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recommendations are in line with other agency recommendations for pedestrian data and really and implementing a data driven approach is what we are advocating for. we are here to provide contemporary data. we have already met with the head of trauma, who has been providing data to the public health, doing a lot of the effort in the strategic modeling. that is pretty much it. do you have any other questions? supervisor avalos: thank you. the mta was not part of this conversation, right?...

breakdown in the district? could you account for total accidents in the city? the population in the 11th -- the 11 districts? >> it is high. supervisor avalos: if you could break that down by district, that would be helpful. >> of course, i can send it to you. supervisor avalos: 19 avenue, those borders, how did you decide it was district 7, district 4, district 5? >> we used the san francisco system available online. i cannot cite to you the specific algorithm. supervisor avalos: than...

the mta was not part of this conversation, right? >> they have been very involved and i wanted to thank them for being here. >> we are involved in the conversation, but we do not have a presentation for submission. we actively assist the peace act on a monthly basis. we have been with the peace act since its genesis. all of the programs that were mentioned in tph, we are partners in those. we are active partners in everything pedestrian. supervisor avalos: my concern about pedestrian s...

you had 56 severe injuries, seven deaths. the cost of that was $4 million. 29% of the people who were injured in that district actually live in your district. supervisor elsbernd, 49% -- 49 severe injuries in your district in that five-year period. the medical cost was about $5 million. about $5 million. supervisor avalos: do you have a breakdown in the district? could you account for total accidents in the city? the population in the 11th -- the 11 districts? >> it is high. supervisor...

you. supervisor avalos: 19 avenue, those borders, how did you decide it was district 7, district 4, district 5? >> we used the san francisco system available online. i cannot cite to you the specific algorithm. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> for district 11, 69 severe injuries, five deaths, $3.8 million in direct medical costs. nothing to do with funeral costs, the cost of going bankrupt, the cost of changing a family structure around because a person cannot return to work. that is t...

locations with heavy flows. you have to deal with heavy flow of traffic. can we do signal timing to provide that the cross walks are not closed at that time. thats challenge. people want to cross whether theyre closed any way. i think your aware of that and anything we can do to retime for allowing pedestrian crossing will be important. banning turns on red at certain locations depending on a situation. sometimes its beneficial and sometimes not if cars are turning left on green maybe ...

hopefully this leads to more big donations to panel welfare. >> i would not mind. we can use it. chairperson mar: let us open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. it is moved and seconded without objection. please call item two. >> item 2, hearing on the recently published 2009-2010 civil grand jury report entitled "sharing the roadway -- from confrontation to conversation." chairperson mar: this is an it...

>> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. chairperson mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the meeting of the audit and oversight committee of the board of supervisors. to my left is supervisor ma xwell, and soon will be joined by supervisor chu. >> please be sure to turn off any cellular phones or pagers. items discussed -- ite...

chairperson mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the meeting of the audit and oversight committee of the board of supervisors. to my left is supervisor ma xwell, and soon will be joined by supervisor chu. >> please be sure to turn off any cellular phones or pagers. items discussed -- item submitted today will appear on the october 15 meeting. chairperson mar: please call item one. >> an ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code, chapter 10, by amending section 10 to ...

chairperson mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the meeting of the audit and oversight committee of the board of supervisors. to my left is supervisor ma xwell, and soon will be joined by supervisor chu. >> please be sure to turn off any cellular phones or pagers. items discussed -- item submitted today will appear on the october 15 meeting. chairperson mar: please call item one. >> an ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code, chapter 10, by amending section 10 t...