the stationless bike share program and learn from those lessons. and also in the case of bike share we have another bike share system operating, so it wasn't the case of only having a single operator. i'm certainly happy to talk more about the bike share program with -- with your office and how we evaluate the stationless bike share program. >> i mean, more than the motorless scooters, i'm interested in expanding the bike program. that's a great ways for the folks to get around. we have a lot of hills in san francisco, and i don't think scooters are helpful on hills, but certainly, electric bikes are. it's great to see people riding them on the road. i just think it's going to be an immediate solution for so many folks to not ride in cars or ride share. i would like to have a further conversation about that. i'm not sure we're -- why we're thinking of permitting so many scooters about that, and not e bikes. that just doesn't make sense to me. >> thank you, supervisor kim. i actually had the same question. we can do a follow up on-line. i agree. i th

recent examples such as private transit vehicles and the stationless bike share, there's a lot from that that we can carry forward to this. there's also some lessons learn from that implementation that we can carry forward to this. so that -- for folk who is want a preview of what it might look like they can look at the dockless bike share regulations. that's what we will be providing to you and sharing with the public and industry for feedback will be along the same lines generally. >> vice chair heinicke: okay. as one director i was not surprised with the way this was implemented. i'm also willing to move past that and would speak to the companies to the extent they are listening right now. if you want our cooperation and assistance in this process you need to engage with us and assist our staff as we develop these regular la -- regulations. if that doesn't happen i will take that as a message and it will affect me. >> board member borden: thank you director. thank you for the record. it's so -- sobering to hear of the fatality on ocean. even though with do good work there's a lot left

we are ultimately aware of the motorized scooters share program and the stationless bike startups that's been happening in the last few months, all which were operating on our streets and sidewalks. i have been hearing from seniors and people in wheelchairs who are inconvenienced because they are having to navigate around scooters and bikes that not only blocking entry ways or left in the middle of the sidewalk, but people are riding these motorized devices on the sidewalk. the arrogance these companies dropped they scooters and bikes creating bus routes without any notification. they are all recording data of our residents that we have no idea how it is used or if it is secured or really mind-blowing and it should be unacceptable. these persuasive mobile instances of emerging technology must accommodate the most vulnerable persons including seniors, children, and those with limitations. san francisco encourages emerging technology. but as a city, we must ensure that the technology provides common good measured in identifiable ways and that they are safe and appropriate. a multi billion

as with the stationless bikes, we are ensuring that the san francisco municipal transportation agency creates a permit process, as well as giving public works department the power to enforce the sanctity and safety of our public space, particularly our sidewalks. the technical aspects of the legislation are not the only similarities from last year. i want to stress this because it is clear many of these companies continue to build their corporate empires off a basic premise. making massive profits and innovation is only possible by cutting corners. everything, including public assets are there to be mon anytized and it is somehow the fault of the local communities and governments that they didn't think to publicize this first. san francisco's only here to quite literally, pun intended, be given the bird by tech ceo who jump from one company to the next. the hysteria apparently we are -- according to a press release issued by one of the companies at an emergency meeting, which it is not. it was actually introduced a month and a half ago and has gotten here during the normal course of b

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around permitting of dockless stationless bicycles came around, there was a warning made in this committee to you guys that you needed to make provisions insofar as jump bike was about to enter into a partnership. i think i said at the time was about to be bought by, and i turned out to be right, and that you needed to have provisions to deal with that. which ultimately, and granted, and it's only an 18 month pilot, and so we'll get there. but ultimately, the level of response was less than adequate. i am sure that we will learn as we deal with part two or part three, if you want to go back to segways on you can swa -- sidewalks. i really hope that as an sgs -- i think that as a matter of policy, you and i agree, but as an agency, you will send a message to these companies that it is time to stop asking for forgiveness and start asking for permission. and the best way you can do that is to put permit conditions in at the front end that say if you transfer your interest from the start-up to some massive multibillion dollar corporation that we know even though they won't divulge to us, we have done our own analytical work to know that one of four cars on the