it is an improvement. we have speed zone signs that a number of schools, 355 schools have been completed. we're happy that the work is continuing and we will complete that work before the beginning of the next school year. if i remember, it was 200 schools. close to 1000 signs, every school where we are able to do significant improvement there. red zones installed for increased visibility along sixth street in south of market, one of our most challenging areas in terms of pedestrian safety. new signals, pedestrian countdown signals.

accessible pedestrian signals at 19 intersections, this is part of our continuing pedestrian safety program aimed at reducing accidents and fatalities. we look forward to coming back with a complete report. it demonstrates that good progress we have made. a couple of weeks ago, i was in washington, d.c., and i was honored to accept on behalf of the mayor of san francisco, the sustainable transport award. this is an award, an international award given to one or two cities each year. we were co-winners this year, is apparently a very prestigious award led by the institute for

transportation and development policy. it is a consortium of international planning organizations that selected san francisco as the winner based primarily on the sf park program and the city's pavement to parks program. sitting up on the award podium, and seeing some of the stuff that they are doing, it was quite an honor for us, for san francisco to have achieved this award. it reflects a lot of the good work of this board, the planning commission, and the mayor's office. yesterday, crests hayashi and i

attended the land use committee for the first requested quarterly updates on taxi issues. we covered our intent to establish a baseline from which we can do some quantitative reporting such as electronic trip data and other performance measures. we also gave a preview of the consultant we engaged to do the best practice analysis, the convenience and necessity study, improving ramp service, dispatching improvements, driver training. it was a good discussion, relatively little public comment, but continued interest from members of the board of supervisors to see the taxi service in san francisco.

there has been a lot of discussion and e-mail traffic regarding parking proposals that we have advanced, that we initially intended to bring for this board meeting. there was a significant and allowed opposition to proposals, and there were about five different areas that we are proposing from mission bay. we're bringing them all together, so it appeared to be a pretty significant proposal. i attended a community meeting, and got quite a bit more feedback, and based on some of the reaction and a very legitimate concerns, both

substantive and process was, we will take a few months to circle back and do some more data gathering, do some more engagement with the broader sector of the community. and come back to the board at some point down the road with either similar proposals or different proposals based on that extra time. director ramos was able to observe that community meeting as well, there were some very strong opinions voiced, but we will do the out -- and take the time to bring back something that we think is the sensible and worthy of your consideration and support. we wanted to give you a brief update on free muni for youth initiative. we came with an informational

item on that and you give us direction to go back and refined the proposal which we have been billing. we have been working closely with a supervisor campos's office, the t.a., the mayor's office to hone in on a a proposal that we feel would be ready to bring back to you. at this point, it looks like by the next meeting or another one after, we will have a proposal to come back, some of the open questions are really the same ones we started with, and nailing down a financing plan. it was a proposal that would not adversely impact muni operations. we are close to having a finance plan, and for what duration this would happen.

we have also seen for the parking, a pretty significant level of communications via email. there are campaigns out there, the grass-roots support is quite strong. we should be coming back with a proposal on that. a couple of capital project updates. project continues. we did a shutdown of church and the market and replaced all the real and some of the overhead equipment, repaved the intersection that i think went very well. there was some service disruption, but we managed it and had very little complaints. we are starting our carl street

track replacement project and we're synchronizing the shutdowns. the next one looks like it is the weekend of february 24 we will have a partial shutdown of the n and minor reroutes of the 3743. the owl, they will be doing -- there are bike lane restrictions any detours, we will do all of the outreach we have been doing. as much as this work can be disrupted, it is a critically important state of repair work. it is great that it is moving forward. i reported i think that the last meeting that we completed the first of the tracks with replacements. we have the next ones coming up, i believe it is this weekend.

this will be at 35 and 36 revenues -- avenues. it is critically important work. finally, a couple of the news items. we recently completed our annual bike count report. this is the sixth year we have been doing this account. the good news that we are showing a steady increase in cycling in san francisco. 71% increase in cycling from when the reports started in 2000. we're looking at bike trip but sure as being about 3.5%. that is up from 2% in 2000. that is a pretty significant increase in about a decade.

