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but adams says they're calling on sfmta to do more. >> i would like sfmta to include us in the conversation more realistically, actually go ahead and hear what they have to say. >> reporter: he says the parking control officers didn't know about the intensive parking enforcement sweeps recently announced by the sfmta director. >> it was kind of shocking to me because, you know, we do have forums where we can meet with the mayor and with our leadership and never once have we been, you know, brought into that conversation. we found out on the news just like everybody else found out. >> reporter: the announcement and the upcoming sweeps makes both adams and shakesnader even more concerned for their safety. these sfmta workers say while they continue negotiating their contracts, all options are still on the table, including possibly striking. >> sf residents have been reporting this month the crackdown on parking violations has even penalized folks for parking in their own driveways. the problem is that the end of the cars often block parts of the sidewalks and this has been an issue primarily
but adams says they're calling on sfmta to do more. >> i would like sfmta to include us in the conversation more realistically, actually go ahead and hear what they have to say. >> reporter: he says the parking control officers didn't know about the intensive parking enforcement sweeps recently announced by the sfmta director. >> it was kind of shocking to me because, you know, we do have forums where we can meet with the mayor and with our leadership and never once have we...
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olivia killed in a crash on march 15th the family was on their way to the zoo and on behalf of the sfmta and we're to june today is meeting. >> the trauma of that crash and every serious crash is unacceptable and calls for action to work hardly and faster. we have an update on vision zero this will be a special hearing making the 10 year anniversary by yee and kim and we reduces the speed limits and conflicts and enforcement including the upcoming of cameras and transportation tort provides hundreds of millions in sales tax and prop duo d to help with the traffic calming in the facilities for safe routes to school those investments have made a difference but not enough in the spirit of rededicating to marry the pedestrian safety i was glad to hear built transportation authority grant planning in district 5 and congratulate commissioner preston and to our staff for those deputy directors of planning and the applications. the efforts were able for the fillmore to collaborate on transportation and land use to redesign and help with the widening of geary and finally, i was (clearing throat)
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ment talk how the sfmta digital curb project will tie into that. there is a list of resources for the public and are then we'll take discussion and questions at the end. now i'll turn it over to my colleague, tracey. >> hello. thank you forest. can you guys hear me? alright. thank you. so, as forest said, i am with the curb management group within the sfmta, and in 2018, we embarked on basically describing our approach to the curb with what we call a curb management strategy. it is one of the handful-first handful in the county of cities that have done this. i think toronto and are canada beat us and [indiscernible] second. and what it does, it is for transparency to explain our approach to the curb and it is also a way for us to sort of gather our thoughts about the emerging ways people use the curb now that is different from the past. so, in order to align our approach to the curb with the values, like transit first and vision zero, we need to develop a strategy that prioritize access for people and transit, whether it curbside bus lane or bus zo
ment talk how the sfmta digital curb project will tie into that. there is a list of resources for the public and are then we'll take discussion and questions at the end. now i'll turn it over to my colleague, tracey. >> hello. thank you forest. can you guys hear me? alright. thank you. so, as forest said, i am with the curb management group within the sfmta, and in 2018, we embarked on basically describing our approach to the curb with what we call a curb management strategy. it is one of...
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sfmta comm slash speed cameras. so we called the list from those 80 short list locations to the 33 red dots that you see here, which are our proposed locations for speed cameras. each of these street segments was chosen because of a combination of speed related collisions, concentrations of vulnerable roadway users, and documented outlier speeding the addresses of these 33 dots are also posted on our website for review, and will be coming back to the sfmta board in april for approval on these locations. one note i did want to mention is that our 33 camera locations don't perfectly correspond to where we want to put them, and that's because there are a number of real world factors that exclude corridors for this pilot program. for example, to speed up implementation, we're planning to connect our cameras to existing city owned streetlight poles that already have electrical power that means that on some streets, our options are extremely limited because of the existing infrastructure. other factors that could shift or
sfmta comm slash speed cameras. so we called the list from those 80 short list locations to the 33 red dots that you see here, which are our proposed locations for speed cameras. each of these street segments was chosen because of a combination of speed related collisions, concentrations of vulnerable roadway users, and documented outlier speeding the addresses of these 33 dots are also posted on our website for review, and will be coming back to the sfmta board in april for approval on these...
