development group. i m providing a little bit of introductory overview for the presentation on the embarcadaro enhancement project that would be provided by patrick guerrero and [speaker not understood] at the sfmta to sponsor a city generated study to look at the embarcadaro corridor from the sort of the south end of fisherman s wharf where jefferson and powell meet all the way down to king and third where we get to [speaker not understood] bridge to look to see what are options available for possible conceptual design to improve bike access in a safe way to address the preservation conflicts we have been encountering with the popularity of pedestrians and san franciscans, visitors attracted to the san francisco waterfront on the embarcadaro. i think for many in the public, they come to the promenade and see that as this grand boulevard sidewalk along the water side of the properties, and they consider the sidewalk and they are surprised and conflicted by the fact that it is
good evening, president katz and members of the commission, member of the public. dianne oshima with planning and development group. i m providing a little bit of introductory overview for the presentation on the embarcadaro enhancement project that would be provided by patrick guerrero and [speaker not understood] at the sfmta to sponsor a city generated study to look at the embarcadaro corridor from the sort of the south end of fisherman s wharf where jefferson and powell meet all the way down to king and third where we get to [speaker not understood] bridge to look to see what are options available for possible conceptual design to improve bike access in a safe way to address the preservation conflicts we have been encountering with the popularity of pedestrians and san franciscans, visitors attracted to the san francisco waterfront on the embarcadaro. i think for many in the public, they come to the promenade and see that as this grand boulevard sidewalk along the water
popularity of pedestrians and san franciscans, visitors attracted to the san francisco waterfront on the embarcadaro. i think for many in the public, they come to the promenade and see that as this grand boulevard sidewalk along the water side of the properties, and they consider the sidewalk and they are surprised and conflicted by the fact that it is a shared facility with bike access and other wheeled vehicles that share access to that promenade. the reason being is that historically the embarcadaro was a shared enhancement, a shared transportation facility for truck, horses, trains, vehicles and people because it was a working waterfront and that there was a recognition of the need for access of all of those different amortized to the piers for all of the business that was coming and going. and the port has never changed the formal status of the embarcadaro promenade so that even though it reads as a sidewalk, it really still has those functions. while we do have class 2
boulevard sidewalk along the water side of the properties, and they consider the sidewalk and they are surprised and conflicted by the fact that it is a shared facility with bike access and other wheeled vehicles that share access to that promenade. the reason being is that historically the embarcadaro was a shared enhancement, a shared transportation facility for truck, horses, trains, vehicles and people because it was a working waterfront and that there was a recognition of the need for access of all of those different amortized to the piers for all of the business that was coming and going. and the port has never changed the formal status of the embarcadaro promenade so that even though it reads as a sidewalk, it really still has those functions. while we do have class 2 bike lanes on the east and the west sides of the embarcadaro, i think the popularity of bicycling and the success of the city s transit first policy and our efforts to advance alternate transportation mod