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San Francisco Health Commission backs Vision 0 plan to eliminate traffic deaths
Summary
The San Francisco Department of Public Health and city partners presented data showing concentrated pedestrian and cyclist injuries in a small portion of city streets; the Health Commission unanimously adopted a resolution supporting Vision 0 and multiagency steps including targeted engineering, enforcement, education and data linkage.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health and city transportation and safety partners urged the Health Commission on Tuesday to adopt Vision 0, a 10-year plan aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
DPH epidemiologist Megan Weir told the commission that about 100 people are severely injured or killed and roughly 800 people are injured annually as pedestrians in San Francisco, and that seniors face five times the fatality risk of other adults. Weir said data show a concentrated pattern: roughly 6 percent of city streets account for about 60 percent of severe and fatal pedestrian injuries, and Districts 3 and 6 (including South of Market, Chinatown and the Tenderloin) bear…
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