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or who, who, who owns this alpr lpr is owned by sfmta. so we have our contractor that also manage that. but again, we own that. and like i said, the toll is the pilot project. it's not fully implemented yet. so in addition, there's also a san francisco police department project that collects license plate data, some of those sfpd cameras are installed on sfmta facilities, this is a collaborative project across multiple agencies, is led by sfpd. so more cameras coming is the bottom line. that's right. and i should add that the city's committee on information technology, or coit, is an internationally recognized, way of making sure that we can protect personally identifiable information. the data security standards are among the best in the world, and a model for other cities. we do want to make sure that to the extent that we're collecting data that we are doing so with integrity and with adequate protection standards. thank you very much. the only other thing that i, i wanted to just note, amplify is, is the, the use of education, to help
or who, who, who owns this alpr lpr is owned by sfmta. so we have our contractor that also manage that. but again, we own that. and like i said, the toll is the pilot project. it's not fully implemented yet. so in addition, there's also a san francisco police department project that collects license plate data, some of those sfpd cameras are installed on sfmta facilities, this is a collaborative project across multiple agencies, is led by sfpd. so more cameras coming is the bottom line. that's...
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is a top priority for the sfmta. we are already increasing security and safety across our system, including safety barriers for operators, reporting new protocols, staff training and added support staff. >> although crime is down on on transit, we don't see that on the streets of san francisco, and we don't see that when it comes to our interactions. we definitely see an increase in the aggression from the public, especially when we go out here, we have like again, targets put on our back, when they're being told that we're going to go out here and wrap up enforcements like we're being stick a stick on on the, on the public and on on the city. and we just have, you know, we just have a lot of pushback. >> sfmta workers added that the announcement of the new intensified ticketing plan came as a surprise to them. they said they heard about the new plan on the news the same time as everybody else. now, part of the reason why sfmta is able to crack down and increase the number of tickets that they are issuing here in san
is a top priority for the sfmta. we are already increasing security and safety across our system, including safety barriers for operators, reporting new protocols, staff training and added support staff. >> although crime is down on on transit, we don't see that on the streets of san francisco, and we don't see that when it comes to our interactions. we definitely see an increase in the aggression from the public, especially when we go out here, we have like again, targets put on our...
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sfmta says their enforcement plan is all about public safety. but some san franciscans believe it's also about something else money and the budget deficit. parking enforcement officers in san francisco are gearing up to ticket more people. >> our parking control officers are going to be doing some intense operations in each supervisorial district. >> sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin announced the city's parking enforcement officers will finally be able to start enforcing all the parking rules, something some san franciscans feel like has been happening. >> catching, catching. that's the sound of money. >> leaving james account when he got a parking ticket several weeks ago. >> i was before it was parking in a commercial space with a noncommercial vehicle. >> tumlin said their parking department was short staffed during the pandemic, but some san franciscans say they didn't notice a change in the last four years. alan showed us the ticket he got just last week. >> this is a parking ticket i got the other day for parking during street sweep hours.
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. >> sfmta has not made decisions about the changes yet. it is simply looking are input at this point. they are collecting feedback through sunday. >>> it is one expensive parking job. something that no driver wants to walk up on, a ticket, a tow. it might be happening more as the city promises to crack down on people violating parking goals. the people that issue the parking tickets are worried about more enforcement as they told us, now they feel like they have an even big -- target on their back >> it is very stressful. i have anxiety. it is scary. >> reporter: dozens of parking control officers with the san francisco municipal transportation agency took a break from enforcing the city's laws to rally and fight for themselves. including this worker. she says two years ago she had an experience she will never forget. she placed a parking citation under someone's windshield wiper and drove away. thinking that intersection was over. she was wrong. >> someone got upset because they got a ticket. he followed me about two or three blocks. wait
. >> sfmta has not made decisions about the changes yet. it is simply looking are input at this point. they are collecting feedback through sunday. >>> it is one expensive parking job. something that no driver wants to walk up on, a ticket, a tow. it might be happening more as the city promises to crack down on people violating parking goals. the people that issue the parking tickets are worried about more enforcement as they told us, now they feel like they have an even big --...
