Valencia street. This week it was a hit and run. Last week there was a hit and run. Its increasing and the visibility of lack of safety is what is increasing and i work for a sunday streets and i hear all the time from participants they love coming to the event and it creates a safe environment and can ride their bike route fear of bit hit by a car and having safe streets like that everyday is very important like you heard from previous speakers the number of cyclists have increased and that is with a lack of infrastructure. If we can provide the safe infrastructure for people interested in being a cyclist i think the number will grow and definitely make an impact on the number of people that drive cars and muni and the efficiency of muni and i just thank you for prioritizing this. I think its really, really important to recognize that the statistics that were hearing about are not just statistics but theyre people and theyre people just trying to get to work everyday and they want to
Change. Right now Value Proposition for cyclists . Why should they ride in San Francisco . The roads are dangerous and motorists are aggressive. I get back to his point and hes saying there is more to do with infrastructure. San francisco residents need to be told by the city why they should take up cycling. They need to be encouraged. Theres an Organization Called the noarj California High School Cycling League about 60 to 70 cycling teams in northern california. Guess how many are in San Francisco . Anybody . Zero. For a city that is aiming to have 1020 road share of bicycle in the future that is not a encouraging statistic but i thank you for your work and for introducing this today. Thank you and i think mr. Hill from the cac suggested that infrastructure is important but education and advocacy is a critical part of it as well. Next speaker and if there is anyone else that would like to speak, anyone that has been called or anyone else come forward now. Were going to close Public C
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