we are not just talking about a bicycle components, where you can park your bicycle. we are talking about the connection between those spots, they likely destination that can be covered by bike. it is important, absent those concerted efforts, it will be hard to reach those goals. we are talking about a surface that is about five times the distance of amsterdam. this hilly terrain can be dealt with, but not without investment. she showed you some pictures of these contraptions that you can go on that will lift you up a hill. we will need to invest in some of those. we do have options that can and energy -- energize the private sector, such as electric motor bikes, which i love as a concept. it goes along with an ecologically-friendly attitude of helping people help themselves as they help the planet. all of that will be -- will have to be put together in a comprehensive program. that will have to include all of the marketing related stuff and that renee alluded to, rentals, transportation, ways to market bicycles to people who currently use other alternatives. it woul

freeway system for bicycles. a rich network of paths and the roads that connects writers -- riders to every part of the city. secondly, in many cities there is a real investment in bike parking. compared to car parking, and average space could be replaced by 10 to 12 bicycles. here you can see the type of density that can bring literally hundreds of thousands of individuals into the center city. -- city center. bike safety is an enormous issue that has been tackled successfully in the netherlands. there are specific engineering improvements like signals, mirrors attached to traffic lanes, specific areas of the road protected for cyclists which has led to a dramatic increase in safety. if you look at cycling fatalities in the netherlands, the united states actually has a rate 6 times higher than what you see there. the more investment unit, the saver is for everyone on the road. given the number of bikes on the road in european countries, there are significant theft policies. everything from being able to tag them

come by bicycle.many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on that. it is a form of advertisement. many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scooter sharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a scooter to go to their place. many companies are stimulating their employees who are coming by bicycle because it is much cheaper than coming by car. it is also easier for these companies to start their business on a more "a" location instead of de "b" location. -- instead of faye "b" location. many employers work on bicycles. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, peter. maybe i need to ask if i can vary from the script. i'm supposed to say that unfortunately we are out of time, but we are not. maybe what i will do is have you will come up here and sit around a table. if we could get some chairs? yeah, and could you turn on the lights? very good. and is there another microphone? there are two. s

go to with a public transport bicycle. they say, we do not want to take the bike on the train, only for recreational purposes. on sunday, it is quite easy to take your bike. outside, it is only folding box and a provide enough bike parking. >> the public transport bicycle at the end of the trip, it is that a bike share program? is that a transit program? >> it is a bicycle sharing program. the bikes are not free. the cost 2.85 euros per day to use it. but it is growing very popular. >> on the issue of bikes and transit, in the u.s., a traditionally we have seen by? -- traditionally we have seen bicycle racks. we cannot really see that in europe. is it because of the size of the city? >> i think honestly, it would not be possible to do that in copenhagen is there are so many cyclists which would try to use that service. i think the system would break down. you could do it if you had few cyclists, i guess. we have examples of areas in denmark we have that system, but that is not in the dense areas. >> my name is neil. i am w

planning, bicycle implementation and bicycle programs and they are experts on all aspects of the bicycle. and here in san francisco, you know, we are at this point trying to after a hiatus of three years because of court-ordered injunctions trying to implement our bike plan. so we all a collective goal, i believe, to increase the environmental and nick sustainability of the world around us that we participate in and especially in san francisco, but we do have a special responsibility because this place provides us with the opportunity that most other places don't. the geometry and geography of san francisco is up that it is easier for us being in a city of short trips to veil ourselves to other alternatives to the car. so when we want to reclaim the street and the public right-of-way and the public realm for people and basic human needs of access to the humanities that urban environments provide, we have a better shot at than, say, other places where large distances have to be traversed in most american cities to kind of get to the places you want to get. here in san francisco, we have b

we prefer to have parking places for bicycles. of course, there is still -- but that's -- we're only at the beginning. this is called the viking bridge. i'm sure while you have seen the slides in the netherlands, it's very popular there. there are many more investments in our neighboring country to do so, but we are making a start and it's a nice project because it crosses a highway, so it's really very well to use. regional biking service points serve two aims. one is of course, the people who want to bike, to rent their bike, to have it repaired. on the other hand, it's part of a social economic project, so, therefore, it's also an initiative that i find personally very important. these are people who are unemployed but get into a working program in the bicycle service points. i think with this presentation, i hope i have given you a glance of how we in brussels try to enforce the cycling patrol and i don't think i have to tell you that it's of benefit for all of us, for our health, for a better neighborhood and also -- and that

with special bicycle signals so that there would not be conflicts with turning cars in the bicycle lanes if they can do something like this in such a crazy and dense area, like manhattan, they should be able to do it in san francisco. new york allows bicycles on the subways, even during the peak times. somehow it works. they do not have restrictions and it seems to work. i support and agree with what i have heard here tonight. besides europe we should also look at places like new york and chicago as examples of best practices for what can be done in seven cisco. supervisor campos: any other member of the public? seeing no one, the public comment is closed. commissioner, thank you for the presentation. if we could now call the next item? >> item #5, recommend allocation, with conditions, to the municipal transportation agency of $508,000 in prop k funds for traffic calming - planning, evaluation and outreach and $214,000 in prop k funds for planning and design of new pedestrian signals, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amendment of the traffic calm

