Jewish Home of San Francisco Pedestrian Infrastructure

The San Francisco Department of Public Health conducted an HIA to analyze pedestrian safety conditions around the proposed Jewish Home of San Francisco, a senior housing and retail project along the Mission Street corridor in the Outer Mission/Excelsior neighborhoods. The report analyzed the site’s characteristics for transit, transportation, neighborhood demographics, and pedestrian injury factors, and it incorporated data from an audit of streets adjacent and close to the site using the Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index, a tool for assessing how the physical environment—including traffic, intersections, and street design—affects walking behaviors. It also reviewed data from recent analyses generated by other city processes that looked at conditions at or near the site.

The HIA found a number of areas adjacent to the Jewish Home with potential for improvement of pedestrian infrastructure. Based on these findings, the HIA team provided site-specific and area-wide recommendations to protect pedestrian safety and promote safe walking, particularly among seniors.