City officials say Vision Zero would build on current city safety initiatives. The San Francisco Chronicle recently gave a broad outline of those efforts:

In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive directive that called for slashing the number of severe and fatal injuries in half by 2021, and Mayor Ed Lee has followed up, devoting $17 million over the next five years to various pedestrian safety improvements. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has received a $3 million grant to improve traffic signaling.

Nicole Schneider, executive director of pedestrian advocate Walk San Francisco, said she welcome the SFMTA resolution but says the city's safety plans aren't yet backed up by funding.

"We need more money for pedestrian safety," Schneider said. "We need more staffing, and we need these projects to get on the ground quickly. Otherwise I'm afraid that Vision Zero is going to remain a vision and not become reality."

Mayor Lee hopes to put three transportation funding measures on the November ballot to fund the city's pedestrian strategy.

Those who live near the Sunset Boulevard intersection where Tuesday morning's fatal collision occurred said pedestrian safety there is a longtime problem.

Dick Morton and his daughter, Ailin, live nearby and told Bay City News that the six-lane thoroughfare is dangerous for pedestrians because of the lack of traffic lights at each intersection.

"People can pick up quite a bit of speed," Dick Morton said.

He said pedestrian warning lights at Yorba Street haven't helped much. "You better be wide awake and fleet of foot" when crossing the street, he said.

This post contains reporting by KQED's Bryan Goebel and Bay City News.

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As S.F. Transportation Officials Back Street Safety, Another Pedestrian Dies