people have fewer lanes to cross when they are getting to transit i want to remind everyone that five of the 18 people who died this year died on van ness while walking and this is a really really important reiterating what he just mentioned it s really going to be critical that we install the largest build outs possible that we really make that crossing distance as short as possible and calm traffic as much as possible along that corridor we know this is a main arterial and speeds can be adjusted with signal timing and really focusing on making sure that speeds are not in excess of 25 miles 25 miles per hour the current speed limit and the roadway is designed to encourage drivers at 25 miles at 25 miles per hour which is not what the current conditions promote and thank you you have our support we want to see designs for build outs and we want to make sure that they are as large and safe as possible so thank you. thank you. next speaker please. howard stras inner ner.
and came to your desk and we get big trucks with pallets and stuff delivered we already lost 2 or 3 parking spaces and our loading zones to the one next door to us. there s too many tourists a bunch of people lie on the street they have dogs and camp out and nothing is being done about it and all of a sudden you are taking bus stops away we don t have enough parking so people have to rely on bus on bus to patron ize our businesses so taking those bus stops away and putting them every 4 blocks it will make it harder for people to shop with us they will go go to the malls or something so consider on behalf of the merchants who actually pay taxes and they have already a hard enough time with the internet and everything else you know we need to bring the public to have access for them to come to to our stores. thank you. next speaker please. yes, sir? good afternoon i own a property and also two businesses for almost 30 years we need a practical solution to haight street
on this street so somehow this thing just bypassed everybody and came to your desk and we get big trucks with pallets and stuff delivered we already lost 2 or 3 parking spaces and our loading zones to the one next door to us. there s too many tourists a bunch of people lie on the street they have dogs and camp out and nothing is being done about it and all of a sudden you are taking bus stops away we don t have enough parking so people have to rely on bus on bus to patron ize our businesses so taking those bus stops away and putting them every 4 blocks it will make it harder for people to shop with us they will go go to the malls or something so consider on behalf of the merchants who actually pay taxes and they have already a hard enough time with the internet and everything else you know we need to bring the public to have access for them to come to to our stores. thank you. next speaker please. yes, sir? good afternoon i own a property and also two businesses for a
moreno. good afternoon i m here on behalf of folks for polk we re really excited and applaud the measures of the of the brt it s important to support transportation so we re excited that it includes pedestrians and vehicles and also like the cyclists that take their bikes on board i take mine on board at times so i hope that s also included so thank you. okay next speaker. mark moreno. good afternoon. good afternoon i represent the market street van ness neighborhood association and i want to say we re very much in favor and support of what the representative said from the symphony grove street gets a lot of traffic and the southbound bus stop which is currently right now in front of 25 market street has been moved to between hickory and fell street the gentleman that s from the homeowners association referenced and we believe it should be closer to market and it s been moved back a half a a block and not easy for pedestrians to access it it should be closer to mark
freeway, , and where my issues come with the stoplights at haight and webster and haight and buchanan and when i moved in in 24 years ago our quality of life issue was crime and violence now it s traffic and being hit by cars. recently this week i was almost hit at buchanan and page and the thing i see with the stoplights i look at them as a quick fix akin to adding another freeway lane. in the morning the intersection are blocked and you are creating pedestrian nightmares. a permanent fix is the issue with fell and oak and instead of letting the google buses you should be partnering with them to move more transit similar to like what the subway system does in new york express versus local and finding out how we can get more people from the avenues that s where most of the traffic is coming from and that s why you have the delay in the bus schedule. one other thing i d have to say about the sfmta is their method i d have to say i find it just it s a very difficult issue and i