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          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD 
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          [Austin ThinkBike 2022 Opening Plenary ]
MORNING. 
          KEEP COMING ON IN AND FILLING THE SEATS. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, GLAD TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME YOU. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF COLLEAGUES, PARTNERS, UM, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO A REALLY QUICK SAFETY MOMENT, SO IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, WE'LL HEAD OUT RIGHT BEHIND US, THE EXIT ONTO GUADALUPE STREET THROUGH THOSE DOORS THAT YOU CAME IN THROUGH. 
          UM, AND IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, THERE IS AN A E D LOCATED NEAR THE BATHROOMS, BEHIND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S ROOM. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL HOPE WE WON'T HAVE TO NEED THAT, BUT JUST IN CASE. 
          UM, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA QUICKLY HAND IT TO OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, RICHARD MENDOZA, UH, TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, ANNA, AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO, UH, THINK MIKE 2022. 
          WHAT A GREAT MORNING, RIGHT? FOR A BIKE RIDE, UH, IN THE FORTIES HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          WE GET TO ENJOY THAT FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS, AND THEN IT'LL HEAT BACK UP. 
          BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I, IT'S MY PLEASURE, UH, TO BE HERE AND WELCOME YOU TO THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. 
          THINK BY 2022 IS 10 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL, UH, THINK BY 2012. 
          AND MY GOSH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY BOTH FOR US AND FOR OUR, UM, OUR HOSTING, OUR, OUR, OUR VISITORS FROM THE DUTCH, DUTCH DELEGATION. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A VERY EXCITING DAY PLAN FOR YOU TODAY, INCLUDING, UH, THOSE BIKE TOURS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, BUILDING OUT OUR BICYCLE NETWORK. 
          AND IT'S ALL IN THE MIND OF, OF SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT SIX OUTTA 10 FOLKS WITH ACCESS TO OUR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BICYCLE NETWORK. 
          AND BY 2025, OUR GOAL IS TO REACH 10 OUT OF 10 AUSTINITE. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT DONE IN QUITE AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO GOING OUT AND LEARNING LESSONS FROM OUR PARTNERS. 
          UH, FROM, UH, THE DUTCH DELEGATION, UH, IN 2019, I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL, UH, TO THE NETHERLANDS AND TO RIDE ON THEIR BICYCLE NETWORK. 
          AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IN HOW THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR MOBILITY HAS OCCURRED, UH, OVER QUITE A BIT A PERIOD OF TIME, I BELIEVE, OVER THE LAST 40, UH, 50 YEARS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST WHEN I WAS OVER THERE WAS NOT SO MUCH THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT THE ATTITUDES AND THE BEHAVIORS OF THE DUTCH PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, TO, TO, UH, JUST WITNESS HOW EVERYONE KIND OF, UH, COHABITATES THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY TO, UH, REACH THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY, UH, WITH BIKES, WITH, UH, TRANSIT, UH, EVEN WITH, WITH AUTOMOBILES. 
          IT WAS QUITE AMAZING. 
          IT, IT ALL SEEMED TO WORK AND EVERYBODY, UH, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN, AN ORCHESTRA OF BEING CONDUCTED. 
          AND SO OF COURSE, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, WE'VE BEEN CAR CENTRIC FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ASPIRE TO ACHIEVE THOSE SAME TYPES OF, OF BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES, BUT IT'S BY THESE INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL US ENABLE US TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT, UH, THAT CHANGE IN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE THAT SAFE MOBILITY NETWORK FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND, AND ALL USES. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FUENTES FROM DISTRICT TWO, ONE OF OUR LARGEST, UH, UH, BIKE ADVOCATES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY PRIVILEGED TO ENJOY COUNCIL AND OUR OWN MAYOR, STEVE ADLERS, UH, SUPPORT, UH, TO BUILD OUT OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS VANESSA FUENTES, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          BEEN REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. 
          I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE 10 YEARS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THINK BIKE. 
          I, UH, RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS, UM, LITERALLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, , AND IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ME, ESPECIALLY AS A, AS A LOCAL POLICY MAKER. 
          I GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF STREET DESIGN. 
          UH, WE SAW ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKE LANES, TWO-WAY BIKE LANES, CYCLE STREETS, CYCLE BRIDGES, CYCLE, HOT HIGHWAYS. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS 
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JUST EVERYTHING AND SO COMPREHENSIVE. 
          AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED WHEN WE, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT THE ROUNDABOUTS AND HOW YOU CAN INCORPORATE, UM, SAFE, UM, PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS AND HAVE CYCLISTS AND HAVE A VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AND IT, AND IT CAN BE DONE. 
          IT REALLY, IT TRULY SHOWED ME WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, YESTERDAY, UH, NATHAN WILKES PRESENTED US, UM, WITH A, AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN AUSTIN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE CHANGES REFLECTED IN OUR CITY, AND TO KNOW THAT WE NOW HAVE OVER 200 MILES OF, OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND WHAT'S TO COME IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME REALLY EXCITED, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS MANY TIMES, BUT IF YOU COME BACK TO AUSTIN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TRANSFORMATIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, CYCLING AS A PART OF THAT, AND WE WANNA ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE OUR NEW TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          AND SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD, I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME IN. 
          AWESOME. 
          EXCITED FOR WHAT WE CAN GET DONE AND ARE THRILLED TO BE A CHAMPION. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          DO I, AM I INTRODUCING THE MAYOR NEXT, OR WHO AM I? YEAH, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LAURA . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN FUENTES, UM, JUST REALLY, UH, SO INSPIRED BY THOSE REMARKS AND, AND BY, UM, JUST THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE TO, TO WORK, UH, WITH ALL OF THE BOND, UM, REFERENDUMS AND GET, GET SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDES OUT THERE. 
          UM, BRIEFLY. 
          I'M LAURA DEERFIELD WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION STREET DESIGN DIVISION, AND IT IS TRULY MY PLEASURE, UH, TO INTRODUCE, UH, MAYOR ADLER AND HAVE HIM SAY A FEW WORDS TO KICK US OFF THIS MORNING. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND THE CITY APPRECIATES EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THIS WORKSHOP, UH, IN THIS EFFORT, UH, ON THIS CAUSE. 
          AND, AND WE REALLY WELCOME BACK HOME, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE DUTCH ADVOCATES, UH, WHO HAVE REALLY SHINED THE, THE FLASHLIGHT AND THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE PATH FOR, FOR ALL OF US TO FOLLOW. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, VANESSA TALKING ABOUT THIS 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, JUST INCREDIBLY TRANSFORMATIVE. 
          THE TRUTH IS, UM, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. 
          I WAS ONE OF THE, THE NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS PRETTY LOCKED AND LOADED IN MY CAR, UH, AND REALLY NEVER THOUGHT MUCH, UH, ABOUT IT. 
          UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS THIS PIONEER, CHRIS RILEY, WHO WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WHO FOR ME WAS, WAS THE PERSON THAT REALLY INTRODUCED THIS ALTERNATE WORLD TO ME. 
          I CAN REMEMBER RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN, UH, 2014, AND HE SHOWED UP AT, AT ALL OF OUR FORUM, UH, ON HIS BICYCLE. 
          UH, AND IT WAS A NOVELTY, UH, THAT, THAT HE DID THAT. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF SCORN AND RIDICULE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND FOR A POLITICIAN TO DO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMPETITIVE ELECTION, RECOGNIZING THE REACTION THAT WAS HAPPENING, I THINK WAS ONE OF THE, THE BRAVEST MOMENTS OF, OF THAT ENTIRE 2014 CAMPAIGN. 
          BUT IT HAD AN IMPACT. 
          IT HAD AN IMPACT ON THE CITY. 
          IT HAD AN IMPACT ON ALL OF US, ALL OF THE VOTES, ALL OF THE THINGS YOU TRIED TO DO, UH, UH, CHRIS, MANY SUCCESSFUL, SOME NOT, UH, REALLY, UH, UH, FOLLOWED UP ON THAT WORK THAT, THAT THAT WAS DONE IN 2012, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE CITY HAD ITS FIRST REAL OFFICIAL, UH, EXPOSURE TO, TO THIS WORLD. 
          UH, 24 TURNED INTO 2015, AND WE HAD THE NEW TEN ONE COUNCIL, UH, AT THAT POINT IN 2015. 
          IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD BACK THEN. 
          BUT IN 2015, WHEN YOU POLL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ASKED WHAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONCERN WAS, IT WAS NOT HOMELESSNESS OR AFFORDABILITY OR HOUSING, IT WAS TRANSPORTATION, IT WAS MOBILITY. 
          AND BY FAR, I MEAN IT POLLED TWICE AS MUCH AS NUMBER TWO ON THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS INTERESTED IN. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, WHEN THEY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION THAT WAY, WERE 
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THINKING ABOUT MORE ROADS. 
          THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT MORE LANES. 
          THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO, TO, TO MAKE CONGESTION GO AWAY BY MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO, TO, TO RIDE IN YOUR CARS. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM 2012 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THERE IS NO PART OF OUR CIVIC LIFE IN THIS CITY THAT HAS SHOWN GREATER TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAN IN THE WAY THAT THIS COMMUNITY THINKS ABOUT. 
          MOBILITY BEGAN WITH THAT EFFORT IN 2012 AND 20 15, 20 16, IN SPRING OF 2016, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING A TRANSPORTATION BOND. 
          THAT 2016 TRANSPORTATION BOND, PRETTY TRANSFORMATIVE. 
          YOU KNOW, USUALLY BOND PROGRAMS GO THROUGH A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OF A BOND PROCESS. 
          THE 2016 BOND DID NOT, THE 2016 BOND WAS FIRST ARISEN, AROSE AS A POSSIBILITY IN SPRING OF 2016, IN MARCH, WHICH IS AN UNHEARD OF MOMENT TO BE LAUNCHING A NOVEMBER CAMPAIGN. 
          BUT IT WAS REAL APPARENT, REAL FAST THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS HUNGRY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING ON MOBILITY. 
          NOW, THE QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE PUT TOWARD IT? AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT DO WE PUT IT TOWARD? THE INITIAL VOICES IN THAT, UH, WERE ASKING FOR US STEPPING OUT AND DOING A HUNDRED MILLION BOND. 
          YOU RECALL THAT JUST TWO OR THREE YEARS EARLIER, WE HAD A HOUSING BOND AT 85 MILLION THAT FAILED. 
          WE CAME BACK WITH A HOUSING BOND YEAR LATER, UH, UH, THANKS TO, TO THAT PERSISTENT COUNCIL THAT PROCEEDED OUR TEN ONE COUNCIL, UH, CAME BACK AT $65 MILLION. 
          SO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED RIGHT FOR A TRANSPORTATION BOND, BUT THERE WAS A PUSH IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SAY, WE HAVE TO THINK BIGGER. 
          WE HAVE TO THINK MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
          WE HAVE TO REALLY QUESTION THE PATH AND TRAJECTORY WE'RE ON IF WE'RE GONNA REALLY CHANGE THE LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE ENDED UP WITH A 720 MILLION BOND. 
          THAT 720 MILLION BOND WAS MORE IN THAT ONE BOND THAN OUR CITY HAD BONDED FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE PRECEDING 20 YEARS. 
          CUMULATIVELY. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS THAT SIGNIFICANT TO CHANGE. 
          AND THEN THE CONVERSATION TURNED OUT, AS WE'RE DOING THAT BOND, COULD WE ACTUALLY PUT IN A LINED ITEM THAT WAS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? COULD WE PUT A LINE IN THE BOND THAT TALKED ABOUT BUILDING OUT A BICYCLE NETWORK, THIS, IN A CITY THAT, THAT NEW BEYOND A SHADOW OF IT OUT THAT YOU COULD NEVER REALLY DO BICYCLE NETWORK IN AUSTIN BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT TO BIKE IN THE SUMMER. 
          AND THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE IN NORTHERN EUROPE ARE REALLY GOOD FOR NORTHERN EUROPE. 
          THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LIKE NORTHERN EUROPE. 
          WE PUT IN THAT LINE ITEM $20 MILLION FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THE FIRST TIME WE HAD DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS WE DIPPED OUR TOE INTO THAT WATER. 
          AND THEN WE WENT INTO THE CAMPAIGN, I WAS PART OF MANY PEOPLE OUT EVERY DAY CAMPAIGNING FOR THAT BOND. 
          AND AS I WENT AROUND THE CITY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ASPECTS OF THAT ENTIRE $720 MILLION BOND WAS THE $20 MILLION THAT WAS BEING DEVOTED TO THE BICYCLE NETWORK. 
          AND THE ADVOCATES IN THIS COMMUNITY, HUNGRY FOR A BICYCLE NETWORK, ADOPTED THAT $720 MILLION BOND AND WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND HANDED OUT LEAFLETS AND, AND, AND TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT FUTURE FOR AUSTIN IN, IN MOBILITY. 
          I, WE, WE WON THAT $720 MILLION BOND BY, BY AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER FOR A BOND THAT SIZE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD'VE HAD THAT RESULT IF WE HADN'T HAD $20 MILLION FOR BICYCLE NETWORK, 40 MILLION FOR, FOR PATHWAYS AND TRAILS. 
          I THINK THERE WAS $60 MILLION IN THAT BOND FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, 60 MILLION, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN HUGE ALL BY ITSELF, BUT PART OF A BOND THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPENDING NOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS CHANGING THE WAY OUR STREETS LOOK IN THIS CITY, CHANGING EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY TO PROVIDE FOR MOBILITY CHOICES, FOCUSING ON MOVING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF MOVING CARS TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE 2018 BOND, WHICH HAD MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. 
          AND THEN THE 2020 BOND, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 
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TO, TO TAKE THE SAME TRIP THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE TOOK, UH, TO, TO NORTHERN EUROPE. 
          I WENT THERE WITH SECRETARY FOX, UH, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE TIME, AND WITH A MAYOR FROM SOUTH BEND THAT WOULD LATER BE SECRETARY OF OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THAT WAS IN 20 16, 20 17 WAS, WHICH IS MIND BENDING, UH, FOR, FOR ME TO SEE A PARKING GARAGE WITH 27,000 BICYCLES IN IT, TO KNOW THAT A COMMUNITY COULD ACTUALLY BIKE IN HOT WEATHER OR DRIVING SNOW, UH, YOU JUST WEAR THE RIGHT CLOTHES TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO IT, WAS, WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE IT EVEN THAT MUCH MORE REAL. 
          BUT WE HAD ADVOCATES. 
          WE HAD, UM, THE, THE, THE WALTON FAMILY COMING IN WITH FUNDING TO DO BICYCLE CAMPAIGN IN 20 17, 20 18, 20 19. 
          EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS POINTED TOWARD THIS TO WHERE IT WAS WHEN, WHEN, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT 2020 OF DOING PROJECT CONNECT. 
          WE KNEW WE, WE COULDN'T JUST DO PROJECT CONNECT. 
          WE HAD TO DOUBLE DOWN ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SENTIMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE SAID, WELL, WE DID 20 MILLION BEFORE, ACTUALLY WE DID PROBABLY 40. 
          HOW MUCH COULD WE STRETCH IT IF WE DID JUST THIS? AND ARE WE BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE NAKED? PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, NAKED, NAKED, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? DO YOU WANT IT? IT'S BICYCLES. 
          YES, IT'S BICYCLES AND IT'S TRAILS AND IT'S SAFETY. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA HIDE IT IN ANYTHING ANYMORE. 
          DOES DO OUR VALUES REFLECT THIS? UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS PICKED UP THE LEAD ON THAT, AND, AND, AND WE STARTED OUT AT, OKAY, A HUNDRED, 200 EVERY TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, SOMEBODY SAID, NOW THAT WAS 250, RIGHT? AND WE SAID, UH, YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS 250 AND WE HAD TO GET TOGETHER THE NEXT TIME. 
          AND SOMEONE WOULD START OUT THE MEETING BY SAYING, I LOVE THIS THING WE'RE DOING. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT 300, RIGHT? SO THEN IT BECAME 300, AND UNTIL IT WAS WELL OVER $400 MILLION IN A, IN A, IN A DIRECT SOLICITATION OF OUR COMMUNITY TO GAUGE INTEREST. 
          AND, AND IT PASSED, WHAT 70% WAS THE NUMBER IN THAT? NO OPPOSITION, NO OPPOSITION IN THIS CITY TO THAT KIND OF BOND FOR THAT KIND OF THING. 
          THE NUMBERS THAT OUR STAFF PRESENTED AND OUR STAFF HAS DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, IN, IN LAYING OUT THE 2016 BOND, THERE WAS THE CONFIDENCE THAT PEOPLE FELT THERE WAS THE FACT THAT THEY COULD GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SEE WHERE EVERY PENNY WAS ALLOCATED AND HOW IT WAS BEING SPENT. 
          THE TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. 
          AND, AND, AND WE, WE, WE LAUNCHED THAT A CAMPAIGN AND, AND WON. 
          THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT THE STAFF DID YESTERDAY SHOWING WHERE WE WERE IN, IN 22,000 AND 2010, INTER STARTED COMING UP IN 2012. 
          YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE GROUND, BUT IT LAID THE, THE GROUNDWORK FOR US. 
          AND THEN IT'S LIKE A HOCKEY STICK. 
          WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS CITY TO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED HALF OF THE ALL AGES AND ALL SKILLS BY NETWORK IN THIS CITY IS PHENOMENAL TO DO IT ON THE TIMING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, TO HAVE THE PROMISE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE THIS BY THE END OF 2025. 
          A PROJECT THAT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT BACK IN 20 15, 20 16, LOOKED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THE 2030S, UH, NOT BY, BY BY 2025. 
          IT MAY CONCLUDE WITH HIS I DID YESTERDAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT. 
          AND THE MOVEMENT IN OUR CITY, UH, WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO RIDE WITH, UH, THE QUEEN, UH, WHEN SHE WAS WITH US, UH, AND REMARKING ON THE RESOLUTION THAT OUR COUNCIL HAD PASSED THE PROCLAMATION, UH, DECLARING THE SPECIALNESS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH, UH, WITH AMSTERDAM, UH, KNOWING THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS REALLY ARE, ARE IN SIGNIFICANT DEGREE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION IN THIS CITY. 
          UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF A MILLION PEOPLE. 
          AND AGAIN, SAY WELCOME HOME, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO AUSTIN. 
          BUT I'M ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING READY TO TAKE THIS RIDE WITH THE QUEEN, AND SHE'S IN A LONG DRESS AND HIGH HEELED SHOES. 
          AND I'M THINKING, WONDERING AT WHAT POINT IT IS THAT SHE GETS OFF THIS AND RUNS INSIDE AND CHANGES, UH, OR, OR GRABS THE RUBBER BANDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRESS DOESN'T GET CAUGHT IN THE BICYCLE, AT LEAST 
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TO CHANGE HER SHOES. 
          UM, AND, AND SHE DIDN'T. 
          UH, AND, AND RIDING WITH HER, REFLECTING ON THIS PERIOD OF TIME, UM, WAS, WAS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION. 
          UM, AND AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, MY STAFF GAVE ME MY FINAL THOUGHT. 
          AS I WAS GETTING READY TO DO THAT BICYCLE RIDE, THEY HUDDLED AROUND ME AND THEY SAID, OKAY, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          I SAID, GOT IT. 
          WHAT IS IT? AND THEY SAID, DON'T RIDE EVER IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN. 
          AND I SAID, OKAY, I CAN DO THAT. 
          WHY? AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA FALL OFF , AND IF YOU FALL OFF, IT'S OKAY. 
          YOU JUST CAN'T FALL OFF IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF SHE FALLS OFF, I MEAN, THE WORLD, THE WORLD CHANGES. 
          UM, FORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T FALL OFF. 
          SHE DIDN'T FALL OFF. 
          UH, BUT THAT MOMENT I THINK, KIND OF ENCAPSULATED WHAT WAS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND TRANSFORMATIONAL ASPECTS OF THIS CITY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          I HAVE SO MANY OF MY HEROES, UH, IN THIS ROOM, AND I WANTED TO BE HERE TO SAY TO THEY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT WE CAN BE EQUALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SET OUR MIND TO. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER. 
          I WOULD CHALLENGE, I THINK WE NEGATIVE SPLIT THE DECADE IN TERMS OF MILEAGE, SO I THINK WE CAN JUST KEEP THAT HOCKEY STICK GOING ON . 
          UM, AND WE ARE HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED SUCH A SEASON, UH, WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF SUCH KIND AND GENEROUS PEOPLE. 
          AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, LISA STREAK, BURKE ARTS, THE COUNSELOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND WATER WITH THE EMBASSY IN DC TO SHARE SOME REMARKS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING SPEECH THAT WAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WITNESS. 
          I THINK SHE'S ALREADY BACK AT WORK, BUT THANKS A LOT. 
          UM, SO MY NAME'S LISA STRECK. 
          ART IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT LIKA I THINK YOU CAN DO. 
          I'M INDEED THE COUNSELOR FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, DC. 
          I DEAL WITH ALL THE TOPICS, UH, THAT ARE EITHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED OR ENVIRONMENT RELATED. 
          OUR MINISTRY COMBINES THE TWO TOPICS, AND WE WORK TOGETHER ON ISSUES THAT ARE OF MUTUAL INTEREST TO US AND TO THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO, LET ME INTRODUCE MY FAMILY. 
          . 
          NO, JUST KIDDING. 
          THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, MY KIDS HAD FULL BREAK, AND, UM, I ASKED 'EM WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO, AND OF COURSE, THEY WANTED TO GO TO TEXAS. 
          AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF YOU DO GO TO TEXAS, WE NEED TO START IN AUSTIN, AND WE NEED TO TAKE A BIKE RIDE. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT WE DID. 
          WE, UH, UH, APPROACHED A GUIDE, A GUIDED TOUR HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          UH, THEY TOOK US AROUND. 
          UM, WE STARTED AT THE ZKO PARK WHERE WE HEARD THE, THE TRYOUTS OF THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. 
          THIS WAS, UH, THE CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL. 
          I HAD NEVER HEARD TTO CHILI PEPPERS, SO THAT WAS A GOOD START. 
          THEN WE WENT OVER TO BARTON SPRINGS WHERE PEOPLE WERE SWIMMING AND, UH, HAVING FUN. 
          WE DROVE ON CONGRESS, UH, AVENUE BRIDGE, WE SAW THE BATS, OR AT LEAST WE SAW THE EYES OF THE BATS WITHIN THE BRIDGE, AND WE ENDED UP AT THE CAPITAL. 
          AND, UH, I MUST TELL YOU, IT WAS REALLY AN EXCELLENT BIKE RIDE. 
          I FELT SAFE ALL THE WAY THE, THE, THE BIKE LANES WERE MAGNIFICENT. 
          SO I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THESE PAST YEARS. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT SHOWS. 
          SO I THINK YOU CAN BE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED, AND, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT. 
          DO I NEED TO DO THIS? THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO MENTION WHY HERB MOBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE NETHERLANDS. 
          AND I THINK IT IS VERY SIMILAR ACTUALLY, FOR AUSTIN AND FOR THE US. 
          UH, WE HAVE GROWING CITIES. 
          IN FACT, WE HAVE A BIG HOUSING CHALLENGE IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          WE NEED TO BUILD 1 MILLION NEW HOUSES WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHICH ALSO PUTS A LOT OF STRAIN ON MOBILITY. 
          WE ARE NOT ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE SPACE FOR, UH, THE CARS AND THE HIGHWAYS FOR A MILLION MORE, UH, PEOPLE, OR ACTUALLY, IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 
          IT'S A MILLION HOUSES. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, SMART MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, MORE USE OF TRANSIT, MORE USE OF CYCLING. 
          AND I THINK THE SAME GOES FOR AUSTIN, WHICH IS ALSO A VERY GROWING CITY. 
          SO THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, THE AIR POLLUTION. 
          UM, CYCLING, UH, DOES NOT ADMIT ANYTHING. 
          IT'S, IT DOESN'T GIVE OUT COT, 
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A CO2, SORRY. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THE LOCAL AIR QUALITY. 
          SO I THINK IT HELPS US, UM, WITH REACHING OUR GOALS AROUND AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE HEALTH OF OUR PEOPLE. 
          WHILE, YOU KNOW, CYCLING IS VERY GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH, UH, PEOPLE WHO CYCLE REGULARLY ARE HAPPIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE AND HEALTHIER, THEY, UH, LOSE LESS WORK. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE, UH, SMART INVESTMENT. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS SOCIAL INCLUSION. 
          WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE CYCLING CAN HELP WITH A MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY BECAUSE BICYCLING IS INEXPENSIVE AND IT'S, UM, EASY WAY TO, UH, GO TO WORK OR TO SCHOOL. 
          SO THERE'S GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, UM, DON'T HAVE THE MEANS RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT, AND WE THINK CYCLING CAN HELP WITH THAT. 
          NEXT SITE, PLEASE. 
          UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT NETHERLANDS HAS ALREADY DONE, BUT WE ARE ALSO STILL WORKING VERY HARD. 
          UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE DONE. 
          UH, ACTUALLY, WE'VE RECENTLY, UH, RELEASED A NATIONAL CYCLING VISION, 2040. 
          IT WAS DEVELOPED, UH, IN CORPORATION WITH A LOT OF PARTIES WITH, UH, GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, NGOS, KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTES, AND BICYCLING ADVOCATES. 
          AND TOGETHER THEY BUILT THIS VISION, WHICH, UH, CONTAINS THREE MAIN PILLARS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS TO DEVELOP THE MAIN CYCLING ROUTES. 
          UH, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO CONNECT THE ENTIRE NETWORK. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS POSSIBLE TO GO FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT AND TO HAVE ALL THE CYCLING CONNECTED. 
          AS I LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION YESTERDAY, UH, THAT NATHAN HAD, I KNOW IN AUSTIN YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING THE, THE DIFFERENT ROUTES. 
          AND THIS IS DONE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS INCREASE THE PARKING FACILITIES. 
          AND INDEED, LIKE MAYOR LER SAID, THERE WERE ALREADY A LOT OF PARKING FACILITIES IN THE NETHERLANDS, BUT IF YOU HAVE AS MANY BICYCLES AS WE DO, PARKING IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE. 
          SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO BUILD NEW PARKING FACILITIES OR TO INNOVATE THEM. 
          AND THE THIRD ONE IS TO FURTHER PROMOTE, UH, THE USE OF THE CYCLE BICYCLE, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CYCLING. 
          AND WITH ALL THE BENEFITS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE USING THEIR BICYCLE. 
          SO LET ME VERY BRIEFLY GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR, UM, EMBASSY AND OUR NETWORK IS DOING WITH THE US. 
          LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS MYSELF. 
          FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED A ROYAL VISIT TO CALIFORNIA AND TO TEXAS. 
          I THINK THIS IS A VERY, UH, MEMORABLE PICTURE, UH, THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. 
          UH, WE DON'T DO ROYAL VISITS EVERY YEAR. 
          ACTUALLY, THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS IN 2015. 
          SO , THIS WAS QUITE, UH, AN EVENT AND THAT, UH, AUSTIN WAS SELECTED TO BE THE CITY TO GO TO. 
          I THINK THAT IS A, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AS WELL. 
          THE SECOND THING WE DO IS WE ORGANIZE TRADE MISSIONS. 
          SORRY, I DUNNO HOW TO WORK THIS . 
          UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD A TRADE MISSION SPECIFICALLY ON URBAN MOBILITY. 
          IT, IT WENT TO THE WRONG PART OF THE US. 
          WE WENT TO CALIFORNIA, BUT , I THINK WE COULD DO THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          ALSO IN TEXAS, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SPEAKING TO, UH, THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE TRADE MISSION. 
          THEN WE DO A STUDY TOURS, UM, LIKE THE ONE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF FUENTES MENTIONS. 
          UM, WELL, WE ORGANIZE ONE THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY ON HERB MOBILITY. 
          UH, I ALSO COULD HAVE ADDED A PICTURE OF MAYOR ADLER IN HIS STUDY TOUR, CUZ I THINK I HAVE ONE. 
          I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, LAURA. 
          UM, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A VERY GREAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE HAD, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE US OF SEVEN STATES AND THE DISTRICT. 
          AND, UM, THEY WERE ALL WORKING VERY HARD TO IMPROVE THE MOBILITY IN THEIR CITIES OR IN THEIR STATES. 
          SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THEM TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN THEM AND ALSO TO SEE SOME EX, UH, EXAMPLES IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          SO HERE WE ARE IN THE TREND, BUT WE ALSO WENT CYCLING A LOT. 
          WE TOOK, UH, THE TRAIN, WE TOOK THE WATER TAXI, WE TRIED TO EXPERIENCE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSPIRE AND SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, WE, OR I SHOULD SAY THE DUTCH CYCLING EMBASSY ORGANIZES, UH, THINK BIKE WORKSHOPS. 
          AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE QUIET RECENTLY WITH COVID, BUT THIS YEAR I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THREE. 
          I'M CORRECT. 
          SO THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE TODAY IN AUSTIN. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY, UM, A GREAT WAY TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE AND GET ALL YOUR INPUT. 
          SO I THINK WE SHOULD BEGIN. 
          SO I WISH YOU ALL A VERY CREATIVE AND INSPIRING WORKSHOP AND LET THE THINK BIKE WORKSHOP BEGIN. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. 
          SO LET'S START THIS EXCITING DAY. 
          I AM, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM EACH OTHER TODAY. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN OUR SESSION, UH, WITH THE PLENARY. 
          AND IT, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR MODERATOR 
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FOR TODAY. 
          AND THAT IS CHRIS BRUNTLETT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER OF THE DUTCH CYCLING EMBASSY. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU, RICHARD. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, YEAH, MY NAME IS CHRIS. 
          I AM, UH, THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION MANAGER WITH THE DUTCH CYCLING EMBASSY, UH, DUTCH AND SPIRIT, NOT ACTUALLY DUTCH, UH, UH, BY NATIONALITY. 
          I'M A NATIVE CANADIAN THAT'S BEEN LIVING AND WORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW. 
          UH, THE DUTCH CYCLING EMBASSY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION BASED IN UTRA, UH, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF AMSTERDAM, UH, WHICH IS THE JOKE THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN SHARING THIS WEEK. 
          UM, LITTLE CITY OF 400,000 PEOPLE. 
          UM, WE WERE INITIATED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN 2011. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR JUST OVER 10 YEARS OURSELVES. 
          UH, THE THINK BIKE IN AUSTIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, THINGS WE DID IN, IN OUR FIRST YEAR. 
          UH, AND WE ARE, UH, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OF NEARLY A HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS, UH, INCLUDING THREE OF WHOM YOU'LL YOU'LL HEAR FROM TODAY, UH, THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF CYCLING INTERNATIONALLY. 
          SO IT'S PRIVATE CONSULTANTS, ENGINEERS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS LIKE ELLE, UH, BICYCLE PARKING MANUFACTURERS. 
          AND THEN ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MUNICIPALITIES, UNIVERSITIES, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, VERY BRIEF INTRODUCTION, I'M GONNA HAND OVER THE FLOOR TO, UH, NATHAN WILSTON AND RICHARD A FROM H APPLE, UH, WHO ARE GONNA PROVIDE US A LITTLE OVERSIGHT OF, UH, WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, RICHARD AND NATHAN. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'LL KICK THIS OFF. 
          RICHARD AND I WERE BOTH, UM, HERE, STARTED YESTERDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 10 YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO WE, YEAH, WE WERE BOTH PART OF THAT WORKSHOP AS, UM, AS WE'RE IN MANY PEOPLE. 
          MAYBE RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU WERE HERE 10 YEARS AGO. 
          THIS WILL BE FUN. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          THIS IS KIND OF A, AN UNUSUAL, LIKE LOOK BACK, UH, A BIT OF TELLING A STORY THAT'S NOT SO CLEAR, UH, OR TRANSPARENT, AND THEN ALSO A CHANCE TO LOOK FORWARD. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M PERSONALLY REALLY EXCITED AND PROUD OF LIKE A, AN AMAZING STORY AND KIND OF PROGRESSION THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A HEAVINESS THAT COMES WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, UM, CONTINUING CHALLENGES AND EVEN INTENSIFYING CHALLENGES THAT OUR COMMUNITY FACES THAT, UH, WE LOOK TO TAKE HEAD ON. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GONNA HAVE EASY SOLUTIONS, AND WE MAY NOT EVEN LIKE THE OUTCOMES OF THE SOLUTIONS. 
          SO, UH, I WAS REMINDED THIS MORNING, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE DIVERSE VOICES IN THE ROOM. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT, UH, WHILE THIS DUTCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND THIS KNOWLEDGE IM DEPART IS COMING FROM A LARGELY WHITE COUNTRY, IT IS AN IMPERIAL COUNTRY. 
          UH, US CANNOT JUDGE IN THAT REGARD. 
          UH, WE HAVE SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM STILL IN THIS COUNTRY AND LONG HELD, AND THAT STILL AFFECTS KIND OF THE ECONOMICS, THE DISPLACEMENT, THE AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES THAT ARE AFFECTING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          SO THAT'S THE HEAVINESS PART. 
          UM, AND YEAH, THE, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE, UH, NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE BACK, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ERA, WHEN WE STARTED START THIS STORY WAS MOBILITY. 
          IT WAS IN EVERY POLL. 
          UH, NOW THE, THE STRONGEST ISSUE, AND I HAVE A SLIDE LATER TODAY, AND THE POLICY WORKSHOP IS AFFORDABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT FAR OUTSTRIPS EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          IT'S LIKE THREE TIMES BIGGER OF AN ISSUE THAN EVERY SINGLE OTHER ISSUE. 
          SO OUR ISSUE NOW IS NOT GONNA BE WHAT IS THE BICYCLE NETWORK OR ARE OUR STREETS MULTIMODAL, OR ARE OUR STREETS SAFE? OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS GONNA BE WHO HAS ACCESS TO HAVE MOBILITY CHOICE? WHO HAS ACCESS TO LIVE IN CITY OF AUSTIN? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH, AND I THINK QUITE HARD. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S TANGENTIAL TO, THOSE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, SHADE, HEAT, WHO'S VULNERABLE TO SHADE AND HEAT AND CLIMATE THAT ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE THE GLOBAL GRAPPLING THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL, UM, VERY INTERRELATED AND PART OF. 
          SO WITH ALL THAT 
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SAID, UH, I DO WANNA SAY, UH, IN REFLECTING IN JUST THE KIND OF MOMENT, AND I THINK THIS GATHERING, UM, AND THE, THE KIND OF REKINDLING OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE, UH, IS DEFINITELY A MOMENT IN THE PROGRESSION OF THIS CITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO PERFORM MOBILITY, HOW TO INTEGRATE THAT WITH LAND PLANNING AND OTHER AFFORDABILITY POLICIES AND ECOLOGICAL POLICIES. 
          UH, JUST THE EXISTENCE OF THE DUTCH CYCLING EMBASSY AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE ORGANIZED THIS IDEA OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY POWERFUL AND, UH, IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. 
          AND NOW I WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF HOW THAT KNOWLEDGE HAD A EFFECT ON THE PLACE THAT WE LIVE 10 YEARS LATER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I PRETTY MUCH COVERED ALL THAT. 
          I'M GONNA LET RICHARD TAKE US BACK IN TIME AND SAY WHAT HE AND THE OTHER DELEGATIONS OF THE DUTCH, UH, EXPERTS, UH, THEY ARE QUITE EXPERT. 
          UH, I LIKE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE FROM LIKE THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF THE WAY THEY THINK ABOUT INTEGRATED MOBILITY AND KIND OF LAND PLANNING SYSTEMS. SO I'M GONNA LET HIM TAKE US BACK IN TIME, BACK TO WHATEVER THAT DATE IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, NATHAN. 
          THANK YOU, AUSTIN, TO BE BACK HERE. 
