🎟️Get your tickets TODAY at walksf.org/stairs and take the #SFStairChallenge on Saturday!
It’s like #baytobreakers but more clothes & stairs!😃
Plus, you can feel great knowing you’re supporting Walk SF’s work to win safe streets for EVERYONE who walks in our city.
🥳Excited to see you Sunday on #JFKPromenade!
Things to know:
➡️There will be 🚲parking
➡️1:00 program
➡️2:30 raffle (must be present to win)
➡️2 food trucks
Special guests, surprises, prizes & more.
Walk SF is heading to Sacramento today to speak at #SB961's first hearing.
This bill by Senator Scott Wiener is a needed solution to take on the biggest threat on our streets: dangerous speeds.
➡️Senator Becker is on-the-fence so call him now! walksf.org/sb961
As we grieve the tragedy in West Portal, grateful to Mayor Breed, Supervisor Melgar, & SFMTA for acting fast to redesign an area where 1000s of people walk daily.
We need streets that prioritize safety over driver convenience and speed. Full stop.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/west-portal-crash-family-killed-street-redesign-19406549.php
📢NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE FOR TOMORROW!
If you want to accelerate progress on #VisionZeroSF, show it by showing up tomorrow if you can.
12:30PM on the Polk Street steps of City Hall.
The heartbreak continues, with the news yesterday that the baby hit in West Portal has also died.
These senseless tragedies must end.
We grieve. SF grieves.
We demand change. SF demands change.
Our statement:
https://walksf.org/news/for-reporters/press-releases/west-portal-pedestrian-deaths-march-21-2024/
Walk SF will hold a solemn vigil tonight at 5PM at West Portal & Ulloa.
We will hold space for this profound loss & our grief.
Tonight is about honoring the victims.
No speeches.
Bring flowers or a stuffed animal if you can.
📢IT'S HERE!!!🎉
The SFMTA just released the proposed locations for 33 speed cameras!
This is a long-awaiting moment in our work to bring this proven solution to SF. We're analyzing the list right now & will post more ASAP.
Let's #SlowOurStreets to save lives!
🤔We think that if you polled people who walk a lot, this % would be off the charts!
The weight & height of large SUVs & trucks make them more likely to severely injure & kill pedestrians.
Plus they're proven more likely to hit pedestrians when turning.
Over the past three decades, SUVs have come to dominate new car sales in America, with other large vehicles like pick-up trucks also selling in large numbers. By 2025, some experts believe that the light-truck segment, including SUVs, will make up 78% of sales. In this article, for ease we’ll refer to these vehicles collectively as ‘trucks’, even though SUVs are the most popular segment of this category. But not only has the number of trucks on the road grown, they’ve grown in size too. For example, since 1990, pickup trucks have added 1300 pounds on average. Moreover, styling trends have created larger front ends that, aside from looking imposing, can decrease visibility from the cab, which critics – and studies - say increases the likelihood of accidents. But do regular Americans perceive these trends to be a problem or is bigger better when it comes to today’s car market
➡️Here's your MUST READ NOW.
Crucial inspiration & intell from NYC, the 1st city in the US to adopt the Vision Zero approach.
San Francisco was 2nd.
What do you think: time for SF to one-up NYC with traffic safety in the next decade of Vision Zero?
