pipeline, they eliminated 2/3 of the parking. they added the meters. nobody is parking. it is too expensive. it is like $2 an hour. we do have people like older women in our building that did part in the parking lot. it cost them $200 a month. they come out. the have a street-long distance to walk in order to get to the building. they are carrying fans. they are going to wait at stockton. it will take 15 or 20 minutes to wait for the bus. when the catch the bus, they do not want to pay another $2. but they are carrying things. i like what is happening to the city. there is a good aspect to that. but there is also an economic impact on a certain segment of

society. i know the gentleman said they see everybody riding a bike. i do not see everybody riding a bike. i see young people, the vast majority from 20 to 35 years old that are riding bikes. i do see people starting to buy small bikes to ride to their parking lot. a fella came in a wheelchair and missed his stop. he was talking to the driver and said i had to get off. this does not go all the way back fourth anymore. this guy who had a 20-minute medical appointment, he let everyone know, went down the

rest of fourth street and turn down harrison and went another two blocks and went another block and a half before he could get off. there was no way he would make his appointment. harrison is a huge street. it takes forever to get across, there is a lot of congestion. he did not have anyone to push his chair. he was this late heading back down to the street. that one aspect -- there is a large segment of the population that have difficulty getting to where they're going. the muni isn't that division right now. there is no more cars on that street.

maybe the city will make its money back for putting all these things in. the lines on the street or not clear. we were trying to figure out which parking spot, which was 3, which was for, which was 5. they put the white lines on the outside toward the bike lane which is such a small white line, it does not go clear across. it is difficult to understand if you are in three, four, or five. i am giving you a detailed example of one area that was down there. i had to ask the traffic officer to come over and take a look. when he came over, he was able to point out that they were being lenient in the area because it is not clearly marked.

the other thing is, a lot of people feel in terms of muni, they are unfamiliar with it, getting on the bus. they are unfamiliar with certain neighborhoods, there is a level of concern riding muni. >> is there additional public comment? public comment is closed. vice president miguoore: we saw -- it could say that global competitiveness will directly depend on sustainable mobility. the movie made that clear. in comparison to many cities

we're doing great, in comparison to other cities in the world, we could be doing better. i think we need to catch up quickly. you are making a great and good presentation. tplanning and transportation and hopefully were -- open space will work with each other. and increase liability. even if things change, we maintain and enhance quality which makes us unique. it is the way departments work together. and the creative solutions and

your presentation is the open door to let us see what we're doing. >> i am encouraged by sf park. i can figure where i can park. when we break, wi can go get my car. lots of blue lines around city hall. i like your comments and presentation with respect to greening electric vehicles and all that, the more hybrids we get, the more electric vehicles we get will come along that will address the carbon footprint in one way. it is not going to address it in other ways. my cynical view is when private

sector comes along to offer those kinds of vehicles, there are few out there. not sure the volt is completely electric. as the get smaller, people will turn to that kind of alternative and things will be as congested as they are now. my view is to attack it through regulation and congestion pricing. president olague: thank you for coming. i know what i want to see. some of it is funding. the with the infrastructure is set up -- it will take us time to reach our goals. i feel encouraged by the information you brought here today. i got distracted with the land use and transportation and

integrating the work of the department's more. i feel sometimes we went through rezoning of many areas already. a lot of people have been critical of the fact that in the eastern neighborhoods, maybe we did not go as in-depth as we could have. as it related to transportation and the first -- we have a transit first policy in place, obviously. i am wondering, i feel constrained sometimes because we have projects that have been grandfathered in. we have attitudes about parking and this sort of thing. with this project by project approach, i sometimes still feel what is absent from our conversations appear is a real look at how the project complies

or does not, or furthers our goals around transit first and these other sustainable issues here. sometimes i think we are constrained by some of the grandfathering and code constraints. how do you see the two departments working more coherently or conceit -- could easily together to reach these goals? sometimes i'm not sure, i do not get a sense of how the conversation is happening. >> if i may speak, it is working very well. again, i think for me, the thing that has been in opening is the willingness to get to a good solution that is good for

the city. now we have the cards and the regulations, there are a lot of opportunities to revise them and to improve them to make them work better for the golden want to achieve. for the mta, we probably may not have been at the table as much as we ought to have been in the past and now we're at the table at the beginning of the discussion. the staff are reaching out to mta staff as well to make sure we are getting the right level of communication that is needed to solve these hot issues. how much transit, is there enough transit? does this require any -- do they have to pay? recent developments, the large area developments of treasure island, some of the innovations

are pretty great. we are asking major new developments that have condos to suggest and encourage the require a transit pass and -- in the monthly hoa fees. it encourages and provides the revenues to provide those extra services in this new developments. that is one good opportunity. other opportunities as well, my team is a blend of planners and engineers and i am calling the my moallem -- my mobility managers. i am thinking beyond engineering and planning and looking at it more comprehensively. we need to coordinate early and try not to do single transportation plans. it is the way we have had some

