4th and Perry

Dear Supervisor Dorsey, I write regarding pedestrian safety at 4th and Perry in District 6. City records document 47 injury collisions within 150 meters of this intersection in the last five years, and it covers a 150 metre radius while the Danger Index grade is computed over a tighter 80 metre core, so the two figures are measured over different areas and a reader should not expect them to reconcile. This intersection shows more reported harm than 98 percent of San Francisco intersections, which is grade F on the Danger Index. No exposure normalization: the index ranks reported harm, not risk per crossing. City records also show 94 street-condition 311 reports here in the last three years, counting street defects, sidewalk and curb, signs, streetlights and blocked sidewalks only. No visual audit findings are available for this corner. Press coverage of safety problems here goes back at least 10 years, to 2016, the earliest coverage we can find, never as the first time the problem was reported. Recent coverage includes "San Francisco to Make Citywide Street Safety Improvements in Wake of 4th & King Fatality | SF.gov" (sf.gov) and "4th Street Pedestrian Safety Project | SFMTA" (sfmta.com). Please fund Continental crosswalks, corner daylighting, and a leading pedestrian interval, estimated $250,000 to $350,000, order of magnitude, through the Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). Sincerely, A resident of District 6