VISION ZERO COMMITTEE
Transportation Authority Board Special Meeting
Date: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 11, 2014
Location: Room 250, City Hall
Commissioners: Commissioners Kim (Chair), Yee (Vice Chair), Breed, Mar, Wiener and Avalos (Ex Officio)
Clerk: Steve Stamos
1. Roll Call
2. Approve the Minutes of the September 30, 2014 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
3. Vision Zero Progress Report – INFORMATION* attachment enclosure
The co-chairs of the Vision Zero Task Force, Megan Wier of the Department of Public Health and Timothy Papandreou of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, will provide an overall progress report on the various Vision Zero projects and initiatives, highlighting the work done in 2014. This will also include an update on the Safe Streets SF education campaign, a draft Vision Zero high injury network that will illustrate streets with high concentrations of injuries and fatalities regardless of mode of travel, and a recap of the Vision Zero for Cities Symposium held in New York on November 14, 2014. This is an information item.
4. Update on Near-Term Capital Projects – INFORMATION* attachment
Tom Maguire, the new Director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Sustainable Streets Division 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 2014/15 budget. This will include an update on the status, schedule, and funding plan for each of the projects, and describe the prioritization criteria used to select the projects. The SFMTA will also highlight barriers to project delivery, and provide an update regarding the efforts to identify needed staff resources and timeline for hiring new staff to support Vision Zero and other project implementation. This is an information item.
5. Draft Vision Zero Two-Year Action Strategy – INFORMATION* attachment
The co-chairs of the Vision Zero Task Force, Megan Wier of the Department of Public Health and Timothy Papandreou of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will present a draft Vision Zero two-year action strategy defining the specific actions agencies will be taking over the next two years to support progress towards Vision Zero. This is an information item.
6. Introduction of New Items
7. Public Comment
8. Adjournment
* Additional materials
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If a quorum of the Transportation Authority Board is present, the meeting constitutes a Special Meeting of the Transportation Authority Board. The Clerk of the Authority shall make a note of it in the minutes, and discussion shall be limited to items noticed on this agenda.
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The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the F, J, K, L, M, N, T (exit at Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines also serving the area are the 5, 6, 9, 19, 21, 47, 49, 71, and 71L. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 701-4485.
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