In partnership with Walk San Francisco and San Francisco Transit Riders, we are excited to announce the Better and Safer Streets (BASS) Collaborative––an initiative focused in Bayview-Hunters Point and Fillmore/Western Addition to pilot a model for community-centered street transformations and advocate for safe streets and improved transit.
If you’re a member, business owner, or community leader in Bayview-Hunters Point or Fillmore/Western Addition and want to learn more about the BASS Collaborative, please join us at our in-person kick-off meeting on Tuesday, October 28th at 5:30pm, RSVP here!
For decades, communities like Bayview-Hunters Point and the Fillmore/Western Addition have suffered from unsafe street designs and top-down planning from City agencies that has led to a lack of community trust and buy-in. Both neighborhoods experience very high levels of traffic crashes and dangerous speeding, with many designated high-injury streets.
With our years of experience working in these communities, SFBike, Walk San Francisco, and SF Transit Riders have joined together to facilitate holistic community conversations and action to address the needs of specific streets, individual neighborhoods, and San Francisco as a whole.
Modeled after the Tenderloin Traffic Safety Task Force which brought together neighbors, community-based groups, street advocacy organizations to identify and shape safety improvements in the neighborhood. We know this is a proven approach and we’ve seen it transform almost every street in the Tenderloin in the past five years. Every community is unique and has different challenges, and we know there’s no one-size fits all approach to this work – it takes time to repair harm and build trust.
The BASS Collaborative is actively meeting with community leaders, members, and local businesses in both project areas to get a deeper understanding of the transportation needs and unsafe walking and biking conditions in their respective communities.
To learn more about the BASS Collaborative, please join us at our in-person kick-off meeting on Tuesday, October 28th at 5:30pm, hit the button below to RSVP!
This meeting is exclusively for members of SFBike, Walk San Francisco, and SFTR who live or work in the project areas, community partners, and local businesses.