late summer, the busiest the vikings season at 18% more riders that early august. this is welcome news as the board adopted a goal of increasing load share of all non-private auto to 50%. bicycles are necessarily going to be an important part of achieving that goal. the final piece of good news, i don't know if it is official yet, but we got word that the fta will be issuing a letter of no prejudice for the subway project. we expect to get the letter today. it will allow us to basically continue spending money and start digging the hole for the

tunnel machine. we see it as a significant vote of confidence from the federal government that we are dealing -- our project is progressing well and we hope that we continue on a very good track toward getting the full funding grant agreement within the next couple of months. that concludes my rather lengthy report. i am happy to answer any questions. >> congratulations on the sustainable transportation award. it started while your there. >> it was a collaboration, but it was there from the start of that. he has taken off, the parklets are being copied around the world. >> i know that we have all been reading the males and hearing the voices on that.

always glad to hear about the increase in bicycle account. it is good to remember the increase would be hard to handle in any of our other transportations, maybe except for pedestrians. directors, questions or comments? director heinicke: thank you for the update on where we are with the taxi report in the quarterly reporting. as i understand it, we are planning to hear, at some point, a proposal first half on how to proceed with medallion sales and what the next step is following that pilot program. is that correct? >> that is correct. i don't know if it is the next meeting, but one of the march meetings to hear from the taxi advisory commission that have contemplated something like 19 different proposals as well as a

recommendation from the staff that will capture many of the elements of their proposals. >> i saw the presentation that you and the deputy director put together for the board of supervisors. i appreciate that. on the parking proposal in these five neighborhoods, we have heard an awful lot about -- i just have one question. as you look at this again, what i be correct in understanding that one of the options you may consider would be the expansion of the rpp program or mixture of rpp and meters? is that within the realm of possibility? >> we're looking holistic we got parking management, two of the main tools to manage parking would be permanent parking or managed parking. he we originally were proposing

a mix of both, but there is a lot of contention about what is appropriate on each block given the mixed use nature. it is part of the in depth data gathering that will help us figure out which of those tools or other tools or no tools will be important. >> i appreciate everything you said about going back on the youth passes and that sort of thing. one detail that will be significant for me beyond paying for it, it would be the actual fair media and if we're going to have a program like this that will encourage you to ride the transition more, it is a wonderful time to get them signed up and educate them as to how great these fares can be. it always leads and advocacy, but if there can be some

addressing of how the media will work administratively and perhaps in the great with clipper, that will be important to me. >> it will be free with a youth pastor loaded onto a clipper card or whatever the fare would be. if you are paying with cash, yoo comment on the parking and what happened as of yet. i was unable to attend the first town hall sort of forum, and i did attend the second meeting mr. bahn was at. there were a few muni staff there, mta staff. it was nice to see a supervisor ofcampos, ki -- to see

supervisors campos, kim, and cohen there. i think it is absolutely imperative to find a solution as quickly as possible to this issue. we are looking at a budget deficit and if we don't get this addressed, it will translate to service cuts. that translates to a tax on our most vulnerable population. we need to think about that in every decision that we make. i appreciate the exploration, but i want to make sure that it is thoroughly vetted and takes an accurate read, from my perspective, the unsuccessful raid we have been willing to achieve. i did hear a lot of hyperbole at that meeting. a lot of what was coming from the committee was routed, to put

it nicely. i hope we can move forward with a little bit more respect with one another, recognizing that you all are doing a fine job, getting a lot of input. we do need to come to some sort of compromise. i think the mta has demonstrated that willingness to reach out to the community. we have to come from a place where we agree. there was a substantial amount of folks that did recognize that free parking isn't free and we need to find a way to accommodate the needs of the city through a better look at how we can better manage the parking there. i want to commend the staff for what you did.

and probably having little bit more of an in-depth dialogue. the hearing felt like it was more of something that the community had organized. they didn't really articulate a rationale behind what was happening. thank you very much. director brinkman: the youth passes, that will be coming back to was relatively soon. that will be a pilot program now with the folks that perhaps will be rolled into a permanent a budget item are permanent program, correct? >> what we would be proposing would be a pilot that would run starting from whatever effective date we are able to start from through the next fiscal cycle.

