I dont know if we can have Traffic Police because im no one to drivers and if they go through the intersection or the wrong turns. I would really like driver education in these matters and didnt hear it mentioned about wider sidewalks. That would help pedestrians get along on the streets. Thats pretty much all i have to say and with folsom thats a dangerous block there. Im sure attention will be paid. Clerk next speaker, lordes figueroa. My colleague will speak later on but im katrina lewana for the philippinas heritage district and here in support because its in line with our overall communitys vision for police making. The filipino cultural district has been living in soma despite fatalities and half our population disappearing. We need to address what our residents have been concerned about regarding their safety. We worked with sfmta and they have shown leadership in organizing Community Planning workshop in collaboration with sfmta for the cultural district to give Community Ownership and prioritizing location for Pedestrian Safety and Key Opportunities like culturally significant crosswalks that are highly visible to reflect the existence in our district soma philippinas and have visible signs and entry way that says welcome to soma filipinos and commemorating heroes and sheros and honorary straight names. Were looking forward to getting the communitys idea in of cultural resilience. Thank you. Clerk lydia ladia or yuniela. Im lee anne and i support the folsom and howard k product. They have conducted Community Planning workshop for the folsom and Howard Streetscarape projec Gathering Community needs and public improvements for the cultural district that will empower and give Community Ownership like prioritize location for Pedestrian Safety improvements and Key Opportunities like design crosswalks utility box and plant species that reflect the culture and plaques. It will reflect the cultural identity of the community and give a sense of ownership. We have design and transport needs. We hope that the work we gather to benefit the youth and families will no go in vain. We had eight outreach workshops and 550 participants. Moving on we need to work with sfmta more to make it a possibility for folsom and howard. Youve seen the presentation and seen our faces in the Community Engagement projects but i do hope its not just a token gesture. I hope theres actual followthrough and results. Thank you. Clerk next speaker, please. Good afternoon. As a Community Member and resident of district 6 and family case worker in here in support of the howard and folsom Streetscape Project. Its important it embodies the community here and they have been asking for reduced speed limits and a safety net around the areas there are schools and an Elementary School and middle school. The families have been asking for this over a decade. The Streetscape Project has committed to some of our voices and committed to planting an additional trees with species reflecting our Cultural Heritage where possible. We hope they work with the community and this is an opportunity for sfmta to commit to what the community is asking for and has been asking for a long time. I hope sfmta commits to the voice of the community because its us that make up these parts. Thank you so much. Clerk next speaker, please, Marie Clara Ma mablay. Im with the south Community Action network and residents of the south of market. I live on 6th street between mish and Howard Mission and howard. When i first started i was a safety coordinator. Community engagement is a key component when youre planning on redoing major streets like folsom and howard and its important for residents to get to and from whatever distinction destination theyre going to. For the last four years weve engaged seniors to youth and children through community meetings, workshops. As a district result specific designs like increased pedestrian lighting build h buildingouts and lanes. Theres a big difference between checking off that youve done outreach and actively engaging people in the process. As a beautiful example is the bilingual flash cards on utility box were creating in partnership with the sfmta and Bessie Carmichael within the special youth district. As a folsom and Howard Street scape project moves forward were moving forward to continue worki working with sfmta on streetscape and transportation project projects. Thank you. Clerk next speaker, alina omiktin. I think i made the k look like an l. Im a student in speak in support of the project not only because it will bring much needed safety improvements but Community Engagement made sure it will help affirm and root somas cultural history when the neighborhoods are in constant change. I want to read this because its not been mentioned prior to some filipina folks speaking but as they move forward on the detailed signed phase tomorrow identify cultural markers and other public realm improvements in partnership with somecans research and engagement has shown things like bilingual flash cards on utility box and patterns at crosswalks and honorary street names will be more than just interesting design aspects. Theyll empower residents and Community Members and inspire future generations to preserve the heritage. Making sure residents feel a sense of ownership in the community are important and often overlooked aspects of urban design and planning in this city. Its exciting sfmta and public works promised to incorporate culturally significant designs in the project. Im encouraged by the commitments made and i hope theyll be honored as the project moves forward. Thank you so much. Clerk way suh followed by fiona tay. My may is way and i live in western soma in support of the folsom and