          A JENNA, CHRIS, 10 YEARS AGO I CAME BACK, UH, WE CAME MONDAY AND TWO THINGS WERE DIFFERENT FROM 10 YEARS AGO. 
          A LOT OF TALL BUILDINGS AND A LOT OF MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, AND I THINK LESS CARS IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THAT WITHIN 10 YEARS, I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO STAY HERE IN DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO OTHER AREAS. 
          UH, WE WERE TAKING A BIKE TRIP TO THE MILLER AREA, SO, UH, FIRE THE BASKETBALL HALL WITH A NEW CYCLE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND BACK FROM THE, UM, BOGGY TRAIL, BUGGY CREEK TRAIL. 
          YEAH, IT WAS WONDERFUL, WITH SHADE, WITH WATER, QUIET ROADS. 
          SO WELL DONE. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          BUT 10 YEARS AGO IT WAS ONLY PAINT ON THE STREET AND NOT SAFE. 
          SO WE WANT TO INSPIRE YOU TODAY TO MAKE IT SAFER. 
          LESS PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAFFIC TILL ZERO KILL PEOPLE. 
          AND YES, CHRIS, 10 YEARS YOUNGER TOGETHER WITH ANIQUE, YOU LOOK STILL THE SAME AS 10 YEARS AGO. 
           IN MY, UH, IN MY NICE CITY, UH, DAVID IS 1,250 AND ONE YEARS OLD, UH, HISTORICAL. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS MARK OTT. 
          UH, HE SAYS IT'S RIDING LIKE WITH A BIKE THROUGH A POSTCARD. 
          SO, AND I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY IN, UH, ALONG THE CREEK. 
          SO WELL DONE. 
          UM, SO THE PICTURE OF 10 YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, I HAVE SOME MORE GRAY HAIR. 
          WE HAVE THE SAME PICTURE, UH, MADE IT, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, IT WAS TOGETHER WITH TOM. 
          HE'S RETIRED NEXT TO ANIQUE AND ANDRE, HE'S FROM THE CITY, FROM HOUSING. 
          AND TOGETHER WITH ALL YOUR PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS, IT WAS A BIG PARTY FOR US TO WORK WITH YOU TOGETHER. 
          UM, THINK BACK WORKSHOPS, SOME IMPRESSIONS, SO YOU RE RECOGNIZE YOURSELF. 
          HOPEFULLY MARK, MAYBE HE'S GOING BE ELECTED. 
          MARK WALT AND, UH, NATHAN IS THERE OVER THERE. 
          AND, UH, SO YOU HAVE SOME MODERN SYSTEMS TO DESIGN. 
          UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD, IT WAS A GOOD SESSION TWO TIMES, UH, HALF A DAY, WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE GOOD RESULTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT ALSO FOR THE SOUTH LA MAR. 
          UM, YEAH, WE WERE ALSO CYCLING. 
          WE, WE ARE, WE'LL DO THAT WITHIN TWO HOURS, UH, TO LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL SITES AND THINGS TO IMPROVE IN YOUR CITY. 
          AND, OKAY, UM, YOU ARE WORKING HARD IN 10 YEARS. 
          SO WE DID IT IN 50 YEARS. 
          SO AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, UH, THERE WAS A, UM, DECREASING OF NUMBER OF COSTS. 
          SO IT'S WHAT UPCOMING NUMBER OF MOTORIZED TRANSPORT. 
          SO MY, MY FIRM WHERE I WORK IS FOUNDED IN, UH, 1963. 
          SO HE WAS INSPIRED BY JANE JACOBS. 
          SO HE, HE WAS COMING TO THE US AND NOW IT'S NICE THAT THE US CAN LEARN FROM US HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER. 
          SO WE WORKED 50 YEARS TO, TO GET 
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40% OF ALL THE TRIPS FROM FIVE MILES INTO THE CITY MADE BY BIKE. 
          AND YOU ARE IN DOWNTOWN, IT'S ALMOST 8% NOW. 
          IT WAS 1% 10 YEARS AGO. 
          SO YOU WILL IMPROVE, MAYBE YOU WILL BE NUMBER ONE IN THE US WITHIN 10 YEARS. 
          SO FOR ALL HSL ABILITIES, UM, YEAH, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DARE TO CYCLE, BUT ALSO ABLE AND FIGHT TO CYCLE. 
          YEAH, WE, WE WERE LOOKING TO THE, THE INTEGRATED PLANNING. 
          SO NOT ONLY TO THE CYCLE PATH, BUT THE CONNECTION WITH, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORT. 
          ERIC WILL DO THE WORKSHOP TOGETHER, UH, POLICY MAKING TOGETHER WITH JO SCENE FROM THE CITY OF TR. 
          UH, AND BEST BIKE PLAN IS A CAR PLAN. 
          IF YOU ARE MAKING A GOOD NETWORK FOR, FOR CARS, YOU HAVE THE SPACE TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR BIKES. 
          SO IN THIS FIGURE, YOU SEE THE 40% CYCLING IN OUR COUNTRIES, AND THE PEOPLE FROM YOUR CITY SAYS, OH, WE CAN REACH 15%, UH, TRIPS UP TILL THREE MILES. 
          WE CAN, UH, MAKE BY, UH, BIKE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THE LONGER TRIPS, UH, 9%, SO BY E-BIKE, AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE QUEEN. 
          UH, THIS IS A DIAGRAM OF THE, THE SHORT CAR TRIPS, THE LOCAL TRIPS IN THE CITY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE US AND DOWNTOWN, IT WAS MADE, I THINK, THINK 95% BY CAR. 
          ALL THE TRIPS, IT'S ONLY THREE MILES. 
          SO THE FIRST PROJECT WAS GUADALUPE, MAYBE IT'S NOT PERFECT, I SAW IT ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE FIRST, UH, IT'S NOT COMPLETED, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD STEP. 
          SO IN FAST, IN, IN SHORT CAR TRIPS, THEN YOU WILL GET IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO THE EFFECT IS INVESTING IN CYCLING IS GOOD FOR THE SAFETY AND THE COMFORT FOR THE, FOR THE CYCLIST, THE CELLS, BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          YOU GET LESS CONGESTION FEED THE TRANSIT WITH BIKES. 
          SO IF YOU MAKE, UH, I THINK 10 BILLION INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT. 
          SO LAST MONTH WE WERE IN LA AND SAN FRANCISCO. 
          IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH TRANSIT, BUT IT HELPS ONLY WHEN YOU MAKE THE COMBINATION WITH CYCLING ADVICE, DON'T INVEST IN AMERICAN CITIES. 
          SO THE COMBINATION WITH TWO MILES INFLUENCE CATCHMENT AREA TO THE ALL THE STATIONS, IT'S PERFECT. 
          AND ERIC WILL TELL MORE ABOUT THE PICTURE IS FROM THE CITY OF HOWDEN. 
          UM, VANESSA HAS BEEN THERE WITH A BIKE AND THE PARKING SYSTEM IS UNDER THE TRAIN STATION. 
          SO FEED THE TRANSIT WITH BIKES CYCLING SYSTEM WITH ALL THE STRENGTHS AND THE STRENGTHS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR THE LONG DISTANCE. 
          UM, YEAH, IT'S A PERFECT COMBINATION. 
          IT'S KIND OF A MARRIAGE OR NOT, SO DON'T, THAT HAS NOT BE A COMPETITION. 
          UH, ONE OF OUR OUTCOMES IN OUR COUNTRY IS THIS, UH, IN, IN THE SOUTH OF, UH, SO THE, THE STREET IS, THE ROAD IS WITH 40,000 CARS PER DAY AND HOW TO CROSS THAT ROAD. 
          SO WE MADE A ROUNDABOUT IN TWO LEVELS. 
          IT COSTS 3 MILLION EURO, BUT WHAT DOES ONE KILL PEOPLE COST? WE SAY THREE PEOPLE KILLED IS 3 MILLION. 
          MAYBE IT'S, UH, STRANGE TO SAY THAT, BUT IF YOU INVEST IN SAFE CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT WILL BE A, A BETTER CITY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          UH, CHALLENGING, UH, CONVENIENT, PRACTICAL, SAFE. 
          UM, YEAH, WE MADE A WORKSHOP. 
          SO THEY'RE WONDERING, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A PLAN FOR BUY FOR CARS? YES, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE ZONING. 
          THEN THE BIKE NETWORK, IT WAS 70% READY, BUT THEY COMPLETED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND THE, THE, THE METRO YOU ALREADY HAVE IN THE, THE TRAIN SYSTEM WITH THE CATCHMENT AREAS. 
          OKAY, THERE WAS ONE THING, ONE RESULT OF THE THINK BIKE WORKSHOP. 
          THE OTHER WAS THE SOUTH LAMAR FORMER HIGHWAY, JACKSON HIGHWAY. 
          UM, I, IT, IT WAS STRANGE. 
          SO WE WERE WALKING ON ALONG THAT ROAD WITH SOME CONSULTANTS AND PEOPLE FROM THE CITY AND NGOS. 
          AND IN A LAND WHERE, WHERE YOU MAKE GOOD NIKE SHOES, YOU CANNOT WALK ALONG THAT STREET. 
          SO IT WAS VERY STRANGE. 
          IT WAS A LONG TRIP. 
          SO WE CAME BACK BY UBER AND, UH, BUT THIS IS A RESULT OF HALF A DAY. 
          SO WE, WE MET SOME DESIGNS WITH CYCLE TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES AND ALSO SOME IDEAS ABOUT RIGHT AWAY AND THINGS TO DEVELOP, UH, ALONG THAT ROAD. 
          AND THE GOOD NEWS IS ANNA TOLD ME YESTERDAY, SO WE START IN JANUARY WITH REALIZING 
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THE FIRST PHASE, UH, THINK ABOUT INTERSECTION. 
          THAT'S THE SECOND MAKE GOOD SAFE INTERSECTIONS. 
          AND MAYBE WE WILL WORK IN SOME WORKSHOPS TODAY ON DESIGNING THOSE THINGS, WHAT HAPPENING HAPPENED IN AUSTIN. 
          THERE HE IS, NATHAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THIS IS THE EXCITING PART BECAUSE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID BACK WHEN WE STARTED, LIKE THIS WAS A VERY CAR-CENTRIC CITY THAT WAS THE NORM AND IT WAS GETTING AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WAS JUST COMPLETELY MARGINALIZED. 
          AND I THINK THE AMAZING THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS COMPLETELY FLIPPED THAT ON ITS HEAD. 
          SO THIS IS A BIT OF A FOOTNOTE, UM, OF THE WHOLE STORY. 
          BUT EARLY RIGHT AFTER THE THINK BIKE VISIT, WE WERE DESIGNING THE THIRD STREET, UM, RECONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN. 
          AND WE HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE THE, THE US NATIONAL COLOR FOR PROTECTED BIKE. 
          LANESS WAS GREEN. 
          I WAS LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET A GREEN BIKE LANE? DO YOU PUT GREEN COLOR IN CONCRETE? IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE SEWAGE? SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO DUTCH AND THE KIND OF EARTH END TERRACOTTA WOULD, WOULD BE A NICER KIND OF AESTHETIC TO BAKE INTO OUR CITY. 
          SO THAT THAT'S NOW THE STANDARD COLOR. 
          SO, UH, THE 2014 BICYCLE PLAN, UH, WAS A BIG MOMENT AND ONE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THINK BIKE AND THE EARLY STUDY TOURS THAT RICHARD TALKED ABOUT AND THE BIKE PLAN WERE KIND OF THESE PIVOTAL, UH, PIECES THAT STARTED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE SAW THINGS. 
          SO IN 2014, WE WORKSHOP THIS AND THINK BIKE A VISION SHIFT BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IN THE 2009 BICYCLE PLAN, IT WAS, WHAT CAN AUSTIN DO TO MAKE CYCLING BETTER? CUZ WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THOSE PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THEN WE SHIFTED THAT TO SAY, WELL, BICYCLING IS JUST A TOOL AND THE DUTCH REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS REALLY WELL. 
          IT'S JUST A TOOL. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE A SHOE, IT'S JUST LIKE A CAR, IT'S JUST LIKE A BUS. 
          AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT TOOL OF CYCLING TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER AND MEET OUR CITY GOALS. 
          SO WE WERE PIGGYBACKING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMAGINE, IMAGINE AUSTIN VISION PLAN AND BICYCLING RELATED TO ALL THE EIGHT PRIORITY PROGRAMS. I DIDN'T KNOW I PUT THAT SLIDE BACK IN. 
          UM, WE ALSO ALSO DID A DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY, UM, AS WE WERE DOING THE 2014 BICYCLE PLAN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, TEST HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD RIDE IN ALL AGES AND ABILITIES FACILITIES. 
          SO THE OLD APPROACH WITH PAINTED BIKE LANES 15%, WHICH I THINK IS QUITE GENEROUS, UH, THAT'S A PICTURE OF SOUTH LAMAR THAT RICHARD, YOU SAID IT WAS CRAZY, RIGHT? LIKE TO GO DOWN THERE, THERE, THERE YOU TOOK AN UBER BACK CUZ YOU DIDN'T FEEL SAFE. 
          BUT, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY 15%, BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR, OUR STUDIES SHOWED. 
          BUT IF WE SWITCH TO A PROTECTED BICYCLE LANE, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES APPROACH, IT WAS 55 TO 60%. 
          THE, THE PERCENTAGES UNDOUBTEDLY HIGHER NOW, UM, BECAUSE THAT LAST CATEGORY OF NO WAY, NO HOW IS THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN INTERESTED, PHYSICALLY ABLE. 
          AND WHAT WE SEE OVER TIME IS THAT THAT SHRINKS AS YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE SAFE OPTIONS AND THIS BECOMES NORMALIZED. 
          SO WE SHIFTED OUR STRATEGY TO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND THAT BIKE PLAN AND NOW IT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN GETTING AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY IF IT WERE SAFE. 
          SO WHAT WE DID TO DO THAT, WE WERE RETROFITTING A KIND OF HORRIBLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD A CITY WHERE TRAILS WERE PLANNED EVERYWHERE COMPREHENSIVELY, OR WE HAD GREAT STREETS THAT HAD PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          WE HAD TO PUT IT EVERY LITTLE PIECE TOGETHER. 
          SO PROTECTED BIKE LANES, QUIET STREETS, INTERSECTION TREATMENTS TO CROSS BUSY STREETS AND URBAN TRAILS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK. 
          AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE FROM A TO B WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, WHERE THE TRIPS MAKE SENSE TO GET AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND I SAY A DIFFERENT WAY THAN DRIVING, WHICH WAS THE PARADIGM AT THE TIME THE DUTCH SHOWED US WHERE OUR SHORT TRIPS WERE. 
          IT WAS VERY COOL. 
          THEY TOOK OUR REGIONAL TRAFFIC MODELING DATA, WHICH I'M SKEPTICAL OF, BUT THEY PUT IT IN A MODEL. 
          I COULDN'T READ THE UNITS ON THE WEB TOOL THAT THEY GAVE US. 
          SO WE DID OUR OWN ANALYSIS AND THAT'S WHERE THE SHORT TRIPS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM TO CATCH. 
          UM, AND WE PLANNED A NETWORK OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES FACILITIES RIGHT ON TOP OF THOSE SHORT TRIPS. 
          WE ALSO TOOK TO HEART THAT WE SHOULD CATCH TRANSIT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED WITH ALL THE PROJECT CONNECT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE TRANSIT TO FEED. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS THE LAKELINE STATION SHOWING THAT THE LAND AREA IS 16 TIMES BIGGER. 
          IF IT'S NOT JUST A WALKING RADIUS, IT'S A BI RADIUS. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA, GO TO THE EITHER THE POLICY 
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WORKSHOP OR THE TRANSIT WORKSHOP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ACCESS TO MOBILITY CHOICES. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, I'LL EXPLAIN THIS CHART. 
          THIS IS PORTLAND, OREGON IS A, A FAMOUS US CYCLING CITY AND THEY SPENT 20 YEARS ACHIEVING A 7% BICYCLE MODE SHARE. 
          AND SEVERE SPAIN DID IT IN THREE AND THEY BUILT A COMPREHENSIVE CONNECTED ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORK AND THEY HAD A VERY BIG BIKE SHARE. 
          THEY DID IT SUPER QUICK AND THEY GOT A SUPER QUICK RESPONSE. 
          SO WE'RE LIKE, WELL, LET'S PLAY CATCH UP. 
          THE DUTCH TOLD US THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I I LOVE THAT THEY JUST THINK IN THESE KIND OF MATTER OF FACT TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, BICYCLES ARE GOOD FOR SHORT TRIPS, LESS THAN THREE MILES IS REASONABLE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH 15% OF THOSE TRIPS. 
          NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE CATCHING  SOMETHING REASONABLE LIKE 15% FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO WE RAN THE NUMBERS ON THOSE SHORT TRIPS THAT WE ANALYZED AND IF WE BUILT THAT NETWORK AND WE SAID, WHERE WOULD THAT NETWORK CATCH THE SHORT TRIPS? WE ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD REDUCE MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS TO DOWNTOWN BY 7%, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. 
          AND THEN WE, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S 20,000 PEOPLE. 
          THAT WAS THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THE NEW MANAGED LANES ON NORTH MOPAC OR THEY, THEY WERE BEING DESIGNED AND IN CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME. 
          SO WE PUT LIKE A KIND OF COST BENEFIT CASE OUT THERE OF, WELL WE SPENT 200 MILLION AS A REGION ON THIS MANAGED LANE PROJECT THAT MOVES 20,000 PEOPLE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN BUT NOT ACTUALLY IN IT. 
          AND WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE PARKING AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS AS YOU GET CLOSE AND THE BICYCLE NETWORK FOR LESS MONEY WOULD DO THE SAME THING IN TERMS OF PEOPLE MOVING CAPACITY. 
          AND THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER BENEFITS, NOT JUST TO THAT AREA. 
          THERE'S JUST CITYWIDE REDUCTIONS IN TRIPS. 
          THERE'S REDUCTIONS IN CARBON DIRECT, $170 MILLION ESTIMATED. 