opportunities for improvement. >> if i could respond. the working relationship has become much more improved over the last couple years, and i know director reiskin has been involved with the mta and the regional transportation issues which we are heavily engaged with as well. i have for that criticism about the neighborhood plans not having it transportation component. that is true to a certain extent and it is true that transportation issues are citywide or regional issues. there are localized issues that we can deal with. many of the issues that we're most concerned about our citywide issues. i think -- what i think we need to do and you will see this in the transit center plans, that will -- we will be discussing in

the coming weeks, there are serious issues we can deal with at the planning level and within that geography. i think we have a great working relationship with mta in the development of that plan. there are other issues that are beyond the jurisdiction or the geography of that area. it is important to recognize that they are scales of issues. >> sometimes we're looking at --[inaudible] and sometimes it is hard to see how it helps reach the goals we have, but sometimes i do not always see the forest for the trees or whatever, right? and then i guess the other thing is, dedicated lanes for buses and this sort of thing. i take the bus every day.

even though people have this idea that there is this great -- there are not in the issues if you are coming from the center to downtown. there is the capacity issue again. the buses are packed every morning. i think that is a good thing because it shows so many people are willing to -- taking transportation to whatever, to their work, it is definitely, i see it gets worse all the time because more people want to take public transportation. when we go down market sometimes i get as a person who is the consumer nervous when the bus driver has to navigate along market street, especially between sixth and seventh and fourth. we're -- bus drivers are

competing for, it seems like something waiting to happen. it feels uncomfortable to me. are there any plans to -- around that? >> we are working on redesigning market street. president olague: great. >> this is helpful to present to you. this is a broad strategy. we're happy to present to you on specifics. >> we would love it if you could come more regularly. whenever you think -- i would love it. the other commissioners would, too. i do not think it is just me. >> on the market street project, we're working on trying to better design market street so it meets the needs of the transit users, pedestrians, and cyclists, and trying to create a rational approach to move

through that. it is like that right now. it is -- these are good problems to have. we are working in that direction. to make sure we can dedicate the lanes and protect them and build a great separation to make the system more comprehensive. that is why we are pushing for the support of all the agencies in the city before this regional -- at the regional level to advocate for the resources needed to make san francisco work. that is one of our key messages we're talking to the region about. commissioner antonini: on central subway, this is something people bring up a lot. if you are in union square station, you will be able to connect with market street to get onto bart of muni doing is

to west, that is correct? there is also this discussion that the line does have to go to bart or muni because you cannot go through them. i would expect escalators or elevators so people will not be going down 200 feet of stairs as they do not want to walk. >> there will be. commissioner antonini: it is common in new york. on grand central where you're on the lines and you're going to the lines on the west side, they have a short subway but they also have a walkable people mover thing that takes you between the two and that might be a suggestion. that is going to have to happen in some of these places. >> we could come back and present of that. president olague: that would be great. congestion pricing, that is

something i support or asking the question. i am sometimes concerned about aging populations and folks living with disabilities. maybe next time you come i will have more to say on that. and then sometimes, when you're talking about the polarization of incomes, that is something that seemed to work better in other countries. you do see a polarization here sometimes. i am not sure how to articulate it. i wish we would see more people across the lines of class and race and everything just cycling and i think we see that more. just a shift in the attitude. that is where i go back to bogota, and other countries we

have seen, this more integrated system that brings people together. excelsior, you see a lot of those issues, mission street, the bayview, how do we bring those communities, connect the more? >> one of the opportunities is the tp as we start developing more, what makes sense for each line by community, and if there are other opportunities to augment proposed for future developments to take into account a more comprehensive local access need in that area. what are the issues that the city or regional level? our best role is to articulate them and figure out the best options.

we have to figure out individualized solutions and help make this work. president olague: if you could come more often, we could have this conversation more and really integrate the work better. victoria has been working with you so that is great. commissioner moore, we will have him on that side presenting to us on some of the worst issues. >> i would be helpful. president olague: thank you again. there's a lot to think about. last thing is the bicycles. you go to other countries, portland has this setup, you can rent a bike. is there anything in place here? >> we have the bike rentals at the waterfront. that is at the hyatt and bike

and roll. bike sharing, we are working on a regional program to be launched next year which will be initially pilot of 500 bicycles in san franciween city hall, anh of market-waterfront area. there are also other luxury pods. one set -- that pilot is successful we will seek more funds and sponsorship to grow it. more towards the panhandle area into the waterfront. i am excited, looking forward to that. president olague: i talked to a lot of workers and they ride their bikes to work at night. that will reach a lot of these areas. >> the other area is education and outreach.

on this cool -- bicycle and pedestrian safety. president olague: we could dedicate the whole day to this. i wanted to ask one additional point of interest. commissioner moore: there is the america's cup which will require ingenious planning because people are very concerned giving the eir comments that that will be one of the ways -- i am interested in hearing what other ways there are to do this and make the city shine. if you could in your next meeting with us give us some ideas about what you're planning to do. >> we are working on the people

plan so we could presented then pared vice president migue. commissioner moore: i have heard peter speak eloquently about ideas but there isn't operational side. >> we're happy to present about that as well. president olague: thanks for coming to present to us and we will invite you back. sooner than later. >> thank you very much. president olague: we will take a 15 minute recess at this time.