the on-street bike parking corrals, bike parking racks are free. parklets are going to be heard more about, i think. we can work more with small business than we have in the past. we would love to send more people on bikes more than any other date to spend money and show their helmet off and make that connection. i will stop there, if i could leave some information to commissioners. it is a little bit more about safety education. i am happy to answer any questions now. commissioner clyde: thank you for the presentation, a few questions i have. will you define what makes a safe bike route? what we're saying is nyc is slipping away. somewhere as big and dance and chaotic as new york city is doing a good job. when we have separated space you do not have the weaving and interaction. people feel safe. what you hear from the drivers is predictability. that is key. i want to know what to expect. as we see more people bicycling, we want to make room for them. the dedicated bikeways, those have shown huge increases in the number of people bicycling. we woul

a reason for using the bike and shopping. we like to go shopping on our bikes. come to that later. and when it comes to gender. who's using the bicycle. i'm told that the netherlands is very typical on this. we have more women on bikes then -- than men. and the most intense users are girls from the age of 12 to 18 and that's easy to explain because i once was a girl of that age and to me, mabika was my ticket to freedom. i didn't want my mom and dad bringing me by car somewhere and then say well, i'll pick you up at 6:00. i go on my bike and i'll try to make it at 6:00. most of the time i was there. 6:30. and then later you can see at all ages, women still use the bicycle more than then -- men, in their 30's to 50's. and how far do they go? still, the girls are top of this list and they use the bicycle for seven kilometers per day. and then you can see that it goes down fast but still, oh, here men are cycling further. so the men that are using the bicycles cycle further than the women and that is explained by the fact that women mostly work near their homes and men commute over a

, biking infrastructure, the safety of biking. a lot of experience. i would like to give you the floor. hillie! [applause] >> ok, good morning. thank you for the introduction and -- i'll be leading this think bike workshop and for all of you to get an understanding of cycling in the nether land i've prepared a presentation for you all and then we work things out in detail in the three groups i'll introduce to you later. cycling in the nether land, that's what this is all about and i'm not here to you -- we netherlands you need to do in the u.s. and in san francisco specific, but just pick out the things that are useful for you and translate them into u.s. opportunities in san francisco, new opportunities. it's not my task to say you must do it like we do in the netherlands. i'll just show you what we do in the netherlands. and about myself, my name is hillie talens, as you were already told. i work for krowell, which is an n.g.o. and not for profit company, and i work as a bicycle ambassador for the dutch cycling council. on this

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 with the san francisco planning department. i wanted to go back to your goal of mass cycling and how to speak forcefully about the board

. ### more students more bikes and more bike theft... because of this ongoing problem, some students are reluctant to park their bikes on-campus. but amanda del castillo shows us the biggest trouble spot and ways to prevent yoike from eing stolen. ">>>hundreds of bikes come to campus daily and all-too-often leave with the wrong person. bicycle theft at s-j-s-u is frequent... and frustrating. the campus made room for 400 more bikes in the enclosures this semester. the cages allow students to park their bikes for free with a deposit of ten-dollars for an access key. but senior kelvin ye remains skeptical about campus efforts. (kelvin ye: anyone could just pay ten dollars and get a key to the cage.) s-j-s-u's commute coordinator, otto melara says the campus' downtown location is adding to the problem... and says the 4th street side of m-l-k library is the hottest theft spot. (otto melara: the bike racks that are right there i think they have a very high... the highest percentage of bike thefts.) melara encourages students to use u-locks, in

folks who have bikes right now have bikes. bike sharing is marvelous because it gives an option to folks who do not have a bicycle but want to make a quick trip. it is a great taxi substitute, a great muni substitute. no date on muni. let's say i am here, i have a lunch date in palo alto. i can make a 10-minute trip to the station, ride the muni, and then make it to my lunch. i would not think of myself as a cyclist, but i would have made a trip. if you have been to paris, barcelona, minneapolis, you may have tried one of the systems. they are wonderful and growing. it really makes short trips convenient and sustainable. density is the key. to the extent that we have a pilot, we want it to be a fair test. there is no point in throwing out 10 stations a mile apart and saying, nobody used it. you need to have those stations close together. in paris and london, the rule of thumb is you need to be able to see the next station. when i get done with my trip, i do not want to have to walk 1 mile to drop the bike off. so the ports of

