""Why are we doing this?" Kate Blumberg, head of the Jury, asked the Government Audit and Oversight Committees, rhetorically. Because, Blumberg added,"Speed kills." If a driver actually adheres to the 20mph speed limit on many San Francisco streets, the likelihood that a pedestrian will survive being hit by their car is 90%. If a driver is even going 10mph over that limit, the likelihood of a pedestrian surviving a crash drops to 60% or lower."
"The impetus for the resolution is a report titled "Failed Vision: Revamping the Roadmap to Safer Streets" compiled by the Civil Grand Jury - a watchdog organization tasked with measuring the effectiveness of different city programs. The report, released in June 2025, lays out the failures of Vision Zero so far, and urges three departments-the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Mayor's Office-to adopt a range of policies, including increasing traffic enforcement, updating existing traffic enforcement technology, developing a standard set of guidelines for making streets safer, and working with the Board of Supervisors on outreach to each district to explain the plan and its goals."
San Francisco adopted Vision Zero over a decade ago to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024. In 2024, 49 people died in city traffic collisions, exceeding the death toll the year Vision Zero was adopted. The Government Audit and Oversight Committee unanimously approved a resolution urging Mayor Daniel Lurie to fund and implement measures to reach Vision Zero; the resolution will go to the Board of Supervisors. The Civil Grand Jury released "Failed Vision: Revamping the Roadmap to Safer Streets" in June 2025, documenting failures and urging the SFPD, SFMTA, and the Mayor's Office to increase enforcement, update enforcement technology, set standard street-safety guidelines, and conduct district outreach. Kate Blumberg highlighted that speed sharply reduces pedestrian survival rates.
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