On fell and oak to keep cars from driving on the sidewalks parallel and parking in the middle of the sidewalks. They did it all the time in turning lanes and absence of curb side parking on scott street and will do it again unless enforced. One car parked for a limited period of time can block 30 pedestrians trying to get by and have to step out into traffic to get by. Thank you. Katherine orlan, howard shafner, robert. Good afternoon. Im a mission resident who often bikes through the project area both for recreation and for work and im in support of this proposal. I bike all over this city but fell and oak are by far the scariest places to ride, due to the speed of the cars and number of lanes of traffic. Ive also worked as tour guide for bike tours. Theyre a Small Business and a Bicycle Tour Company in San Francisco located in hayes valley. Ive led tourists every day on fell street on bikes. When they introduced that planned route to tourists they get excited about the possibility of
Scott street, many are on the sidewalk still and very nearmisses and some people hitd. The same will happen over here on this corner of oak street. Bikes will be coming down, any will be speeding around the corner and there will be conflicts. My suggestion is add bal bouts on the east side of scott street so that becomes a way where pedestrians can go without having bike conflict and allow people to walk north around south. My second point is to put bal lardz along the edge of sidewalk on fell and oak to keep cars from driving on the sidewalks parallel and parking in the middle of the sidewalks. They did it all the time in turning lanes and absence of curb side parking on scott street and will do it again unless enforced. One car parked for a limited period of time can block 30 pedestrians trying to get by and have to step out into traffic to get by. Thank you. Katherine orlan, howard shafner, robert. Good afternoon. Im a mission resident who often bikes through the project area both f
to create an environment of safety and prioritizing safe cycling in areas that people can be welcomed into that mode of transportation. so i thank you in advance for your approval this. chairman nolan: thank you. j.j. strolly, michael smithwick, katherine orlan. my name is j.j., president of the north of panhandle neighborhood association. and we sent out a survey last spring to our members, and with 350 spondants we had over 65% felt positive about proposed improvements. so therefore the board of the north panhandle neighborhood association does endorse this proposal. personally i live less than a block from fell street and have two children under the age of eight and am very happy to see these improvements be implemented and they could not be implemented fast enough. thank you. chairman nolan: thank you, sir. michael smithwick, katherine orlan, howard shafner. good afternoon. hi. thank you for this opportunity. my name is michael, i ve lived on scott between oak
and i m in support of this proposal. i bike all over this city but fell and oak are by far the scariest places to ride, due to the speed of the cars and number of lanes of traffic. i ve also worked as tour guide for bike tours. they re a small business and a bicycle tour company in san francisco located in hayes valley. i ve led tourists every day on fell street on bikes. when they introduced that planned route to tourists they get excited about the possibility of seeing golden gate park, but they re not excited to climb hills. in fact, many of my older or out of shape tourists, they can t climb hayes. i d love to lead tourists to san francisco all over our city without having to warn them about the dangers of cars, but i kind of saw the legal obligation to let them know about the dangers they might encounter. i give tourists a special warning about how biking along fell street will feel. i tell them cars go fast. i tell them to just breathe and keep their eyes sharp and we l
it s only a small step in the right direction from my point of view. but it s the right step. thanks very much. chairman nolan: next speaker please. lisa ruth elliott. is will barkus j.j. strolly, michael smithwick. hi, everyone. i m a resident of the upper haight, i codirector a history project in the city, i work in a bike shop and been bicycling since 1995. i see a range of people who want to bike in the city, i, as part of the 1% who will do it all the time, has stresses and feel myself tense up when bracing myself against fast cars. there s difficult negotiations at the argo station but i want to support this proposal as it stands because i think we need lower speeds that will cause in general with the improvements on the street. and i don t want to be forced into lanes of high speed traffic, ever. i speed up myself just to get through the intersection and i breathe easier when i get to the panhandle and when i get to a bike lane and the sense of relief on market