hope we can do we've made progress in the exist portion we're not just policy focused but doing the work and those folks the youth from chinatown from cc power and the allies with the positive message has been constructive and this gives a positive look. we want to see the institutional improvements so we can moved with the conversations and looking at the 18 transition that's the varying costs of the program that we shouldn't have to wait until any kind of

continuance that is splitting hairs to be moving the goalposts with you we're excited that the affordability conversation the members of the board talked about that we're excited to support what the disability and seniors programs are doing i want you to look at the changing of the fair structures the muni fairs and not to push for more >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon hello. my name is marie i'd like to take this opportunity. i think it is be nice and think twice i see those signs on my way to work and to restaurant,

etc. this is a gentle reminder for drivers to look for pedestrian and if i may include bicyclists think twice and be nice this is wonderful for the city on the entire bicycle program. i wish the signs reasonable doubt the gravity of the situation. lives and pedestrian safety are on the line. it would be nice and look twice don't commit vehicular manslaughter that would be the best way. by using the streets that would be the message that didn't send a message to pedestrians and bicyclists that's inculminate to protect their bodies and be nice

and look twice. the sfmta according to the do not i've seen spends less than 21st century 1 percent i urge you to find for money this will save lives and improve pedestrian safety and dramatically increase the quality of life for our city. my husband and alive in the mission i worry about my husbands safest and i'm grateful every night for his return just as i return to my locked up bicycle and am glad it's still there >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. i'm kathy.

i'm 70-year-old. i'm still able to bike and walk to the city all over and i'd like to keep that built as i get older but recently this year and last year, i didn't feel it's as safe but something in biking and walking is like the status quo. so i'm asking you to increase the budget for biking and pedestrian a little bit and i thank you for this >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i'm scott miller my family and i are long time homeowners in the harshly district i've used bicycle and also for running errand, in fact, i rode my bicycle today to

this hearing. my daughter and her husband commutes on bikes. i was hit several times by untestify vehicles people. i was hit by a car door and broke any collarbone. but i say that traffic signals have made us feel safer but recently the bicycle fascinates it's clear that we need to make it safer in the city the mta should be commended for passing the zero tolerance policy and i

urge the mta to increase the current budget levels to implement the pedestrian safety and existing bicycle strategy. in conclusion that is not an issue to increase the traffic flow but a life and death situation for please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> i'm michael wong i'm one of the many tech persons who rely on bicycles to get to work. i've seen bike lanes safety go up and i see a lot important bikers out there i like the progress on hope street and be able to soon ride up and down

safely on polk street. i'm concerned there's not enough funding so far there is only enough fund to fund half of the plan. i ask that the board continue to fully support biking in the city not just >> thank you. next speaker, please and (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon chairman enrolling and directors director reiskin and others i'm anthony i'm a operator. i want to support the folks who go up to twin peaks you have a great responsibility go up there one day look at the oversights and sunset district and richmond and the golden gate and see the

bay you have a lot of street and a lot of people to take care of. i appreciate that when i first started in metropolitan i wanted to be a operator for 2 and a half years you guys have a lot of work work to do and this presentation that director reiskin provided, you know, it pulls the city together and once again you come down from twin peaks i - the effective and 1u6 public transit is important for the economic growth and the commit of this city and the county of san francisco we're

needing the labor agreements that provide high quality efficient services to citizens. i want to thank everyone that rides muni they trust us to get them to the hospital and to school and the la we ride the 8 x and people get on the bus and talk like there are at home, i trust it and want to ride muni >> (clapping) (calling names). >> good afternoon we're the youth leaders from the chinatown. i want to see how important the program has become for over thirty thousand youth and their

famed. and now we hope to see mta perpetrate a program that serves for protecting seniors and people with district attorney's r sdakt. without transportation they can't go anywhere they can't afford the cost of transmission as expenses go up up. the cost of transportation is too expensive for my parent they don't go out they have to walk all the way to market and increases the pain in their feet. i wonder be what to do i know i know they don't want to be isolated i know they want to

enjoy their life and enclosure the world but transportation costs have become a barrier for the mobility and people for the seniors who are transit dependent and people with disabilities so we believe free minnesota for seniors and people about disabilities is a priority that mta should work on. please consider and work >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm sherry will i and this is shiny we're from the community center. pedestrian safety is what we're demanding too often we hear that

people get hit and die 6 people have died this year and 21 died from collisions were we don't want to see those numbers increasing. no one wants this to happen again prevention is important. it's not okay in san francisco we spend over $500,000 treating pedestrian accident and we could prevent this that i spending more for safety >> i see people crossing the streets and it's important for vehicle drivers and pedestrians to follow the rules and physical changes on the street can prevent folks from fighting over the same space speaker in order to do the education and

improvement achieve the goal of vision zero more it needed and without the budget nothing can be done. it should be used in the most important intersections. the most dangerous streets run through chinatown and tenderloin where it's poor communities. therefore we urge the sfmta to significantly increase the funds we want to make sure that people feel comfortable when they walk around the city. everyone is a pedestrian we all should have the same rights on our streets without fairs. thank you for your consideration >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i'm aaron and this is lisa we want to push for the improvement of the pedestrian safety. and not only in chinatown but 120i8 san francisco. in my opinion pedestrian safety is indeed a must improvement if we want to see a brierthd future for san francisco pedestrians. all of us are pedestrians at one point we want to feel safe and pedestrians make up 50 percent of all collisions >> so seniors and youth are the most vulnerable to get into collisions because they're unable to make a light and they think it's fondle funny to

randomly cross the street. we want to push the budget more funding for pedestrian safety because many of the seniors are afraid f what if i'm next to get into a collision they're afraid to cross the unsafe streets so put more funds into the budget for pedestrian safety and this is a greater step for over good please (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon hill i'm david i'm a youth leading leader from the chinatown center. >> i'm also a member. >> today, we want to talk about

youth and we want to say that it's been years since the program started it's a success. we want to see the program permanent anonymous two years it gives benefits for the city and youth it gives youth free transportation but to take the transportation and by having benefits having a new jargsz of transit free youth it will be more beneficial for our whole city. but besides making our program to 18 why'd we want this expanded to the 18 >> i'm 18 and 2 costs $66 a

month. i'm afraid at the end of every month i have to ask my mom for the money for the bus ticket i feel small mind and i'm from a protecting family and i'm 18 but i'm currently don't have a job because still in school. i want to ask you ask free muni for 18-year-old so we can create less burden and stress for users and >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> good afternoon.

