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But above all, we want to make sure that people can get around the city safely. Its no good to have a great Transportation System if people cant get around safely. People need to not only be able to be safe, but to be able to feel safe, and nowhere is that more important than when youre on foot because that is when youre arguably the most vulnerable. Its also how every trip starts and ends. And many trips in San Francisco, and we want more of them in between, to be on foot as well because its a ...

Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of ...

Center for two years now and a immigrant from sierra leon. If he returns to his home he will be killed. He is requesting asylum here in San Francisco. He hasnt gotten s he is not here illegal. Hes a harvard graduate as well. Next year january 31 and i just been coming to city hall to try to get support for him as well, and thats pretty much all i have to sai. I would like him to speak for himself. I want to thank the commission for its work. This is my second time appearing at city hall. The fir...

Pedestrians, what makes a neighborhood more safer. And i suggest to you tonight that or today that in our downtown area is probably one of the most safest areas to walk buzz we pay a lot more attention to that area. But there are a lot of other places where we havent considered the issues of lowering the speed, as weve done around our schools with walk sf. We havent done enough study around the data, completed the data of collision and pedestrian injuries as well as we should have to make it saf...

Schools reduced. This strategy will help bolster their efforts in making the city streets a lot safer for pedestrians to walk in. Thank you very much. Thank you, director lee. One of our, one of our strong partnerships is with the Police Department. We kind of share responsibility for managing the public rightofway and enforcement as you heard from mayor is absolutely a part of the strategy. So, its a very Important Partnership for us and very glad to have the Police Department so ably represent...

Country with weapons that permanently change the lives of the families that they are with. In conclusion, i would like to thank the mayor for inviting me out to stand with supervisor cohen, police chief sur, to support sensible gun control. The Trauma Center stands ready to care for victims. Any initiative that can reduce guns in my opinion will make the streets and the cities and counties cities like San Francisco a much safer place to live. I thank you for your time this morning. Thank you, do...

Federal, state and local effort. And, of course, we had just a fabulous cadre of consultants, [speaker not understood], vortex, [speaker not understood], and m. H. Construction. And then of course our friends at dpw. So, please give yourselves all a great round of applause. applause and thanks, and keep pushing along with us. It make take us decades, but its long worth the wait. And to celebrate that we are going to cut the ribbon and the three performers, there they are, are going to perform fo...

Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of ...

And through the captains newsletters to talk to people about sensible driving and about paying attention as theyre walking and moving through the city. If we could ask anything of the walking public, were all in love with our little devices now. Im addicted to mine. But as we walk, we need to be mindful of where were walking and we need to be looking up and paying attention. Our most were most vulnerable when we are walking and were not looking. So, please, i know its a busy time of year. Its th...

Have renewable energy. It makes me very happy because in italy we have been following this path for a very long time. For example in the First Six Months of this year we installed Photovoltaic Panels larger than the United States all put together. It shows you the extent of the revolution happening. I am sure Italian Companies will be happy to work with the local institutions that have started to generate projects that will somehow go in that direction, and also we want to have parties and commu...