Geary and Webster

Dear Supervisor Mahmood, I am writing to you regarding the critical safety issues at the intersection of Geary and Webster in District 5. City records show 36 injury collisions within 150 meters of this intersection in the last five years; this figure 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 96 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. There have been 198 street-condition 311 reports at this location in the last three years, counting street defects, sidewalk and curb, signs, streetlights and blocked sidewalks only. No press coverage was found for this corner in the recent search window, though press coverage of safety problems at this intersection goes back at least 12 years, to 2014, the earliest coverage we can find. The automated visual audit flagged faded or sub-standard crosswalk markings and a vehicle turning conflict zone in the Street View photograph. City records corroborate these observations: 311 reports: 7 in 12 months for crosswalks and 4 pedestrian crossing collisions in 5 years for both issues. City records also show 311 reports: 8 in 12 months relating to inadequate street lighting, although the visual audit did not find it in the photograph. I urge you to fund Continental crosswalks, corner daylighting, and a leading pedestrian interval at this intersection. This is estimated to cost $250,000 to $350,000, order of magnitude, through the Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). Sincerely, A resident of District 5