my name is cameron beck. i'm an engineer in the livable street section and the project manager for the towns send corridor improvement project. i'm happy to be speaking to you today on a proposal to improve conditions on townshend street in the south of market neighborhood. the townshend project area is highlighted in yellow on this map. it's between third street and eighth street. there are two blocks between third and fifth street on the high injury me network. we're making safety segment in the network. the project goals are pretty typical, for any street safety project, but townshend street itself is anything but typical. looking at the photo on this slide, can you spot the bike lane. they installed bike lanes on townshend street in 2010, that was just eight years ago. today they see 2,000 bike riders. caltrans station access prioritize access by public transit, walking and biking over access by private autos. and in caltrans 2016 survey, of the fourth and king station they saw 70% of the passengers acces

i want to recognize the staff at sfmta and public works, jamie, cameron beck, and at public works shannon karen's mat, mike kelly and of course the san francisco bike coalition, brian, janice and charles, that have just been working tirelessly on this initiative along with their members. i want to end on two separate notes, not related to townshend street because i don't get to come to the sfm board of directors but earlier, you received public comment about the red lanes in district 6. i want to strongly support our community stakeholders who have asked that red lanes be limited to muni and taxicabs exclusively. this is important particularly in district 6 where we have a lot of vehicles and a lot of usage. they should be for our public vehicles. finally, as some of you may have heard, i did introduce an amendment a couple weeks ago to eliminate the minimum parking requirement in san francisco. if it passes, we will be the first major american city to do this. the first major city in north america i guess that includes canada. we would love to get the support of the board of directors. t