next speaker, please. >> herbert winer followed by matt prezena. >> herbert winer. when i last testified, i expressed my concern that the transit riders union, the bicycle coalition, vision zero has more political power than the average citizen. my concern is that we should have at least parity when we bargain for a new transportation plan. now, it's been pointed out that the seniors are going to be a significant population in san francisco in 20 years. my concern is they're going to have to walk a quarter of a mile to the bus stop. some won't be able to do so. they have fractured hips. they're on oxygen. they have all sorts of conditions that preclude this. something has to be done to address this. so that's one problem i'm presenting. the other problem is that bicyclists are legally riding on the sidewalk. they should be cited. now, it's been stated that the police have the function of citing and not the mta personnel. now, i'm wondering if a car goes through the intersection illegally, can they be cited by mta personnel, by the dpt? if they can be cited, then bic

. >> herbert winer. i hope my comments don't set off a nuclear explosion from the board. it was commented in the previous meeting with arguments against bicyclists being licensed. i want to present my point of view on the issue. certainly bicycles mean less pollution, less congestion. that is one aspect of the argument. but there is a downside. for one thing, they violate traffic signals and they ride on the sidewalk illegally and this board has taken no action against it. and we as passengers take cars off the street. what do we get in return for it? we get longer walks to the bus stop, higher bus fares, the removal of bus routes to our neighborhoods. this is not fair. now, is it it only fair that bicyclists pay for their licenses? i mean, i have talked to residents of the city who couldn't wait to ride to city hall to get the bicycle license. they were behaving like adults. on the other hand, the bicycl t bicyclists are behaving like children and resisting this. so my feeling the is bicyclists should not be a privileged minority and not control the actions of this board

. >> malig, tom goverte, and the last person is herbert winer. >> i took today off work to come hereent a community group of neighborhoods. i'm here to talk about biking infrastructure on the west side or the lack of it. we hear a lot about geography and everybody needs to do their share. but this doesn't translate well into actions. the reason i'm here is because of bike sharing infrastructure for which is sunset has been excluded. this is a map of current and suggested. the expansion is not even considered in western neighborhoods. most of the others will be done by 2008. we learned that valencia was going to get bike share permits. at first, we were so excited because it can be done pretty quickly. however, not only would it be worthy to only one provider but also there was no requirement for the service to be citywide. once again, the sunset is forgotten and excluded. so today we ask that dcf amend the permits and demand this service area to be citywide so other bike share providers are waiting to serve the city. we're going to have to remove many cars from the streets. the only