robin levet. >> good afternoon, commissioners. lechu, i am an architect and a member of the board of dolores association. and i second my fellow members comments. i am here to convey my concern about the proposal. i don't believe this design will really achieve what we understand to be the city's goals, which are -- i think to increase pedestrian safety, to encourage the use of public transportation and bicycles, and to discourage the use of cars. as to public safety, there are practical difficulties necking down dolores to one lane will increase congestion. you heard this. i didn't repeat but this doesn't show merging, no cars in the lanes where they merged from one lane to two. that didn't seem realistic. and the narrowing of dolores -- oh, i did mention the bicycles. the lack of a bicycle lane in that one lane will force the cyclists to share the single lane or ride on the sidewalks along with the pedestrians. that will cause a public safety hazard for both bicycles and pedestrians. . and narrowing dolores to one lane will back

i am robin levet, i live six blocks from this area, and i am on market-octavia cac that supported this project. and i very much support the proposal. i want to thank supervisor weiner for his leadership on this. and i want to thank the staff for trying to address the concerns of the immediate neighborhood there. the cac did support this project. for many reasons. first of all it's consistent with the market-octavia plan. which calls for improvements to this intersection. it enhances the historical nature and importance for dolores street as a gateway. not only on dolores street but a gateway to the mint across the street. it's a beautification improvement. which we very much support. it improves pedestrian safety. so there is really not much not to like about this project. the one concern i do want it raise and i hope that the planning staff will look at this more carefully. the potential conflict between bicyclists eastbound on market street with people, drivers eastbound on market street making a right turn on dolores street. with that intersection necked down, you may want to take a