raphaela, elizabeth, rowan, jessica. >> good afternoon, directors. my name is raphael. i'm an antitrust economic researcher. i live on page street. and i take this street to work every single day downtown. as everyone as mentioned, i don't need to repeat it here, it's a freeway onramp simply put. cars back up three to five blocks. we are at constant risk of cars pulling out and hitting us, pedestrian children, it's a no-brainer that this needs to move forward. oak street, it's meant to be an onramp, page street, it's not. i don't think it needs to stop at page street as the director mentioned. if we want to mirror some of our behaviors to cities like copen hagen where we have a a friendly direction toward bicyclists, it needs to start here and expand to other places in our city. this is a good place to start for prioritizing the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians. in terms of the time span of the pilot, i believe 15 months is an appropriate length. if we shorten it to three, six or 12 we begin to lose the integrity of the data and measurement of trying to figure out i

my name is raphaela. i'm the deputy director of youth art exchange. youth art exchange is an excelsior based nonprofit. through our work, high school students and the surrounding community get access to vital free arts programming. we have a space on the corner of mission and the excelsior on mission street. it's an art center that offers free arts programming to primarily san francisco public high school students as well as the surrounding community. we believe that access to the arts transforms lives and builds community. over the last few years, after presidio bay entered to do this project has offered support through donated and shared spaces, engaging youth and families, hiring bay area artists and funding our work to increase access to the arts. they have demonstrated a commitment to supporting youth and arts in the neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon members. once again i'm here, coming from the people, i am the peoples of san francisco, 40 years to live here. i love this city. i'm here, i feel awkward