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the sfmta is pushing for stricter enforcement of its rules side. for those who work for the agency. they say they feel this change decreases their safety. parker is at least good knicks planes from the newsroom. >> those asked sfmta workers i spoke with say that they are really pushing and asking for their supervisors to increase their safety. and that's because they were blindsided. once they heard about the increase in the ticketing that is supposed to happen very soon. and some of them tell me they've already been assaulted. >> over 200 sfmta frontline workers made their voices heard at a rally held outside the agency's headquarters on thursday. workers say that sfmta announcement to crack down on illegal parking is putting targets on their backs, explaining writing more tickets will put them in further parking control. officer me sean says she's already been assaulted on the job. >> issues on the ticket who was illegally part. he didn't like that. he got a ticket because he was doing doordash. so i continued on my my route. follow me about 2 or 3 blocks. waited until i stopped a
the sfmta is pushing for stricter enforcement of its rules side. for those who work for the agency. they say they feel this change decreases their safety. parker is at least good knicks planes from the newsroom. >> those asked sfmta workers i spoke with say that they are really pushing and asking for their supervisors to increase their safety. and that's because they were blindsided. once they heard about the increase in the ticketing that is supposed to happen very soon. and some of them...
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. >> sfmta workers are calling for an increase in safety. well working. and today they made sure their voices were heard in a rally in front of their headquarters. our kron first, let's look good and joins us now in the newsroom with more on that time. yeah, that's right. vicki. >> sfmta workers say they were blindsided to learn about the agency's plan to increase ticketing for illegal parking in the city. and i spoke with several workers today who say they want the agency to do tore to keep them safe. over 200 sfmta frontline workers made their voices heard at a rally held outside the agency's headquarters on thursday. >> workers say that sfmta announcement to crack down on illegal parking is putting targets on their backs, explaining writing more tickets will put them in further parking control. officer me sean says she's already been assaulted on the job. >> issue someone to take 8 who was illegally part. he didn't like that. he got a ticket because he was doing doordash. so i continued on my my route. follow me about 2 or 3 blocks. waited until i stop
. >> sfmta workers are calling for an increase in safety. well working. and today they made sure their voices were heard in a rally in front of their headquarters. our kron first, let's look good and joins us now in the newsroom with more on that time. yeah, that's right. vicki. >> sfmta workers say they were blindsided to learn about the agency's plan to increase ticketing for illegal parking in the city. and i spoke with several workers today who say they want the agency to do...
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>> good afternoon everybody i'm chair of the board of directors of sfmta. we are here to mark a very meaningful mild stone, the ten-year anniversary of san francisco's adoption of vision zero. i want to acknowledge that vision zero is an extremely emotional topic. imagine some of you are feeling a sense of rage and you're looking for somebody to glaim. others may be feeling powerless, shaken, heartbroken, that is all okay, we understand that. like you the leaders who join me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. we all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. this is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made san francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. this is my number one priority in my service to this city. i see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right an
>> good afternoon everybody i'm chair of the board of directors of sfmta. we are here to mark a very meaningful mild stone, the ten-year anniversary of san francisco's adoption of vision zero. i want to acknowledge that vision zero is an extremely emotional topic. imagine some of you are feeling a sense of rage and you're looking for somebody to glaim. others may be feeling powerless, shaken, heartbroken, that is all okay, we understand that. like you the leaders who join me today share...
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luz >> ama, this community is still shaken by that tragedy, and soon sfmta could be making changes that will impact pedestrians as well as business owners. here dramatic changes are coming to san francisco's west portal neighborhood. over a month after a driver plowed into a bus shelter, killing a family of four. >> this has long been what we would call a high conflict intersection. >> sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin confirmed the agency was directed by mayor breed and west portals supervisor, myrna melgar, to come up with immediate changes. today that proposal was announced cars would be restricted from traveling through the west portal intersection. >> and again, what this does is it prioritizes people going to shop in the west portal commercial district and supports significant pedestrian safety by eliminating all of the left turns west portal merchants and residents learned of the changes last night. >> some believe it will hurt businesses. >> this is a half baked plan. there's no data behind it. >> the president of the west portal merchants association views the urge to make change
luz >> ama, this community is still shaken by that tragedy, and soon sfmta could be making changes that will impact pedestrians as well as business owners. here dramatic changes are coming to san francisco's west portal neighborhood. over a month after a driver plowed into a bus shelter, killing a family of four. >> this has long been what we would call a high conflict intersection. >> sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin confirmed the agency was directed by mayor breed and west...
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a pedestrian plaza would be built in the horseshoe area near the train platforms where sfmta trucks now park. >> reporter: supervisor says the quadruple fatal to crash that happened here is truly one of the reasons why something is being done quickly. >> we want to make sure that people outside of west portal, inside west portal understand that we will act to make the community safer and it's not going to take us five years. it's something that we know works. >> reporter: the sfmta has been hosting listening sessions for these proposed changes. the next one is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the -- library. supervisor says those sessions have been helpful and she's looking forward to sfmta adding some of the suggestions they've already heard. charges against the driver in the march 16th crash still have not been filed and no timeline for a charging decision has been made. and san francisco -- sfmta -- trent 27 sergio quintana , nbc bay area. >>> crosses the line between -- on the east coast the bay area. campuses have begun intense -- even faculty members walking out of class yester
a pedestrian plaza would be built in the horseshoe area near the train platforms where sfmta trucks now park. >> reporter: supervisor says the quadruple fatal to crash that happened here is truly one of the reasons why something is being done quickly. >> we want to make sure that people outside of west portal, inside west portal understand that we will act to make the community safer and it's not going to take us five years. it's something that we know works. >> reporter: the...