howard project. First i want to thank you all for building out an awesome biking infrastructure in San Francisco. Its allowed me to give up my car and not rely on carsharing services. In the two years ive started biking, ive got more exercise and feel better. That said in the two years ive been bike, ive been doored twice and barely able to avoid the car door by swerving on the street in folsom and the second time there was a collision and damage to the vehicle and my bike. I strongly support the parking protected bike lanes and look forward to moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker fiona tai followed by yoland nedler. Good evening. My name is fiona tay and longterm member of the bike collision and part of the San Francisco transit riders. I live in the city and work downtown in soma. Up to three years i bike commuted to airbnb which is where we were commuting to a few months ago that morning. Im here to improve bike infrastructure and of course im in support of the changes because i think its really tragic we dont have these protections in place for residents and users of these streets. Im excite had we have met short term improvements and believe its an improvement in quality. We need to invest in streets because this is key infrastructure for San Francisco residents and workers. Its a busy neighborhood as many have already said including uber and trucks so its doubly important to make sure we protect people on the streets in these kinds of neighborhoods that can be very heavily trafficked. And also, im excited about improving the situation for muni because i think along with the bike lane improvement it will set us up for credible efficient Transit Network the next few decades. They connect the Transit Center and embarcadero and other points of interest in the city. Its a true game changer and raises the bar on street infrastructure. Now is the time to seize day and i beseech you to take this project and thank you for your attention today. Thank you. Clerk next speaker, hannahed your yurdler followed by mr. Schroeder. Whoever else is ready come forward. My name is Tom Schroeder and 75 years old and still biking and required because i have danish heritage. Ive had two accidents or more and one driver just wasnt paying attention and hit me in the bike lane from behind and the other left me with a sevenhour operation with 10 screws and two hinges in my face. Though they did a great job. I just want to say as another option for some bike lanes that we have the reserve lanes like at pole being street and did the same thing in sun set i go on the left side because theres less on regular streets theres busses and people turning right but when i can make lots of eye contact with the people turning off the street and i find that making me safer. I can decide if theyre not going to stop or i have to stop and that would help people with the reserve flow. One thing i feel bad about is they dont mark bike lanes in the intersection which is the most dangerous place. In denmark those things go right through the intersections and id like to see that too. Sometimes people two who ride bikes drive cars so thank you. W bikes drive cars so thank you. O bikes drive cars so thank you. S drive cars so thank you. Who rid drive cars so thank you. Commissioners, im the manager of the Yerba Buena Consortium and here to ask you to delete the last block between 4th and 5th street on howard. The reason is the current twoway cycle track design termite nats at 4th presents a serious danger to the health and safety of the seniors 250 elders that live at the wolfhaus apartments at the corner of 4th and howard. Theres now a white zone there and heavily used by transit vehicles, taxis and friends and family to pick up and drop off seniors there every day. With the new design, all of them will have to cross the two cycle track to get to a new white zone. The staff can explain the details but whats important to know is half the seniors in that complex have mobility impairment and sensory impairment and a significant amount have cognitive impairment. You cannot safely assume theyre going to see bicycles coming from both directions as they go to the white zone and in fact what you can assume is that a significant number of the time, they wont see them coming. As you know well, any fall, accident for a senior can be very dangerous if they strike their head it can be life threatening. If they break their hip it can leave them incapacitated for the rest of their lives. We brought this to the attention of the staff. We asked that not be approved today so a new design can be done that avoids this problem. What you should know is were a plaintiff on a litigation of an Environment Impact project and its holding up 6 million in development and a few thousand Housing Units but if this project goes ahead it will be years before anything ever gets built. Commissioner thank you, any additional Public Comment . Board of directors, im hannah. I work in s. F. And moved here years ago and want to tell a personal story. I was living in the south bay my life and when i got a chance to move to the city i was very excite about the ability to bike wherever everywhere and got involved in s. F. And the nightlife and involved in teaching coding to women and also got involved in the s. F. Bicycle Coalition Last year when i was hit by an 18wheeler the first thought wasnt thank god im alive is well, this is going happen and i later realized its ludicrous i should have the same expectations whether im driving, biking or walking. To spend time explaining how difficult life was after an accident to put on a shirt or wash dishes because you need two arms. Four months after the accident i ended up back in the