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And I myself, you know, as everybody knows, I'm out there on a bicycle a lot. I'm a vulnerable road user. This is selfishly something that makes a difference to me and it makes a difference to a lot of people in my community.

I'm in a very active transportation community. So these are my neighbors and friends that are directly benefiting from this. And I think it does really speak to, I think, our values as a city and the opportunities because we are a small, compact city.

We are seeing this explosion in, you know, e-device micro mobility that could radically transform. I mean, the hilarious part is I get, now that Mobis have electric bikes, I get to city hall faster from my place than I could ever get in a car. It's just impossible to get in a vehicle at the same speed as an electric bike because I can zip through traffic.

It's efficient. And I think more and more people are coming alive to that. So when we look at opportunities where we can make it safer and more attractive to use active transportation, I think that's a win.

That's a win for our environment. It's a win for our city. It's a win for affordability and it's a win for public safety.

So thank you again to Councilor Dominato for bringing this across the line. Thanks for everybody for the support on this.

we actually don't have a regularized pavement marking maintenance schedule and we could probably stand to do one.

I think we probably all receive various emails and concerns from folks about road visibility. I think anybody driving on the roads in Vancouver probably recognizes that road visibility is not that great. And certainly as somebody who is a regular cyclist, road visibility, pavement markings is pretty degraded, especially in the dark and in the gloom and in these winter months.

So that is the gist of the motion.

EVs, and actually, no, so while you're up here, maybe I'll ask you about the, in recommendation B, talking about the pad-mounted transformers, what's changing here? What are we contemplating to make this more equitable and allow bike parking and stuff?