W A L K S A N F R A N C I S C O

walksf.org

Nicole Schneider, MCP, MPH Executive Director

Pedestrian Committee Meeting

Transportation Research Board January 12, 2015

About Walk SF

•  Founded as all volunteer group in 1998; non-profit established in 2003

•  Mission: to make walking safer, so our

community is healthier and more livable

•  Membership based organization

What we do

•  Pedestrian Safety/Vision Zero •  Safe Routes to Schools

•  Walkability

Pedestrian Safety | Vision Zero

Just 12% of SF streets

Account for over 70% of all severe and fatal crashes Map: San Francisco Department of Public Health, 12/2014

Current Challenges

•  Challenging to measure when a street is “fixed”

•  Enforcement takes an individual behavior approach; Vision Zero takes a systems approach

•  Does data demonstrate that increasing prosecution and penalties increases safety?

Safe Routes to School

Walkability

Thank you!

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Nicole Schneider, Executive Director � nicole@walksf.org