michael smithwick, kevin weir, [inaudible] penser. jj strausal, gary stevens and cristina [inaudible] >> michael smithwick and lived 2 blocks from this project for the last 26 years. for those 26 years i don't think i have seen anyone go in or out of the building. it has been a dead space the last 11 years i guess it has been boarded up cover ing graffiti qu fites to correct that so thrilled to see this happen and get much needed housing in the neighborhood and for the city and reactivate that space. the other thing i will add is it has a wonderful entering vestibule as a grand theater does. it has a nice tur ozo on the bottom. the sidewalks on divisadero are narrow and try ied to solve that but it is narrow sidewalks so i appreciate the privately owned part of the space that is the entry provides depth to the sidewalk at that location. that gets congestion out of the way and enlivens the space as well so very thrilled to hear this happen. >> thank you next speaker, please. >> good afternoon everyone. my nake isen weir and live at 129

. >> adrienne covert, emily alpart, michael smithwick, [inaudible] >> good afternoon. i'm with the bay area council and want to express support. there was virtually nothing known about the system. the sfmta rightly went out and developed the pilot program to gather data over the course of over a year you have gathered data and just heard a lot about it. we didn't know how many people road the shuttle squz how many cars came off the roads and how many conflicts with muni, now we vaclear idea and the numbers are powerful. 2 million car trips epreliminated from the roads [inaudible] 47 percent of riders don't own cars, half say they don't own it for the main reason being the bus commute. these are powerful figures and think the permit program put forward helps build on that success and takes us in the right direction. i think the bay area council is proud to have played a small role in priding some of the information sfmta need today put forward a pilot praposal and execute and deliver a common sense approach to rigulating the buses and think it will benefit the pedestria

. >> adrienne covert, emily alpart, michael smithwick, [inaudible] >> good afternoon. i'm with the bay area council and want to express support. there was virtually nothing known about the system. the sfmta rightly went out and developed the pilot program to gather data over the course of over a year you have gathered data and just heard a lot about it. we didn't know how many people road the shuttle squz how many cars came off the roads and how many conflicts with muni, now we vaclear idea and the numbers are powerful. 2 million car trips epreliminated from the roads [inaudible] 47 percent of riders don't own cars, half say they don't own it for the main reason being the bus commute. these are powerful figures and think the permit program put forward helps build on that success and takes us in the right direction. i think the bay area council is proud to have played a small role in priding some of the information sfmta need today put forward a pilot praposal and execute and deliver a common sense approach to rigulating the buses and think it will benefit the pedestria

. >> adrienne covert, emily alpart, michael smithwick, [inaudible] >> good afternoon.h the bay area council and want to express support. there was virtually nothing known about the system. the sfmta rightly went out and developed the pilot program to gather data over the course of over a year you have gathered data and just heard a lot about it. we didn't know how many people road the shuttle squz how many cars came off the roads and how many conflicts with muni, now we vaclear idea and the numbers are powerful. 2 million car trips epreliminated from the roads [inaudible] 47 percent of riders don't own cars, half say they don't own it for the main reason being the bus commute. these are powerful figures and think the permit program put forward helps build on that success and takes us in the right direction. i think the bay area council is proud to have played a small role in priding some of the information sfmta need today put forward a pilot praposal and execute and deliver a common sense approach to rigulating the buses and think it will benefit the pedestrians and t

michael smithwick, kevin weir, [inaudible] penser. jj strausal, gary stevens and cristina [inaudible] >> michael smithwick and lived 2 blocks from this project for the last 26 years. for those 26 years i don't think i have seen anyone go in or out of the building. it has been a dead space the last 11 years i guess it has been boarded up cover ing graffiti qu fites to correct that so thrilled to see this happen and get much needed housing in the neighborhood and for the city and reactivate that space. the other thing i will add is it has a wonderful entering vestibule as a grand theater does. it has a nice tur ozo on the bottom. the sidewalks on divisadero are narrow and try ied to solve that but it is narrow sidewalks so i appreciate the privately owned part of the space that is the entry provides depth to the sidewalk at that location. that gets congestion out of the way and enlivens the space as well so very thrilled to hear this happen. >> thank you next speaker, please. >> good afternoon everyone. my nake isen weir and live at 129

michael smithwick, kevin weir, [inaudible] penser. jj strausal, gary stevens and cristina [inaudible] >> michael smithwick and lived 2 blocks from this project for the last 26 years. for those 26 years i don't think i have seen anyone go in or out of the building. it has been a dead space the last 11 years i guess it has been boarded up cover ing graffiti qu fites to correct that so thrilled to see this happen and get much needed housing in the neighborhood and for the city and reactivate that space. the other thing i will add is it has a wonderful entering vestibule as a grand theater does. it has a nice tur ozo on the bottom. the sidewalks on divisadero are narrow and try ied to solve that but it is narrow sidewalks so i appreciate the privately owned part of the space that is the entry provides depth to the sidewalk at that location. that gets congestion out of the way and enlivens the space as well so very thrilled to hear this happen. >> thank you next speaker, please. >> good afternoon everyone. my nake isen weir and live at 129