my name is steven steinberg, owner and operator of segway oakland. i participated in a pilot program to bring segways to the state. i also ran experiments out on angel day. we have a multi-use trails with bikers, joggers, and we share the roads with the tram system out there. we were under close supervision from the rangers department, which is also on the island. they were watching us on a daily basis to make sure we could interact with people. daily, when people were leaving, the rangers would question them as they believe in, what did they think about us being out there? when we originally started, there were quite a few news articles and complaints in the community that we were going to cause a lot of noise and hurt people. the park system saw that after one year, that did not happen. not only did it not happen, we were one of the safest operations in the country. and we generated $300,000 in additional income in five months that the parks collected 50% of. within a year, the parks decided to run the operation themselves, and have now bought renta