Mayor London Breed announced improvements to the busy intersection after a four-year-old was killed crossing the street.
San Francisco plans to immediately improve the intersection of 4th and King streets after a motorist struck and killed a four-year-old girl there last week.
The City will also adjust the traffic signal to show a yellow right turn arrow instead of a green light, indicating the need to yield to pedestrians. The adjustments to 4th and King were announced just days after a driver struck and killed a four-year-old girl who was being pushed in a stroller. The child’s parents were also taken to the hospital, and her father reportedly suffered serious injuries.
Ex // Top Stories Here's when Waymo will start charging riders in The City The self-driving car company's pricing structure remains to be seen, but you can expect surge charges “The tragic and unnecessary death of a 4-year-old on our streets underscores the dangerous design of our streets and the need to make policy and infrastructure improvements to make our streets safer as soon as possible,” Luke Bornheimer, a sustainable transportation advocate, wrote in a public call to action last week.
Fatal collisions in the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2020 to 2022, increased by 33% compared to the three years prior to the pandemic, according to a recent report compiled by the SFMTA.
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