Will the City’s next Vision Zero policy have vision? It’s time to demand this.

Ten years ago, San Francisco was the third city in the nation to adopt Vision Zero: a comprehensive, proven, and preventative approach to end severe and fatal traffic crashes. 

In 2014, San Francisco passed legislation boldly committing the City to end severe and fatal traffic crashes by 2024. In the years since there have been many meaningful changes in support of Vision Zero, but the number of people who continue to be hurt and killed in traffic crashes is unchanged.

While the City’s Vision Zero goal wasn’t met, zero severe and fatal crashes must remain the goal. And it must be paired with unprecedented levels of focus, commitment, and action to reach this goal. 

As I write this, the SFMTA is leading the City’s effort to develop a new policy to launch the second decade of Vision Zero.

This is a defining moment to show City leaders that we will not accept anything but a bold new Vision Zero policy.

What will the proposed new policy going be? Is it bold enough given what’s needed to take on a challenge that’s only gotten bigger and more complex in the past decade? Does it focus on the most meaningful actions and hold key agencies accountable? 

Walk SF – with your help – will demand the strongest possible Vision Zero policy from our leaders.

There are two meetings coming up where we need your voice:

• The SFMTA Board meeting on Tuesday, December 3 at 1:00PM at City Hall, Room 400
• The SFCTA meeting on Tuesday, December 17 at 10:00AM at City Hall, Room 250

When you sign up, we’ll provide talking points and update you when the agendas come out for the meetings so you can plan to meet us at the right time at City Hall.

And thank you: It’s our voices together that can hold City leaders to act now for – and prioritize – safe streets.

Questions? Contact Malena at malena@walksf.org. 

Banner image by Emily Huston