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Walk San Francisco Executive Director Jodie Medeiros has written an open letter to San Francisco's Mayor London Breed urging her to prioritize Vision Zero measures on city streets.
Both Kevin and Dmitry were hit on streets designated as high-injury corridors, where the vast majority of crashes occur in our city. The City’s Vision Zero policy and efforts are meant to fix these known dangerous streets. But the pace and investment needed to transform our streets into truly safe, welcoming spaces for people of all ages and abilities is simply inadequate.
Streetsblog has reached out to Breed's incoming communications deputy, and her old staffers as an SF supervisor, to find out if she will commit to any or all of Medeiros's goals, and we will update this post accordingly. However, this is part of what she had to say in a pre-election Medium Post:
Our streets should be inviting and safe so anyone can feel comfortable choosing to ride a bike, walk, or take transit, and so it is clear which space is for which mode of travel. I will accelerate the construction of protected bike lanes throughout San Francisco and expand our bike network. I will fund street repaving to continue improving our street conditions (the Pavement Condition Index), and coordinate repaving with Vision Zero and complete streets improvements. And I will be vigilant with our departments and contractors to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.
"These can be developed as walkable, cycle-friendly housing adjacent to transit," he added, "reducing displacement so working class people aren't forced into long commutes by car to jobs in the city.... she has a lot of control over these and other city-owned sites."
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