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

only has 1% trip share by bike. advantages and the benefits of cycling, very short but, which you can capitalize is the health part, the reduction of health costs because the effect of cycling on health are above expectations. it's nearly all diseases will have less risk of occurring when people have enough physical exercise and all the extra, the ideal means of physical exercise is about half an hour a day, medium-intensive exercise. so it's far better than going to the gym twice a week and then, very intensive sporting for two hours. and what is easier than having this bike trip into your daily commuting? then automatically you have your half an hour exercise and it's been shown in the managementerlands that people who sigh -- netherlands that people who cycle to work have more than people who don't. also the environment there are a lot of things you can capitalize because you don't have to invest on electric cars or transit or whatever to reduce the carbon dioxide, because the emissions of bicycle is zero. there

providing funds for the next generation of bike projects. leveraging assumptions within the plan, i will give you a couple of examples. proposing to use prop k programming for discretionary brands, like the fund for clean- air and the segment between interstate 280. undergoing design revisions, the cost is increasing significantly. they fired in march of 2012 in time to complete the project. another tip of the that wanted to mention was prop k for early project development. setting up by projects to be set up for other discretionary fund sources. the proposed amended five ipp includes maps for future design and construction. federal funds would need to be clear that the festival level. the last two slides just list the project. very briefly, i would go through a couple on this slide, developing the implementation strategy for bike riding. not long term in terms of years, but in terms of what to do with your bike when you are at work overnight. transit applications, witkin park, and the last one there is a match for discretionary grants, prog

thank you to the bike makers in the room. we also have great public transit to accommodate bicycles. we also have great routes to get us around the hills. as we showed our dutch friends, most of us know how to get around those hills. the weather is another major difference. this one we have going in our favor. they do not slow down with the snow. with howard gorges temperate climate, we are several steps ahead of the netherlands and where we can go when bicycling. what i learned most of all is what i think many of us already know. when you build it, they come. when the government has done, what the community has done is invested in great bikeways. when you create a dedicated to save space, this man and his kids ride. this woman and her dog variety. this man and his daughters ride. this man and his daughter ride. there is one on the back, you can barely see her foot sticking out. it was difficult to not get photos of multiple children on bikes. three people with kids loaded on the bikes. grandparents picking their kids up from

finally, the sf mta has requested 1200 for a bike way on jfk drive. in april they allocated additional funds for planning and design work on the project after learning of further coordination necessary for support for a specific project. there remain if you design details to work out and a final number for the parking lot. to outfit the parking lot, as 78 will take it out to the finance authority on october 25. because of the required approvals not yet being met, they are recommending conditioning the allocation for jfk with expenses for construction and those bodies being met for the final design of the project. the project should take between six weeks to eight weeks to complete. with that, folks, staff members from all project can come back up. supervisor avalos: any early indication on how the concourse authority would stand? on the controversy? >> not unless someone from the sf mta wants to come up. we did receive a letter of support. supervisor avalos: great. sf mta? >> we have been to the capitol committee of the commission. thanks to the good

your bike when you are at work overnight. transit applications, witkin park, and the last one there is a match for discretionary grants, programming $400,000 as a match for fund sources, including the upcoming area grant. with no specific projects mentioned in this line, the funding sources for project eligibility, noting the last thing on the slide is the allocation of these funds prior to allocation. on page 42 of the packet is the acknowledged change. page 44, and attachment for were that lists the attached ipp and which projects are new. with that, i can take questions. also noting that all of the project sponsors are in this category are [unintelligible] supervisor campos: thank you for your presentation. colleagues, and questions? supervisor chu: thank you for explaining the approach in terms of identifying projects on the horizon. the great highway on your radar , there have been efforts to reach envision that area and also think about how it is that we create a bike path along that area. >> not currently proposed, it

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's a good thing, and also firms, banks, more and more are happy to put cycling in their mobility program because it's good for their image. if you come to brussels, you will see bicycles, for instance, indicated like this is the group. this is the bank. they really take it as an advertisement and part of their policy to show they are progressive because they have their employees on the bike and i think that will help us very much in the choices we make. so i would like to just thank you for your attenti

only has 1% trip share by bike.dvantages and the benefits of cycling, very short but, which you can capitalize is the health part, the reduction of health costs because the effect of cycling on health are above expectations. it's nearly all diseases will have less risk of occurring when people have enough physical exercise and all the extra, the ideal means of physical exercise is about half an hour a day, medium-intensive exercise. so it's far bett

