CAUSE OF THAT CRASH. >> ONE MONTH AFTER A FAMILY OF FOUR WAS KILLED AT A BUS STOP IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE CITY IS ANNOUNCING A PLAN TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER. THE CITY WANTS TO CHANGE UP THE MAIN ROADS IN THE WEST PORTAL NEIGHBORHOOD, DESPITE THE PUSHBACK THEY'RE GETTING FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES. AS ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER LUZ PENA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY AND IS OUT LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WITH THIS NEW PROPOSAL, LUZ. >> DAN, THIS COMMUNITY IS STILL SHAKEN BY THAT TRAGEDY, AND VERY SOON SFMTA COULD BE MAKING CHANGES THAT WILL IMPACT PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS. HERE DRAMATIC CHANGES ARE COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO'S WEST PORTAL NEIGHBORHOOD. OVER A MONTH AFTER A DRIVER PLOWED INTO A BUS SHELTER, KILLING A FAMILY OF FOUR. >> THIS HAS LONG BEEN WHAT WE WOULD CALL A HIGH CONFLICT INTERSECTION, SFMTA'S DIRECTOR JEFFREY TUMLIN CONFIRMED. >> THE AGENCY WAS DIRECTED BY MAYOR BREED AND WEST PORTALS SUPERVISOR, MYRNA MELGAR, TO COME UP WITH IMMEDIATE CHANGES. TODAY, THAT PROPOSAL WAS ANNOUNCED CARS WOULD BE RESTRICTED FROM TRAVELING THROUGH THE YELLOW WEST PORTAL INTERSECTION. >> AND AGAIN, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PRIORITIZES PEOPLE GOING TO SHOP IN THE WEST PORTAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND SUPPORTS SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY ELIMINATING ALL OF THE LEFT TURNS WEST PORTAL MERCHANTS AND RESIDENTS LEARNED OF THE CHANGES LAST NIGHT. >> SOME BELIEVE IT WILL HURT BUSINESSES AS THIS IS A HALF BAKED PLAN. >> THERE'S NO DATA BEHIND IT. >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST PORTAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION VIEWS THE URGE TO MAKE CHANGES NOW AS A POLITICAL STRATEGY, POINTING TO BOTH MAYOR BREED AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR CAMPAIGNING FOR REELECTION. >> THE ACCIDENT, HORRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT IT WAS, DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE INTERSECTION. IT WAS UP THE STREET. SO IT IS CLEARLY I THINK, A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PLOY TO SAY TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, THEIR SUPPORTERS THAT, HEY, LOOK, WE DID SOMETHING. >> BUSINESS OWNER LISA MOORE IS ASKING FOR MORE DATA BEFORE ANY CHANGES, I ASKED SFMTA, WHY THERE IS THIS SUDDEN CHANGE AND IN FACT, ARE THERE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THAT THIS INTERSECTION IS IN FACT DANGEROUS? >> AND DO WE HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, INJURIES, ACCIDENTS AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. >> WE ASKED SFMTA'S, DIRECTOR FOR THE DATA. >> A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE ARE USING IS THAT CONFLICT DATA THAT STRETCHES BACK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. >> THE SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION SAID A CHANGE HERE IS LONG OVERDUE. >> WE THINK THAT THE TURN RESTRICTIONS ARE A GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT WE NEED TO SEE THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE KNOW WILL REALLY KEEP PEDESTRIANS SAFE. >> AND THE SFMTA IS PLANNING TO HOLD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE COMING WEEKS. BEFORE PRESENTING THIS PROPOSAL TO THE SFMTA, A BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHANGE HERE COULD COME AS SOON AS THIS SUMMER IN WEST
