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 rides have less enjoyable because of the people who lack the wisdom to share streets safely. There are many situations i was riding down valencia and was forced into oncoming traffic because drivers from Companies Like uber and lift were parked in the bike lanes for several blocks. An uber driver swerved in front of me to pick up passengers and compromised my safety and the safety of others. To take
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 choice. These are just accidents like mine waiting to happen. I think theres a toxic mix in San Francisco today. You have a bunch of new people who have very fast cars and very fancy cars and like to go very fast. And then you have a bunch of new cyclists. [bell]. Public and they are all together and thats causing enormous problems. So, i think theres no question in my mind that we have to make things
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 in district eight, i have seen a profound change in the safety of valencia street. What used to feel like a true walking and biking corridor now feels like any other street without bike lanes. I have to go around at least one car per block stopped in the bike lane, which means that i have to leave the lane that is for me and enter the car traffic lane. There, im vulnerable to even more uber drive
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 them from school to school. Okay. Thank you. Can someone answer the questions i have specifically about bike to work day . That is also me. Okay. Do you have a breakdown of the budget . Because for the sponsorship, the bike to work someday, the 38,547, theres a list of items specifically but theres no breakdown of those items. I just would like to see a budget specifically for those particular items
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 lane and the driver just wanted to leave because he thought i wasnt hurt. We need to protect bike lanes and cyclists because even painting some lines on the street isnt going to help you when the drivers just knock you and they are like oh you didnt fall over, it is fine. We need to change this. Chairman peskin thank you. Next speaker. Good morning. Im a resident on the mission. I commute regular