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Other member of the public would like to comment . Okay. Well close Public Comment. And colleagues commissioner wiener. Id like to respond to ms. Hodges comment. Absolutely. We very clearly support the bicycle strategy implementation. Implementation of that plan requires a lot of funding as well as increased project delivery strategies partnerships with the mta and communities really allowing those projects to go in efficiently we can accelerate it with a concerted effort by the community by staff and new ways of doing business to implement these projects to design them faster and get in them ...

Plan development articulate how this is going to be able to reach the promised goal by 2020 thank you. Thank you very much. Any other member of the public would like to comment . Okay. Well close Public Comment. And colleagues commissioner wiener. Id like to respond to ms. Hodges comment. Absolutely. We very clearly support the bicycle strategy implementation. Implementation of that plan requires a lot of funding as well as increased project delivery strategies partnerships with the mta and communities really allowing those projects to go in efficiently we can accelerate it with a concerted ef...

Million dollars per year and the new investment levels represents a large multiple of that about 38 Million Dollars per year if we were to do it by 2018 as was discussed at the hearing so this question of how much investment is not a concern i dont believe for us because its really about can we get it done quickly in a timely way and to really discuss how were going to do that neighborhood by neighborhood and corridor by corridor its a whole new paradigm of delivery and Community Involvement in the outreach process to really discuss what were wanting to see on the street how quickly we should ...

And effective if we could bring some of that consulting work in house and manage the work program and produce the work program so you will see an Agency Development will come forward earlier in the budget process than in the past with proposals for where we think additional growth of the staff may be warranted or other initiatives are also on the table as well to ensure we can meet our work program. So im a little concerned of burnout here and there and historic work levels and making sure were maintaining the quality but also serving some of these new roles as well. Typically the budget appro...

Them in the ground faster and i believe theres no reason why we couldnt keep the pace of that investment but at the moment were deliverying five Million Dollars per year and the new investment levels represents a large multiple of that about 38 Million Dollars per year if we were to do it by 2018 as was discussed at the hearing so this question of how much investment is not a concern i dont believe for us because its really about can we get it done quickly in a timely way and to really discuss how were going to do that neighborhood by neighborhood and corridor by corridor its a whole new parad...