          I USED A, WHAT IS THE COST OF DRIVING CALCULATOR? $170 MILLION A YEAR IN DIRECT SAVINGS TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE GETTING AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, NOW IN I THINK FRONT AND CENTER IN THE PANDEMIC ERA, MENTAL HEALTH, YOU KNOW, HAS IMPLICATIONS ON MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF PARTS OF SOCIETY. 
          SO 2016 IS KIND OF, UM, THAT WAS ALL THE SETUP TIME WHERE WE FORMULATED THESE PLANS AND LAID A VISION OUT. 
          AND IN 2016 WE ACTUALLY, UH, GOT SOME TRACTION ON PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, ASPIRATIONS WERE OR SO THERE WAS A, A PROCESS I GUESS THAT STARTED IN MARCH OF 2020, UH, AHEAD OF THE ELECTION, WHICH WAS UNPRECEDENTED. 
          BUT THERE WAS A, A NICU RAN THIS PROCESS, I THINK A MOBILITY ATX AND THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST WAS TO BUILD OUT THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BICYCLE NETWORK AS KIND OF A ADOPTED PLANNER. 
          I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE LAID OUT A VISION THAT WAS COMPELLING, COMPREHENSIVE AND SOLVED PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE LATCHED ONTO IT. 
          THEN WE VOTED AND WE ENDED UP WITH, FROM A MODAL PERSPECTIVE, THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MOBILITY BOND. 
          AND UH, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THE LARGEST ONE WE HAD EVER VOTED ON AS A CITY, 720 MILLION STRICT TIMELINE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS EIGHT YEARS. 
          AND IT KIND OF GAVE BIRTH TO THIS MODERN ERA OF PROGRAMS. AND I'LL JUST SAY THE PROGRAMS CUZ IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THERE'S THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, SO THAT THEIR JOB IS THE NINE CORRIDORS, UH, THE BIKEWAYS ON STREET PROGRAM. 
          THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, SAFE, UH, SIDEWALKS, SUBSTANDARD STREETS, AND VISION ZERO SAFETY. 
          UM, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS MEAN IN 2020 WE RE-UPPED THOSE PROGRAMS AND AN EVEN MORE PROGRESSIVE FROM A MOBILITY, UM, KIND OF OPTIONS PERSPECTIVE. 
          UH, THIS WAS ALL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY. 
          UM, $420 MILLION IN AN EVEN STRICTER, WELL I SAY SEVEN YEARS, BUT IT WAS SIX YEARS WITH A BONUS PLANNING YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT THOSE INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE IN TIME. 
          THE GREEN LINE IS THE CUMULATIVE INVESTMENT, AND THIS IS JUST FROM, UM, I PULLED SIDEWALKS OUT OF THIS, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS THINK BIKE, SO I'VE GOT THAT HAT ON. 
          THIS IS BIKE AND TRAIL FUNDING, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1998 IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG WE HAD BASICALLY VERY LITTLE RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN IN THAT 20 12, 20 13, 20 14, UH, THE STUDY TOUR, 
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THE THINK BIKE EVENT AND THE BIKE PLAN LAID THIS FOUNDATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE A PRETTY BIG PIVOT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE 2016 ECLIPSED ALL PRIOR FUNDING, 2020 DID IT AGAIN. 
          SO ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, AND THIS IS, UM, I GUESS I DIDN'T EXACTLY SAY WHY I WAS SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH Y'ALL. 
          ONE IS TO SHARE BACK TO THE DUTCH KIND OF THE, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE KIND OF GENEROSITY OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER. 
          AND THE OTHER IS TO SHARE BACK TO A BROAD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, ALSO LIKE WHAT IS BEHIND THE STORY AND, AND HOW DID IT HAPPEN? SO THIS, UH, I'M A BUREAUCRATIC NERD IN SOME WAYS, AND THIS PROGRAM BASED APPROACH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO FOR ALL THE WONKS OUT THERE, PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT AND GENERALLY YOU SHOULD STICK TO PROGRAMS, NOT NAME PROJECTS. 
          AND THERE'S PLACES FOR NAME PROJECTS, PROGRAMS FOLLOW THEIR PLANS. 
          SO THEIR PLANS HAVE TO BE GOOD, THEY HAVE TO BE EQUITABLE. 
          UH, AND THE PROGRAMS FOLLOW THEIR PRIORITIZATION AND IDENTIFIED NEED. 
          THIS, THIS MEANS THAT WHEN YOU'RE SETTING A BOND REFERENDUM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PICK THE PROJECTS, YOU JUST TRUST IN THE PROGRAMS. SO THE PROGRAMS ARE FLEXIBLE TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT, TO COORDINATE, TO LEVERAGE. 
          UM, WE'VE BAKED IN, YOU KNOW, THE 20 16, 20 20 BOND. 
          IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF LIKE THE TIGHTEST MANAGED, UH, UH, FUNDING PROGRAMS I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THIS COMES WITH REALLY GOOD RESULT. 
          AND ONE OF THE PIECES THAT'S PART OF THAT IS THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE'S TRANSPARENCY, THERE'S TRUST BUILDING. 
          WE PUBLISH OUR WORK PLANS ANNUALLY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WE GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE WORK PLANS. 
          WE GET FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECTS BEFORE WE DO 'EM. 
          THERE'S COMPREHENSIVE LAYERS, UM, OF THIS TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST BUILDING. 
          AND THEN THE LAST POINT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THIS WORK DOESN'T HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. 
          UH, WHEN I WAS HIRED, I THINK A UNIQUE FOURTH PERSON WORKING FOR NOT CARS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE WERE FOUR OTHER PEOPLE BUILDING SIDEWALKS. 
          WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY WITH EIGHT PEOPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. 
          SO DEVELOPING SPECIALIZED TEAMS UNDER THESE PROGRAMS THAT UNDERSTAND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THAT UNDERSTAND HOW TO BUILD URBAN TRAILS AND DEAL WITH, UH, SENSITIVITIES AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT UNDERSTAND HOW TO TALK ABOUT STREETS IN A MULTIMODAL WAY AND, AND RETROFIT BIKE WAYS IN. 
          SO BUILDING THE CAPACITY IN SCALING THOSE PROGRAMS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. 
          AND, AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST A FLOW CHART OF WHAT, HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. 
          THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE VOTERS SAY WHAT IS THE NEED AND AT WHAT LEVEL? AND THEN THE PROGRAMS, UH, DEVELOP THE PROJECTS AND THE PRIORITIZATIONS AND UH, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE TRUST. 
          AND THEN THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES ARE LIKE THEIR, THEIR OWN LITTLE ENTITIES THAT HAVE TO DEVELOP AND MATURE. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL APPROACH. 
          SO THERE'S ONE OTHER KIND OF NERDY BUREAUCRATIC STORY THAT'S I THINK IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY IN HERE UNDERSTAND. 
          UH, AND THIS GETS BACK TO THE, THE BENEFITS OF BEING REALLY TIGHTLY MANAGED IN, IN OUR BOND DELIVERY STARTING IN 2016. 
          SO THIS IS JUST THE BIKEWAYS PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE I COULD PULL IT REALLY EASILY. 
          BUT, UM, SAME THING FOR ACROSS THE 2016 BOND. 
          YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE 2016 VOTE WAS. 
          THE BLUE IS THE SPENDING CURVE THAT WAS PLANNED. 
          AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME FLEW LOW AND TOLD US LIKE, SET A SPENDING CURVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA MEET. 
          IT'S GOTTA BE IN EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE BLUE CURVE IS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I TURNED IN AND WE'VE HELD TO THAT AND STUCK TO IT. 
          SO IN 2020, AND I CALL THIS PROGRAM CALCULUS BECAUSE IF YOU ADD UP ALL THESE, IF YOU INTEGRATE THE BARS, YOU GET THE TOTAL SUM. 
          SO IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE BLUE, YOU GET THE $20 MILLION, UH, CHARTERED IN THE 2016 BOND. 
          WELL, WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR THE VOTE IN 2020, ONLY 15 TO 20% OF THE ENTIRE 2016 BOND HAD BEEN SPENT. 
          AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SCRUTINY ABOUT LIKE, WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING? I TALKING ABOUT MORE MONEY? LIKE THAT IS NUTS, RIGHT? BUT THEN WHEN WE PUT IT ON THIS CHART AND SAID, WE ARE EXACTLY ON OUR SPENDING CURVES, WE ARE EXACTLY AT THE RAMP UP PACE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TURN ON THE SWITCH OVERNIGHT AND BE DELIVERING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED, RIGHT? WE HAD TO STAFF UP, BUILD CAPACITY, BUILD EXPERTISE, DEVELOP THE PROJECTS. 
          SO WE WERE RIGHT ON TRACK AND WE SAID THAT THIS IS REALLY A DECISION ABOUT DO WE PLATEAU THE PRODUCTION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR STREETS IN 26 FROM THE 2016 BOND AT $4 MILLION OF TRANSFORMATION A YEAR? OR DO WE CONTINUE TO RAMP UP INSTEAD OF PLATEAU AND 
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GET TO $10 MILLION OF TRANSFORMATION A YEAR. 
          SO I HOPE I DIDN'T GET TOO NERDY, BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT IDEA OF HOW YOU MANAGE THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS AND TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM SCALE. 
          SO THIS IS THE PERFORMANCE MONITORING, THIS IS THAT THE BLUE IS THE BASELINE SPENDING CURVE. 
          AND THE RED SHOWS THAT MOMENT WHERE WE SAID WE'RE EXACTLY ON TRACK ON OUR SPENDING WITH THAT RED LINE TO THE PLANNED BLUE. 
          AND THAT GAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. 
          AND I THINK MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW THAT OUR STREETS ARE NOT SAFE AND THE NEED IS IS VERY HIGH. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS THE BIKE WAY PRIORITIZATION, I'LL KIND OF SKIP OVER IT. 
          UM, PUBLIC PROCESSES, UH, AND I'M GONNA, I WAS GONNA CALL YOU OUT ANIQUE. 
          UH, ANIKA IS A PLANNER BY TRADE. 
          SHE RAN THE BIKE WAY PROGRAM BACK IN 2006 AND SHE KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS REAL AND ROBUST AND TRUSTED. 
          UH, 15 YEARS LATER, THERE'S LIKE AN INCREDIBLE KIND OF, UH, WE'VE CARRIED THAT TORCH. 
          SHE, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU LEFT, UH, 2013. 
          AND THEN LAURA DEERFIELD TOOK HER PLACE. 
          AND WE'VE HELD THIS TENET OF, OF REALLY HONORING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IN OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND YEARS LATER, ANYTHING WITH PARKING MODIFICATION, 115 PROJECTS, 80 MILES OF STREETS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE, NONE OF THOSE REMOVED, ALL OF THEM SUCCESSFUL. 
          NOT EVERY COMMUNITY CAN SAY THAT. 
          LANE CONVERSION PROJECTS, THIS IS TRICKY. 
          WE TALK ABOUT LANES LIKE ITS CAPACITY, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY WORK LIKE THAT. 
          70 PROJECTS, 50 MILES OF STREETS. 
          THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A PILLAR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          AND THESE ARE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT IT'S BEEN A, I'LL JUST SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING UNDER THESE TWO WOMEN AND THE SCALE OF TRANSFORMATION THAT WE HAVE MADE IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED THE COVER , UH, AND ANSWERED CONTINUOUS HARD QUESTIONS AND DID THE HARD WORK TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG AND, AND HOLD UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO IN 2018 AND 2019, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT STUDY TOURS AND, AND THE EFFECT IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, I'M SHOWING YOU PRETTY PICTURES, BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS, WHAT IS HAPPENING, HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. 
          UM, SO IN 20 18, 20 19, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SENDING A LOT MORE PEOPLE, AGAIN, TO THE NETHERLANDS. 
          UH, WE CHOSE NETHERLANDS OVER SE SEVERE TO WORK WITH THE END IN MIND, UH, IN TERMS OF THEIR MUCH MORE KIND OF LONGER STANDING, UH, TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR MOBILITY SYSTEMS. UM, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN THE SLIDE, BUT THE DUTCH DID TELL US IN 2012, AND THIS IS KIND OF A FUN ONE. 
          THESE ARE THE FIVE KIND OF CORE PRINCIPLES OF WHAT MAKES A GOOD BIKE NETWORK. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE COHESIVE. 
          YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          YOU CAN'T BE LIKE LEFT IN THE LURCH . 
          IT NEEDS TO BE DIRECT. 
          IT CAN'T BE CIRCUITOUS AND NOT GET YOU, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU GOING THIS WAY? IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO THIS WAY? OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE SAFE. 
          IT'S GOTTA BE COMFORTABLE, IT'S GOTTA BE ATTRACTIVE. 
          UM, THESE ARE PICTURES FROM THE SHO CREEK PROJECT. 
          UM, JUST AS A REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANTINGS, UH, WE REMOVED UNNECESSARY PAVEMENT, HIGH QUALITY, SAFE INTERSECTIONS, AND IT'S FUN TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THERE IN TERMS OF OUR CAPABILITY, UM, TO PULL THESE KIND OF THINGS OFF. 
          SO, I'LL GO QUICKLY FROM HERE. 
          UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHANGE IS KIND OF FUN TO THINK BACK ON BECAUSE MANY OF US PROBABLY YOU KIND OF BLOCK OUT THE PAST IN A WAY AND YOU CAN'T REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED TODAY. 
          SO IN 2010, THIS WAS THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BICYCLE NETWORK. 
          SO WHAT WE HAD A BUNCH OF PAINTED LINES ON THE STREET. 
          SO IN 2012, WE'RE KIND OF DEEPLY FRAGMENTED. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE LAKE IN LOOPS AND LOOPS, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GETTING, YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE. 
          THE MUELLER REDEVELOPMENT WAS STARTING, UH, THEY LATCHED ONTO THE IDEA THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE VERY SAFE STREETS AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          THIS WAS RIO GRAND IN WEST CAMPUS, ONE OF OUR EARLY PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          LIKE THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FUN WHEN WE GET SENT PEOPLE LIKE EMOTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ALL IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN AUSTIN ANYMORE. 
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SO, 2014, YOU CAN SEE SOME THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS GUADALUPE NEXT TO THE CAMPUS. 
          I USED TO BIKE ON THIS THE CRAZY, LIKE PARKING WOULD HAPPEN LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THAT BOGE CREEK TRAIL, UH, PAR PROJECT, EIGHT MILE, WONDERFUL TRAIL. 
          UH, IMAGINE AUSTIN HAS THIS IDEA OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO NATURE AND BRINGING NATURE INTO THE CITY. 
          I THINK THIS DOES BOTH OF THOSE. 
          THE BOARDWALK GOOD EXAMPLE OF A NAME PROJECT FILLED THE LAST GAP IN THE TRAIL LOOP AROUND THE LAKE. 
          SO FROM 2014 TO 2016, SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN THE MONEY ARRIVED AND WE STARTED BUILDING THAT CAPACITY. 
          THIRD STREET USED TO LOOK LIKE THIS, THREE AND FOUR LANES. 
          SOME OF IT WAS ONE WAY, SOME OF IT WAS TWO WAY TONS OF PARKING. 
          NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND THIS 2016 TO 2018, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STARTING TO RAMP UP THE PROJECTS. 
          THIS WAS A COLLABORATION WITH TECH DOT, THIS IS AMAZING. 
          UH, THEY WANTED THE SHOULDER FOR VEHICLE CAPACITY, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP FUND THIS BRIDGE AS A CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT. 
          UM, $15 MILLION. 
          IT'S THE COOLEST THING. 
          NO, IT'S NOT EVEN THE COOLEST THING. 
          I HAVE A COOLER THING THAT TECH DOT HELPED DO LATER  2018 TO 2020. 
          SO NOW YOU SEE WHAT IT MEANS, LIKE THIS IS FOUR YEARS LATER AND THE PROJECTS THAT START TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE BUILT THAT PROGRAM RESOURCE. 
          THIS IS ZACH SCOTT. 
          THIS WAS THE NEW SECTION OF THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE MOVED IN KNOWING THAT THEY HAD PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          AND THEN THIS WAS THE RETROFIT SECTION WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF HEARTBURN TO PUT PARKING ON ONE SIDE. 
          BUT THIS IS THE KIDS BIKING TO MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          SHO CREEK USED TO LOOK LIKE THIS. 
          NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 
          SO THE HANCOCK INTERSECTION, I MEAN THIS ONE, LIKE I'VE BLOCKED THIS ONE OUT. 
          , AND IT WAS ONLY 2020. 
          THIS WAS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          COUNCIL TOLD US THAT THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE, . 
          AND THEY, THEY'RE LIKE, JUST DO IT IN TWO MONTHS AND WE DON'T WANT ANY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, SO, UH, I THINK LAURA WAS REPORTED THAT SHE SAW FAMILY SITTING ON THIS HIGH CURB, UH, WITH HER FEET DANGLING INTO WHAT USED TO BE A TRAFFIC LANE. 
          OBVIOUSLY THIS IS LIKE SUPER TRANSFORMATIONAL AND IT WORKS. 
          THERE'S NO PROBLEM. 
          TERRY ROAD, UH, THIS IS A STREET IN DOVE SPRINGS. 
          THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH FOUR AND FIVE LANES. 
          WAS 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. 
          FATALITIES ON THE STREET, TOTALLY NUTS. 
          UH, MUCH BETTER. 
          NOW, THIS MAY BE THE COOLEST THING. 
          TECH DOT'S DONE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE OLD BRIDGE AT POLIS. 
          UM, IT'S CAR FREE NOW. 
          THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COMES WITH A LARGE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY CAPACITY. 
          AND, UH, BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONNECTION AND, AND KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON THE RIVER, AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO, UH, WHOLE PARTS OF THE TOWN. 
          THEY ALSO BUILT THIS, THIS TRAIL WITH, UM, THE 71 PROJECT WENT ALL ALONG THE AIRPORT. 
          THE AIRPORT PARTNERED TO HELP GIVE US SOME LAND. 
