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San Francisco health department asks commission to back Vision Zero and state authorization for automated speed enforcement pilot
Summary
Department of Public Health staff sought the commissions endorsement of a Vision Zero resolution asking the state to authorize an automated speed enforcement pilot limited to school zones, senior centers, construction zones and high-injury corridors; staff emphasized data showing pedestrians constitute two-thirds of traffic fatalities and urged support to press the citys state delegation.
Anna Velizic, a population health staffer at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, told the Health Commission the citys Vision Zero program aims to "reduce to eliminate traffic fatalities in San Francisco by 2024" and asked commissioners to endorse a resolution urging state authorization for a pilot automated speed enforcement (ASE) program.
Leilani Schwartz, describing evaluation work and trauma-registry linkage, said the city averages about 30 traffic fatalities per year and that roughly two-thirds of those fatalities are pedestrians. She…
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