the san francisco bicycle coalition and being the transportation policy director for spur, san francisco planning and urban research. and a project director for the san francisco transit riders union. in those jobs, especially in the latter two, i learned what it takes to provide excellent public transit as efficiently as possible and at least -- a the least possible cost to the taxpayers. and i'm proud to say that golden gate transit has done a really good job. these are hard times, as you know, for public transit agencies. we had to cut quite a bit of service, but we were smart about it and we also managed to add some service. and rider ship is increased on golden gate transit. * if reappointed, i hope to continue to work to improve golden gate transit and also to work to improve bicycle and pedestrian access and safety on the bridge. and i respectfully request your reappointment. >> thank you. supervisor cohen. >> thank you. i guess to the other speakers that are going to be coming up, you can probably work this into your comments so i won't have to ask questions. just curious since you're going or reappointment, how do you see yourself contributing to the discussion moving for

we have engaged the san francisco transit riders union. they promoted this extensively, and gave us feedback there is nothing that substitutes from going and director speaking to passengers. >> thank you. >> if there are no other comments and questions we can go on to public comments. thank you for your presentation. three minutes. >> one of the ways for us to appreciate our roads and streets in seven cisco is to visit some of the cities. stre ets in san fran cisco is recently i visited cities in europe. one of the segments of the population that needs a lot of attention are our seniors. i was little bit late for this meeting because i went to kaiser to pick up my prescription. i saw two seniors fall in the middle of the road right there by gary. you should go there and walk by gary and see. there are -- in the road, near a hospital. you don't have to go far. we have this bond magic, this that and the other thing, but the primary utilities keep trashing our roads and not fixing them. when i looked at the presidio, created the infrastructur

the san francisco bicycle coalition and being the transportation policy director for spur, san francisco planning and urban research. and a project director for the san francisco transit riders union. in those jobs, especially in the latter two, i learned what it takes to provide excellent public transit as efficiently as possible and at least -- a the least possible cost to the taxpayers. and i'm proud to say that golden gate transit has done a really good job. these are hard times, as you know, for public transit agencies. we had to cut quite a bit of service, but we were smart about it and we also managed to add some service.