Engineering Streets for Safety
In San Francisco, 68 percent of the severe and fatal traffic collisions occur on just 12 percent of streets. Vision Zero SF aims to tame streets with higher collision rates and prevent tragedy when people make mistakes. Engineering projects in support of Vision Zero incorporate effective safety improvements like protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks and reduced traffic speeds. The goal is to calm traffic, enhance visibility and improve the organization of our streets.
WalkFirst
WalkFirst was a two-year public process that identified the 6% of San Francisco streets that are responsible for 60% of pedestrian collisions and developed solutions to help eliminate fatal collisions at over 170 intersections. Read the final report here. More information here.
Pedestrian Improvements
Nearly everyone is a pedestrian at some point in their journey when traveling around San Francisco. Here are some measures we use from our toolkit to improve safety and to make it easier to walk around San Francisco. Check also our pedestrian signal improvements here.
Bicycle Safety Projects
The SFMTA implements bicycle safety improvements across San Francisco, helping growing numbers of people to bike safely and comfortably across the City. Check out our bicycle safety projects here.
Speed Management
In San Francisco, speeding is the leading causes of traffic deaths and severe injuries—and lowering speeds is the single most effective tool we can use to save lives.
View the Vision Zero Speed Management Plan here.
Left Turn Safety
In 2019, 40% of traffic deaths in San Francisco were caused when drivers made left turns and didn’t see the person in the crosswalk, until it was too late.
Learn more about the comprehensive Safety—It’s Your Turn education campaign and the left turn treatments used to enhance safety at high-crash intersections here.
Vision Zero Quick-Build Projects
The Vision Zero Quick-Build Program is an SFMTA effort to quickly implement pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements on the Vision Zero High Injury Network.
Learn more about quick-build projects here.
Traffic Calming
The SFMTA’s Traffic Calming Program is a resident-driven, application-based program to address mid-block speeding on residential streets in San Francisco. The program seeks to enhance neighborhood livability by reducing the adverse impacts of vehicular traffic on residential streets and creating safer and more comfortable streets for people walking, bicycling, and driving alike.
Learn more here.