Walk San Francisco Newsletter
It’s been ten years since San Francisco adopted Vision Zero: a proven, preventative approach to end severe and fatal crashes. Now, the City is looking at how it will approach Vision Zero in the coming years.
The SFMTA has an online public survey about Vision Zero open until August 9. Don’t delay, please take a few minutes to read our guidance on the survey and submit your responses today.
We need to show that many San Franciscans care about Vision Zero and want to see more meaningful changes on our streets to keep us safe.
On July 2, we went to Sacramento to go big in our support for SB 961, which would require all new vehicles in California to include technology that alerts drivers when they’re going >10 MPH over the speed limit.
It was a long and emotional day, but SB 961 made it out of the Privacy and Consumer Protections Committee and will now go to the full Assembly for a vote after what *should* be a perfunctory stop in the Appropriations Committee.
Kick off your fall with an epic hiking adventure where all you have to do is show up!
Tickets for the 20th annual Peak2Peak on Saturday, September 7, are now on sale! If you think after 20 years we can’t come up with a route that will take you by surprise, you’re wrong! This year’s Peak2Peak trades out some classics for lesser-known peaks and paths that will make you fall in love with the city all over again.
Peak2Peak is always a blast and always sells out. Your ticket purchase directly supports Walk SF’s lifesaving work for safe streets.
On Tuesday, July 16, the SFMTA Board will vote on proposed plans for safety improvements in the West Portal neighborhood. The proposed plan includes a new pedestrian plaza in front of West Portal Station, pedestrian safety zones at crosswalks, and traffic calming throughout the neighborhood.
Walk SF is supporting the plan, while also urging the SFMTA Board to include key elements to strengthen safety. This includes making Lenox Avenue one-way (which runs next to an elementary school, park, and library), keeping proposed turn restrictions (with a plan for enforcing this with drivers), and building an inviting plaza for the community.
