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Nicole FerraraExecutive DirectorNational Walking SummitOctober 29, 2015

outline• Vision Zero and prevention – a classic public

health issue

• Coalition building to ensure success and equity

• Moving from commitment to implementation phase

• Every day,

three people walking are hit by cars

• Over 60% of the people killed in car crashes are pedestrians

• 50% of trauma cases at SF General Hospital are

traffic injuries

YEAR 1

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• Top 5 illegal traffic violations account for crash-related deaths & injuries

SPEEDINGNOT YIELDING

RUNNING LIGHTS & STOP SIGNS

IMPROPER

TURNING

The Most Dangerous Streets

• 60% of ALL serious and fatal crash related injuries

occur on only 6% of SF’s streets

EducationEducation

Enforcement

Engineering

Engagement

THE VISION ZERO COALITION

Alamo Square Neighborhood Association, California Walks, CC Puede, Central City SRO Collaborative, Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinatown TRIP, College Hill Neighborhood Association, Community Housing Partnership, Council of Community Housing Organizations, Excelsior Action Group, FDR Democratic Club of San Francisco, Folks for Polk, Friends of Monterey Blvd., Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco, Livable City, Mission Community Market, Mission Economic Development Association, North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association, OWL SF, People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER), Safe Routes to School National Partnership Northern California Region, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, SF Bay Walks, SF Housing Action Coalition, SF National Federation of Filipino American Associations, San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTRU), Senior & Disability Action, sf.citi, South of Market Community Action Network, South Beach Mission Bay Merchant Association, South Beach | Rincon | Mission Bay Neighborhood Association, Sunday Streets, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development, TODCO, United Playaz, and the Yerba Buena Alliance.

Vision Zero Policy adoption

1. Board of Supervisors

2. Municipal Transportation Agency

3. County Transportation Agency

4. Department of Public Health

5. Department of Public Works

6. Planning Department

7. Police Department

8. Department of Education

9. Fire Department

10. Youth Commission

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Supporting Coalition Leadership…

Pushing for the City to install Quick and effective treatments

Monitoring & Supporting Strong ProjectsBefore after

Systems Changes

Police:

• Quarterly citation data updates at the Police Commission

• Data transparency and accountability

Transportation Planners and Engineers:

• Early input checklist

• Trainings for staff across agencies

Public Health:

• New positions funded for injury prevention data analysis

• TransBaseSF.org, online data repository

• New injury surveillance system

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