>> good afternoon so i'm currently 18-year-old high school student i live in a low income family with my mom she didn't have a job. i went a year ago my mom told me we don't have enough money so i want to you pay for your only bus money. i don't have a job and people having pocket money but at the time the free metropolitan program went on so it solved my problem for while on the other hand, i'm an active person i am in a firefighter program and other programs.

almost everyday. so i live in the richmond district with all the programs i'm involved bus transportation is a must to me. so i want to say that $66 is overwhelminging to me and my family there's a lot of 18-year-old high school students in the same situation. can you make this permanently to 18-years old permit now. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please good afternoon. i'm a youth leader and i want to thank you for making the free payments to last a few years i'm from a low income family and rely on public transportation to get to my school and home.

before the pilot program i stated at home on the weekend but with the pilot program i go out and hang out with my friends. i hope this chance will not only last for a few years but for future generations for the same benefits. i hope you'll consider and make free muni respect permanent and including the 18-years old thank you and have a >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon my name is eric i'm appropriate by supervisor chiu on the commission. i want to thank you for the pilot program because of your support more than 31 youth have affordable transportation.

it is great that our economy is rebounding with new developments and businesses the populations is projected to grow so it will require a greater muni ridership and it's not either or but and making the free muni to youth it will help there will be less cars in the road and help to reduce congestion. we should grow the public ridership for our youth for econom economical uses. so overall we don't believe that the young to pay 64 dollars a year will help them stay in the city. it is a hand up it's an

investment for our youth and it's in our power to bring affordable transportation to our youth and the time is right (clapping) (calling names). >> good morning. >> good afternoon hi, i'm an internet youth commission office and in school. i'm greatly benefiting from the free muni and it's he helping to coming home from school and hanging out with any friends. i am going to have to turn in mragsdz and have to go to soovr programs and to make it permanent one of the what did you say is putting it into our fair policy regardless of any donations because we've all seep

be in free muni for youth it's been a huge success. thank you please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i live in the urban hate i'm glad that i amount of fund that's going to be spent for bicycling has increased but it's still only half of what is needed to mediate meet your own strategy and we won't be able to pay for it unless the voters approve the measures in november. we need to make it a higher priority this is not the actions to bathtub u ball park our words preventing deaths and injuries. it's ridiculous that we're

spending lessen bicycle improvements than paper. it's some kind of joke by just because it's april fool's day i guess it doesn't mean it's a joke. i'd like to see some other source of funding. i'd like to see the fund come from somewhere it's something that you can figure out. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> hi, thank you for your patience. yeah. i wanted to request again support with funding and reexplanation of the funding for zero and the emphasis that it's for the protection of everybody.

more particularly my focus is on possible street i see 1942 problematic to our best tensions and that's a very focal high monitoring has hi, yacked the practices in the city without reiterating the facts i'd like to say it's better than for sure than if those people would have gotten their way one hundred percent we week call the gap in the middle of the street that reflects those people have been active but more specifically there's hazards for pedestrian safety and also okay. well i'll leave it at that. as far as the specifics i want the board to have a pilot for a protected bike lane for the

entire lane you have no shorthand of people that have had the personal experience of being hit by network driver in what was called a bike lane in name only not what an engineer would call the bike lane but i want that in place for please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon directors. i'm with the san francisco bicycle coalition i want to commend our folks for the successful and appropriate focus on equality and affordability that's not been nor focused in the city i commend the staff for bringing the priorities. i want to make sure that walking and biking are included in the

budget and unfortunately we know that the folks in underserved contingent both neighborhoods and types of people elderly and children are often those in danger while walking pr not only bring the biking and walking but the safety lens so what this discussion. we don't feel the sister-in-law increase is enough but we hope the safety is one it's not your top permit but one of the priorities. and perhaps less alarming i'll share if i can open the thing there. highlighted in yellow most alarming is not the dollars but highlighted the middle version not the most ambitious it calls

for 10 miles. your money e own shows less than 6 mild 1.89 miles of new lanes that's less than 6. the plan aims to meet less than 60 percent i hope to work with our staff and fourth the >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon director nolan. it was really a pleasure to hear some of the youth to talk about that it's a 2-way street to educate the pedestrians. you would think after all the deaths and injuries i'd see less than jaywalking i see bicyclists

running stop signs. i think it's important that when you share the road i share responsibility. i'm role deplored that the organization doesn't understand that i want to do my part to protect pedestrians as a cab driver they also should take responsibility for their own safety i don't see that. the last part will be the budget i think that this divorce needs to happen we need to have a divorce one the medallion is not going to be worth anything you saw the article yesterday immediate action to the city attorney's office they should you're allowing companies to put quasi taxis on the streets.

i see that you don't need jofrz anti but to keep the only person was out there the pco the best guy in the world i believe is badge 56 at second and townsend but i saw no investigators out there we decisive to know what the investigators see. but give us a report and in closing every meeting director reiskin should give us a report on what the taxi investigators and >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, everybody i'm ramming raymond i workor