the artists on this project and i pt want to acknowledge michae with that project. modestly hiding behind his art. i want to finally bring up one of our partners in this process and it was not just a partner in name but a partner sitting at the table, not just as we designed but as we did the construction to make sure safe passage for what is one of the fastest growing modes of transportation in san francisco. i would like to bring up the acting executive director of bicycle coalition. renee rivera. >> thank you, ed. it is a wonderful day to be here at the san francisco bicycle coalition we are so excited about these wonderful changes to valencia street. we have been around san francisco for quite a few years now and have been working on making valencia street a better place for biking and for everybody for many years. in fact, i was thinking back to 1999 when we first saw the bike lanes that have just been improved put in on valencia street and what an incredible day that was for this street and bicycling in the city. one thing we saw after the lanes were put in is

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