Hi- Ross is hoping to see some Green Party activists at today's press conference. Can anyone make it? Also, there will be a candlelight vigil tomorrow night. Thanks, Emily Walk San Francisco E-news December 20, 2005 ************************************************************* ACTIONS and EVENTS ************************************************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Press conference with Sup. Mirkarimi, Walk SF, and SAN Today at 4pm (Haight at Cole Streets) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Saturday evening around 6 PM, Edward Badelalla, a 64-year old pedestrian was hit and fatally injured by a 43 MUNI bus at the corner of Haight Street and Cole Street. He died around 10 PM that evening due to the severity of his injuries. This is the second pedestrian killed by a MUNI bus in two weeks. At 4pm today, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, and representatives from Walk SF and Senior Action Network will be holding a press conference at the site of the collision (Haight and Cole Streets) to speak about pedestrian issues in the Haight and citywide. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was very concerned about the most recent pedestrian death, “The City absolutely needs to do a better job making our neighborhoods safer for those who walk. For too long, we have built our streets for the goal of moving as many cars as quickly as possible, to the exclusion of other forms of transportation such as transit, walking, and biking. As a Transit-First city, we need to make our streets safer and more comfortable for the hundreds of thousands of people who ride MUNI, walk, or bike every day.” Emily Drennen, Executive Director of Walk San Francisco, followed by saying, “The sheer number of pedestrians who get injured or die on our city’s streets each year is staggering. The thing that makes us the angriest is that, for the most part, these deaths and injuries could have been prevented. With better enforcement of the traffic laws, more pedestrian countdown signals and crosswalks, and people taking just a little bit more care driving, many of the people we have lost could have still been with us.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee Tonight at 5:30 pm at City Hall, Room 82 (basement) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come hear the latest on the development of the Pedestrian Master Plan at tonight's PSAC meeting. If you are possibly interested in applying for one of the PSAC's 3 vacant seats, you may want to attend a meeting and check them out! For more info, contact PSAC Chair Cheryl Brinkman at Cheryl.Brinkman@McKesson.com, or just come to the meeting tonight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT! Candlelight vigil for Edward Badelalla TOMORROW night (Tuesday, December 21st) at 6pm Haight at Cole Streets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walk SF, Sup. Mirkarimi, and SAN will be holding a candlelight vigil at the intersection where Edward Badelalla was fatally injured by a MUNI bus on Saturday night. Please candles (if you have some) and a somber mood to mark the second pedestrian death in less than two weeks. Please urge your friends, family, and colleagues to attend to demand no more ped deaths by MUNI! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pro bono web design needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Walk SF website is in serious need of an overhaul. After having a hard time recruiting volunteers to do the work, we'd love some professional help. Is there a web design firm out there who could donate some pro bono help? Please contact Emily at 415.431.9255 or emily@walksf.org if you can help. 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