, with children with bicycles, sports. it has opened up a whole different avenue of books and reading for the children. >> take a look at this wheel here. >> reporter: through alameda bicycle, gene also raises money for other charities, offers free bicycle riding an repair clinics for kids, and gives a $50 gift card to every nonprofit or school that asks for fundraising help. >> the joy for me is feeling like i'm doing something personally to really help a greater community. >> thank you. >> reporter: for his community service and success in the books for bikes program, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to gene oh. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> do you know someone who goes above and beyond public service? nominate your local hero at cbs5.com. click connect with us and click jefferson awards. >>> stay with us. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, our kids can't afford another four years of crippling cuts to public schools. class sizes are too big, and all the standardized testing just isn't working. so classroom t

some of you might have seen a ghost bicycle between the kaiser french hospital campus. the bis der toek, -- the bicycle belonged to derek. the accident occurred on october 7. he was on his way to get dim sum n for his family. he loved to skateboard, spent time with his dog, and his art. he graduated in 2006 from the visual arts academy where his amazing artistic talent became obvious. a memorial fund has been set up in his name to benefit the high school program. he is survived by his mom and his father. is an -- his uaaunt wroette an article, a great source for transit issues. since he was broke, he made us hand-drawn carts with deep thoughts that only a 22-year- old can have. christmas will never be the same for our family without you, dear. -- derek. supervisor avalos: i will be joining supervisor dufty in adjourning in memoriam of pauline. her daughter and her grandson are with us in the board chambers today. i have gotten to know them both over the last couple of years and i admire their contributions to san francisco. i know that your heart for the city ultimately

, with children with bicycles, sports.r: through alameda bicycle, gene also raises money for other charities, offers free bicycle riding and prepare clinics for kids and a $50 gift card for any school asking for help. >> the joy for me is to feel like i'm doing something personally to help the greater of the community. >> reporter: for his community service and success in the books for bikes program, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to gene o. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> congratulations to him. if you know someone who goes above and beyond in public service, nominate that person at cbs5.com. just click connect with us and look for jefferson awards. >>> democrats and republicans are both sending heavy hitters to california hoping to sway voters in midterm elections just now sixteen days away. still to come who was and who will be appearing in the bay area. >>> sarah palin is speaking out politics in the golden state with the one time vice presidential candidate is saying about the governor's race. ,,,,,,,, b-a-c-

the bicycle plant injunction has been lifted in 2006, we will continue to work together with the mta to make sure, as has been our goal for the past year, that there is a steady stream of projects ready to implement. at this point, up 21 bicycle projects will be completed by the nba next year -- mta next year with a bike schedule of the end of your packet including the names and locations of the project that are fca funded, many of them using crop k. we kick off the san francisco transportation plan with additional members for the community advisory committee and applications that are due on october 1 and anyone interested should check the web site, or call 522-4800. on the transportation plan. we are actively working on the sustainability efforts strategy, thursday we will be hosting a leadership roundtable with participation from several members of this board looking at the big issues that are coming up related to greenhouse gas reduction in the air resources board approving targets on thursday for sb375 a capital reduction target for 2015 of 15% per capita by 2035, which are ambit

i was the number one in dorset of the bicycle coalition. -- endorser of the bicycle coalition.i would like to see less cars. i think if we can do that responsibly and sustainably, it would be a great way to go. i am for that. i like the idea. >> you probably all know my answer as well. i am a thorough advocate for public transportation. i think it is the best way to get around. is the most efficient. it does not cost as much as driving a car. i do own a car. when i read the article today, i realized that i needed to figure out ways to use public transportation more. in this city, that is going to be the way to go. if this article released manifest itself, we're going to be a city that will be transit first. you will be catching muni or some other form of public transportation. i love bart. i would love to see more people ride it and muni. these are things we can do to make the economy move better. i am a total public transit advocate. thank you. >> ms. smith. >> i love public transportation. i rarely take it because it does not work for me. that is true for most of the people i

, with children with bicycles, sports. it has opened up a whole different avenue of books and reading for the children. >> take a look at this wheel here. >> reporter: through alameda bicycle, gene also raises money for other charities, offers free bicycle riding an repair clinics for kids, and gives a $50 gift card to every nonprofit or school that asks for fundraising help. >> the joy for me is feeling like i'm doing something personally to really help a greater community. >> thank you. >> reporter: for his community service and success in the books for bikes program, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to gene oh. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> do you know someone who goes above and beyond public service? nominate your local hero at cbs5.com. click connect with us and click jefferson awards. >> you have a heck of a workout if you are on your bike today because it was hot. >> not only was it hot, it was extremely dry. you have to be cautious because you're riding hard and don't realize you're working up a sweat beca

