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'Walk First' plan maps 44 miles of priority streets and estimates $600–$700 million to improve pedestrian safety
Summary
The Planning Department's Walk First study identifies high‑priority walking streets that account for a disproportionate share of severe and fatal pedestrian injuries and presents a capital list with cost estimates and suggested general‑plan map updates; staff urged phased implementation and highlighted new funding sources.
Planning Department staff presented Walk First, a year‑long pedestrian safety and prioritization project that mapped factors contributing to walking (transit access, pedestrian generators, vulnerable populations) and compared them with collision/injury data to identify high‑priority corridors. The plan's analysis shows about 44 miles of city streets that together account for more than half of severe…
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