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Planning Commission recommends adding Vision Zero to General Plan to reduce traffic fatalities

San Francisco Planning Commission · October 20, 2016
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Summary

The Planning Commission recommended approval of amendments to the General Plan to embed Vision Zero (zero traffic fatalities by 2024) into transportation and urban design chapters; staff and advocates said the change would help mainstream pedestrian safety into project review while some speakers urged site-specific caution.

The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend amending the General Plan to include the city's Vision Zero policy, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024.

Planning Department staff said the changes add objectives and policy language to the transportation and urban design elements…

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