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dozens rallied tonight outside an sfmta feedback session. the agency is proposing the changes after recent recent crash killed an entire family. abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains some of the community's frustrations. >> i'm sick to my stomach about it. >> lifelong san francisco residents sounding off with business owners in this west portal neighborhood about an sfmta plan to change traffic laws at and around this intersection. >> there's so many merchants here who have already battled covid in a business way, and now they're going to have to battle something new. it'll be the nails in the coffin for somebody. do you think this is going to hurt businesses? it will hurt business. i do believe the proposal would do away with left hand turns in this area and make nearby lenox street a one way changes after this entire family was killed when a driver went off the road and hit them at a bus stop last month. >> this tragic, tragic accident should not be utilized opportunistically to try to slam this thing through. and that's what's happen
dozens rallied tonight outside an sfmta feedback session. the agency is proposing the changes after recent recent crash killed an entire family. abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains some of the community's frustrations. >> i'm sick to my stomach about it. >> lifelong san francisco residents sounding off with business owners in this west portal neighborhood about an sfmta plan to change traffic laws at and around this intersection. >> there's so many merchants here who...
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now she wants sfmta to do more to ensure something similar can't happen again. >> maybe traveling in pairs instead being by ourselves. do like you know, like officers do have a group of us. >> sfmta says the safety of their employees remains the agency's top priority. in response to the protests and demands of the workers, they sent us a statement which reads in part, safety is our top priority at the agency. thanks to our efforts, crime is down 48% since 2018. within our system, our parking control officers are provided de-escalation training, self-defense tools and have access to our internal dispatch center that communicates directly with sfpd for any assistance they need little comfort to many out here who say they're just trying to do their jobs. >> we want to keep the public safe, but when we have interactions that are negative, we're less likely to want to be helpful because we're afraid for our own safety. >> now, as a part of the new parking enforcement crackdown, the sfmta says they will do an intensive, week long push in each district of the city about once every three mon
now she wants sfmta to do more to ensure something similar can't happen again. >> maybe traveling in pairs instead being by ourselves. do like you know, like officers do have a group of us. >> sfmta says the safety of their employees remains the agency's top priority. in response to the protests and demands of the workers, they sent us a statement which reads in part, safety is our top priority at the agency. thanks to our efforts, crime is down 48% since 2018. within our system,...
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dozens rallied tonight outside an sfmta feedback session. the agency is proposing the changes after recent recent crash killed an entire family. abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains some of the community's frustrations. >> i'm sick to my stomach about it. >> lifelong san francisco residents sounding off with business owners in this west portal neighborhood about an sfmta plan to change traffic laws at and around this intersection. >> there's so many merchants here who have already battled covid in a business way, and now they're going to have to battle something new. it'll be the nails in the coffin for somebody. do you think this is going to hurt businesses? it will hurt business. i do believe the proposal would do away with left hand turns in this area and make nearby lenox street a one way changes after this entire family was killed when a driver went off the road and hit them at a bus stop last month. >> this tragic, tragic accident should not be utilized opportunistically to try to slam this thing through. and that's what's happen
dozens rallied tonight outside an sfmta feedback session. the agency is proposing the changes after recent recent crash killed an entire family. abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains some of the community's frustrations. >> i'm sick to my stomach about it. >> lifelong san francisco residents sounding off with business owners in this west portal neighborhood about an sfmta plan to change traffic laws at and around this intersection. >> there's so many merchants here who...
