A week ago, a driver turning right at 4th/King killed for a four year old. Today at the vigil organized by WalkSF and other non-profits, SFMTA said it would take 3 weeks to do a “quick build” to make the intersection safer. That's too long to wait. So we did our own quick build tonight and closed one of the turn lanes
If this city really cared about pedestrian safety, this would have been done the day after the killing. We don’t need studies to do what we know saves lives. We don't need platitudes from city officials (no matter how heartfelt). We need concrete action and we need it now
The intersection is instantly safer. Every second we delay is just another chance for a driver to kill yet another one of our neighbors