Peter strauss, hiedi peterson, rowen, cindy baker, jordan wang. Welcome back. Good afternoon. Peter strauss on the board of San Francisco transit riders. Ive also been working on this for eight years. I hate to not be part of the chorus but we have a number of concerns, however, we do fully support the traffic changes and very much look forward to the quick build. We also support the separated bike lanes. However, we have a number of physical concerns primarily related to stops. We note that with respect to accessibility it only creates full accessibility by removing. Take your hand off the mic. Sorry. It only provides full accessibility by removing all of the non accessible stops. Were very concerned about the half mile spacing. According to the data provided by staff, speed still remain only seven and a half Miles Per Hour or so and and seven miles an hour or so and travel savings are only one or two minutes which we dont feel justified the removal of all those stops. Thank you. If y
One thing were careful about is maintaining commercial look access so loading can occur on Market Street but we want to minimize conflicts with people biking on that sidewalk level bike lane. With the bike way, we determined that its best if we retain the loading bays concept like we have today where theres designated loading spaces on each block but weve brought it up onto the sidewalk and created a flex zone and theres a Cross Section and this space is 16 feet wide and leaves enough space for commercial vehicles to get up onto the sidewalk on a onefoot curb. The commercial vehicles can pull over to the side and theres enough space for us to maintain a clear space to be bikes to get around the commercial vehicles. We want to minimize the times we have commercial vehicles crossing the bike space. And so were pairing this design with commercial loading restrictions. So the morning when bikes are going downtown we have no loading on the south side of the street and similarly in the eveni
Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. John has worked for the nps for 25 years starting at manassas. He authored a great book, the first battle of manassas, july 18th through the 21st, as well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas return to bull run. Lets welcome john hennessey. [ applause ] so i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous praising of my team that i have loved since i was 12. Pittsburgh penguins. They play hockey, you know. You mi
Civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france during world war i im happy to introduce our next speaker. Currently serving as the chief historian and chief interpretation at fredericks berg. John has worked for the nps for 25 years. He is the author of a great book. The first battle of manassas. As well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas, return to bull run. I have to start with this, this is not a gratuitous praising of my team that ive loved since i was 11 years old, the pittsburgh peng wings. You may recall they won the stanley cup in the spring. And this is a stanley cup hat. I offer this as context for some of what youve heard this week. Does anyone recall who the penguins defeated in the finals . Nashville is in the state of tennessee. Who lives in the state of tenness tennessee. Will green. And so after the stanley cup finals he called me or i called him, he started telling me what a great series it was, and ho
Destruction of slavery. And with that there is a guilt and burden having to live up to military defeat and the ownership of sl slaves, an explanation that came out of that that we call the lost cause, i dont care who thl cast of characters ultimately, defeated people, who believed they were a christian people, who believed that god would ultimately decide this conflict in their favor, and they wake uh in april of 1865 and say, thingh didnt turn out the way we had imagined, they have to do a lot of explaining. Explaining to themselves and to the outside world. That lost cause is mythical and false. As it is in some instances, ino there is a realism to it, and that realism is very much grounded into the reality of the post war world in which the bobo and rail is now on top of thatu africanamericans, and, of course, were going to do everything they can, fight awayy to try to regain that authority that was lost in war. Thank you very much. [ applause ] remind your children in this bicenten