park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department of parking and traffic is painting lines on alemany street. beyond that, we need to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars go speeding through. sidewalks are not convenient for people. >> i am the supervisor for district 11, the debt -- the best district in san francisco. this year, we get to show how great district 11 really is. >> we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. it is inevitable that we will make painful cuts. so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact on every day san franciscans? >> i really appreciate what you're doing here. you are a really patient gentleman, and i appreciate that. >> our parks are often cut first. how do we maintain our safety net, public health services, security services? all of these are critical decisions that have to be made. >> i have seen many people come

along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for people. it takes a lot of money to do that, but it is really about being vigilant and looking at the fund the come through the transportation authority. we have been extending sidewalks in some places to help with pedestrians, trying to put in islands, plantings to slow down traffic. bike lanes have helped. a bit controversial where i live is a bike lane. people do not see as many bikes, but we are seeing more and more common now that the bike lanes are coming in. that makes it safer for pedestrians. we have a bike way on a major street. you do not have as much time to cross, and you cut down one lane for the cars and a pedestrian can then w

mayor lee came out to balboa park station twice with me. i brought him out on a monday to see what the station is like for every day transit users. they come into the station and see a station that is in rapid deterioration, and safe, difficult to navigate as a pedestrian, unclean, news racks that were in terrible shape. i brought him here on an monday -- on monday. then we brought him back on thursday after the department's worked to make things more presentable. that commitment to come out and share in the experience of everyday san franciscans was really important to see. it is also about his work in city hall and in the city, that expands several districts and their hooves across the city. he is someone that rolls up his sleeves and gets things done. i want to thank you for being here tonight. [applause] i want to hand over the microphone to you -- actually, to greg widener first. the mayor's budget director has to leave early. he will be replaced by another member of the mayor's budget office, rick, who will be here to listen. greg, if

first of all, let's get back balboa park station fix that. as we do it, let's not forget about pedestrian improvements. we have to make sure that with gas at $4 or $5 a gallon, we will all be walking, so let's make it as attractive and pedestrian-friendly as possible. second, we have a signature building in this neighborhood. it has been an abandoned eyesore for too long. there is a fabulous program by the friends of the geneva car barn to put together a youth programs there. why can we have a signature building in this neighborhood with signature programs for all the youth we have? we have the kids out here. let's get the building taken care of. i would sure like to see that done. [applause] moving on, i would like to see more neighborhood enhancement, more public/private partnerships. the pavement to parks programs are outstanding, and i would like to see some more of that, particularly on ridge lane. supervisor avalos walked that with me. does not take a lot of money, and great improvement can be done with a little bit of money. curb enfor

so things like the improvements of the balboa park station, major dollar items, very important projects, but can be handled programmatically because they don't expend capacity. projects not considered for the r.t.p., longer range projects. kind of next phase of transit expansion priorities. and then policy changes that are necessarily in there. and then projects not under consideration either because they conflict with city policy or aren't really transportation projects. so just to set the context, as i said before, this isn't only a very small piece of the overall process that m.t.c. is going through, they're also soliciting rehab and maintenance needs from transit, local streets and roads and highways, as well as considering project priorities submitted directly by regional transit operators. so while we've been doing the call for projects, as we move forward, we have been -- we will continue to do regional coordination efforts advocating for our project priorities, identifying corridor strategies so how do we coordinate with san mateo, alameda county and operators in those corridors

our first issue is, back in 1998, our neighborhood started working on the balboa park bart stations, which is the busiest station in the whole system except for downtown. we addressed issues with the not only then-department of public parking and traffic, but also with muni, now sfmta come on issues this district has been working on for over 10 years. on the same transportation issues, these are major factors in the neighborhood. a major intersection for models of traffic are mission street and geneva. one of the heaviest intersections in san francisco. geneva avenue, i-280, highway 101, bubble park station, and with that, and the better parts neighborhood in 2002. we want to get it finished. there is a proposed transit city village. one of the biggest issues we deal with in the district is we do with the legal building and a blight issues. one of the things that our organization -- not only representing district 11 in the district 11 council -- was life issues and have reworked -- how we worked with light issues, whether it was with dpw or dbi issues, code violations or graffiti issu