San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a new street safety plan with sweeping measures designed to reduce severe and fatal traffic crashes.
Why it matters: 12% of San Francisco’s streets account for 68% of the city’s most severe and fatal traffic collisions, with excessive speed as the leading cause of injury and death, per the SFMTA.
State of play:The Street Safety Act, authored by District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, sets targets for seven city agencies to coordinate on designing and enforcingnew safety measures…