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now, sfmta's director says the city is working on upgrading the system and finalizing a contractor for this project. so who will pay for this? as the mta says, the upgrade will be paid for using state and federal grants as well as munis capital resources in the newsroom. >> luz pena, abc seven news lucy, i don't know anything else still running on floppy disks. it's remarkable, right? maybe they should put eight tracks in the trains. what do you even buy them? i know that's true. all right. thanks, lucy. we're coming up. forget about 420 on hippie hill. san francisco has a new way to celebrate cannabis, and it's longer than just one day. the week long event detailed using our brand new grocery outlet app. it's been really fun seeing what everyone's doing with the extra money they save. nice shirt. just got back from vacation. a butler? super nice guy. i got to start using the app. to celebrate cannabis. today, mayor london breed announced the city's first ever sf weed week. it's a seven night series of events running from april 13th, coming up in just a few days to the 20th, and it inv
now, sfmta's director says the city is working on upgrading the system and finalizing a contractor for this project. so who will pay for this? as the mta says, the upgrade will be paid for using state and federal grants as well as munis capital resources in the newsroom. >> luz pena, abc seven news lucy, i don't know anything else still running on floppy disks. it's remarkable, right? maybe they should put eight tracks in the trains. what do you even buy them? i know that's true. all...
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sfmta says their enforcement plan is all about public safety. but some san franciscans believe it's also about something else money and the budget deficit. parking enforcement officers in san francisco are gearing up to ticket more people. >> our parking control officers are going to be doing some intense operations in each supervisorial district. >> sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin announced the city's parking enforcement officers will finally be able to start enforcing all the parking rules, something some san franciscans feel like has been happening. >> catching, catching. >> that's the sound of money. leaving james account when he got a parking ticket several weeks ago. >> i was before it was parking in a commercial space with a noncommercial vehicle. >> tumlin said their parking department was short staffed during the pandemic, but some san franciscans say they didn't notice a change in the last four years. alan showed us the ticket. he got just last week. >> this is a parking ticket i got the other day for parking during street sweep hours.
sfmta says their enforcement plan is all about public safety. but some san franciscans believe it's also about something else money and the budget deficit. parking enforcement officers in san francisco are gearing up to ticket more people. >> our parking control officers are going to be doing some intense operations in each supervisorial district. >> sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin announced the city's parking enforcement officers will finally be able to start enforcing all the...
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about 200 workers held a rally in front of the sfmta headquarters. the workers say the recent announcement crack down on illegal parking is putting targets on their backs. one parking control officer. we talked to says she has already been assaulted on the job. she's so want to take who was illegally part. he didn't like that. he got a ticket because he was doing doordash. >> so i continued on my my route. follow me about 2 or 3 blocks. waited until i stopped at a stoplight, punched a window. and as a result, the glasgow >> workers say they want safer vehicles in which to drive and a seat at the table with sfmta leaders when important decisions like this are mate, we reached out to the agency about these concerns and were given the following statement that reads in part, quote, safety is our top priority at the agency. thanks to our efforts. crime is down. 48 1% since 2018 within our system. our parking control officers are provided de escalation training, self-defense tools and of access to our internal dispatch center that communicates directly wit
about 200 workers held a rally in front of the sfmta headquarters. the workers say the recent announcement crack down on illegal parking is putting targets on their backs. one parking control officer. we talked to says she has already been assaulted on the job. she's so want to take who was illegally part. he didn't like that. he got a ticket because he was doing doordash. >> so i continued on my my route. follow me about 2 or 3 blocks. waited until i stopped at a stoplight, punched a...
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sfmta's board of directors listened to public comment on the parking restrictions. some residents pleaded for a safe parking site. >> i live with my son and i work, and he also works in no tengo suficiente dinero para pagar un apartamento. we don't have the funds to pay for an apartment. >> christine evans, commissioner for the san francisco homelessness oversight commission, said they're working with the city to provide options for these families. >> have been asking for, you know, a real focused attention on trying to establish additional safe parking locations. >> as many waited for an intervention, sfmta's director gave insight into what the agency is planning in the coming weeks. >> we will not be doing any enforcement of these new signs until after the paving program is complete and after we give h'sh the opportunity to do additional rounds of outreach, sfmta will begin to put up the official signs for the upcoming parking enforcement on monday, but it won't be enforced until this summer. >> in the newsroom, luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right, lewis, thank
sfmta's board of directors listened to public comment on the parking restrictions. some residents pleaded for a safe parking site. >> i live with my son and i work, and he also works in no tengo suficiente dinero para pagar un apartamento. we don't have the funds to pay for an apartment. >> christine evans, commissioner for the san francisco homelessness oversight commission, said they're working with the city to provide options for these families. >> have been asking for, you...