          THIS GOES ALL THE WAY TO DEL VALLEY, UH, AND ONION CREEK. 
          THEY PUT LIGHTING ALONG THAT TRAIL. 
          UM, PLAZA SALTILLO USED TO LOOK LIKE THAT, LIKE A RAIL YARD. 
          UM, AND NOW NEW DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GREAT TRAIL DOWNTOWN STATION. 
          SOMEBODY THANKED ME LAST NIGHT FOR NOT GIVING UP ON HAVING THE BIKEWAY, UH, NOT DISPLACED TO FIFTH AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THE LITTLE BATTLES YOU FIGHT. 
          UM, THIS WAS THE 50%. 
          IN 2020, WE HIT THE 50% BUILDOUT OF THE ALL AGES NETWORK. 
          UM, SIX MONTHS LATE AFTER SHORTAGES THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, KIND OF KEEPING ON TRACK. 
          THIS IS THE BOGGY CREEK TRAIL BEFORE REALLY NICE FLEXIBLE DESIGN. 
          THIS IS WHEN RICHARD WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE GOT TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR WATERSHED, UH, DEPARTMENT ON MITIGATIONS THAT BROUGHT PLANTINGS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NEXT TO SENSITIVE FEATURES AND, UH, PLANTED TREES AND, AND DID RAIN GARDENS. 
          THIS WAS, UH, PEYTON, JEN AND OLIN. 
          THIS IS UP IN NORTH AUSTIN. 
          AND ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE PROTECTED 
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INTERSECTION DESIGN, SHORTER PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, REMOVING UNNECESSARY PAVEMENT, MAKING A SAFER STREET, RAIN GARDENS, AND THEN JAGER LANE, UH, THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, DIDN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, HAD MULTIPLE SERIOUS INJURIES. 
          LONGHORN DAM, THIS WAS, UH, A CAR DROVE OFF IN THE EIGHTIES AND IT WAS A FATALITY. 
          AND THEN THEY THREW UP JERSEY BARRIERS. 
          THE SIDEWALK IS NON-COMPLIANT. 
          THIS WAS THERE FOR DECADES. 
          IT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 
          WE MADE AN INTERIM INVESTMENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS, WE MADE IT BETTER AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT BETTER. 
          AGAIN, I'LL SHOW YOU. 
          UM, FROM 2022 TO 24, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          NOW, THE WISHBONE BRIDGE, UM, AT LONGHORN DAM IS THAT NEXT PHASE OF INVESTMENT. 
          IT WAS FUNDED BY THE 2020 BOND. 
          UH, IT'S AT 90% DESIGN AND WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, THE CONSTRUCTION IS ACCELERATING NOW. 
          THIS IS NINE CORRIDORS, SOMETHING LIKE 40 MILES AND TRANSFORMING SOME OF OUR TRICKIEST, MOST IMPORTANT CORRIDORS. 
          AND THAT'S A RENDERING. 
          SOUTH LAMAR, WHICH IS IN THE THINK BIKE WORKSHOP IN 2012, WAS LIKE THE FIRST SKETCHES OF WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH LAMAR. 
          AND THEN CONGRESS AVENUE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 2020 BOND. 
          AND THE POSTS AND THE TEMPORARY CONES THAT COUNCIL TOLD US TO LOOK LIKE IS LIKELY GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS IN A FEW YEARS. 
          AND THEN PROJECT CONNECT WILL FOCUS A LOT OF THIS IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT THOSE STREETS THAT GET REBUILT ARE GONNA BE MUCH SAFER AND, AND MORE MULTIMODAL. 
          SO JUST LOOKING OUT TO 2025, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BIKE NETWORK, LIKE I SAID AT THE START, BUILDING THE BIKE NETWORK IS NOT GONNA BE THE PROBLEM ANYMORE. 
          THE PROBLEM IS GONNA BE WHO HAS ACCESS TO, TO BIKE TO A TRAIN STATION, UH, OR EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A VISUAL COMPARISON OF FROM A BIKE NETWORK PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THAT'S AMSTERDAM'S BIKE NETWORK IN TERMS OF HOW DENSE IT IS, ALL THAT'S ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. 
          NEW AMSTERDAM, WHICH IS NEW YORK CITY AND AUSTIN. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE DONE SOMETHING PRETTY INCREDIBLE, UM, ALREADY HAVE, BUT IN 2026, IT'LL BE NOT UNLIKE KIND OF THE LEVEL OF DENSITY AND QUALITY. 
          AND WITH THAT, WANNA THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH RICHARD AND NATHAN. 
          UH, THE CLOCK IS TICKING, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT ONTO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. 
          JOING, RIGHT UP FROM THE, UH, CITY OF AMSTERDAM. 
          UH, YEAH, AMSTERDAM. 
          URE. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          FLOOR IS YOURS USING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          UM, I ENJOYED AUSTIN FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, COMING IN ON MONDAY. 
          AND, UH, BIKING AROUND YESTERDAY WAS, WAS QUITE A, AN IMPRESSIVE, UH, UM, FIRST, UH, GETTING TO KNOW THIS CITY, UM, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH WAS, WAS, IS ACHIEVED IN 10 YEARS TIME. 
          AND, UH, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL INTRODUCTION OF THE CITY THAT I WORK IN AND LIVE IN, UH, THE CITY OF  IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE OF THE CLOCK TAKING. 
          UM, AND IN THE WORKSHOP WE'LL DIVE DEEPER INTO THE CONCEPTS I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST, WHERE'S ISRAEL? AND, UH, WHO AM I? ACTUALLY . 
          UM, ISRAEL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLOSE TO AMSTERDAM, AND  CAN, WELL CONNECT IT TO THE WESTERN, UH, MORE URBAN PART OF THE NETHERLANDS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS TO ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT LATER. 
          AND I AM, UM, A MOBILITY EXPERT, UM, TRAINED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT NOW I WORK IN THE CITY AS A POLICY ADVISOR. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT I GET TO TRANSLATE WHAT ALL THE MOBILITY EXPERTS ARE WORKING ON AND MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, COMPREHENSIBLE AND, UM, TRANSLATE THAT FOR THE POLITICIANS, UM, IN OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, WELL, THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY STREET. 
          I LIVE IN A NEWER PART OF THE, OF 
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THE CITY. 
          UH, VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE LIVING IN THIS KIND OF STREET. 
          UM, AND . 
          WE, UH, WE ARE A GROWING CITY, THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NETHERLANDS, MEANING WE ARE DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE IN 20 YEARS TIME. 
          UM, AND WE HAD THE FIRST CAR TRAFFIC JAM IN THE 1950S AND IN THE 19, AND AS D ROSE, WE HAD THE FIRST BICYCLE TRAFFIC JAM. 
          UM, SO WE CHANGED SOMETHING AROUND, UH, DURING THOSE YEARS. 
          LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, UH, AND THE NETHERLANDS WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, SO THIS IS WHAT OUR CITY CENTER USED TO LOOK LIKE. 
          WE BUILT THIS HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY, DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          UH, IT'S A SIX LANE HIGHWAY THAT'S, UH, I'M GOING AN UNDERPASS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S MORE SPACE FOR CARS ON THE, UH, GROUND LEVEL. 
          UM, YEAH, IT'S, AND WE CHANGED THAT. 
          WE, IN THE NINETIES, WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CITY, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE DECIDED WE WANT A BIT MORE SPACE FOR PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE, UH, ABLE TO RELAX, UM, HAVE A BIT OF A COOL SPACE IN THE CITY. 
          UM, HAVE A BIT OF, UH, SOCIAL, UH, SPACE TO, TO CONNECT TO EACH OTHER, MEET EACH OTHER, AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR, UH, WALKING ROUTE. 
          YOU CAN GO ON A BOAT ALL AROUND THE CITY CENTER. 
          YOU CAN WALK AROUND ALL, ALL AROUND ON, UH, A GREEN SPACES. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO ONTO OUR POLICY, UM, WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT IS A 10 MINUTE CITY. 
          WE GOT THE CONCEPT FROM PARIS, BUT WE ARE ON A SMALLER SCALE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO BE NOT A 15 MINUTE CITY, BUT A 10 MINUTE CITY. 
          UM, AND THAT IS RELATED TO WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU. 
          UH, WE, WE WANT HEALTHY URBAN LIVING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT OF THEIR DOOR AND, UM, ENJOY THE PUBLIC SPACE, ENJOY GREENERY, UH, BE CONNECTED, UM, HAVE A HOUSE TO LIVE IN, UM, THAT'S AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, AND WE FU FUTURE PROOF BE SUSTAINABLE. 
          IT'S LINKED TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. 
          UM, AND YEAH, UM, THAT MEANS, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON HAVING A PEOPLE CENTRIC MOBILITY SYSTEM. 
          UH, IT'S BOTH LAND USE AND MOBILITY POLICIES. 
          UM, MEANING WE, WE ARE WORKING ON, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WORK FOR EVERYONE, AMENITIES FOR EVERYONE, CULTURE WITHIN 10 MINUTES, UH, ALL THE FACILITIES YOU NEED FOR YOUR DAILY URBAN SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT MEANS BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING AS A CITY AND WHERE I LIVE, IT'S, UH, ON BIKE, IT WOULD BE OVER AN HOUR TO GET TO THE OTHER PART OF THE CITY. 
          SO I LEFT RIGHT ON THE, UH, EAST WESTERN AXIS . 
          UM, UH, MEANING WE, WE ARE WORKING ON TO BE A POLYCENTRIC CITY. 
          SO NOT JUST ONE CITY CENTER WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO GO, UM, BUT LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE WE WILL INVEST IN THE PLACES WHERE THERE'S, UH, TRANSIT, UM, WHERE THAT'S ALWAYS 10 MINUTES FROM THE OUTER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, AND INVESTING OF COURSE IN ACCESS TO GREENERY, MEANING, UH, INSIDE OF THE CITY CENTER, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, IN INVESTMENTS IN EVERY ASPECT OF PUBLIC SPACE. 
          SO THE 2014 MOBILITY VISION, UM, IS A CONCEPT OF YOUR STREET AND OUR CITY, HEALTHY, ATTRACTIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. 
          IT HAS FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          WE WILL GO INTO THAT IN THE, IN THE WORKSHOP A BIT MORE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BASED ON LAND USE, SMART DEVELOPMENTS, UM, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, MEANING, UH, WELL, YEAH, , UM, HAVING OUR NETWORKS IN ORDER, MAKING IT, WHICH FUTURE PROOF, UM, IMPROVING THE NETWORK TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWING NUMBER OF CYCLISTS BECAUSE IT'S STILL GROWING AND IT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES TO GROW IT EVEN FURTHER, TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE EVERYONE ON THE NETWORK. 
          UM, IT'S VERY MUCH LINKED TO SMART PARKING, BOTH FOR CARS AND BICYCLES. 
          UM, WE ARE REMOVING 1% OF, UH, CAR PARKING EACH YEAR. 
          UH, THAT'S 1500, UH, CAR PARK SPACES EVERY YEAR TO MAKE STREETS MORE GREEN, UM, AND 
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MAKE SP TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SPACE FOR, FOR CYCLING WALKING. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEWER DEVELOPMENTS WITH VERY LITTLE, UH, LITTLE PARKING. 
          IT'S 0.3 CAR PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY HOME. 
          UM, IT'S NO ON STREET PARKING, UM, AND PUBLIC SPACES THERE FOR, FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR CARS. 
          UM, LET'S, UH, THERE'S VERY GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESS, ACCESSIBILITY. 
          UM, THERE'S VERY, UM, LOTS OF CAR SHARING NETWORKS, BIKE SHARING NETWORK, UH, SCHEMES, UM, ALSO CARGO BIKE SHARING SCHEMES, SO EVERYONE IS ABLE TO, UH, GET TO WHERE THEY WANT WITHIN, UH, VERY, UH, SUSTAINABLE WAY. 
          AND, UH, WE ALSO FOCUS ON, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THIS DEVELOPMENT, MEANING THAT 30% WILL BE, UH, VERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S THE, UM, THE DUTCH, UH, SYSTEM OF, UH, WE HAVE A, A LIMITED INCOME LEVEL, UM, TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE, UH, HOUSES. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER 30% WILL BE THE MIDDLE GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT. 
          AND THEN THE REST IS NOT, UH, REGULATED. 
          UM, SO WE'LL BE A VERY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE 10,000 NEW HOMES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          AND THAT MEANS, UM, THIS WHOLE POLICY IS NOT JUST NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S ALSO OUR ACTUAL CURRENT STREETS. 
          IT, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, NOT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE THE, THE PICTURE FROM THE CANAL WITHIN THE CITY CENTER, LIKE I MENTIONED. 
          UM, SO, UH, THERE'S A CAR FOCUS IN, IN LOTS OF OUR STREETS STILL. 
          AND WE ARE WORKING ON THIS BY TRANSFORMING, UH, WITH ALL OF THESE GOALS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE. 
          THAT'S THE MOBILITY TRANSITION, SLOWER SPEEDS, MAKING SAFER, UH, SAFER STREETS, UM, LESS PARKING ON STREET PARKING, UH, SHARED MOBILITY OPTIONS, UH, MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, UH, BUT ALSO GREENERY, UM, CLIMATE AB ADAPTATION, UM, SPACES TO PLAY, UH, ALL KINDS OF ENERGY, UH, TRANSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO BECOME A MORE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY. 
          UM, AND CHANGING OUR, THE WAY THE STREETS LOOK WITH MORE GREENERY. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS THE GOAL, WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IN, UH, IN 20, ABOUT 20 YEARS TIME. 
          AND YES, WE ARE DOING THAT STREET BY STREET, OF COURSE, THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES. 
          IT'S, UM, NOT SO MUCH IN THE, IN THE CITY CENTER, BUT A LOT OF, UH, A BIT MORE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY CENTER, UM, IN, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS QUITE A BIT OF CHALLENGES. 
          UM, PEOPLE LIVING THERE, HAVING ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG, BIG DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY INVESTING UNEQUAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AND THE STREET ITSELF WILL BECOME A CYCLING STREET. 
          SO WE ARE BUILDING THE, FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT WE WANT TO HAVE, NOT THE CURRENT NUMBERS OF CARS OR CYCLING, UH, CYCLISTS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          UM, SO THIS, LIKE I SAID, IT WILL BE A CYCLING STREET WITH A, A SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES PER HOUR, UM, WITH SPEED BUMPS, UM, MORE GREEN GREENERY, UM, A NARROW ROAD SPACE, MORE SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, THESE HOMES ARE A BIT SMALLER THAN AVERAGE. 
          AND, UH, THOSE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE. 
          AND YEAH, WE, THIS IS A, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IS BEING REPLACED. 
          UM, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN INVEST IN THESE KINDS OF STREETS LIKE THIS. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DIS MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR THE PLENARY SESSION ON HOW IT IS, UM, WORKING ON TO BECOMING A, A HEALTHY URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH, UH, FOR EVERYONE. 
          YES. 
          AND, UH, YO WILL BE LEADING THE POLICY, UH, BREAKOUT SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, INTERSECTIONALITY OF CLIMATE, MOBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY, WHICH WILL BE IN ROOM 10 29. 
          NEXT UP, I'M GONNA CALL ERIC TETRO FROM HOB WORKS. 
          UH, AT THE FLOOR IS YOURS, ERIC. 
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SO, HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          HOPE YOU'RE FINE STILL. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FIRST. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO OF YOU, WHO OF YOU IS COME HERE BY FOOD LIKE I DID THIS MORNING? OKAY. 
          WAS COME HERE BY BIKE. 
          WHOA. 
          QUITE IMPRESSIVE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE CAME HERE BY CAR. 
          NO OFFENSE. 
          NO. 
          GREAT. 
          I DRIVE A CAR MYSELF OFTEN, NOT, NOT THAT OFTEN, BUT, AND WE CAME HERE BY TRANSIT. 
          OOH, VERY POOR. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S WORK TO DO FOR ME, I GUESS. 
          SO, UM, UM, LET ME SEE. 
          THIS IS, UH, YEAH, JUST A SHORT INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF. 
          SO IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE IN TEXAS. 
          AND, AND NATHAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LAURA AS WELL, UH, AND SEE, UM, FOR SHOWING US AROUND YESTERDAY AND, AND LOOKING AT ALL THE, THE, THE, WELL, PRETTY NICE THINGS YOU'VE DONE ALREADY SO FAR. 
          SO, UH, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME LAUGH ALSO ALREADY. 
          NOW, UM, I AM A FOUNDER OF HOD WORKS, HOT WORKS, I CALL IT MYSELF. 
          UM, ALSO AM A LECTURER AT THE, UH, M UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE, UH, MORE THAN ONE BIKE. 
          I HAVE AS MUCH BIKES AS IF I HAVE DIFFERENT JOBS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ON A BIKE. 
          UM, AND, AND WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS, UH, UH, SESSION, I WAS THINKING, I, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO TEXAS. 
          I I'VE BEEN TO DEN FOR, TO MIAMI FOR, FOR DIFFERENT THING BIKE WORKSHOP ANNOUNCING, I'VE NO CONNECTION TO AUSTIN AT ALL. 
          AND CERTAINLY I THOUGHT, WHOA, WHAT? THERE'S ONE CONNECTION THAT'S, THAT'S A BIT DISTANT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT VERY COMPARABLE, BUT, UH, LANCE ARMSTRONG IS OF SURELY FROM, FROM HERE. 
          AND, UH, WHEN HE WAS, UM, UM, RECOVERING FROM HIS, UH, CANCER, HE, HE SAID, I WANT TO DO THE, UH, ABDUS, THE, THE MOUNTAIN STAGE SIX TIME AND A DAY. 
          AND THAT INSPIRED THE DUTCH FOR, UM, UM, BRINGING UP, UM, A FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 
          AND, AND IT ISS TO, TO, AS A FUNDRAISING, YOU GO UP TO S NOT ONE TIMES, MAYBE MORE TIMES. 
          SO, SO IN A FEW YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO, I DID IT ON ONE DAY, SIX TIMES IN A WORLD. 
