Of it would have been possible without the foresight and leadership of this board and of the city of San Francisco. So on behalf of our peers Members Around the world we extend our gratitude and thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Patton murphy, george papadous. Good afternoon, my name is Patton Murphy and representing get around. I wanted to thank chairman rolan and director reiskin and directors of the board. I wont reeight the benefits that christine and hailey have mentioned. As was mentioned get around and instant car sharing allows people to instantly find rent and unlock a vehicle, so they dont have to own their own vehicle. So the benefits of car sharing are widely reported burb its basically there is an environmental benefit, a transit benefit and entrepreneurial benefit in the case of get around. For the environmental benefit, susan from uc berkeleys data suggests that car sharing vehicles eliminate 913 cars from the road. Over the course of the program, hailey mentioned
Want to do whatever we can to ensure your success. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. [ reading speakers names ] good afternoon. Im a Campaign Director with peers the organization that hailey is a member of. We launched in july of last year and since then, almost 300,000 people around the world have taken action to support the sharing economy through initiatives like the sfmta car sharing parking program. Hayeys online petition is just one of the initiatives we have worked on in past year. There is say diversity of issues relevant to the economy that enrich peoples lives and people care about. When we heard about haley and how she wanted to support the Car Sharing Program as a car owner and car sharer, we saw she wanted to take action not just for herself, but for real people in the community, which is why we choose to support her and help her get her petition online to get signatures. Get around the Nonprofit Organization city car share and others have done tremendous work to
On behalf of our peers Members Around the world we extend our gratitude and thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Patton murphy, george papadous. Good afternoon, my name is Patton Murphy and representing get around. I wanted to thank chairman rolan and director reiskin and directors of the board. I wont reeight the benefits that christine and hailey have mentioned. As was mentioned get around and instant car sharing allows people to instantly find rent and unlock a vehicle, so they dont have to own their own vehicle. So the benefits of car sharing are widely reported burb its basically there is an environmental benefit, a transit benefit and entrepreneurial benefit in the case of get around. For the environmental benefit, susan from uc berkeleys data suggests that car sharing vehicles eliminate 913 cars from the road. Over the course of the program, hailey mentioned an opportunity to eliminate 10,000 vehicles. For the transit piece, what that means ultimately, in fact, while one par
Spend local money at businesss and make their own lives richer. As you know, car sharing vehicles remove 913 other cars from the road. City services allow us to use resources more especially. This project has the potential to remove up to 10,000 cars and 100 Million Pounds of co2. That is a big deal and im proud to be hart of it. I want to say thank you for your commitment to making this program a reality. I know you have many more hearings to approve of with the Parking Spaces in this first pilot of the Car Sharing Program and a plaud your dedication and hard work. It is greatly appreciated by the san franciscans like me, who want to know that we are supportive of your efforts and want to do whatever we can to ensure your success. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. [ reading speakers names ] good afternoon. Im a Campaign Director with peers the organization that hailey is a member of. We launched in july of last year and since then, almost 300,000 people around the world have
Mentioned. As was mentioned get around and instant car sharing allows people to instantly find rent and unlock a vehicle, so they dont have to own their own vehicle. So the benefits of car sharing are widely reported burb its basically there is an environmental benefit, a transit benefit and entrepreneurial benefit in the case of get around. For the environmental benefit, susan from uc berkeleys data suggests that car sharing vehicles eliminate 913 cars from the road. Over the course of the program, hailey mentioned an opportunity to eliminate 10,000 vehicles. For the transit piece, what that means ultimately, in fact, while one parking spot will be used there is the opportunity to free up 10,000 parking spots. But more than that, the Research Also shows that people who use car sharing us elactually use Public Transportation more, walking more and, in fact its totally in line with the transit first policy and should actually be beneficial to the transit agenda rather than in conflict w