for Sunday July 31st

The man in the white gown in the wheel chair is a Mercy patient. He, as well as his friends, are smoking at a bus stop. Mercy should solve their own problems instead of putting their negative environment to bus riders and public.

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Here is hapless Mercy patience with his medicine cart pumping hospital drugs and smoking drugs into himself. They say Mercy is a top hospital. They don't look like a top hospital, only a hospital with a problem they can't seem to solve.

for Tuesday July 26th

This happens throughout the week.
It is invasive.
He travels along our property. Why doesn't he use the ramp Mercy built for him?

Here the freight coming in is exchanged and re-handled before going into the building. Same area as the bus stop loading and unloading people. Some questions: Why does the freight need to be re-handled. Why not just go into the building? Also why is the bus stopping in a red fire land zone to load and take on passengers?

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Thursday night, July 28th, 5:30pm, new city hall, planning commission meeting to consider map change, and EIR and mitigation measures. A good question to ask what was the mitigation for no commercial unloading spaces to be built in spite of the big increase in hospital area. What are the hospital plans for the future? Are more commercial spaces to be built, when?

for Monday July 25th

Photo taken this morning- A Mercy Vendor is parked past the parking limit lines and into the traveled roadway, forcing the traffic into the middle lane to safely pass by.
You can clearly see how far the vendor is parked part way in the traveled lane.

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This shows how far the green truck has moved over to pass, creating an unsafe situation.

Here you can observe a passing car and truck doing the same thing. This middle lane is required and used by cars, vans, trucks, and buses turning left into Mercy's main entrance. There could be more chance in Danger of a head-on collision with cars passing from opposite direction utilizing the center turning lane to get passed the vendor truck sticking out in the middle of traffic.

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This Thursday at 5:30pm, there will be a Planning Commission meeting where Mitigation and the EIR will be discussed as well as the map. Send in an email: ecompton@cityofsacramento.org. with your comments, concerns or any other input.

for Monday July 18th

Monday morning wake up call. The tailgate hitting the ground. The driver is using the red zone and entrance to load and unload.

Here at the freight exchange area, People, busses, and freight share the same space.

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The freight is hauled through the cafeteria to get to the kitchen. Why doesn't Mercy use a side entrance to the kitchen, like they do at two other Mercy hospitals in the area? Hauling freight through the eating area is ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

for Friday July 15th

As far as safety is concerned, this truck is safely parked out of the traveled lane. As far as the public using sidewalk this handling freight could be unsafe. As far as the truck climbing the curb to park it shows a get-by no class situation. This has been going on since 2008. And will go on until Mercy provides commercial off-street parking. Of all the hospitals in the area, nobody does this freight handling on the side walk. Mercy has no plans to change even in the distance future.

for Thursday July 14

This morning, Thursday, the delivery truck has just about all his rear tires in the street traveling lane. Note the Xerox van has shifted partly to the middle lane. Note no safety cones out. To the best of my knowledge Mercy has no plans to add commercial parking elsewhere on the "Campus" even after the big expansion is done in 2013.

Freight sharing traffic with people. It does not present a safe situation.

Notice how high the freight is stacked.

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It is not that uncommon to see freight spilled. This freight spill is blocking our driveway.

for Wednesday July 13th

Between passengers at the bus stop. Two forks lifts are seen working.

Some more pictures showing the freight activity at the Mercy entrance. This activity does belong at the entrance. It does not safely mix with people.

for Tuesday July 12th

A busy day on J St. All this freight goes to Mercy. Most, if not all, passes our down our property line to the freight area. (Older picture.)

Mercy's resorting and pallet packing location. Same location as passenger bus loading and unloading.

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Another view of the area. If someone get hurt here, the lawyers will celebrate.

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Joanie and I are opposed to having a bus stop and loading facilities next to our property. It came as total surprise back in 2008. And will continue for ever, as Mercy has no plans for loading docks in back.

for Monday July 11th

What is wrong with this situation?

a) Bus parked against red curb.

b) Bus parked in a fire lane.

c) Mercy is mixing bus passengers, and freight handling, and with fork lifts.

d) Bus smokes (the weather has to be right for the smoke to show).

e) if the bus does not park in a certain spot, the passengers step down to the pavement then up again on to the sidewalk.

for Wednesday July 6th

A typical big rig truck. Notice how it hangs out past the white parking line and is sticking out in traffic.

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Here I am measuring one of the smaller "big trucks". If it parked the allowable 18" from the curb, it will be way out in the traffic.

This is a parking limit mark.

It is 8 ft to the far edge of the mark. DOT (Dept. of Transportation) limit the big rigs that deliver to Mercy to 8' 6" and they can be 18" from the curb, making 10 ft. I understand the city code for commercial is 10ft.

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Be this as it may, It is unsafe to use the driving lane to park in.

for Wednesday July 6th

for Tuesday July 5th

This cartoon show a situation not untypical with the freight delivery to Mercy's Main Entrance.

This shows a card passing through. Just behind the car you will notice a red shirted diver working his tailgate from the side of the truck, He has to step into the traffic lane.

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The food delivery driver told me today he can't get into the delivery spot in the rear. The spot is too small for his truck.

Here is a Mercy bus turning into Mercy: Crossing over the middle lane, Crossing the west traveled lane. Crossing the parking lane.

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A construction truck making deliveries to the construction site. They are NOT suppose to use this route.

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You can barely see the Foster Farms driver. His name is Terry. He told me this morning he was instructed about two months ago not use the delivery dock in back. The hospital needs the space for other deliveries. He does not like this space because his lift gate needs to be level, and the only way he can do this and stay out of traffic is to climb the curb.

Here a bus makes it through the slot. The slot is much narrower now with the Coke truck parked outside its parking limits encroaching on the west heading lane. With the overhand mirrors it is a close fix.

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These pictures were taken this morning. From 8:13 to 9:33 am. The food truck was there the whole time. I took a total of 43 pictures.