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to work immediately to improve traffic safety near west portal station. >> the sfmta plan includes no left turns on west portal avenue, and cars will no longer be able to cut through the intersection of yellow street and west portal avenue in front of the muni station. the entrance area will be redesigned to include planters and become a community space. >> i was shocked because it. i don't think it solves the problem of what happened to that poor family. it's just going to increase traffic all up and down west portal. the owner of roti indian bistro is among the merchants critical of city leaders, rolling out a plan so quickly without their input. >> pankaj shah says disruptions to traffic could hurt. 50% of his business comes from customers driving up to get takeout and food delivery drivers doing pickups, so one incident should not be a one that makes so many changes at the same time. >> i was surprised that it was such a knee jerk reaction. maureen stotts owns easy freeze, a market on west portal avenue. >> she agrees there needs to be safety improvements, but questions the change
to work immediately to improve traffic safety near west portal station. >> the sfmta plan includes no left turns on west portal avenue, and cars will no longer be able to cut through the intersection of yellow street and west portal avenue in front of the muni station. the entrance area will be redesigned to include planters and become a community space. >> i was shocked because it. i don't think it solves the problem of what happened to that poor family. it's just going to increase...
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people with disabilities who walk, bike or use mobility devices to get around sfmta's plan comes after mayor london breed announced the city street safety plan, a decade after vision zero policy began. >> supervisor mandelman is hopeful this enforcement will help public safety. >> i have been frustrated for many years about cars blocking bike lanes, parking in the street in ways that are dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. >> sfmta anticipates a $12.7 million deficit during the fiscal year 2024 to 2025, and 2025 to 2026, a deficit that makes some san franciscans question the latest enforcement announcement tonight. >> well, the whole city is trying to get more money because of the deficit, the budget deficit. >> that was luz pena reporting. the data shows that the number of tickets issued each month by sfmta over the last four years has stayed approximately the same. an sfmta said they are planning to increase their enforcement count at the end of april across the bay area. now several cities have been added to the state's pro housing designation. governor gavin newsom today announ
people with disabilities who walk, bike or use mobility devices to get around sfmta's plan comes after mayor london breed announced the city street safety plan, a decade after vision zero policy began. >> supervisor mandelman is hopeful this enforcement will help public safety. >> i have been frustrated for many years about cars blocking bike lanes, parking in the street in ways that are dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. >> sfmta anticipates a $12.7 million deficit...
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sfmta, a critical front line workers. say they're going to host a rally today to bring attention to their increasing safety concerns. now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to work. what that would excuse me to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now parking control officers also said that they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who were double parked on san francisco streets. sfmta workers added that the announcement of this new intensified ticketing plan came as a surprise to them. they say they heard about it on the news just at the same time as everybody else in the public did. now the director, though, of the sfmta, did say that this whole new ticketing plan is made possible b
sfmta, a critical front line workers. say they're going to host a rally today to bring attention to their increasing safety concerns. now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to work. what that would excuse me to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police...
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. >> dan, this community is still shaken by that tragedy, and very soon sfmta could be making changes that will impact pedestrians as well as business owners. here dramatic changes are coming to san francisco's west portal neighborhood. over a month after a driver plowed into a bus shelter, killing a family of four. >> this has long been what we would call a high conflict intersection, sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin confirmed. >> the agency was directed by mayor breed and west portals supervisor, myrna melgar, to come up with immediate changes. today, that proposal was announced cars would be restricted from traveling through the yellow west portal intersection. >> and again, what this does is it prioritizes people going to shop in the west portal commercial district and supports significant pedestrian safety by eliminating all of the left turns west portal merchants and residents learned of the changes last night. >> some believe it will hurt businesses as this is a half baked plan. >> there's no data behind it. >> the president of the west portal merchants association views the urg
. >> dan, this community is still shaken by that tragedy, and very soon sfmta could be making changes that will impact pedestrians as well as business owners. here dramatic changes are coming to san francisco's west portal neighborhood. over a month after a driver plowed into a bus shelter, killing a family of four. >> this has long been what we would call a high conflict intersection, sfmta's director jeffrey tumlin confirmed. >> the agency was directed by mayor breed and...
