Building Momentum:
Traffic Safety Through the Years
1973
San Francisco
becomes a
Transit
First city,
prioritizing
transit,
walking and
bicycling
2001
The City is the first
in the nation to
implement Pedestrian
Countdown Signals
resulting in 22%
reduction in collisions
where implemented
2006
Better Streets Plan:
City issues a unified
set of standards,
and implementation
strategies for its
pedestrian
environment
Vision Zero SF is the most
comprehensive and ambitious
street safety policy in
San Francisco's history,
but the City has spent
decades building safer,
more livable streets.
10
2009
City implements
Safe Routes
to School
to improve
safety for
children going
to school
2010
Mayor’s Executive
Directive on Pedestrian
Safety: Mayor Gavin
Newsom directs
City departments to
implement solutions
to reduce severe
and fatal pedestrian
injuries by 25% by
2016 and 50% by 2021
City establishes
Citywide Pedestrian
Safety Task Force
chaired by SFMTA
and SFDPH
Vision Zero Two-Year Action Strategy