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San Francisco Opens First 'Protected Intersection'
The city of San Francisco recently completed work on its first “protected intersection,” which San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, left, called “a step towards making San Francisco streets safer and accomplishing our Vision Zero goal of reaching zero traffic deaths.” He called the intersection at 9th and Division streets—designed with concrete islands at corners to help car and bus drivers make safer, slower turns, separations between drivers and bicyclists as they approach the intersection, raised crosswalks to slow drivers and a new island on the north side of the intersection to improve pedestrian access, “an example of how we can target our engineering investments and construct innovative, high-quality infrastructure that will create safer streets for all San Franciscans.” Joining Lee are, from second from left, Ed Reiskin, SFMTA director of transportation; Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works; and Brian Wiedenmeier, executive director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. This intersection was one of the city’s streets where 70 percent of severe and fatal crashes occur.
Photo courtesy of SFMTA
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