 20 Miles Per Hour versus 35 Miles Per Hour are less likely to cause a severe injury when a collision takes place, so this is something we have through the Traffic Calming Program is really focused on looking at reducing speeds. We have other categories we improve visibility and other pedestrian and bicycle and safety improvements but this is really we thats the easy way to explain what traffic calming is about. Its making the cars drive more slowly so the ind kinds are collisions are less severe. The revision process that we have been going through for the past months is looking at two main things, the efficiency of the program and balancing the priorities o
Upwalkout. They are decrying police violence. Its been one week since that grand jury in ferguson, missouri chose not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed 18yearold Michael Brown. And right now 2 00 eastern as im looking at the clock we know president obama is scheduled to meet with young civil rights leaders and thats not it for the president today. We know later this hour hell gather with community and faith leaders and Law Enforcement. We have reporters on the ground throughout those different walk outs and well bring them to you live. These protests not just on the streets. They were on the field sunday night as in the football field. And today the nfl says the players involved will not be disciplined. Were you watching this . Five st. Louis rams players placing their hands up at the start of the game against the raiders. This was a sign of solidarity with the people of ferguson, missouri. Here was what one of the players had to say about this. D
Aerospace command has confirmed that this blimp called jlens came loose from its tether rope at Aberdeen Proving Grounds a military facility just north of washington, d. C. , this morning. It was on a tether. This is a system theyre testing out there. Its full of radar equipment to test its ability to identify unidentified aircraft, cruise missiles, but it came loose. Now this blimp filled with helium is flying north. It is now over pennsylvania, we are told. Two f16s in the air. They were scrambled out of their air station near atlanta ick city, new jersey. The military not saying yet whether those f16s are armed because right now the u. S. Government is trying to figure out what to do about this. I talked to an official tracking this whole situation just a few minutes ago, and he said we are trying to figure it out. So the u. S. Military now working with the faa. Obviously a lot of concern to make sure air space safety is maintained. This is flying uncontrolled at about 16,000 feet r