Vision Zero enforcement on Monterey Blvd this month

At the last SNA meeting, Captain Joseph McFadden of the Ingleside Police Station told attendees that his officers would be out during August on Monterey Blvd (as they often are) enforcing moving violations of the type identified by the City’s Vision Zero program–those that endanger vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists. Last year we had collisions resulting in severe injuries and one death on Monterey, triggering the new designation as a “high-injury corridor.” Yesterday a resident saw several citations taking place on Monterey.

Related news: a skateboarder sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision at the corner of Joost and Foerster last night. More on Hoodline: http://hoodline.com/2017/08/skateboarder-critically-injured-after-sunnyside-collision and SFist: http://sfist.com/2017/08/18/skateboarder_left_with_life-threate.php

Officer handing out a citation on Monterey Blvd near Congo St, a two-block stretch prone of automobile speeding.

Source: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/12/22/cities-want-to-save-lives-with-lower-speed-limits-but-states-stand-in-the-way/

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SNA Quarterly Meeting

You are invited: Come to the quarterly meeting of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association on Monday August 7th. Find out what is happening in Sunnyside — hear from city officials and ask your questions — meet your neighbors in person — become a member of your neighborhood association.

Time and place: Monday August 7th, 2017, 7-8:30 pm, at St Finn Barr Auditorium (415 Edna Street at Hearst Ave).

What’s on the agenda:

• James Shahamiri from SFMTA will speak about the implications of Monterey’s designation as a high injury corridor and answer your questions
• Latest news about the Balboa Reservoir Project.
• Captain McFadden from Ingleside Police Station on safety/crime and to answer your questions.
• Erica Maybaum from Supervisor Norman Yee’s office with update on local issues and to answer your questions.
• “Greenstorming” session with our members: how can we plan and work to improve Sunnyside’s outdoor spaces? Bring your ideas.
• Also in the works are updates on Safeway renovation and Sunnyside Park.

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DPW: More about tree care after Prop E

A recent issue of “In The Works,” a magazine from the Dept of Public Works, contained some information about tree care from the City now that Prop E is in effect.

The magazine (which utilizes Flash) is available here. For your convenience, here is the page about tree care from that publication. The links in the image follow.

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Vision Zero: Monterey Blvd identified as high-injury corridor

A new Vision Zero map was recently released, showing Monterey Boulevard as a high-injury corridor. For Sunnysiders familiar with the three major injury crashes involving pedestrians and a cyclist last year, this will come as no surprise.

Vision Zero High Injury Network map. See whole map here.

• Read more here: http://hoodline.com/2017/07/to-aid-vision-zero-city-releases-new-high-injury-network-map  
• Local blog Friends of Monterey Boulevard: https://friendsofmontereyblvd.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/monterey-blvd-is-now-an-official-high-injury-corridor/

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San Jose Avenue Closure, Sun night, July 31

Useful info from Glen Park Association https://glenparkassociation.org/2017/07/25/san-jose-avenue-closure/.

San Jose Avenue Closure

by Heather World
Forwarded from the Department of Public Works:

OVERNIGHT WORK – San Jose Avenue Concrete Barrier Installation
SF Public Works and SFMTA are scheduled to begin installing concrete barriers along the expressway portion of San Jose Avenue to better delineate the traffic and bicycle lanes. The work will be performed overnight due to the large volume of traffic and to help ensure the safety of staff installing the concrete barriers. Installation work will commence on Sunday night July 30, 2017.

The typical work days/hours will Sunday night to Friday morning from 8 PM to 5 AM. Installation of the concrete barriers will take about 2 weeks to complete.

Installation of the barriers will occur along the expressway portion of San Jose Avenue in the Northbound direction between St. Mary’s Ave. and Randall St. and in the Southbound direction between Randall St. and the Wilder St. exit.

Thank you for your patience as we complete these improvements. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

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Balboa Reservoir Proposal public comments now posted online

Public comments in response to the presentation of the three competing Balboa Reservoir development project are now available online, at the Balboa Reservoir Community Portal. A summary has yet to be posted.

• Comments submitted on paper forms during public viewing at Riordan High School June 10th (165-page document) http://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=11062 
• Comments submitted online (60-page document) http://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=11061

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Next round of microsurfacing — just one block in Sunnyside

Dept of Public Works released their list of streets slated for “microsurfacing” repaving in the next few months. The only block to be affected in Sunnyside is Gennessee St between Monterey and Joost. More information here: http://www.sfpublicworks.org/project/micro-surfacing-pavement-preservation-program

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