A light at the intersection of 16th and Capp streets
September 4, 2014
If you consider crossing 16th Street at Capp a test of bravery, this should come as good news.
The city has begun installing a traffic light at the intersection, one of 24 Vision Zero projects aimed at eliminating all traffic deaths in San Francisco by 2024. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spokeswoman Kristen Holland said the intersection is on what the agency calls its “High Injury Network,” a small fraction of streets that account for 60 percent of the city’s fatal and serious pedestrian injuries.
Between 2007 and 2011, there have been at least six accidents involving pedestrians at 16th and Capp streets, according to figures provided by the SFMTA.
“The traffic light will help create a safer and more comfortable environment for people walking and a more predictable environment for people driving,” Holland said.
No word yet on when the signal will go live.
Editor’s note: Some friends and I were headed to an Oscar party back in May when we saw a woman sitting in the street near that intersection yelling that she’d just just been hit by a car. Paramedics were there. Fortunately, it looked as though she hadn’t been seriously injured.