          UH, SO THIS IS VERY SMALL CONNECTION TO, UH, TO AUSTIN AND TWO, BUT I NEVER WORE A YELLOW JERSEY, UM, MORE TO SAY, UM, THIS IS NOT GOING WELL. 
          THINK THIS IS, I'M AFRAID THIS THE AFTERNOON SESSION. 
          SO, UH, CAN I GET THE OTHER, UH, PRESENTATION? BECAUSE NOW I'M, I'M GOING TO HELP YOU ALREADY IN THE WORKSHOP THAT I'LL DO THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE IDEA WAS THAT I WOULD FIRST PRESENT YOU AS A KIND OF TOP 10 SOME BEST PRACTICES ABOUT, UH, A BIKE AND TRAIN. 
          UM, AND IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO, TO BRING YOUR 77 SLIDES THIS, THIS MORNING ALREADY WHEN YOU ALSO WANT TO GO OUT FOR A BIKE RIDE AND HAVE SOME LUNCH, ET CETERA. 
          SO OUR, AND WE HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION AS WELL, SO I'M SORRY, I HOPE IT CAN BE RESOLVED IN A, IN A FEW MOMENTS. 
          UM, LET ME FIRST TELL YOU SOMETHING BECAUSE, UH, I WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT BIKE AND TERRAIN AND WHY ABOUT BIKE AND TRAIN BECAUSE, UM, I AM, UM, UM, I'M QUITE A FAN OF, OF, OF THAT SYSTEM. 
          SO THE HYBRID BIKE TRAIN SYSTEM, I THINK IT'S AN IDEAL SITUATION TO COMBINE, UH, UH, LET'S SAY THE SWIFT DOOR TO DOOR ACCESS THAT'S POSSIBLE BY IT. 
          SO, UH, AS, AS I COULD SEE, MOST OF YOU WERE HERE BY BIKE, BUT ASSUME THAT NONE OF YOU LIVES, LET'S SAY, 30 OR 40 MILES FROM THIS PLACE. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU DO OVER, LET'S SAY FIVE TO SEVEN OR MAYBE EIGHT MILES FOR A COMMUTE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE A LONG DISTANCE. 
          SO AS SOON AS THE DISTANCE ARE LARGER, YOU WILL NEED TO COMBINE DIFFERENT MODES OF TWINS. 
          BUT ALL YOU DO IT ALL BY CAR, THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE OR IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, I THINK BIKE AND TRAIN IS A VERY, UM, UM, UH, EASY AND VERY, UM, DECENT MODE OF TRANSPORT. 
          AND I LIKE ITD MODALITY. 
          IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY TO ME, YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT ON MY SHIRT. 
          BUT DON'T DO THAT BY NOW. 
          UH, THAT CAN BE DONE LATER ON. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          ARE YOU WORK WE HAVE TO SWITCH. 
          SHOULD YOU, UM, DESIGN AND COME BACK YOU MIND? YEAH, IT'S, IS THAT OKAY? IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE WE BACK LATER? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PIVOT VERY QUICKLY AND, UH, HAND THE FLOOR BACK TO RICHARD FROM HAT APPLE, IF WE CAN GET THE RIGHT SLIDES UP. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY, RICHARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, UH, LAURA, THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION 
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WE WILL SEE. 
          SO WITHIN I THINK 11 O'CLOCK WE WILL STEP ON OUR BIKES, UH, TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, THE SESSION OF TWO 10 YEARS AGO WAS ABOUT CYCLING, AND NOW IT'S THE APPROACH OF THE WHOLE CITY, HOW TO MAKE A WHOLE CITY, UH, MOBILITY PLAN. 
          I DOWNLOADED YOUR PLAN, AUSTIN SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN. 
          VERY GOOD, NICE GOALS, BUT IT'S PAPER. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE IT TO REALIZE IT. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE FIRM WHERE ERIC WORKED, A PPP M AND, AND HOT WHERE I WORKED, WE MADE THE PLAN FOR, UH, URE. 
          SO IT, THEY SAY IT, IT WAS THE, THE THIRD, THE SECOND BEST PLAN IN, UH, IN EUROPE. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN INSPIRE YOU A BIT. 
          UM, I HOPE THIS WILL WORK. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE? YES. 
          SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF 10 YEARS AGO ON THE BIKE. 
          UM, UH, SO WE ARE JOINING THE BIKE RIDES. 
          UM, MY FIRM, HOW TOP IS FOUNDED BY PROFESSOR HANK, HOW TOPPLE, UH, 60 YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE DO SOME WORK IN THE NETHERS, BUT ALSO IN FIVE COUNTRIES IN ITALY, IN BELGIUM, IN SWEDEN. 
          UM, AND WE, WE LOVE TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE. 
          SO IF YOU SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOU GET ALSO GOOD REACTIONS AND YOU LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. 
          WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH SOME UNIVERSITIES AND WE WORKED IN, UH, I WORKED THE LAST 10 YEARS IN SOME CITIES IN, UH, CANADA, IN THE US FOR EXAMPLE, LOS ANGELES. 
          SO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF CAR LENGTHS FROM FIVE TILL TWO, AND IT'S BETTER TO CROSS THE ROAD. 
          IT'S LI MORE LIVABLE, THE CONNECTION WITH THE UNION STATION IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IT'S NO PROBLEM FOR THE CARS. 
          THERE'S NO CONGESTION. 
          UH, WE WORK IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
          SO, UH, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED, UH, TOGETHER WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
          IT'S, UM, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I GOT A LOT OF ENERGY TO MAKE IT, TO INSPIRE YOU TO MAKE SOME GOOD PLANS, BUT YOU HAVE GOOD PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS ON YOUR OWN. 
          SO WE WORK FOR CITIES, URBAN PLANNERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER AND MAKE HAPPY LIVES FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND, UH, TO GO TO WORK. 
          SO THIS IS NOT MY FINAL, YES, THE LEADING ROLE IN INTEGRATED THINKING AND, UH, PLANNING, UH, YOU SEE ON THIS PITCHES. 
          SO WE MAKE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR ROUNDABOUTS, FOR BICYCLE LANES AND STREETS WHERE THE CAR IS A GUEST AND NOT THE LEADER. 
          SOMETIMES WE COMBINE A CYCLE TRACK WITH A NEW, UM, UH, SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN, UH, . 
          SO THE CYCLE PASS IS ON THE ROOF OF THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE COMBINATION OF, UH, TRAIN SYSTEM AND THE BIKE SYSTEM. 
          NOW'S ERIC BACK AGAIN. 
          . 
          I'M ERIC. 
          I  . 
          OKAY, BACK TO AUS. 
          . 
          , YES. 
          MOBILITY IS CHANGING. 
          SO YOU SEE THE ELECTRIC STEPS, IS IT STEPS, IS IT GOOD WORD? HMM. 
          SCOOTER. 
          SCOOTER IS IT WITHOUT A MOTOR? OKAY. 
          THEY ARE BOOMING. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, BUT MORE THINGS ARE, ARE CHANGING. 
          IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE GOALS, URBAN GROWTH IN DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE ADAPTATION. 
          SO YOU ARE LIVING IN A HOT COUNTRY, BUT WE DID ALSO SOME STUDIES ABOUT OUR TEMPERATURE. 
          IT WILL BE MORE THAN A HUNDRED DEGREES FARENHEIT WITHIN 10 YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO MAKE PLANS NOW TO MAKE SHADE, TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND POSSIBLE TO STAY ON THE BIKE. 
          UM, YES, THERE IS AGAIN, UH, STEVE OUTLET TOGETHER WITH QUEEN MAXIMA ON THE ELECTRIC BIKE MADE IN THE NETHERLANDS, HAZEL. 
          AND YOU SEE WHAT IS THE, THE USE OF THE CAR SQUARE METER WITH THE HIGH SPEED OR LOW SPEED, AND WHAT IS THE USE OF, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, USING, UH, OIL ANYMORE, YOU 
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ARE USING THE ENERGY BY ELECTRIC. 
          UH, SO IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE TO YOU TO WALK TO PSYCH AND TO USE THE ELECTRIC BIKE OR TO COMBINE IT WITH TRANSIT. 
          YEAH. 
          HERE IS SOMETHING FROM, UH, AUSTIN. 
          SO GO TO THE 50 50. 
          UH, YOU SEE THAT, UH, OF THE RIGHT, 50% DRIVING ALONE IN YOUR CAR. 
          SO IT'S ALSO NEW FOR, FOR US. 
          IF YOU LOOK TO THE NETHERLANDS AND YOU LOOK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY, THEY ALL DRIVE ALONE. 
          DO WE HAVE TO MAKE MORE HIGHWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE ALONE SO WE CAN LEARN FROM YOU? MAYBE WE HAVE THE SAME AMBITION IN 30, IN MAYBE IN 10 YEARS, UH, TO REACH A GOAL AND ALSO A NEW MOBILITY SERVICE. 
          WE, WE HAVE LEARNED DURING COVID, SO WE CAN WORK AT HOME, UH, WE CAN MAKE COMBINATIONS WITH, UH, USING INTERNET. 
          UM, SO SOMETIMES I SAY YOUNG URBAN PEOPLE ONLY NEED A BIT A BIKE, INTERNET, AND A TRANSIT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ENOUGH. 
          UH, SO THIS IS OUR OFFICE AT THE RIGHT AND UH, WE ARE NOT WORLD CHAMPION SOCCER. 
          SO THE, THE WOMEN OF THE US ARE, UM, BUT WE ARE WORLD CHAMPION, ROAD SAFETY. 
          AND TOGETHER WITH LOUIS LEFT, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ABOUT MAKING GOOD DESIGNS FOR THE FUTURE IN THIS CITY. 
          YEAH, WHAT KIND OF CITY DO YOU WANT? UM, 10 YEARS AGO IT WAS ABLE TO CYCLE. 
          IT WAS A NARROW LANE WITH PAINT. 
          AND NOW YOU ARE IN SOME AREAS, I THINK, YEAH, 50% IS BETWEEN DARE TO CYCLE AND ABLE TO CYCLE. 
          AND THE NEXT STEP CAN BE IN FIGHT TO CYCLE. 
          SO THE, THE BUGGY CREEK TRAIL IS IN FIGHT TO CYCLE. 
          THAT'S HIGH QUALITY, CONTINUE WITH THAT. 
          AND IF YOU MAKE HIGH QUALITY, IT'S ALSO FOR ALL THE HS AND ABILITIES. 
          UM, SO TALKING ABOUT ROAD SAFETY, WE TALK ABOUT THE THREE E'S. 
          SO TOGETHER WITH SWEDEN AND UNITED KINGDOM, WE ARE THE SAFEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 
          AND EDUCATION IS, UH, OKAY, THE YOUNG CHILDREN LEARN CYCLING WHEN THEY ARE FOUR, AND THEY HAVE TO DO THE EXAMINE ON THE BIKE INDEPENDENT WHEN THEY ARE 11 ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          SO WHAT IS THE AGE HERE WHEN YOU GO ALONE TO SCHOOL IN SOME AREAS, I THINK 11, SOME EIGHT OR SOME 16, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT YEAH, IS VERY SO, UM, MAKE IT SAFE FOR THEM. 
          AND THE CAR DRIVER IN NETHERLANDS IS ALWAYS CYCLIST. 
          SO THAT'S MAYBE THE DIFFERENCE, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. 
          ALL THE CAR DRIVES HERE ARE ALSO CYCLIST ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO YOU CAN SAY WE NEED 2 MILLION POLICE MEN, BUT WE SAY MAKE SELF-EXPLAINING ROADS. 
          SO YOU DON'T NEED A POLICE MEN, BUT YOU NEED HIM FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHERE IT'S, YOU CAN DRIVE VERY FAST. 
          SO WE, WE WILL HELP WITH DESIGNING, UH, WITH BETTER SOLUTION FOR INTERSECTIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE RIGHT SPACE AND THE SPEED FOR THE HIGHWAYS? IS IT 85 MILES PER HOUR OR IS IT 55 MILES PER HOUR? UM, INNOVATIONS, SO IT, PHONES AND CRUISE CONTROL. 
          SO I DO HAVE A CAR. 
          I ONLY USE IT WHEN I GO TO MY FAMILY IN A SMART, IN A SMALL VILLAGE. 
          BUT, UH, OTHERWISE IT IS NOT USED. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE CRUISE CONTROL AND YEAH, THE FUTURE IS, UH, ALL THE NEW CARS HAVE THE SYSTEM WHEN THEY PASS, UH, SPEED LIMIT B SHIELD, THEY CANNOT MOVE FASTER. 
          SO FOFO AND TESLA AND ALL THE NEW CARS, UH, FROM NOW TILL NEXT YEAR, UM, THEY HAVE THE NEW SYSTEM AND IT'S 20 YEARS, IT'S NOT USED, BUT THE, UH, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION SAYS YOU MUST USE THAT, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT HELPS IN FOR THE, FOR THE SPEED. 
          YEAH. 
          10 YEARS AGO WE SHOWED THIS PICTURE AS WELL. 
          SO THE GOOD BIKE PLAN IS CAR PLAN. 
          SO MAKE A CAR NETWORK AND BLACK, AND THE RED IS THE, SO THEY ARE THE CREEK TRAILS AND THE NICE, UM, CYCLE TRAILS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CHOICES AND ALL THE DESIGNS DEPEND ON, UM, YEAH, THE PLACE IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO FOR LONDON, WE MADE SYSTEM AND WE SAY YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE CYCLE STRIKES EVERYWHERE. 
          75% OF YOUR NETWORK IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THE SPEED LIMIT IS 20 MILES PER HOUR. 
          THAT'S ENOUGH. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, IN THE NETHERLANDS WE 
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HAVE THREE CATEGORIES FOR ROADS. 
          SO THE, THE FLOW FUNCTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY, UM, AND INSIDE THE BUILD AREA, 30 KILOMETERS PER HOUR IN BETWEEN, UH, SO THE COLLECTORS OR THE DISTRIBUTORS ARE THE MOST UNSAFE. 
          AND I HEARD FROM LOUIS, ALL THE INTERSTATES HIGHWAY ARE UNSAFE, BUT THESE ARE NOT UNSAFE IN OUR SITUATION. 
          IT DEPENDS ON, UH, THE CAPACITY AND ALSO THE SPEED LIMIT. 
          UM, SO THE FLOW FUNCTION IS IN THE SECTION AND THE INTERSECTION ON THE HIGHWAYS. 
          AND THE DIFFERENCE IS, UH, BETWEEN NETHERLANDS AND US IS THE, THE COLLECTORS. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO EXCHANGE, UM, THE, THE INTERSECTION YOU HAVE TO REDESIGN YOUR INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO WITH THE LOWEST SPEED, 70% OF YOUR SPEED LIMIT, UH, IS, IS A DESIGN SPEED OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT THE RELATION, THE BALANCE BETWEEN FORM, FUNCTION AND USAGE. 
          SO USAGE IS THE NUMBER OF TRACKS, THE SPEED, UH, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, AND THE FOR IS HOW WIDE THIS, UH, ROAD, UM, AND THE CURRENT FUNCTION IS MOSTLY, OKAY, THEY'RE ALL FOR CARS, BUT WHAT IS THE DESIRABLE FUNCTION? YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND YEAH, WHAT ABOUT SPEED? SO IF YOU DRIVE 40 MILES PER HOUR AND YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT, UH, OH, THERE'S A CHILD CROSSING THE ROAD, I HAVE TO THINK TWO SECONDS AND I HAVE TO BREAK MY CAR. 
          UM, YEAH, THEN YOU STOP AT, UH, UM, 180 FEET WHEN YOU REDUCE SPEED WITH, UM, MAKING NARROW STREETS, BUT ALSO SPEED BUMPS, IT'S LESS THAN 50%, SO 40 FEET AND THE, THE CHANCE OF, UH, SEVERE ACCIDENT IS ALMOST ZERO. 
          SOME EXAMPLES IN NEW YORK, ROTTERDAM,  BEFORE AND AFTER, AND ALSO SOME VILLAGES. 
          SO WE STILL WORK ON 2.0 OR 3.0 TO IMPROVE THE CITY'S AND VILLAGES IN THE NEXT PHASE. 
          SOME EXAMPLES OF COLLECTORS IN OUR COUNTRY, IN THE CITY OF NAMA, UH, STREET WITH 12,000 CARS PER DAY AND 8,000 BIKES PER DAY. 
          SO 20,000 PEOPLE ARE REMOVING ON THIS ROAD, WE ARE USING THE, THE RED COLLAR, THE INCLUDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE ONLY CITY WITH RED COLLARED, UH, BIKE LANES. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          BUT NOT ALL THE AMERICAN, LIKE THIS COLLAR, THEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO HAVE TO POLISH. 
          SO MAYBE THE NEXT STEP CAN BE, DON'T USE THE POLAR, BUT REDUCE THE SPEED. 
          NOT FASTER THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR ON THESE COLLECTORS. 
          UH, THIS IS A MUST STREET, ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE, UH, 15,000 CARS AND 4,000 BIKES WITH A MEDIAN. 
          SO YOU CAN USE THIS MEDIAN, THIS ONE TO MAKE A GREEN MEDIAN. 
          IT'S EASY TO CROSS. 
          YOU MAKE IT GREEN, IT'S GOOD TO CYCLE. 
          UH, SO THAT CAN BE AN INSPIRAL THING TO, UH, MAKE THE DESIGNS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WITH SEPARATE CYCLINGS. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, DESIGNS THE CITY MADE. 
          UM, IN 2014, UH, NATHAN SHOWED THIS NEAR THE, AND THE CONFLICTS OF, UH, ROUNDABOUTS. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE POINTS OF CONFLICTS? UH, THERE ARE EIGHT, EIGHT POINTS AT THE ROUNDABOUT AND 26 AT A NORMAL INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. 
          SO YOU SEE THE ACCIDENTS. 
          IF YOU HAVE A ROUNDABOUT, YOU HAVE LESS CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES WITH PRIORITY FOR THE BIKES. 