bike lane because i think its important to be the change you want to see and i also believe in a better system and i think what the changes have done so far are amazing and we can continue making it better. I think you can understand the importance of the folsom and howard Streetscape Projects and pushing forward the twoway bake lines and intersections will continue to make things safer for myself and all people because the plans include muni lanes and bike walks. Commissioner thank you for sharing your story. Im glad youre doing well. Any additional Public Comment . Im scott lagake a soma resident and take Public Transit when i can but im one of these people that i dont work full time in this city and dont always have the luxury of taking Public Transit and i dont have the luxury of cycling to work. So i had a hard time finding the details of this on the website. I like the protected bike lanes. Ive seen improvements along folsom. Its been great. The one thing im curious about and i didnt information about the twoway protected bike lanes. Id be curious the effects on Pedestrian Safety and things like that and if theres been Research Done on that just because ive had plenty of times ive lived basically 5th street and folsom. Theres plenty of times ive had to use the pedestrian lanes across folsom and i have to cross that bike lane. Pedestrians have the right of way over bikes but sometimes the riders dont necessarily see it that way so i question the twoway bikeway and if theres been research on Pedestrian Safety aspect of it. Im concerned with the red transit only lanes just increasing the traffic problems and making it harder for the people who do live there and do have to drive when they have to leave the city or get into the city. There can be plenty of times commissioner youre time is up. It take an hour to get to my house. Thank you. Commissioner are there additional commenters . If not, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Park, maybe you can talk a little bit between 4th and 5th street and what youve been talking about and are some options. The boarding islands seem to be successful along valencia street. Is that something we can apply here. Each has its own characteristic and we have areas where weve tailored designs to meet the needs of the land use. So we have talked to mr. Abilene a few times and willing to meet with him on a number of occasions and find a design through our Detailed Design phase he feels is satisfactory. Commissioner so approving this doesnt not preclude changes. I think if we make an amendment just to gratify that intent. Id love to hear what other members of the board have to say. Based on your recommendation . Commissioner sure, maybe the amendment is resolved the sfmta board of directors direct staff to work to identify specific design solution to address safety concerns for seniors and people with disabilities with a particular focus to access the wolfhaus apartment at 801 Howard Street and staff will report quarterly to the sfmta board of directors on progress until such time the issue is much l mutually agreed to be resolved. Wonderful. Any other discussion among Board Members . I first want to complement you on the outreach. That was a good outpouring of support on this and i particularly want to thank the denmark family for coming. I know the changes were making now will impact these young ladies for decades and decades to come. Im jealous youll have protected bikeways your entire adult life and its a reminder to us how big the changes are. Somebody mention the scooters. We have to consider everything a bike and scooter lane now. The pavement will be completely redone when the project is totally completed, yes . Thats correct. Commissioner it will be better smooth pavement like weve seen some where else and to go back to mr. Hemingers concerns with the ebikes. We havent seen them spike yet. Talk to me about the concerns around that and what will happen once we have more ebikes on the city streets. We have to design the bike lanes for different aabilities and with that abilities and with that comes different speeds. If youre adding the component of an ebike is another element on top of that as well. I think one thing that in designing the twoway facilities is we allow for passing so if you are a cyclist whos a little more advanced and love to ride at a quicker pace or riding an e inform bike with a faster speed youll have the ability to pass somebody riding more slowly. And nothing to stop a strong ebike rider from going in the traffic lanes. Theyre not required to stay in the bike lanes. Good, thats great. I look forward to a time where well have more youngsters in our bike lanes. And seeing these designs just makes me and reminds me how disappointed i am in polk street we dont have something this amazing and it encourages me because were not that many years past polk street and getting to this level of Community Engagement and acceptance two or three years maybe longer than that after the polk street discussion but again it reminds me that polk street could have been a lot better not faulting staff at all. That was a failure of leadership and maybe now that we have a supportive supervisor in that district we can revisit polk street and make changes that will keep the cars from parking in those protected bike lanes which im reminded arent really row protected theyre just a suggestion to cars to stay out of. Thank you for the great outreach and all the support was impressive. I want to acknowledge bradley dunn was the p. I. O. On the project and did a fantastic job of getting the support and finding out who he needed to talk to in the community to make it a success. Any questions for mr. Stanis . All move to a