Last week, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the San Francisco Street Safety Act, which revives the city’s commitment to action and accountability in our approach to traffic safety.
Crafted by District 7 Supervisor Mynra Melgar, the Street Safety Act recommits the City to Vision Zero and includes targeted actions for City agencies to design and enforce streets to keep everyone safe. District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter, District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder, and District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman all cosponsored the resolution.
The Street Safety Act recommits our city to ending severe and fatal crashes, gets agencies to collaborate and work more efficiently, and focuses on bringing the most effective solutions to scale. There are deadlines, dashboards, and some serious red tape-cutting.
Speeding still remains to be the leading cause of traffic fatalities and severe injuries on our streets. We must double down on implementing the successes of the last 10 years, like quick-builds and traffic calming, and get agencies to collaborate and work more efficiently to bring the most effective solutions to scale.
The Act creates accountability with deadlines and transparency with dashboards, and focuses on cutting bureaucracy and implementing guardrails that minimize political interference on projects that will save lives. We’re excited to see a renewed commitment towards making San Francisco streets a safe place for children, families and seniors.
We’re grateful to Supervisor Melgar’s leadership in authoring this crucial resolution, and for our friends at WalkSF for their tireless advocacy in support of the Street Safety Act – and the work is only just beginning. The Street Safety Act will only work as intended if our elected officials begin legislating and holding agencies accountable to putting words into action.
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