. >> i'm nicole schneider the executive director of walk sf we've been pleased with the ma accomplishment of the pavement to parks program that has achieved with in - with such a small budget in such a short amount of time a lot of projects we think take over a decade to come to life and we think the projects are shaping our streets in a way to promote safety and public safety in addition to traffic safety and create open space where it exists and we want to make sure you know this teaspoons to expand we continue to see the creativity solution that pavement to parks has come up with as we go forward we love to see mta and the dpw work or have more capacity to work with the sf pavement to park i feel this is a great way to rethink a lot of the access public or street space we have like the persia triangle that narrows that street down and reclaim the excessive roadway in order to protect pedestrians and increase safety it's a great way for community members to get involved and shape what we want their community to look like and the alley to bring the open space and create pedestrian safety