previously reported, at least four people were hit at the intersection in 2019 and, in response, gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman pledged to seek improvements.The proposal approved by the transportation authority will time the traffic signal at the intersection so that cars cannot turn left from Market Street south onto Castro Street until pedestrians have already crossed, creating a protected turn.Mandelman voted in favor of the proposal, along with nine of the 10 other commissioners, after closing a gap of $500,000 that was needed to advance the entire Upper Market Safety project, of which this is part, with discretionary supervisorial funds. (The 11 members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors serve as authority.