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Supervisors press agencies for faster, public reporting after traffic fatalities
Summary
A committee hearing on July 28 urged SFMTA, SFPD and DPH to make Vision Zero fatality responses more public: on‑site postings, an up‑to‑date public report and community outreach were proposed; the item was continued to allow cost and protocol details to be finalized.
Supervisors on the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on July 28 took up a resolution to amend the city's Vision Zero traffic‑fatality protocol to increase public transparency after fatal collisions.
Supervisor Dean Preston, a sponsor of the resolution, said neighborhoods and families repeatedly ask what happened and what the city will do to prevent a repeat. "There are many questions, including what exactly happened, what ... street design changes might have prevented the crash, and what's in the works right now in terms of improvements," Preston said.
SFPD Commander Peter Walsh outlined the…
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