          AND YOU DO ALREADY HAVE SOME, I SAW THE PRESENTATION, AMAZING PRESENTATION FROM YOU, UH, LOUIS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 
          YOU HAVE SOME, UH, ROUNDABOUTS. 
          UM, YEAH, WE HAVE THEM IN TWO LEVELS, BUT ALSO, ALSO, YEAH, SOME, SOME BEFORE AND AFTER. 
          UH, THE DOMINATION OF THE CAR IN THE, IN THE SIXTIES, SO WHERE OUR FIRM WAS, UH, FOUNDED AND AFTER THAT, SO THIS YEAR, THE OPENING OF A CYCLE STREET, BUT SOMETIMES, UH, LESS CARS, BUT IT'S THE CAR IS THE GUEST ON THAT STREET, AND YOU'VE GOT MORE SPACE, UH, OUTDOOR SEATS AND GREEN. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WHERE YOU HAVE A LIGHT RAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 
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IN THE MIDDLE, UM, AND YOU HAVE A CYCLE STREET WITH SOME CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CENTRAL, UH, CENTRAL LINE FOR THE TRANSIT. 
          SO WE COME BACK IN, UM, 10 YEARS. 
          I THINK THIS WAS THE FINAL. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND RICHARD'S GONNA BE LEADING THE, UH, BIKEWAY BEST PRACTICE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH, UH, BREAKOUT SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 
          SO I HOPE WE HAVE THE SLIDE DECK, UH, WORKING. 
          AND UH, FOR THE SECOND TIME, I'LL CALL UP ERIC TETRO. 
          ERIC? YEP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS INDEED MY HOMETOWN. 
          SO WE ARE BACK ON TRACK. 
          SO, UM, LET ME SEE. 
          I CAN SKIP A FEW FLIGHTS, SLIDES, I THINK. 
          YES, THIS ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT BRINGS ME BACK TO, LET'S SAY, UH, UM, A BIKE AND TRAIN COMMUTING BY BIKE AND TRAIN, WHICH IS, UH, UH, NORMALLY MY, NOT MY DAILY COMMUTE. 
          I WORK ABOUT THREE DAYS A WEEK IN, IN AMSTERDAM, BUT WHEN I, WHEN I GO THERE, I USE THE, UH, THE BIKE TO GO TO THE TRAIN STATION. 
          I USE THE TRAIN TO GO TO AMSTERDAM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, AMAM IS CLOSED TO THE A BUT NOT THAT CLOSE THAT I CAN CYCLE IT. 
          SO, UH, AND THEN I USE ANOTHER BIKE. 
          I HAVE A SECOND BIKE AT AMAM TO GO FOR ANOTHER 50 MINUTES TO UNIVERSITY BUILDING. 
          AND, AND THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE I LIKE IT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, BETTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND, UM, WELL, IT, IT GIVES YOU MORE PLEASURE TO, TO USE BOTH SIDES. 
          UM, YEAH, LET ME SEE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S NOT ONLY THAT I, BECAUSE I LIKE, UH, THE SYSTEM, I LIKE TO GO CYCLING, BUT I'M NOT, UH, JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT, WHAT I LIKE TO DO. 
          I'M ALSO AS A PROFESSIONAL, INTERESTED IN WHAT'S THE EFFECT OF CYCLING ON A CITY. 
          SO AS AN URBAN PLANNER, MY IDEA IS FROM WHAT, WHAT HELPS A CITY TO BECOME A MORE LIVABLE CITY WHEN IT'S MORE PLEASANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO AROUND THERE. 
          AND DOES IT HELP IF MORE PEOPLE GO OUT ON BIKES? AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CITY TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT ON A BIKE INSTEAD OF A CAR? SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHY I STARTED SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT I CALL THE HYBRID BIKE TRAIN SYSTEM. 
          AND, UM, I, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT USES THIS SYSTEM. 
          SO OF ALL TRAIN TRAVELERS, ONE IN TWO COMES ON A BIKE TO THE TRAIN STATION IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO FOR THE TRAIN COMPANY, IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE TO, TO BUILD GOOD FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME OVER THERE BY, BY BIKE. 
          NOW WHAT I, UH, I, I DISCUSSED BEFORE WITH LAURA AND NATHAN AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT I COULD PRESENT SOME BEST PRACTICE, AND I THINK I COME UP WITH A TOP 10. 
          SO THE TOP 10, WHY THE HYBRID BIKE TRAIN SYSTEM IS WHAT IT IS IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          AND I TOLD YOU, TELL YOU MORE ABOUT MY H UD CONCEPT, WHICH IS IN FACT THE DUTCH STYLE TD. 
          SO NUMBER 10, WHAT WE CALL THE OVER CHIP GUIDE. 
          IT'S, LET'S SAY THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, UH, PASS. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM. 
          SO YOU HAVE ONE PASS, WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHECK IN FOR THE, UH, BUS, FOR THE TRIM, FOR THE METER, EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE NETHERLANDS. 
          UH, BUT YOU CAN ALSO USE IT TO, UH, TO UH, GET A, UH, A BIKE RENTAL AND CAN USE IT TO, UH, CATCH YOUR BIKE PARKING THERE. 
          SO IT'S A VERY FESTIVAL SYSTEM. 
          I HAVE A, UM, A SMALL VIDEO OF IT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THEN, UM, ON NINE, I THINK YOU HAVE THE, THE APPROPRIATE MODE OF TRANSPORT FOR EACH DISTANCE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A SHORT DISTANCE, LET'S SAY ONE, CAN YOU MEET OR YOU GO WALKING, IT'S UP TO SEVEN KILOMETER, LET'S SAY FIVE MILE, YOU GO BY BIKE AND YOU CAN EVEN ENLARGE IT WITH AN ELECTRIC BIKE. 
          BUT THERE IS, ITS IN FACT IS LIMITED. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE LARGE ADDITION, YOU CAN GO EITHER FOR, UH, TRAIN OR FOR CAR. 
          WELL, AND YOU CAN DO WHAT I THINK YOU CAN DO THE COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          NOW, WHY IS THE COMBINATION OF BIKE AND SWING WORLD NUMBER EIGHT NOW, UH, IS THAT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT APPLIES FOR A VERY FAST DOOR TO DOOR ACCESS? THE PROBLEM WITH TRANSIT IN ITSELF, THE TRAIN, WELL, NOT SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO A TRAIN STATION, AND THE TRAIN STATION IS NOT ALWAYS THE PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO TO. 
          SO THERE'S NOT A TRAIN STATION RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, BUT WITH, UH, UH, THE COMBINATION OF THE BIKE, IT GIVES YOU A FAST AND A VERY PLEASANT DOOR TO DOOR, UH, ACCESS, AND IT IS EVEN FASTER. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, FASTER THAN COMMUTING BY CAR. 
          WELL, AT LEAST IF YOU GO IN RUSH HOUR, SHOULD MOST OF YOU DO, SO OUTSIDE OF RUSH HOUR, THE CAR WILL WIN. 
          BUT INSIDE RUSH HOURS, THE COMBINATION OF BIKE AND TRAIN, AND I DID SOME DIFFERENT STUDIES ON DIFFERENT TRIPS, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY A BETTER SOLUTION. 
          THEN, UM, NUMBER SIX, 
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UM, WE WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT, UH, WHAT RICHARD MENTIONED. 
          SO THE BEST, UH, UH, CAR NETWORK IS THE, UH, THE BIKE NETWORK. 
          SO THE COMBINATION IS INDEED THERE. 
          UM, DON'T MAKE IT TOO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COME ALONG BY CAR. 
          IF YOU GIVE THEM ALL THE SPACE THERE IS THEN, AND YOU DON'T DIVIDE THE SPACE IN AN EVEN WAY, UH, THEN IT WILL MAKE IT TOO EASY FOR THEM TO GO ONCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT SITUATIONS LIKE THAT WITH A, WITH A, A SMART NETWORK FOR THE CAR, NO MORE TRUE TRAFFIC TO INNER CITIES, LET THEM GO AROUND AND MAKE IT A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THERE. 
          AND I SAY EMBRACE THE TRAFFIC JAM BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC JAM HELPS PEOPLE TO THINK MORE, UH, SMART ABOUT THE WAY THEY WILL TRAVEL ABOUT. 
          THEN, UM, NUMBER FIVE, IF YOU DO THAT, YOU MUST BUILD, YOU MUST BUILD A GOOD ALTERNATIVE. 
          SO THE GOOD ALTERNATIVE IS TO BUILD ATTRACTIVE AND SAFE CYCLE ROUTES AND ESPECIALLY TO TRAIN STATIONS. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE LEFT, THAT IS THE, UH, THE NETWORK FOR THE ACHE. 
          UH, WE WORKED ALSO WITH  ON, UH, THE STRATEGY FOR, UH, THE HAG AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THERE, THEY HAVE BUILT UP A BICYCLE NETWORK, UH, WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. 
          AND THEY HAVE, LET'S SAY ON A HIGHER LEVEL, THE SO-CALLED STAR WARS AND THE STAR WARS CONNECT IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE CITY TOWARDS THE DIFFERENT TRAIN STATIONS. 
          WE HAVE FOUR, FIVE DIFFERENT TRAIN STATIONS IN THE CITY, AND THEY'RE ALL WELL CONNECTED WITH THESE STAR WARS. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT IT HAPPENED A FEW THINGS. 
          SO, UH, ON THE LEFT ABOVE, YOU SEE WHAT THE SITUATION WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO ON THE WHITE, SEE WHAT IT IS NOW. 
          AND I WAS THEIR LAST SUNDAY. 
          AND I FIGURE SHOW BIT OF WHAT'S GOING AROUND IN A SHORT MOVIE, UH, AND SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING WHERE, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO IT WAS FULL OF BUSES, IT WAS FULL OF CARS, IT WAS FULL OF TRAFFIC. 
          THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME WHEN I VISITED MY GRANDMA, WHO WAS LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, OF THE A IN A SMALLER VILLAGE AND I LIVED IN SUPPER, AND THE OTHER WAY IS TO GO RIGHT TO THE CITY CENTER FOR MY TRIPS, AND NOW IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE TO GO AROUND IT. 
          AND THAT MAKES IT, UH, NOW IN OUR MAIN STREET. 
          YEAH, A VERY PLEASANT WAY TO GO AROUND BY BIKE OR BY, UM, BY FOOD. 
          AND AS I SAID, WE CONNECT. 
          SO THE, THE MAIN CYCLE WOODS WITH THE TRAIN STATIONS AND IN THE TRAIN STATIONS OR UNDER THE PLATFORMS, AS CLOSE BY AS YOU CAN, YOU BUILD, UM, THE BICYCLE PARKINGS AND THE BICYCLE PARKINGS IN OUR SITUATION, THEY ARE FREE FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS. 
          YOU CAN, UM, FOR A NORMAL DAILY TRIP, YOU CAN PARK YOUR BIKE, YOU CAN GET IT UP IN THE EVENING JUST FOR FREE. 
          IF YOU SHOW YOU TRANSPORT, UH, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORT CART, YOU CAN PICK IT UP AGAIN. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE A NEW PARKING IN THE A FOR OVER 8,000 BIKES, UH, AND YOU, US THE EVEN LARGEST BICYCLE PARKING FOR 12,000 BIKES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, THAT, THAT, AND, AND THAT ARE IMPORTANT THINGS BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY AND VERY, UM, ATTRACTIVE TO PARK YOUR BIKE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A MORE EXPENSIVE BIKE. 
          SO WHEN YOU, ALL THE SITUATION WHEN THERE WAS NO GOOD BIKE PARKING, I HAD A VERY OLD BIKE, I HAVE FIVE BIKES, SO I HAVE SOME CHOICE, BUT UH, NOW I CAN GO WITH MY MORE EXPENSIVE TO MOVE. 
          SO, UH, NUMBER THREE, WE ARE FINISHING ALMOST, UM, THAT IS THE SYSTEM CAN DICTATE IN FACT THE WAY YOU WANT TO DESIGN YOUR URBAN PLANNING. 
          SO WHAT I SAY, YOU NEED TO TAKE BIKE AND TRAIN AS THE DIVIDE BEFORE YOUR URBAN PLANNING. 
          THIS IS A SITUATION IN THE WATERDAM BEHAVE METROPOLITAN REGION. 
          WHAT YOU SEE IN, UM, THAT ALL THE CATCHMENT AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS CARD FOR CONNECTING THE TRAIN AND THE LIGHT WILL ARE, UM, COVERING OVER, UM, 50, NO OVER 50% OF THE SPACE, BUT THE HOUSE ABOUT 80% OF ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          SO WE HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION BETWEEN WHERE'S THE MAIN DENSITY, WHERE ARE THE TRAIN STATIONS, AND HOW CAN PEOPLE COME BY BIKE TO THE TRAIN STATION. 
          AND IN DARK BLUE COLLAR, YOU SEE THE NEW HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH MOST OF THEM ALREADY FIT INTO THE, UH, SAME SYSTEM. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE THAT MAKES, UH, PEOPLE THE, UH, WHAT THEY CALL THE, UM, FREEDOM OF, UH, CHOICE HOW TO, UH, GO THERE, WHAT, WHAT NATHAN OR WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. 
          SO, UM, YOU, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGED TO GO BY CAR. 
          YOU CAN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE FOR BIKE AND TRAIN. 
          AND UH, ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE CATCHMENT AREA IS ENORMOUSLY IF YOU GO FROM WALKING TO CYCLING TO THE TRAIN STATION AND IT SHOW THAT HERE WITH SOME NUMBERS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY TRANSFERRING MY PRESENTATION TOWARDS, UH, YOUR SYSTEM, THERE'S SOMETHING GONE WRONG WITH THE FACE OF DAVID BOWIE. 
          BUT, UH, BE AWARE, IT'S JUST TO MENTION THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE 
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ONE SIDE, IF YOU DO IT, UH, FOR WALKING, IF YOU HAVE A VERY SMALL CATCHMENT AREA, IF YOU ENLARGE THAT FOR CYCLING, IT WILL GOVERN NOT ONLY MUCH LARGER SPACE. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT DIRECTLY AROUND THE TRAIN STATION, THE DENSITY IS OFTEN MUCH LOWER THAN ON A LARGER DISTANCE BECAUSE DIRECTLY AROUND THE TRAIN STATION YOU HAVE THE TRAIN TRACKS ITSELF. 
          YOU HAVE, UH, SOME SITUATION THAT WE CANNOT BUILD THAT UH, UH, MOST OF IT, UH, THERE ARE OFFICES OFTEN AROUND IT. 
          SO ON THE SECOND WING IT'S MUCH, UH, MORE DENSE AND IT GIVES YOU A MUCH LARGER POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE TRAVELING BY BIKE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I SAY EAT MORE DONUTS . 
          NOW THEN NUMBER TWO ARE QUITE CLEAR, IF I'M, IF YOU FOLLOW ME BY NOW, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW THAT WHY I'M NOT SO MUCH A FAN OF EMBRACING THIS IDEA OF CAR ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOT ONLY, UM, LET'S SAY THE STANDARD IN MOST AMERICAN CITIES, IT'S ALSO A STANDARD, LET'S SAY IN IN FRANCE WHERE YOU SEE THAT THEY MOVE OUT THE, UH, THE SMALLER SHOPS OUT OF THE CITY CENTER AND THEY BUILT LARGER SUPERMARKETS, THE HEPA MACHE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WHERE YOU CAN ONLY GO BY CAR. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE AGAIN, FORCED TO GO BY CAR FOR THE SHOPPING, ET CETERA. 
          AND INSTEAD OF DOING THIS WITH, WITH THE LARGER AGENCIES, THE LOWER DENSITY, WHICH IS VERY SPACE CONSUMING, I SAY, UH, STOP CAR ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, GO OVER TO A HYBRID BIKE TRAIN SYSTEM. 
          AND WHAT THAT'S, THAT COMES TO WHAT I CALL THE HYBRID ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO UD STANDS FOR HYBRID ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH YOU BUILD YOUR CITY AROUND, UH, DIFFERENT HOPS AND, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, CENTERS. 
          SO TO FINALIZE, UM, AS I SAID, THE H IS FOR I BID BY EXPECT, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING, OH, UH, ALL OF THE DUTCH EXPERTS UP TO THE FLOOR AS WELL AS, UH, OUR LOCAL EXPERTS. 
          SO, UH, NATHAN, ERICA LEWIS, AND ANNICK ANIQUE, UH, IF YOU CAN ALL JOIN, UH, THE DUTCH EXPERTS ON THE STOOLS, AND IF YOU HAVE A BURNING QUESTION, PLEASE UH, SHOOT UP YOUR HAND, UH, OR COME TO THE, THE TABLE AT THE FRONT WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE CUZ WE ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES . 
          YEAH, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING BEFORE I ASK THIS QUESTION. 
          AS ONE OF THE THREE BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID NOT NOTICE IN ANY OF THE OTHER PICTURES WAS IMMIGRANT POPULATION ACTUALLY HAVING THE NETHER ONE AND THAT ATION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN, AS ONE OF THE THREE BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO PICTURES OF THE IMMIGRANTS THAT THERE, THAT ARE IN THE NETHERLANDS POPULATION, WHICH OF COURSE MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AS PART OF THE DELIGHTFULLY DISPLACED, UH, POPULATION THAT WE LIKE TO PAINT MURALS ON, BUT GET RID OF IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND THAT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO EMULATE YOUR STYLE. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT KIND OF HOW THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CYCLING NETWORK HAVE KIND OF DEALT WITH THAT? BECAUSE KIGALI, BOGOTA AND SHANGHAI ARE THREE OTHER NON-EUROPEAN CITIES THAT ALSO HAVE VERY STRONG BICYCLE NETWORKS AND, UH, BUT ARE NOT IN EUROPE. 
          SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW, UH, BASICALLY THE BIKING STRUCTURE IS IMPROVING BASICALLY ACCESSIBILITY TO EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, WHICH MOST IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS ARE. 
          OKAY, ERIC OR, UH, RICHARD OR ZI? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THIS IS OF COURSE A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC AND I, UH, I FEEL REALLY, UH, COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT, UH, PART OF THIS GROUP YOU MENTIONED. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE PICTURES I SHOWED, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES HAS A LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION. 
