A group of seniors and disabled citizens railled in Bayview District, San Francisco on Wednesday to call for longer crossing times on the bust Third Street corridor.

The senior and Disability Action group have launched a two month campaign seeking ‘longer crossing times’ to allow slower-moving residents the time to cross the street.

The seniors at the Third Street and Revere Avenue, within site of a San Francisco Municipal Railway T-Third stop, crossed carefully demonstrating how the countdown ran out before all of them could cross the road.

Resident Pi Ra said that the group has made similar calls in 1996 and 2011.

“Now we’re bringing it up in 2017,” he said. “The difference is that the streets have gotten worse.”

Sandy Alexander, who is a group member said, that of hundreds pedestrians injured in road accidents every year, approximately 20 are killed in which the majority are seniors and those with disabilities.

“Every day seniors with disabilities like myself wonder, will I have enough time to cross the street,” Alexander said. “In order for the city to meet its goal of zero deaths by 2024 it must at least give us enough time to cross the unsafe streets of San Francisco.”

Raj Vaswani, the Police Captain of Bayview said that the Third Street corridor from the Bayview to the Dogpatch is a focus of enforcement efforts, particularly for red-light violations and speeding.

Many motorists use the Third Street as a commute corridor and will take it as an alternate route when the freeways are jammed, he said.

What we encourage people to do is to be patient and to respect the community as they drive through here,” he said.

Municipal spokesperson Paul Rose said: “We have heard this group’s concerns and are working to provide more time at each intersection on Third Street, as part of a project that will also further improve transit travel times in the area,” Rose said.

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