. >> mark migater, jeremy frisch, rick gurling. >> i work for a technology company, big employer. one of the things that i've noticed, amazing work that you've done and you should be acknowledged for all that m.t.a. has done to improvement biking. i started to bike to work then and i still do it. the pictures of the people that you saw represent who bikes across san francisco? it's not just the young. it's a cross segment. i'm 59 years old i bike to work every day. to work along townsend is aged and needs to move forward to protect the people. it's really important. on the other side, though, that area has had no pedestrian access. the south side of that street and it's unbearable. we have people that commute up on caltrain and need to get to our office. during the wintertime, it's unsafe. it's not lit. it's not protect e eprotected. it's a dumping ground. it needs to be much better. that designation of a pedestrian area is amazingly well-designed and i urge you to move forward as fast as possible in all directions, please. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. next speaker, please. >>