i know the gentleman said they see everybody riding a bike. i do not see everybody riding a bike. i see young people, the vast majority from 20 to 35 years old that are riding bikes. i do see people starting to buy small bikes to ride to their parking lot. a fella came in a wheelchair and missed his stop. he was talking to the driver and said i had to get off. this does not go all the way back fourth anymore. this guy who had a 20-minute medical appointment, he let everyone know, went down the rest of fourth street and turn down harrison and went another two blocks and went another block and a half before he could get off. there was no way he would make his appointment. harrison is a huge street. it takes forever to get across, there is a lot of congestion. he did not have anyone to push his chair. he was this late heading back down to the street. that one aspect -- there is a large segment of the population that have difficulty getting to where they're going. the muni isn't that division right now. there is no more cars on that street. maybe the city will make its money back for

or people have to have wider bikes or folding bike.but having a heavy bike in a two-room apartment is very detrimental. i think that needs to be addressed in at san francisco. >> problems of bicycles and space needs. at least they're not having to carry their up cars up to their apartments. how you deal with that in copenhagen? >> i think people just throw their bicycle against the wall where they live normally. but it is a responsibility for the city. that is why we have parking spaces were people live and work and shop. -- where people live and work and shop. that is a discussion every time, what is adequate? >> in the netherlands, if you want to have a permit to build a house, it is mandatory that there is a place to park your bike. in rotterdam, they have the same situation. there, they put bicycle boxes on the street. the people who do not have space to park their by -- park their bike in the house, they can put their plight on the lockable shelters on the streets. in the netherlands, they provide for this problem. >> the amount o

i am sure you are familiar with annual bike to work day. it is great to talk about biking to work. we wanted to do more focused on viking to the store. it is not that difficult, actually, to put some bags on the back of your bike into a grocery shopping and do most of it by bicycle. specifically talking about how we are connecting the city with safe, comfortable bikeways, one thing we are doing is getting the word out. that is part of the reason we will go out to the business district that want to make sure that people now that businesses can request and get a free bike rack in front of their businesses. it is free. it will come out and assess the space, make sure that it is a good space. it can't be in of loading zone, there some things to look out there. what we see is that when we have safe routes to ride and a place to lock up, more people are biking. these are just a couple pictures of how we are really bringing the concept beyond of bicycling. the planning department will speak to this more eloquently than i. you see about two dozen on- street bike parking carouse. the one on

i have had about four different bikes in my lifetime. three of them were stolen from me. i have had the current one for 10 years and i have been very safe with my bike to prevent theft. but one of the ways we can ensure our bikes are safe from theft is to be able to bring them into our building so that when i'd bring them in, we use the city hall locker room to be able to store our bikes. for many, there is not like access and we want to be able to provide that access in the future for cyclists in san francisco. legislation will be asking the city attorney to draft a plan modeled after the one that exists in new york city that would either require commercial buildings to provide space, locker rooms for cycles, or to allow workers to bring bicycles into the building. while this is being drafted by the city attorney, i intend to be working with bike advocates as well as the building owners and managers association and related unions that do work to make sure we have a plan that can move forward and be successful to ensure we can create better safety from theft for bicycles

cars and bikes are held to the same standard. i think you have heard from one segment of the community saying there is issues with bikes. i appreciate your honest and candid dissertation. what is the answer? >> the commissioner is correct. the same standard but you can go to traffic court. >> the state legislation issue that you have to change to have a yield for bikes at stop signs? other states have that. i am interested in figuring out, is there discretion involved at all? if people did not give tickets to pedestrians for crossing in the middle of the street, do know what i mean? >> there are a lot of people who think bicyclist do not get tickets. stop means stop, not slow down. >> thank you. president mazzucco: next speaker. >> good evening. i appreciate the time allowing me to speak once again. very briefly, i want to reiterate i did bring up in a previous meeting the protocol of using a microphone. i hate to come back to the issue. for me, i am sitting in front row. for most of the time i can hear all of you. when you are d

any bike racks anymore. out of ten you have to park at a meter. i'm worried about my wheels or seat getting taken off. >> we know the number of people bicycling increased humanly during the past years. >> reporter: there are so many riders that the san francisco bike coalition says secure bike park something long overdue. >> reporter: forward thinking companies like get hub are giving up the space and getting results. >> not having to worry about where your bike is definitely least a lot more people coming to the office. >> reporter: mathias is all for the idea. >> it would change my whole perspective on biking to work. >> reporter: in san francisco, patrick sedillo, cbs 5. >>> we are getting our first look inside the washington monument. the exact moment the earthquake struck. >> all the construction work the project you may have overlooked in the presidio. how it's going to unearth part of san francisco's past. >> currently in the 70s inland location after highs today 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. the

