diane anderson and eileen-- please come forward. >> hi i am diana and i am speaking as a business owner and resident. i would like to thank you for not rushing to spend the money because i think we need to rethink our needs. right now it seems like were living in a third world country with a condition of our streets. the cities amass, and were losing what makes us unique. we can't solve problems by throwing money at it. though the money is approved but we did not get to prove the manner in which it is spent. the last 5 or 6 year one third of all of our traffic lanes have been eliminated. either from making muniz bus only lanes or bicycle lanes. our streets are a mess, they're more crowded there is more construction there is less parking. what parking there is, is more expensive. on the bus service, there's less bus service. businesses are leaving. there is no business this on post street. they can afford to be there. they are just out of business. small businesses cannot survive chain stores are weathering things longer but will leave. note most muni usages during rush hour that means t

diane anderson and eileen-- please come forward. >> hi i am diana and i am speaking as a business owner and resident. i would like to thank you for not rushing to spend the money because i think we need to rethink our needs. right now it seems like were living in a third world country with a condition of our streets. the cities amass, and were losing what makes us unique. we can't solve problems by throwing money at it. though the money is approved but we did not get to prove the manner in which it is spent. the last 5 or 6 year one third of all of our traffic lanes have been eliminated. either from making muniz bus only lanes or bicycle lanes. our streets are a mess, they're more crowded there is more construction there is less parking. what parking there is, is more expensive. on the bus service, there's less bus service. businesses are leaving. there is no business this on post street. they can afford to be there. they are just out of business. small businesses cannot survive chain stores are weathering things longer but will leave. note most muni usages during rush hour that means t

diane anderson and eileen-- please come forward. >> hi i am diana and i am speaking as a business owner and resident. i would like to thank you for not rushing to spend the money because i think we need to rethink our needs. right now it seems like were living in a third world country with a condition of our streets. the cities amass, and were losing what makes us unique. we can't solve problems by throwing money at it. though the money is approved but we did not get to prove the manner in which it is spent. the last 5 or 6 year one third of all of our traffic lanes have been eliminated. either from making muniz bus only lanes or bicycle lanes. our streets are a mess, they're more crowded there is more construction there is less parking. what parking there is, is more expensive. on the bus service, there's less bus service. businesses are leaving. there is no business this on post street. they can afford to be there. they are just out of business. small businesses cannot survive chain stores are weathering things longer but will leave. note most muni usages during rush hour that means t

diane anderson and eileen-- please come forward. >> hi i am diana and i am speaking as a business ownerould like to thank you for not rushing to spend the money because i think we need to rethink our needs. right now it seems like were living in a third world country with a condition of our streets. the cities amass, and were losing what makes us unique. we can't solve problems by throwing money at it. though the money is approved but we did not get to prove the manner in which it is spent. the last 5 or 6 year one third of all of our traffic lanes have been eliminated. either from making muniz bus only lanes or bicycle lanes. our streets are a mess, they're more crowded there is more construction there is less parking. what parking there is, is more expensive. on the bus service, there's less bus service. businesses are leaving. there is no business this on post street. they can afford to be there. they are just out of business. small businesses cannot survive chain stores are weathering things longer but will leave. note most muni usages during rush hour that means two hours in the mo