Supervisor John Avalos posted the above photo on Facebook with the following explanation:
Ironic traffic stop on Mission and Ocean. Police vehicle stopped in the middle of the intersection blocking the cross walk and sending the 49 bus into the next lane. We have a ways to go to coordinate our pedestrian safety effort.
Indeed. Avalos, the chair of the SF County Transportation Authority Board, posted this on the same day he joined Mayor Ed Lee and other city leaders at a press conference announcing the five-year WalkFirst plan. The same day, a Board of Supervisors committee held a hearing on Vision Zero, the city's goal of ending traffic deaths within ten years. It's worth noting Avalos launched the Vision Zero campaign at City Hall along with Supervisors Jane Kim and Norman Yee.
If SFPD is going to lead in those efforts, as Chief Greg Suhr has pledged to do, the department's officers are going to need to start with some basic awareness of how they can stop contributing to the problem.
