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Police report drop in traffic fatalities and stepped‑up enforcement under Vision Zero; advocates press for data and targeted citations
Summary
At an annual Vision Zero update, SFPD Commander Anne Mannix and partner agencies described training, LIDAR speed enforcement and thousands of targeted citations; DPH described a pilot injury‑surveillance system. Advocates praised reduced fatalities but urged more focus on the top five deadly driver behaviors and better data sharing.
Supervisor Jane Kim convened the committee’s annual Vision Zero enforcement update, saying the hearing builds on a multi‑agency push to reduce traffic deaths. "Traffic collisions aren't accidents ... they are absolutely 100% preventable," she said in opening remarks.
Commander Anne Mannix outlined SFPD’s enforcement and education efforts. She said the department produced a training DVD viewed by about 80% of officers and has ramped enforcement on high‑collision corridors, school zones and senior centers. Mannix described operations that include pedestrian decoy operations and a "block‑the‑box" enforcement effort. She said SFPD had issued thousands of citations in targeted operations: "Since then, we've issued about 3,300 citations" in block‑the‑box enforcement and identified unsafe speed as the citywide top primary collision factor.
SFMTA enforcement staff described a gridlock/enhanced enforcement pilot connected to Giants game days and a later expansion focused on South Market and Bay Bridge approaches; the agency reported issuing 6,514 gridlock citations between December and April in the enhanced program. DPH epidemiologist Leilani Schwartz described development of a transportation‑related injury surveillance system (TRIS) that aims to link police citations and crash data with hospital trauma registries and EMS records; TRIS data will be posted to TransBase when available.
Committee members and public commenters pressed for targeted enforcement in high‑injury precincts and for replacing handwritten citation inputs with e‑citation technology to improve location‑level reporting. Supervisor Scott Wiener asked about double‑parking enforcement; Mannix said captains were being reminded to issue citations rather than warnings but that tracking police parking tickets is limited by current systems.
Public testimony mixed appreciation for enforcement gains with requests for strategic focus. Several commenters, including victims’ relatives and pedestrian‑safety advocates, praised the department’s work and urged continued emphasis on the top five fatal collision behaviors (speeding, signal/stop violations, failure to yield to pedestrians, unsafe turns). After discussion the committee accepted the updates and filed the item.