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these investments inhadclude caltrain electrification, new bart vehicles and sfmta fleet and facility electrification. every day bart riders save us 1.2 million miles of driving and 52 thousand gallons of gas they would other would use. my office is working with ta staff, mta staff and department of environment on ev charging facility program. the ta is supporting the port of san francisco on waterfront rehab and resilience and br yond the items we continue to support other transit oriented development, bike, pedestrian and tree planting projects. caltrain successfully conducted testing of the new electric trains between san francisco and san jose marking a milestone in the lect rifaigz project. april 14 the new [indiscernible] 52 miles alignment. later this months caltrain will conduct live testing of complete san francisco to san jose corridor with electric trains reaching track speed of 79 miles per hour. the trains will be quieter cleaner and deliver faster and more frequent service including doubling freakancy on weekends. congrat ulations to caltrain and look forward to the star
these investments inhadclude caltrain electrification, new bart vehicles and sfmta fleet and facility electrification. every day bart riders save us 1.2 million miles of driving and 52 thousand gallons of gas they would other would use. my office is working with ta staff, mta staff and department of environment on ev charging facility program. the ta is supporting the port of san francisco on waterfront rehab and resilience and br yond the items we continue to support other transit oriented...
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today, sfmta workers will rally against the impending operation. they say they're worried it will lead to parking officers being assaulted by upset drivers, and they want management to do more to address their concerns. as the mta announced the crackdown last week as part of an effort to improve safety for people walking. it would include more tickets for people parked on sidewalks, bike lanes or too close to crosswalks. >> investigators say a car explosion that shocked a daly city neighborhood appears to be an accident. the blast blew up a toyota on west line drive yesterday morning. you couldn't see it, but that was the sound of the explosion on surveillance video from a nearby home. the fbi bomb squad and daly city police all rushed to the scene. investigators spent hours combing through the wreckage. different items are pulled out of the car, including a propane tank. >> it's just kind of weird why? you would have a propane tank in a car like that sitting there. it's not hot. temperature you're trying to think of what things could detonate a pr
today, sfmta workers will rally against the impending operation. they say they're worried it will lead to parking officers being assaulted by upset drivers, and they want management to do more to address their concerns. as the mta announced the crackdown last week as part of an effort to improve safety for people walking. it would include more tickets for people parked on sidewalks, bike lanes or too close to crosswalks. >> investigators say a car explosion that shocked a daly city...
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one example is the sfmta train system. it relies not only on humans, but a floppy disk. abc7 news reporter luz pena tells us about the plans to upgrade the system. reporter >> we may be in silicon valley, but what if i told you that san francisco's train control system is running off a floppy disk? >> wow. i mean, we i thought we were moving on to ai, right? so why are we doing floppy disk? >> great question. turns out that in 1998, sfmta had the latest cutting edge technology when they installed their automatic train control system from an era where computers did not have hard drives and so you had to load the software on from floppy disks onto the computer. it's been 26 years, and every morning sfmta staff still relies on floppy disks to tell the trains how to operate. >> it's as if you lose your memory overnight, and every morning somebody has to tell you, hey, this is who you are and what your purpose is and what you have to do. >> today we went underground where sfmta's train control project, public information officer gave us a tour of their system. so what's the r
one example is the sfmta train system. it relies not only on humans, but a floppy disk. abc7 news reporter luz pena tells us about the plans to upgrade the system. reporter >> we may be in silicon valley, but what if i told you that san francisco's train control system is running off a floppy disk? >> wow. i mean, we i thought we were moving on to ai, right? so why are we doing floppy disk? >> great question. turns out that in 1998, sfmta had the latest cutting edge technology...
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sfmta's executive director jeffrey tumlin said upgrading the system will take years, so the detailed project schedule will be finalized. >> once we have a contractor on board, upgrading the system will improve reliability, something the team in the control room is tracking every day. >> so this is where you guys are watching everything happen. so once the upgrade happens, what will change here. >> so they'll be able to track the movements of trains and the operations of trains throughout the city much more easily, as do some of mta's youngest passengers. >> they grew up riding trains, but today was the first time they saw this relic. mom, what is this? >> uh? it's a hard disk. i don't understand how something that big. >> it's something that small. >> they got to know today what a floppy disk is. so who will pay for the upgrade? sfmta says the upgrade will be paid with state and federal grants, as well as muni's capital resources in the newsroom. lou pena, abc seven news. >> that's crazy. thank you. lose. maybe they should put a track on the tram. >> well, traffic police in concord a
sfmta's executive director jeffrey tumlin said upgrading the system will take years, so the detailed project schedule will be finalized. >> once we have a contractor on board, upgrading the system will improve reliability, something the team in the control room is tracking every day. >> so this is where you guys are watching everything happen. so once the upgrade happens, what will change here. >> so they'll be able to track the movements of trains and the operations of trains...
