VISION ZERO AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SAN FRANCISCO Nicole Ferrara Executive Director National Walking Summit October 29, 2015

OUTLINE Vision Zero and prevention – a classic public health issue Coalition building to ensure success and equity Moving from commitment to implementation phase

Every day, three people walking are hit by cars Over 60% of the people killed in car crashes are pedestrians

50% of trauma cases at SF General Hospital are traffic injuries

YEAR 1: Crashes are Not “ACCIDENTS.” THEY ARE PREDICTABLE AND PREVENTABLE

Top 5 illegal traffic violations account for crash-related deaths & injuries SPEEDING NOT YIELDING RUNNING LIGHTS & STOP SIGNS IMPROPER TURNING

The Most Dangerous Streets 60% of ALL serious and fatal crash related injuries occur on only 6% of SF’s streets

Education Enforcement Engineering Engagement

THE VISION ZERO COALITION Alamo Square Neighborhood Association, California Walks, CC Puede, Central City SRO Collaborative, Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinatown TRIP, College Hill Neighborhood Association, Community Housing Partnership, Council of Community Housing Organizations, Excelsior Action Group, FDR Democratic Club of San Francisco, Folks for Polk, Friends of Monterey Blvd., Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco, Livable City, Mission Community Market, Mission Economic Development Association, North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association, OWL SF, People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER), Safe Routes to School National Partnership Northern California Region, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, SF Bay Walks, SF Housing Action Coalition, SF National Federation of Filipino American Associations, San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTRU), Senior & Disability Action, sf.citi, South of Market Community Action Network, South Beach Mission Bay Merchant Association, South Beach | Rincon | Mission Bay Neighborhood Association, Sunday Streets, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development, TODCO, United Playaz, and the Yerba Buena Alliance.

VISION ZERO POLICY ADOPTION 1. Board of Supervisors 2. Municipal Transportation Agency 3. County Transportation Agency 4. Department of Public Health 5. Department of Public Works 6. Planning Department 7. Police Department 8. Department of Education 9. Fire Department 10. Youth Commission

YEAR 2: ENDING ALL SERIOUS & FATAL TRAFFIC INJURIES BY 2024 NO LOSS OF LIFE IS ACCEPTABLE

Supporting Coalition Leadership…

PUSHING FOR THE CITY TO INSTALL QUICK AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS

MONITORING & SUPPORTING STRONG PROJECTS BEFOREAFTER

SYSTEMS CHANGES Police: Quarterly citation data updates at the Police Commission Data transparency and accountability Transportation Planners and Engineers: Early input checklist Trainings for staff across agencies Public Health: New positions funded for injury prevention data analysis TransBaseSF.org, online data repository New injury surveillance system

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