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Sir. I have just one mr. Speaker card. Good morning. Thank you for taking the time to listen to us. My name is paul valdez and im a 26year San Francisco resident. Im a volunteer for the bicycle coalition, a former member of the bay area families for safe streets advocacy group. Bottom line, im here to show my support in approving the additional funds that create protected bike lanes from market to mission. I choose to ride my bike in San Francisco because i believe it is a wonderful, sustainable healthy way to get around in our city. Im appreciative of the current bike structure but my bike ri...

Clear that it is cheaper and better for citizens of San Francisco to have safe cycling. Thats just a nobrainer. Motorized vehicles and pedestrians and bikes have no business being in the same place. We have to have bike boulevards, pedestrian areas in this city. I ride valencia five to six times a week. I have to say it has been fab seeing so many fabulous seeing so many new people and the growth of bicycles. But it is horrendous with what has happened with cars on valencia. There are countless cars and trucks double parking as everyone has said. You need to weave in and out. You have no choic...

Cohens comments about funding education for bicyclists in southeast of San Francisco and i hope to see a future planning funding for bike lane between the southeast of San Francisco and places where rich people live like valencia street. Thank you supervisor cohen. Chairman peskin thank you, sir. Next speaker. Public good morning. My name is kelsey and i bike on valencia street from 22nd to market every day. I have been riding my bike in the city since i moved here nine years ago i feel confident in my ability to be safe, courteous and predictable on my bike. In the two years that i have lived...

Are. So, yes, each one of these people has to theres a lot of coordination that goes into making sure the bikes get on campus and are stored. That the teachers are prepared and ready, et cetera. And then we meet a couple of people on site for the twoweek period as well. So, why is there no line item for transportation . Of the bikes. Im sorry. Of all the things i didnt bring. There is a line item that is related to the transportation that we do pay for essentially the gas. Why bike owns the van and the trailers so we dont have to pay for those. However we pay for the time spent transporting th...

Say this is really urgent. I have seen people actually getting hit. I have seen so many near misses. I have been in near misses. It feels like a battlefield and thats not good for drivers either. They get scared. They come from out of town. Like whats going on . We need to do something to make it work for everybody and there are solutions. Like the protected bike lanes and other stuff. Thank you very much. Chairman peskin thank you. Next speaker please. Hi. I live in bruno heights and i have been living and biking in San Francisco for five years. I have been hit by cars twice. Once in the bike...