Don't worry Ms. Matusow, like the King St. bike lane, this is a pilot project.  We will analyze pedestrian incidents over the course of a year just like how we're doing for the King St. bike lane which has been in existence for over 2 years now.  If the statistics prove that this project won't work, we'll re-think what we can do to convince you that it does.  On time.....on budget!