VISION ZERO COMMITTEE packet agenda
Transportation Authority Board Special Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015; 2:30 p.m.
Location: Committee Room 263, City Hall
Commissioners: Kim (Chair), Yee (Vice Chair), Farrell, Mar and Wiener (Ex Officio)
Clerk: Steve Stamos
1. Roll Call
2. Approve the Minutes of the May 21, 2015 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
3. Vision Zero Progress Report – INFORMATION* attachment
The co-chairs of the Vision Zero Task Force, Megan Wier of the Department of Public Health (DPH) and Timothy Papandreou of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), will provide an overall progress report on the various Vision Zero projects and initiatives, including action items in the Two-Year Action Strategy. Tom Maguire, Director of Sustainable Streets at SFMTA, will provide a status report on the 24 Vision Zero near-term engineering capital projects and additional Vision Zero related projects funded through the City’s Fiscal Year 2015/16 budget. The presentation will also include a discussion of the next generation of Vision Zero capital projects, and an update on development of project delivery tracking tools and revised internal agency procedures for integrating Vision Zero into the project development process.
4. It Stops Here Campaign Evaluation Results – INFORMATION* attachment
John Knox White, Transportation Planner at SFMTA and Megan Wier of DPH, will present preliminary results from the It Stops Here Campaign. Launched in summer 2014, the campaign included citywide media (bus ads and billboards), high visibility enforcement on four of the city's high-injury corridors, and individualized outreach (on-street outreach provided by the Chinatown Community Development Center, the South of Market Community Action Network, the Mission Economic Development Agency, and the San Francisco Conversation Corps). Individuals were also asked to take a safe streets pledge at www.safestreetssf.org. This campaign was funded by a federal Transportation Enhancements grant programmed by the Transportation Authority Board and involved collaboration of several city agencies including SFMTA, DPH, and the San Francisco Police Department.
5. Update on Opportunities to Advance Vision Zero with State Agencies – INFORMATION* attachment
Megan Wier of DPH and Kate Breen, Director of Government Affairs at SFMTA, will discuss outcomes from the April 2015 site visit and workshop with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) toward advancing better, faster, and more-cost effective implementation of Vision Zero initiatives. They will also present an update on the California City Transportation Directors’ inaugural meeting in Sacramento in July 2015, which brought together directors and staff from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, San Diego, and San Jose to discuss issues and opportunities for coordination around project delivery and Vision Zero with California State Transportation Agency Lead Staff. Finally, Transportation Authority staff will present an overview on our collaboration with the California Department of Transportation and SFMTA to identify and address high-injury freeway ramp intersections for consideration to incorporate into the Vision Zero network.
6. Update on Use of Parking Control Officers to Support Vision Zero – INFORMATION
The Vision Zero Strategy indicates that SFMTA will identify Parking Control Officer (PCO) duties that support Vision Zero goals and complete a PCO program resource optimization process to formalize means by which PCOs can be assigned Vision Zero supporting duties. SFMTA will present an update on progress in this area.
7. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION
During this segment of the meeting, Committee members may make comments on items not specifically listed above, or introduce or request items for future consideration.
8. Public Comment
9. Adjournment
* Additional materials
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