a little bit is how to parked and locked her bike safely. how to unlock and -- most of it is road safety. >> i am terrified i am going to hit someone. they do whatever they want at any given time. it is scary. have you thought about licensing, taking the class and maybe some kind of procedure. >> there is waves of discussion. sfmta did an analysis and found there is the jurisdiction to do it. i do not know enough to explain it. it would take a lot of work. we're focusing -- we met with the mayor and the chief of police. that is the thing to emphasize. we see people sometimes be jerks, whether they are driving or skateboarding. it is something some folks do. one thing we want to do is team up with the police to do information campaigns. for people who run red lights or stop signs. it is illegal and you are doing something bad. let's send them to a class. make them sit through a four hour class. this idea of how do we get the folks who are misbehaving into an education opportunity. this idea where we could make sure we get into safety. >> it i

i have had one bike stolen here in san francisco and four bikes in my life. to got stolen different places. -- two got stolen in different places. we will be able to and have it -- inhibit greater theft. overall it encourages commuting by bicycle. which is a goal we have, president chiu has targeted 20% bicycle trips by 20/20 and i support that effort. this is a good way to get their way encouraging cycling in san francisco. this has been co-sponsored by supervisor kim and supervisor mar and supervisor campos. i want to thank you for your co- sponsorship. the rest will submit. >> thank you. supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you. it is a pleasure to sponsor this. i had my bicycle stolen the first day of middle school. i let a number of people know. so the trauma of that. it is break legislation. -- great legislation. it is also part of the broad transit movement. the young people are in the lead of fighting for free youth passes and this is an effort that will grow and will spread to other cities. i also want to thank carlos garcia and the mta board and th

. >>> plus, bringing bikes indoors. the new law that could have a big impact on officers in one bay area city. >> good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ran rear. mother nature getting the idea here. big cooling in the south bay with 86 in san jose today. and also marked cooling at the coastline with fog building. we'll talk about big weekend changes that include showers coming up. isfor u shots i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> former vice president al gore will join san francisco mayoral candidate at a campaign event next month. the $500 ticket event will take place at an undisclosed location on october 23rd. he currently serves as a member of the apple board of directors and is a senior adviser to google. the amount of cyclists continue to gro. one lawmaker believes he knows a way to curve the numbers. requiring all commercial buildings to provide secure bike parking spaces for throws. traci

>> we have the bike rentals at the waterfront. that is at the hyatt and bike and roll. bike sharing, we are working on a regional program to be launched next year which will be initially pilot of 500 bicycles in san franciween city hall, anh of market-waterfront area. there are also other luxury pods. one set -- that pilot is successful we will seek more funds and sponsorship to grow it. more towards the panhandle area into the waterfront. i am excited, looking forward to that. president olague: i talked to a lot of workers and they ride their bikes to work at night. that will reach a lot of these areas. >> the other area is education and outreach. on this cool -- bicycle and pedestrian safety. president olague: we could dedicate the whole day to this. i wanted to ask one additional point of interest. commissioner moore: there is the america's cup which will require ingenious planning because people are very concerned giving the eir comments that that will be one of the ways -- i am interested in hearing what other ways there are to do this and make the city shine. if y

cars and bikes are held to the same standard. you have heard from one segment of the community saying there is issues with bikes. i appreciate your honest and candid dissertation. what is the answer? >> the commissioner is correct. the same standard but you can go to traffic court. >> the state legislation issue that you have to change to have a yield for bikes at stop signs? other states have that.

first of all, what is bike sharing? it is similar to car sharing, but it uses bicycles.t is a membership-based concept which offers bicycles for short-term highere. one of the main differences from car sharing is you can return a bicycle to a different point from where you pick it up, anywhere within the system. this is not a new idea, but something which has gained a lot of popularity in the past five

but transit, walking, biking be more than 50% of the total. and how do we reduce our greenhouse emissions? how do we achieve a good state of repair? so for all of these different goals, we looked at different projects that were based on not only agency some metals, but also public some metals from the most recent round of projects. we tried to understand how these different projects may address the different goals that we have in each of these areas, objective areas, as well as the specific metric we are looking at. across the board you can see a lot of them are aimed at improvements in the southern parts of the city because this is a new development area. we expect to see a lot more travel into that area, and also getting to and from downtown, because of the level of growth in the area. on this next slide, this is a lot of information. i encourage you to review the information on the website to take a close look at this. this is the performance of these as the original scenarios. we anticipate that we could achieve the commute travel time, th

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