"From day one, I've said my top priority is public safety. And that means all kinds of safety. No matter how you get around this city-walking, biking, driving, or riding transit-you should be able to do it without fearing for your life. Safe streets mean a child can walk to school without fear, a senior can cross the street with confidence, and our residents who drive can get home at the end of the day."
"Each year, however, dozens of people die and hundreds more experience serious or life-changing injuries on San Francisco's streets due to traffic collisions. These losses fall disproportionately on seniors, people with disabilities, low-income residents, and people experiencing homelessness. We have learned a lot over the past ten years of Vision Zero; now is the time to update our approach to this work"
Public safety is framed to include walking, biking, driving, and transit so residents can travel without fearing for their lives. Traffic collisions cause dozens of deaths and hundreds of serious or life-changing injuries each year on San Francisco streets. These harms disproportionately affect seniors, people with disabilities, low-income residents, and people experiencing homelessness. Lessons from a decade of Vision Zero motivate updating the street safety approach. Concrete, low-cost changes can advance safety and transit access. Allowing full-sized bicycles on Muni rail—especially on Market Street, Twin Peaks, and the T-Third where elevators and level boarding exist—would enhance transit-bike synergy and accessibility.
Read at Streetsblog
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