board members, luke bornheimer, a family of four, including a toddler and an infant, did exactly what our city wants and needs people to do in order to address our roadway safety crisis and the climate crisis. they sold their car and they were taking public transportation to get around. they were living up to the policies and goals that the city mayor, breed and this agency claim to prioritize transit, first vision zero and climate action. and they were killed as a result, marking our eighth, ninth, and 10th roadway fatalities of 2024. because the city and its supposed leadership failed to protect them by not doing more to help people shift trips away from cars. if this isn't a sign that the system is broken and lacking leadership and vision, i don't know what is. about an hour ago, i watched a driver nearly hit a person in a crosswalk, turning at 25mph. the only reason that person isn't in the hospital or dead is because they saw the driver and abruptly stopped. while these three tragic and preventable killings with these three tragic and preventable killings, our city is on pace for

board members, luke bornheimer, a family of four, including a toddler and an infant, did exactly what our city wants and needs people to do in order to address our roadway safety crisis and the climate crisis. they sold their car and they were taking public transportation to get around. they were living up to the policies and goals that the city mayor, breed and this agency claim to prioritize transit, first vision zero and climate action. and they were killed as a result, marking our eighth, ninth, and 10th roadway fatalities of 2024. because the city and its supposed leadership failed to protect them by not doing more to help people shift trips away from cars. if this isn't a sign that the system is broken and lacking leadership and vision, i don't know what is. about an hour ago, i watched a driver nearly hit a person in a crosswalk, turning at 25mph. the only reason that person isn't in the hospital or dead is because they saw the driver and abruptly stopped. while these three tragic and preventable killings with these three tragic and preventable killings, our city is on pace for

board members luke bornheimer, thanks to director tumlin for his thorough report first, i want to thank director tomlin and the agency for their support of the regional ballot measure to more properly fund public transportation and create a seamless, world class transportation system that will help more people shift trips away from cars to public transportation bikes and scooters, this measure is critical for our city and the region both to take climate action. but also to reduce car trips and address our roadway safety crisis, second, i want to encourage the agency to avoid exploring and investing in curbside electric vehicle charging, installing electric vehicle charging along the curb will sink costs into private cars and car infrastructure, which will make it more, which will make it more difficult and costly to transform our streets into safe, equitable and sustainable public spaces for all. in order to help more people shift trips away from cars, we need to invest in protected bike infrastructure, transit only lanes and other sustainable transportation efforts rather than more pri

board members, luke bornheimer, first, thank you to adrian, matt and other staff for their work on thisect and to peter belden and the other volunteers who have worked for more than three years advocating for this for 17th street to be made safer for all people and especially people walking and biking. i urge you to approve this item while urging staff to replace the proposed mixing zones with separated bikeways to replace the sections lacking separation with plastic posts or speed bumps, where plastic posts aren't feasible. our city desperately needs a connected network of protected bike lanes in order to address our roadway safety crisis and the climate crisis. 17th street is a critical part of our current bike network, and this project will help move our city forward toward that connected network of protected and separated bike lanes. but this project and its separated bikeways will also reduce car traffic and demand for car parking by helping more people shift trips to bikes, scooters and other non-car modes of transportation. to highlight this point, creating separated and protecte