children for women board bicycles and it was published mr and they were saying that it was not about bicycles that isn't in the open in this building where the factory was situated where you know in reaching uranium up and i'm interested you. were talking about this supposed supposedly serious people but you are times or some european newspapers that are you know very serious people they were desperate to film to just transform into something that i was not and transform your life my projects and to what they were no because they're afraid of what we represent they're trying to transform it into something else just to put an end up becoming how simone deliver used to saying two hundred years ago one hundred eighty years ago. they say that they will leave are not for believe or not the man himself but the idea that you represent this they are afraid of a fire that's can come out of and. once i had an interview with a journalist in the meeting. very experienced while i'm sure your experience as well was about barbara walters from the united states at the end of that interview she asked

a witness, a man on a bicycle pursued the vehicle, a lexus suv. he was able to see the license plate and gave it to officers who respond. that vehicle, according to court documents, was traced to an apartment building in chevy chase, maryland. and jorida davidson was located in the driver's seat of the car. court documents incate when she was found, she was incapacitated and under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. the keys to the vehicle were in her hand but the engine was not running. the documents go on to say, the bicyclist was brought to the scene and positively identified davidson as the driver of the vehicle that struck miss ryan. the witness told officers, quote, that is definitely r. davidson is currently in a holding cellhear at d.c. superior court. her husband has to go to their home, get her passport, bring it here and turn it overo the court before she can be released.

the resolution itself cites the fact that increase bicycle trips will require significant steps. the 12 whereas said it will dramatically increase bicycling, which would require significant new funding. the resolution sites the city close the transit first policy, which sets forth in number one, the foremost priority policy, the primary objective of this must be safe and efficient movement of people and goods, and item four on the legislation talked about friday being given to it civilization to increase the safe and efficient movement of the hills, and bytes our sole occupant vehicles. they slow down traffic. topographic lee, san francisco is a very challenging city. this has not been reviewed. ceqa guidelines require review of legislation that may have cumulative impact. this has gone no review. it will set policy. in light of the september 10 grand jury report, i think there is much to discuss, and i'm asking respectfully that it be referred to committee, and not just the quickly -- supervisor chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i represent

polk street is a major transit corridor, bicycle corridor, pedestrian corridor. and van ess is the expenditure plan committee will be one of the first to bus rapid transit corridorses and the land use controls which were passed in the early 1990's really need another look. it was the last neighborhood planning exercise which actually increased residential parking requirements. there is a parking requirement of one parking space per dwelling unit and that's over the normal requirement of one space for every four in our c4 districts. why it was increased, i don't know. that is kind of an artifact of looked at. of course, there's also very, very high requirements in the van ess for the nonresidential uses and they can't easily be got rid of. and even if you think and a project sponsor thinks cpmc thought they could do with less parking, and the problem is they have the same limits that apply and rh1b districts on the west side of town for all the institutional and commercial uses and there is no exception that can be granted for those nonresidential uses. i think th

. >> i bicycle to work because sometimes that's faster than driving. >> people leave all kinds of degree on the road, you really do feel like you take your life in your hands when yourriding around the city. >> reporter: now a new law aims to make getting around the city on a bicycle easier. under the new law drivers are expected to maintain a 3-foot distance from bikers on the right side of the road. >> that gives bicyclists just a little extra room to share the road safely. >> reporter: there are other provisions that also take effect, what gives bicyclists a few options when they are traveling down the road. >> three foot laws is a fantastic thing for everybody i think. >> reporter: under the law, bicyclists no longer have to use shoulders on roads which are often in bad condition. >> there's potholes, there's sewer grades, there's glass and we have to be able to maneuver around that. motorists don't give us enough space, we're going to have problems. >> reporter: the new law brings safety to future bicyclists. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. a miracle recovery. a

i do not come here with a chip on my shoulder about bicycles. i love my bike. but this thing is a constant search for anybody driving a car at night. in some cases, people have a red light, but they do not have different light. when you are making a left turn are turning into a driveway, you stand the risk of plowing into them. the amazing thing is that you see hordes of bike riders every night -- every night writing past the mission police station. -- every night riding past the mission police station. nothing is being done. nobody blinks. i was standing on the corner and saw two cups dried passed on their bikes. -- coups drive past ops drive pr bikes. they were black bikes. there were dark uniforms at night. i said to them, "what are you doing? that is illegal." do you know what they said? >> not when we do "not when we " you could put a roadblock in front of the police station and it would discourage people from doing it. that is my 2 cents. i am just astonished there is nothing being done. nobody is saying anything to these guys who are constantly flaunting

we have the highest number of bicycle collisions. we also have the third highest number of pedestrian collisions. in addition, we have high amounts of vehicular pollution. our pollution levels are 50% higher than other neighborhoods, then the city average. we have the fourth highest rate of traffic-related pollution. one tradition that has been put in the eir in the impact of other neighborhoods in the city is a health impact analysis that addresses some of the health and safety issues that arise from building a project in a residential neighborhood and also offers mediation efforts to correct those. in this eir, one of the statistics stated is that there will be an additional 500 vehicles. thank you very much. president chiu: any additional members of the public wish to speak? >> as a former right-in major candidate in 1989, i got eight votes. i was living at mission arc. these people will have something to do with district 6. they have made a movie about district 6. this is one more paper to look at. the thing about it -- if they b