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in a survey conducted by the sfmta to, the number one concern expressed by the public was transit fares and evasion holding everyone accountable supposed to be enforcing the law ? yeah. does it bother you, though, that you pay yet? some people don't pay. do you ever feel like, man, i'm a sucker? >> yeah. okay. yeah, i'll agree with you. >> yeah. i do feel like i'm a sucker for paying because no one else pays sfmta is finally doing something to generate more money. >> we are not yet at the optimal number of transit fare inspectors. when you look at the revenue that they generate on the transit fare compliance side, 35 inspectors will now be added to bring the number back to pre-pandemic levels, which should be around 80. >> still, there are those who believe muni should be free. >> i am one of the people who doesn't pay. i work two different jobs. i have no health insurance. my rent is very high. you know, i really cannot afford to spend more money on the bus. >> there are other ways sfmta is planning to bring in revenue and close a $12.7 million deficit over the next two years. >> we ha
in a survey conducted by the sfmta to, the number one concern expressed by the public was transit fares and evasion holding everyone accountable supposed to be enforcing the law ? yeah. does it bother you, though, that you pay yet? some people don't pay. do you ever feel like, man, i'm a sucker? >> yeah. okay. yeah, i'll agree with you. >> yeah. i do feel like i'm a sucker for paying because no one else pays sfmta is finally doing something to generate more money. >> we are...
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. >> reporter: fare evasion is not a new problem for sfmta, but executive director jeffrey tumlin says they've seen a significant spike in people not paying to ride muni since the pandemic. >> when we stopped charging fares, stopped inspecting fares during covid, it's taken us a while to get our fare collection rate back to where it should be. so what we've seen is about an eight percentage point increase in fare evasion. >> reporter: to try and crack down on evaders, tumlin says sfmta will be adding dozens of additional fare inspectors. tumlin says the inspectors will rotate through every muni line in the city. >> we try to make sure that the distribution is random. we also want to make sure that if you're a low-income resident that you're no more likely to get inspected than if you're living in a wealthy neighborhood. so we make sure the distribution across the city is pretty even. >> reporter: tumlin says only about 20% of sfmta's revenue comes from fares, but with ridership still well beelow pre-pandemic level, every dollar counts. still, he says it's a delicate balance between hir
. >> reporter: fare evasion is not a new problem for sfmta, but executive director jeffrey tumlin says they've seen a significant spike in people not paying to ride muni since the pandemic. >> when we stopped charging fares, stopped inspecting fares during covid, it's taken us a while to get our fare collection rate back to where it should be. so what we've seen is about an eight percentage point increase in fare evasion. >> reporter: to try and crack down on evaders, tumlin...
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finally, many of the sfmta vision zero quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> one of the things we did during covid was dramatically expand the rate of what we call quick build projects, which are fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets and test out new ideas and see how they work, as well as get a lot of feedback from community before moving into a larger capital project that converts all of that plastic stuff into concrete and trees and, you know, curb extensions. what we have been finding is that our quick build safety projects are able to cut severe injury and fatalities between 25 and 75%, depending upon the location on the techniques that we use. so we are targeting streets that have the highest rate of traffic crashes, particularly injury crashes and fatalities. we focused on evans, which is really important connector for all modes of transportation between the bayview and the central neighborhoods of san francisco. also a street with a terrible track record of sev
finally, many of the sfmta vision zero quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> one of the things we did during covid was dramatically expand the rate of what we call quick build projects, which are fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets and test out new ideas and see how they work, as well as get a lot of feedback from community before moving into a larger capital project that converts all of...
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theresa kron, 4 news. >> the sfmta is proposing new safety improvements to west portal avenue. this comes one month after a tragic car crash there that killed a family of 4. the family was waiting at the bus. stop headed to the zoo. the agency says this project will include more dedicated and protected space for pedestrians. there are also plans to remove car traffic from the train tracks. the sfmta director says the goal is to simplify the high traffic lanes along you lois street by restricting cars from driving through the intersection. >> prioritizes people, i'm going to shop in the west portal commercial district and support street by eliminating all of the left. her for about 40% are traffic deaths are results of drivers making left turns and not that strains. >> the agency will collect feedback on the improvements before making changes sometime this summer. >> 80 light fixtures have been left damage throughout a dublin neighborhood. police say it happened in the sorento at dublin ranch community at the end of last month. officers say not only were the light severely damag
theresa kron, 4 news. >> the sfmta is proposing new safety improvements to west portal avenue. this comes one month after a tragic car crash there that killed a family of 4. the family was waiting at the bus. stop headed to the zoo. the agency says this project will include more dedicated and protected space for pedestrians. there are also plans to remove car traffic from the train tracks. the sfmta director says the goal is to simplify the high traffic lanes along you lois street by...