One of the attendees at HANC’s February meeting was struck by a vehicle on the way home from the meeting.  Fortunately, the accident was not fatal, but it did cause serious injury.

HANC has always been an advocate for pedestrian safety, and we believe that it is time for more attention to be paid to pedestrian safety.  SFMTA’s Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee currently has six vacancies out of seventeen seats, and has not met since September, 2020 (Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee Website ).  Vision Zero reported 20 pedestrian traffic fatalities in 2022, up from 18 in pre-pandemic 2019, 11 in 2020 and 13 in 2021.  There have already been 3 pedestrian traffic deaths in January, 2023 (San Francisco Traffic Fatalities ).

Walk SF estimates that an average of 3 people are struck each day while walking (Walk SF - Our Vision ). 

This article was written before the February 28 Board of Supervisors meeting.  We have been informed that Supervisor Preston planned to introduce a resolution to get all city agencies refocused on Vision Zero.  We plan to provide updates on this website.