I hold a medical degree, and I work in tech, but my most important identity is mother to a 19-month-old. Right now, the greatest threat to my child’s life is the intersection of 4th and Channel streets, right outside our living room.
Earlier this month at that intersection, a 2-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car while crossing the street alongside her mother, who was also hospitalized. Two years prior, a 4-year-old girl was killed under nearly identical circumstances just blocks away at 4th and King.
When you analyze health data for a living, you learn to spot systemic failures. San Francisco’s approach to traffic safety is exactly that: a catastrophic failure…