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Commission adopts Vision Zero resolution to target high-injury corridors
Summary
The commission voted to support San Francisco's Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic deaths through engineering, education and enforcement, noting high-injury corridors in the Mission including Valencia and 20 Fourth Street.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted to support the city's Vision Zero resolution, endorsing a strategy to eliminate traffic-related fatalities over the coming decade through coordinated engineering, education and enforcement efforts.
Kruti Singa of the department's Clean Transportation team told commissioners the resolution incorporates policy committee feedback and formalizes the department's role on the Vision Zero education subcommittee. She said the goal is to address concentrated pedestrian and bicyclist injuries on a subset of streets citywide.
Commission President Joshua Arce cited a commonly cited statistic during discussion: "6% of streets account for 60% of last year's 100 pedestrian severe injuries and deaths," a concentration that drives the program's corridor-focused strategy. Department staff said high-injury corridors in the Mission include Valencia, Mission, South Van Ness, 16th Street and 20 Fourth Street; those corridors will be priorities for engineering and outreach projects.
Megan Weir and other public-health and transportation partners are co-chairing the task force that will identify capital and enforcement priorities, coordinate local and state actions and develop education campaigns for high-injury corridors. Staff said community engagement opportunities will be available through a quarterly task force and specific street projects carried out by the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) include local outreach and public meetings.
Commissioners moved and approved the Vision Zero resolution by voice vote. Staff said they will continue to coordinate with MTA, SFPD and community groups as the task force develops implementation details and outreach materials.
