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Walking conditions are less than ideal because you get bicyclists on the sidewalk. Its narrow, close proximity to traffic and oak street doesnt have any bike lane. So those who do ride on oak street, and i think you will remember presented last month she talked about the spectrum of cyclists and theres this 1 of people who are really brave and theyll ride rain, sleet or snow, theyll ride in traffic, and then theres the 7 of folks who are happy riding on bike lanes. And then theres the 60 of folks that studies have shown that want to ride a bicycle, that are interested in riding a bicycle, whos...

who are happy riding on bike lanes. and then there's the 60% of folks that studies have shown that want to ride a bicycle, that are interested in riding a bicycle, whose commute trips are short enough and trips to the store short enough that they could ride a bicycle but there's this sense of fear, sense of discomfort with riding. so what we're trying to do with this project is to create conditions that are more comfortable for walking, more comfortable for cycling, more attractive to get those folks towards those modes. and as you can see from the photos right now it's just not that...

so as we set out on this project we really set the primary goal is to be safety. we came to the community at our first community meeting and shared the collision statistics which i'm sharing with you today, combined pedestrian and -- collisions, 30 collisions that were reported and more as we know that go unreported. and then we worked with the community to develop additional goals. and we asked them, what did they want to see from these streets, what could this project be to them. that's when again his rg through the community process we outlined that they wanted to increase the saf...

a barrier between the panhandle and wiggle, people wanting to cross the city to get to work, see their friends or whatever. my girlfriend for example would love to bike to work downtown but it is currently -- by the status of fell and oak. as a pedestrian fell and oak are unpleasant and feel dangerous. traffic calming would be welcome, i also think it will bring more people to the neighborhood and make things pleasant. as a driver i also support it. removing parking spots will improve safety forever hundreds of people every day and will help transform the neighborhood into one fit fo...

with all due respect to the sfpd i've never seen anyone pulled over for speeding. when i've been on bicycles late at night or in day i've seen near collisions or drivers think they might want to stop at the argo station and they pull over. i strongly support the plan as it stands now on fell. also the same speeding problem on oak, even though it's flat, a lot of cars, it's a very wide boulevard and they've treating it like a freeway. so we need separated bikeways. there are compromises that everyone has to live with in this crowded neighborhood but i really urge that you implement th...