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San Francisco health officials report Vision 0 progress, target high-injury corridors and school zones
Summary
The San Francisco Health Commission received an update on Vision 0: city staff reported about 30 traffic fatalities and up to 200 severe injuries annually, identified a high-injury network covering 12% of streets, and said Safe Routes to School will expand to 10 more elementary schools.
Megan Weir, co-chair of the Vision 0 Task Force and director of the Program on Health Equity and Sustainability, told the Health Commission on July 28 that San Francisco records roughly 30 traffic fatalities and up to 200 severe injuries a year, and that pedestrians and cyclists account for about 70 percent of fatalities.
"No more deaths are acceptable," Weir said, describing Vision 0's goal of eliminating traffic deaths. She and colleague Anna Vlitzig described a "high injury network"—about 12 percent of street miles where…
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