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PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

San Diego City Council Improves Street Safety in San Diego by Adding Funding to #FixTheFatal15

Contact: Will Moore, Policy Counsel, Circulate San Diego - 858-210-7999 | [email protected]

Throughout this year’s budget process, Circulate San Diego and our Vision Zero Coalition allies have highlighted the worst intersections in San Diego, the Fatal 15. We have urged cost-effective recommendations for their improvement.

Road safety is an intractable problem that kills around fifty San Diegans per year. San Diego committed to Vision Zero years ago, but deaths remain stubbornly high. The City Council showed strong leadership today by adding funds for road safety. But the intractable problem of pedestrian and cyclist deaths will continue without strong leadership from all of our elected officials.

The Vision Zero coalition was pleased to see eight intersections slated for rehabilitation in Mayor Gloria's proposed budget. But we were disappointed that this meant “Seven Deadly Leftovers” were not included in the proposed FY2025 budget from Mayor Gloria’s office. Without a change, they would have remained in their dangerous condition for another year.

Over the past month Circulate and our Vision Zero allies have called for additional funding to fix the “Seven Deadly Leftovers.” Family members of victims and other activists held press conferences and rallies at dangerous intersections, wrote policy letters, and organized direct communications from community members to city elected officials.

Tonight, all nine City Councilmembers showed leadership by banding together to #FixTheFatal15 and adding additional funds to the transportation budget for road safety. Said Circulate Policy Counsel Will Moore, “Circulate and our Vision Zero allies thank all of the members of the City Council for finding the funds for Vision Zero and to #FixTheFatal15.”

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About Circulate San Diego

Circulate San Diego is a regional nonprofit think tank dedicated to advancing mobility andmaking the region a better place to move, work, learn and play. Our work focuses on creatinggreat mobility choices, more walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, and land uses that promotesustainable growth. For more information, go to www.circulatesd.org.

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News Links

 Proposed San Diego budget includes funding to improve dangerous intersections,  NBC7, June 11, 2024