From KQED.org
By Dan Brekke
A new analysis of San Francisco’s Slow Streets shows the program meant to reduce and slow down vehicle traffic on certain residential roadways continues to deliver on one of its major promises — making streets safer for all users.
In a study relying on data from the city’s Department of Public Health, traffic safety advocate and data analyst Stephen Braitsch found that injury collisions on the network’s 32 miles of roadway have fallen 61% since it was made permanent in December 2022 compared to the previous 26 months. Citywide, the number of injury crashes rose 6% during the same period.
The analysis suggests that Slow Streets could represent what advocates say should be a key tool for the city as it struggles to make progress on its Vision Zero goal to reduce deaths and injuries in traffic collisions.