
SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 14: A bicyclist rides his bike down Polk Street on Bike to Work Day May 14, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Over 150,000 bicyclists are expected to participate in the 15th annual Bike to Work Day event that promotes exercise and helps reduce pollution.A bicyclist rides his bike down Polk Street on Bike to Work Day May 14, 2009 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— On Tuesday, San Francisco tallied another pedestrian who was struck by a car and killed, this time in the city’s Sunset District. Just as that collision occurred, a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was meeting on pedestrian and bicyclist safety was underway in another part of town.
The agency adopted the SFMTA Board of Director-approved Vision Zero Policy to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist fatalities within a decade.
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The policy has three elements, which include; enforcement, education and engineering.
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