. >> good afternoon, my name is charles whitfield. i'm a mobility member and sf bike coalition member. i live and work in soma and i've come here to urge you to expand the scooter program and improve and expand the protected bike lanes in the city. the scooter program would benefit greatly. it womb prove the safety of riders of the scooters. something the mta staff presentation and the community discussion did not address. i'm a regular scooter and bicycle share users. i've been knocked off my rented bike once and in the hospital. it was described as being an outstanding protected bike lane. as soma riders know. second street bicycle lane is not protected or much of a bike lane. neither collision however was the fault of a single negligent driver who should have just paid mor attention. personal responsibility is never a solution. the fault was with the transit system that treats cars and bicycles and scooters as equals on the road drivers to respect that supposed equality. in this system it's not surprising that drivers treat non dri