Hi guys, Zulema here.
Today I will be talking about the expansion of the San Francisco Bike Share Program. For those who don’t know what a bike share program is, I’ll explain. A bike share program is a public bike system which is ideal for short distance trips. It allows users to pick up a bicycle from any self-serve bike station and return it to any other bike station located within the system’s service area. It’s cheap and less of a hassle than a car.
The San Francisco Bike Share program is currently teaming up with FORD and is looking to expand in 2018. Roughly a year they want to go from 700 bikes and 36 stations to 7,000 bikes and stations located all over San Francisco. The system will have stations every few blocks in San Francisco but as to which blocks, well that’s up to the public. The goal is to connect San Francisco to the people. First by linking people to MUNI and BART, to jobs and schools, areas around the Bay Area and get San Francisco connected to Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville through the bike share program.
When I was first searching for information on the San Francisco Bike Share Program, the first thing that caught my attention was the lack of stations across San Francisco. I didn’t expect such small amount of stations here since this is a big tourist city. I was surprised that San Antonio had a bigger set up of stations in a wider area. In San Francisco, all the stations are in the financial district, there is not one outside the financial district which I believe there should be. So I went and discussed this issue with USF students as well as residents of San Francisco.
When I approached them, the first question I asked was if they knew what a bike sharing program is? What surprised me is that more than half did not know what it is. I then asked if they had seen some station in SF and where? Some said yes and said near the Warf, near the mall, downtown, etc. I told them that that was the only areas where there were stations placed. They had suggested that new stations should be placed throughout Golden Gate Park, along Ocean Beach, in the Presidio, in the wiggle and plenty more. And we can make this possible by suggesting a station location at bayareabikeshare.com
Hi Zulema! My rubric was: main idea (purpose), organization (structure), evidence (argument), verbal presentation, and expression.
Main Idea: I thought you stated your main idea very clear and concise. I like how you defined the term “bike share,” just in case there may be people in the audience who do not know what it means. That was very thoughtful of you!
Organization: The structure of your speech was very organized. You went from general (what is bike share?) to specific (there needs to be more implementation of bike share programs). Not only that, but, in the end, you told the audience to take action!
Evidence: You had various evidence to support your proposal, such as the anecdote, survey, and examples of bike share programs. I definitely see how much hard work you put into this speech!
Verbal presentation: I though you had a calm yet audible voice. You paced yourself well throughout the speech. I also enjoyed that you sometimes add your own commentary; one example was something like “some of the SF residents wanted a bike share program in USF … (and that will be great)!” Or something along the lines… Anyways, I thought adding personal commentary is an effective and perhaps memorable way to capture the audience’s attention.
Expression: Your attitude as a speaker/presenter was great! You had a friendly expression and smiled throughout the speech.
Overall, it was a very well done presentation! I enjoyed it very much and I can’t wait to hear your future speeches!