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Committee advances Street Safety Act to full board after amendments
Summary
The committee advanced a resolution establishing an interagency, data-driven approach to reduce severe and fatal traffic crashes, adding deadlines, enforcement provisions and responsibilities for Recreation and Park staff; the committee unanimously recommended the measure as amended.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Sept. 8 to forward the Street Safety Act to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation after the chair read several departmental amendments into the record and the committee voted 3-0.
The resolution, authored by Chair Mirna Melgar, calls for a preventative, interagency and data-driven strategy to end severe and fatal traffic crashes with a particular focus on children, seniors and other vulnerable road users. It assigns timebound responsibilities to multiple city agencies — including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), Department of Public Health (SFDPH), Department of Public Works (DPW), Fire Department, Recreation and Parks Department (RPD), the San Francisco…
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