director brinkman: and will have the opportunity to figure it out and moving forward. we don't want to start of program and not be able to continue on with it in the future. >> there is a very strong commitment from the activists is that are supporting this to work with us and work at the state and federal and regional levels to help with that ongoing support that this program with me. -- would need. >> you do have members of tehe public. [radineading names] >> i wanted to speak to a few items in the executive

director's report. beyond the the many infrastructure and fixes that you heard described, i want to report that the bicycle coalition is working with the group that spun out of the pedestrian safety advisory committee and the mayors that safety initiative. and this group, the mta peace act, and the bike coalition cooking up some programmatic safety things that are really about safe streets. we want to look for bringing some of those to you in some form. the infrastructure is good, but behavior and etiquette are also key. i can never quite remember what his it is. of course, this was in

recognition of our various market had the parking management. our great use of streets. it has a picture of the four- borough partly -- four barrel parklet. it is a smart use of the transit stop. free muni for youth, the bike coalition is very supportive of this. we got wanted to adversely affect operations are budgets of funding. we will keep working on that. we want to talk about the bicycle account report. that is partly why we got the recognition internationally. i think that is all i have to say, i will be back for other items, thank you.

>> [reading names] >> my name is jane martin, we're organizing low income riders across the city. i wanted to report a little bit of the progress on what has been happening. we have a resolution passed and supported by the board of supervisors. the mayor's staff was very supportive, and we have a growing movement of youth and family across the city getting engaged in this. i wanted to report some of the work that has been done with the school district. currently, you have to pay a lot to ride the bus. from our experience with our members, it is really the parents that pay. in order to address that, we're

working to develop an educational component. i also wanted to say that we have been working closely with the staff, thank you for all of your work on this. and with a supervisor campos, a huge amount of progress has been made. and one of the other current questions we're trying to work on is a desire to find the mission mobility project that thet.a t.a. is currently investigating that. we want to be full partners and we would love to meet with each of you individually to talk about the funding proposal if there are any concerns you might have. the coalition would love to sit down before the upcoming discussions and go over some of this stuff. if you have any time to sit down with us, we would really

appreciate it. the earliest american the action is on the sixth of march, so what we're hoping is there can be an informational item at the meeting on the twenty first horn next meeting so later in the afternoon the youth can be part of this dialogue. >> [reading names] >> thank you so much, commissioners. as you all have mentioned, there are some many young people that have been getting really excited about this and we know you have received a number of females. we have also been on the bus is collecting signatures and we will be bringing in those hard copies. i think they may have sent a letter to you, the mayor and the supervisors from district two. a wide range of parents and young people engaging in this. they saidtu up amblr -- set up

a tumblr site. there are over 750 use from across the city. we put together a very short video to bring some of those young people that could not be here. what we wanted to say about that as it is loading really quick, what excites some many young people, you will hear a lot more about this. it is about this being free, that is what is innovative and different. a cheaper past is not capturing the same or different idea of a round access to transportation, education, shifting the way young people relate to transit as their first choice. with that, we will introduce this video. [chime]

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>> i worked as a youth organizer in chinatown, i am here to advocate for the fact that we need to consider free passes, not reduced. if we were to have cheap passes, a lot of the kids and families will struggle to get on the bus. a lot of times, we think that 2009, it was jumping to 15 and students are paying $21. for a lot of students i work with, it is not something that their families can pay for every month. the constant pressure is like a groundhog day. it is going to happen and we don't want to be back here saying we need cheaper fares. for the first time, we see a lot of agencies collaborating together and we feel that the pieces are there. let's put it together like a

puzzle and collaborate. [chime] >> [reading names] >> i just wanted to talk in support of the free muni for youth campaign. the reason this is so strong is not only the collaboration with the board and directors, but also because the youth has really taken ownership over this campaign. a and there is a real need in the community, working-class youth that depend on buses to get to school don't have the luxury to not be aware of their fami's financial situation. they know when they have to try to get on the back of the bus and of that they don't get a ticket so that they can make it to schoo