          UM, SO THE MEASURES WE ARE TAKING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS WORKING TO HELP THEM HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO, TOWARDS THE CITY CENTER, TOWARDS, UH, JOB 
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OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THAT'S, SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO, UH, YEAH, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE THE CITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. 
          UH, SO WE, IT'S, IT'S A POLICY, POLICY CHOICE TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE LIVE AND UM, HOW TO GIVE ACCESS TO THEM IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT CAN THEY, UH, AFFORD TO GET ON THE BIKE OR IN PUBLIC TRANSIT OR, UM, IN A CAR, AND WHERE DO THEY WORK. 
          SO IT'S, IT IS A TOTALLY RESEARCH OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO. 
          UM, SO IT'S, WE WANT TO WORK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER ALSO THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND WE HAVE SOME CASES IN NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN, BUT ALL THE CASES IN, IN THE WHOLE CITY AND SURROUNDING CITIES. 
          YEAH, MAYBE JUST TO SHOW TO FILL IN, UM, IN MY PRESENT, AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS. 
          SO IN MY PRESENTATION, I, I, THERE WAS ONE MOMENT WHEN I MADE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT, UH, UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR DIFFERENT COLORS OR ANYTHING, BUT WHEN, WHEN I CHOOSE TO, TO PUT IN THE, UH, THE SYMBOL FOR THE DIFFERENT, THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LIVING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, LET'S SAY MY, UH, UH, MY, MY, UH, CATCHMENT AREAS, UM, I JUST ACCIDENTALLY, OR NOT ACCIDENTALLY BECAUSE I'M A DAVID BOWMAN, I CHOOSE THE MOST COLORFUL ELEMENT I COULD FIND ON SYMBOLS. 
          AND THAT WAS IN THIS FACT, UH, THE DAVE BOWIE SYMBOL. 
          UH, BUT I THINK IF, IF I LOOK AROUND WHEN I, WHEN I GO BY TRAIN, UH, I SEE, UH, UH, A VERY DIFFERENT MIX OF PEOPLE USING BIKE AND USING TRAINS. 
          SO THE, UH, THE BIKE ITSELF, YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE FROM A VERY DIFFERENT, UM, UH, JOBS, VERY DIFFERENT STATUS. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T MIND SO MUCH ABOUT THE STATUS WHEN THEY GO ON THE BIKE. 
          THEY MIND MORE ABOUT WHAT'S FOR BEST FEELING FOR ME TO GET OVER IN A, IN ANOTHER PLACE IN A SWIFT TIME AND IN A COMFORTABLE WAY. 
          IN THE AFTERNOON SESSION, I HAVE A SHORT ELEMENT ABOUT EQUITY AND THEN I CAN CONTINUE A BIT MORE ON THE ELEMENT. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. 
          AND WHEN I SAID THAT BUILDING THE BIKE NETWORK IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ISSUE THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AT SHIFTING THE PARADIGM OF WHAT SAFETY MEANS, WHAT MULTI MOBILITY MEANS. 
          WE ARE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE CONCEPTS OF CONNECTING TRANSIT AND BICYCLING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT EFFECT. 
          WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH PROJECT CONNECT. 
          IF WE TAKE A TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, WALKING ONLY ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, IT WILL BE TEXAS STYLE UNAFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WILL BUY SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING PUBLICLY, UH, BUT WE'LL BE VERY EXPENSIVE PUBLICLY TO DO THAT WITHIN A WALKING RADIUS. 
          IF WE EXPAND THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WE CAN AFFORD MORE AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD MORE, HAVE MORE OUTCOMES FOR ANTIS DISPLACEMENT. 
          AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT BICYCLING ALONE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL PEOPLE. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF HOW WE FEED OUR TRANSIT, HOW WE RESTRUCTURE THE WAY WE DO PLANNING AROUND OUR HIGH PERFORMING TRANSIT THAT WE'VE SAID WE'RE GONNA INVEST IN. 
          AND THIS IS GONNA MAKE OR BREAK WHO HAS ACCESS TO MOBILITY CHOICE IN THE CITY. 
          AND I PULLED OUT MY, MY LAST CLOSING SLIDE WASN'T IN THERE, SO I LOST MY PROMPT. 
          BUT I CHALLENGE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO NOT GET COMPLACENT ON THE ISSUE OF WHO HAS ACCESS TO THESE MOBILITY SYSTEMS WE'RE CREATING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A, A QUESTION? YEP. 
          HELLO? UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF THAT, THAT TOPIC. 
          I, I DID HEAR A QUOTE THAT, THAT, UH, WAS INVEST IN INVEST UNEQUAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW UNEQUAL, UM, IN INVESTMENT CAN YOU MAKE? MEANING? ARE YOU, IS THERE A THRESHOLD, UM, CAN YOU SPEND $0 SOMEWHERE IN ORDER TO SPEND THAT SHARE ELSEWHERE TO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES? GREAT QUESTION. 
          . 
          I THINK IT'S DIRECTED AT ME. 
          UM, OF COURSE THAT'S A VERY POLITICAL DECISION TO MAKE. 
          UM, SO, UM, THAT, UH, WE ARE MAKING THAT CHOICE TO, TO, UM, REDIRECT 
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CERTAIN NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS IN, UM, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT, IN OUR OPINION, IN THE OPINION OF THE POLITICIANS AND THE VOTERS. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEM UNLESS LIKE YOU, SO THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT, UH, OF COURSE A VERY DIFFICULT, UH, THING TO SAY, UM, THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED HERE DIRECTLY. 
          UM, AND UM, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE $0 IN OTHER AREAS BECAUSE YOU SHOULD NEED A CERTAIN BASE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S MAINLY THE INVESTMENTS IN, IN, UH, RENEWING THE STREETS AND INVESTING IN PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN, UH, GREENERY FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A BACKYARD OR OTHER KINDS OF PUBLIC GREENERY. 
          RE YEP. 
          SO, SO TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, UM, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN E T O D EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN, UM, THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO, TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. 
          AND REALLY THE CONCEPT WITH IT IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT TRADITIONAL TO OD HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN AUSTIN IN BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL. 
          AND SO AS WE, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A CITY MOVE FORWARD, I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CHANGE THE PARADIGM IN, IN OUR INVESTMENTS, IN OUR PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL, NOT, NOT JUST FOR FOR FOLKS WHO CAN AFFORD THEM. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT QUESTION. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS WONDERFUL. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF THE NETHERLANDS OR OTHER CITIES OR COUNTRIES, HOW HAVE YOU EDUCATED BICYCLISTS TO OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS AND TRAFFIC SIGNS IN AUSTIN? IT'S RARE TO SEE A CYCLIST STOP AT A STOP SIGN. 
          WHAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY RARE IS TO SEE A BICYCLIST USE HAND SIGNALS. 
          I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IS. 
          UH, YES. 
          I'M A BIT ON MY SOAPBOX ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN AUSTIN. 
          I COMMUTE EVERY DAY AND WHEN WE GET A LOT OF CYCLISTS, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK IF WE DON'T ABEY TRAFFIC LAWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, GOOD QUESTION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, CYCLISTS, CAR DRIVERS. 
          SO EDUCATION IS PART OF THE, ONE OF THE THREE E'S. 
          SO WHAT YOU DID LIKE THIS I DID OR MY PARENTS DID YEARS AGO, BUT MY DAUGHTERS DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A RIDING LICENSE FOR YOUR BIKE, YOU GET SOME EDUCATION FROM YOUR PARENTS OR FROM SCHOOL OR YOUR FRIENDS. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THE BEHAVIOR WILL BE BETTER IF YOU HAVE MADE GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT FIVE MINUTES, UH, I WAS IN INDIA IN 2008, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FIVE MINUTES WITH YOUR BIKE. 
          PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T WAIT ANYMORE. 
          SO THEY ARE REBELS, BUT YOU DON'T NEED A REBEL IF YOU HAVE GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOUR CITY HAS GOOD, UH, DESIGNERS, SO, AND YOU HAVE MONEY. 
          SO WE COME BACK IN 10 YEARS. 
          SOMETHING YOU WANNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT TRAFFIC EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS? CUZ I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE, THE SYSTEM FOR YEAH, WELL I THINK, UH, RICHARD ALREADY MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, EDUCATION FOR, FOR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT 11 YEARS OF AGE. 
          SO THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE TO LEARN THE RULES AND THEY HAVE TO DO THAT IN PRACTICE AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT HAPPENS AT ABOUT, UH, 85% OF ALL SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO, BUT I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT NOT ONLY CARDIO SHOULD BE THE RULES, ALSO CYCLISTS SHOULD DEBAT THE RULES AND WHICH IS OFTEN QUITE DIFFICULT ALSO IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          OR MAYBE ESPECIALLY IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT, UH, THAT SPIKES ME THAT IN THE NETHERLANDS, LET'S SAY ALL NOW NEARLY EVERYONE WILL DRIVES THE CAR, DRIVES A BIKE THE OTHER DAY. 
          SO WE ARE VERY AWARE OF, OF OF WHAT, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM A CYCLIST AND THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          SO THE MORE PEOPLE WILL GO ON A BIKE AND THE MORE PEOPLE WILL CHANGE FROM BIKE TO CAR OR FROM CAR TO BIKE NOW, AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL BE 
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NOT THE ONLY, BUT ALSO PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO RIDE OUR BIKES? NO, I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET OUTSIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          LAURA. 
          YEAH, WHY NOT? I, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAYBE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, SOME OF OUR LOCAL LEADERS TO JUST SHARE SOME OF THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THE REMARKS MADE BY OUR DUTCH COUNTERPARTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, LOUIS FROM A SAFE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE AND, AND ANIQUE FROM A TRANSIT AND BIKE, UH, PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND ERICA, FROM JUST A, HOW ARE WE GONNA TACKLE SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE PRESSURES THAT WE FEEL AS A CITY, UM, KIND OF GETTING, HOW CAN BIKES BE A TOOL FOR SOME OF THOSE, THOSE REALLY DEEPLY FELT CONCERNS? AND I'D LOVE TO JUST HAVE YOU ALL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM THIS MORNING. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, LAURA. 
          THAT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TO DO IS TO SAY WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          AND I THINK WHAT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THROUGH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BIKING OR WALKING ONE MODE OF TRAVEL. 
          WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MOBILITY. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT INTEGRATES IN WITH OTHER SYSTEMS, HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WITH OTHER POLICY GOALS THAT WE HAVE AROUND COMMUNITY HEALTH, AROUND ECONOMIC ACCESS AND ACTIVITY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PLAY OUT IN ALL THE, ALL THE DISCUSSIONS SO FAR. 
          AND I THINK IN THE WORKSHOPS TODAY TOO. 
          AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT FIRST QUESTION WE RECEIVED. 
          IT'S ABOUT CENTERING PEOPLE IN THIS DISCUSSION AND NOT CENTERING ONE MODE OF TRAVEL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION OR ENFORCEMENT. 
          UH, WE TALK ABOUT ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY MOVED AWAY, I THINK IN THE, IN THE US LOOKING WELL BEYOND THOSE KIND OF THREES, FOUR E'S AS THAT FRAMEWORK AND, AND MORE OF THAT SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH WHERE WE SAY WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE, THE ENGINEERING BE DONE IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE A BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE PEOPLE TO MAKE THOSE BAD DECISIONS, ENABLES PEOPLE TO HAVE EASIER DECISIONS TO MAKE THE SAFE CHOICE TO GET AROUND AND, AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, IS WHERE WE ARE AS A, AS A COUNTRY, AS A STATE, AS A CITY, AS IT RELATES TO KIND OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND ALREADY KIND OF THE INSPIRATION THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS MORNING FROM THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS, IS THINKING MORE SYSTEMICALLY, THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST ONE MODE OF TRAVEL, BUT MOBILITY AND HOW IT FITS INTO ALL OF OUR OTHER POLICY GOALS. 
          HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THAT POLICY INTO ACTION? WHICH IS THE KEY QUESTION. 
          THANKS LOUIS. 
          UH, I WILL SAY NOW THAT I'M WORKING A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, ON A TRY AGENCY APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT IN OUR CITY THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK IF RICHARD AND HIS TEAM COME BACK IN 10 YEARS, UM, WE'LL HAVE, HOPEFULLY LIGHT RAIL REVENUE SERVICE STARTED AND IT'S INTEGRATED WITH WALKING AND BICYCLING CARS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S WORKING REALLY WELL. 
          BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, LAURA, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION VERY MUCH BECAUSE AS I GO SEAMLESSLY FROM WORKING IN BIKE P AND NOW WORKING IN TRANSIT, I BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS OUR NEW AGENCY THAT'S PART OF IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSIT. 
          AND I WILL SAY THE, THE BENEFIT OF AUSTIN BEING SO PROGRESSIVE WITH OUR BIKE NETWORK IS FANTASTIC. 
          BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LABOR FORCE WITH THE EXPERTISE TO BUILD LIGHT, BUILD LIGHT RAIL AND EXTENSIVE TRANSIT BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, WE ARE PICKING A LABOR POOL FROM OTHER CITIES IN THE US WHO AREN'T AS ADVANCED IN BICYCLE PROTECTED BICYCLE DESIGN AS WE ARE. 
          AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF ON THE INSIDE OF THE WALLS, WE'RE HAVING TO REEDUCATE, UM, ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS ABOUT GOOD BICYCLE DESIGN AND PEDESTRIAN DESIGN AS WELL AS WHAT OUR PLANS ARE AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF AUSTIN AND THE CONTEXT OF AUSTIN TO NOT LOSE THAT AS WE BUILD, UM, OUR, OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          AND SO MY COMMITMENT, UM, AND I LOVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S HELPING, UM, IS TO KEEP THAT TORCH BURNING AS WE START TRYING TO, UM, IMPLEMENT TRANSIT, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          IT ALL HAS TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE IS, IS JUST HOW DO WE KEEP THE FOCUS STILL ON CONTIN THAT THAT BIKES AND WALKING ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE TRANSIT. 
          AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME HEAVY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR YOU ERIC AND, AND RICHARD AND, AND ALL OF YOU LATER OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW DO THE DUTCH LOOK AT THE TRADE OFFS? BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'VE ALWAYS GRAPPLED WITH. 
          LIKE, IF YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM, DO YOU SPEND MORE MONEY ON BUYING REAL ESTATE AND POTENTIALLY DISPLACE, UH, HOUSING OR 
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DISPLACE BUSINESSES? OR HOW DO YOU DO THAT TRADE OFF? WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT? AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR HOW THE DUTCH APPROACH THAT QUESTION. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I WOULD ADD THAT PART OF THE, THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I LOVED IS REALLY THE FOCUS ON HUMAN-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BRING THAT ETHOS TO KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY? BECAUSE, BECAUSE REALLY ISN'T OUR, OUR ROLE AS A CITY TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN IT AND TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW OUR SYSTEMS WORK TO SUPPORT PEOPLE. 
          UM, SO I, I'M EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING MY BACKGROUND IN PLANNING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, INTO THE CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE USING, UM, ARE THE TOOLS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WITH THAT, WE WILL HEAD OUT TO THE LAST, OH, NO, NO. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
           NATHAN HASN'T HAD, I HAD PLENTY OF TIME, BUT I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND IT POINTS TO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN JUST KIND OF BUDDING THAT WHEN YOU REALLY GET TO TRYING TO SOLVE THE CORE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FACING, YOU CANNOT DO IT IN SILOS. 
          THIS HAS TO BE INTERSECTIONAL PLANNING, INTERSECTIONAL WORK. 
          YOU CAN'T BUILD AN EQUITABLE BIKE NETWORK OR A BIKE TRANSIT HYBRID NETWORK WITHOUT BEING ADVOCATES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANTIS DISPLACEMENT POLICIES. 
          IT'S GONNA STRETCH US ALL TO LEARN AND WORK AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS OUT OF OUR SILOS. 
          AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE LAND PLANNERS HERE. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS FROM OUR BIKE AND WALKING AND TRAIL PLAN HERE. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA, WE HAVE ECOLOGISTS HERE. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE CLIMATE WITHOUT TAKING THIS ALL TOGETHER. 
          SO, UH, JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR, UH, NOT GIVING UP AND, UM, NOT GETTING COMPLACENT AND, AND TRYING TO SOLVE THESE COMPLICATED THINGS TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY YEAH, OUR LOCAL LEADERS THAT ARE KIND OF, YEAH, KEEPING THE TORCH, UH, LIT AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, JUST ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL AND TO OUR DUTCH GUESTS. 
          WE ARE JUST, YEAH, TODAY WAS AMAZING. 
          I WAS GETTING LOTS OF MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE ABOUT HOW MIND BLOWING THIS MORNING WAS, UH, GREAT, UH, TEASER FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAD OUT AND GET ONTO OUR BIKES. 
          UM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT RIDES KIND OF FOCUSED ON POLICY DESIGN AND TRANSIT. 
          UM, WE HAVE RIDE LEADERS THAT WILL BE SH UH, HOLDING UP A SIGN. 
          SO YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE IN THE DESIGN TRACK, YOU CAN GO FIND YOUR DESIGN RIDE LEADER OR TRANSIT POLICY. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS HERE THAT HAVE RESERVED SOME BICYCLES. 
          YOU CAN COME OUT AND, AND CLAIM THOSE RESERVE BIKES. 
          I WOULD SAY TAKE A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BIKE FITS YOU REALLY WELL. 
          WE HAVE MECHANICS READY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT IT ALL, UH, FEELS COMFORTABLE CUZ A DUTCH BIKE IS A COM MORE COMFORTABLE RIDE, BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IT FITS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR HEIGHT , AND YOUR LIMB LENGTH. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NEXT. 
          SO IT'S A KIND OF MAKE, MAKE HASTE,  A BIT TO THE BIKES. 
          AND UM, GRAB SOME WATER SUNSCREEN. 
          AND WE WILL GET ROLLING AS SOON AS WE'RE READY. 
          OH YEAH. 
          OH, STANDING.
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