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Other issues, and i know that we have look at it with our attorneys and the disabled community as well and i also intend to work with our budget and legislative Analyst Office to look at the economic harm of a new industry, and look at how we as a city address the economics of this new industry, and i am not even going to call it tncs as many suggested, and start to look to a more appropriate term of a new private sector that is unregulated currently, and as others said really is a potential threat to the safety on the streets, and lastly, as i stated at the beginning of this hearing, we local...

Operating without any proper commercial liability. If i work in a store and no one is in the store does that mean that i am not covered in the insurance . It is the same thing as being in the Transportation Service and the price, surging, i mean, pardon me, and they have neighborhoods that are changing from hour it hour as far as costs. And they are discriminating against the public, this is a public safety, issue, and it has. And let me just finish by saying. Wrap up quickly. Taxi cab Transportation Service it is your duty as regulators. Thank you. Thank you. High my name is bary corn gold an...

Our district, of course is the 6th street, where we have put in a pilot curve out to make it safer on 6 and market and 6 and howard, number one and number three on the list of the most dangerous intersections to cross, and of course, late last year, when we were able to implement, the pilot bike lanes after the tragic death of 24yearold, amalie maluac, these low costs, Safety Initiatives are what we are asking sfmta to commit to and we are asking them to commit to 24 over the next two years. And focusing on our high injury corridors. Now when we talk about committing to zero fatality its seems...

Relatively new but the supervisors that this is the first time that i have been in the hearing to listen to the concerns and so forth, and so that was very educational process for myself. The presentation, it looks like there are suggestions in there that would i like to have the discussion with my colleagues to see what we can do to have the San Francisco be a much more balanced approach to who is providing services. Thank you. Supervisor avalos . So i wanted to thank supervisor mar for holding this hearing. All too often the board of supervisors has not weighed in on issues related to taxis....

Resolution, coming up detailing the shortcomings of the policy and making strong suggestions that as we work with the states puc to fix those gaps, and to address the unfair Playing Field that currently exists that many have brought up, the issues of discrimination and especially for the disabled community and other issues, and i know that we have look at it with our attorneys and the disabled community as well and i also intend to work with our budget and legislative Analyst Office to look at the economic harm of a new industry, and look at how we as a city address the economics of this new i...