Many gathered outside of San Francisco City Hall for the tenth annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
Organizers pained 317 pairs of shoes, called ghost shoes, to honor the victims who were killed in crashes over the past decade in San Francisco. The memorial also included the names of those who were killed.
"The numbers are really high in terms of the number of people that are in crashes being hit by a vehicle a driver, and so this is a welcoming environment, this is a space to heal, this is a space for people to come together and see that people want safe streets," said Jodie Medeiros, the executive director of Walk SF.
Ahead of the event, organizers posted memorial signs at the sites of deadly traffic crashes across the city.
It wasn't until 10 years ago that the city became intent on Vision Zero, a proactive approach to ending traffic-related deaths and injuries.
At Sunday's memorial, city leaders, organizers, and the transit agency read the names of every victim over the past decade.
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