"All collisions are preventable with slower streets and better infrastructure that reduce or eliminate conflicts between cars and vulnerable road users. For over a decade now, this carnage has continued with SFMTA doing spot improvements or upgrades to a street here or there in response. They are almost always installed in a piecemeal fashion after a horrible tragedy."
"Just turning this back over to SFMTA is not going to work. We know that from the complete failure of the original Vision Zero resolution made over ten years ago. A driver killed Kate Slattery on Howard, so SFMTA installed a protected bike lane on a few blocks of Howard. Then a driver killed Tess Rothstein on a different part of Howard, so SFMTA installed a few more blocks."
San Francisco faced a devastating week of traffic violence from February 27 to March 6, resulting in three deaths including a child and a cyclist losing her leg. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition emphasized that all collisions are preventable through slower streets and better infrastructure reducing conflicts between cars and vulnerable road users. Mayor Daniel Lurie responded with a meeting announcement involving relevant departments and SFMTA. However, critics argue that delegating responsibility to SFMTA alone will fail, citing the ineffectiveness of Vision Zero over the past decade. Current approaches rely on reactive, piecemeal improvements installed after tragedies rather than comprehensive citywide transformation.
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