there were a number of participants the chose that project is part of their investment plan. at least half of the respondents chose his first four listed projects, transit effectiveness project, transit performance, -- the transit performance initiative, to explain what that is, is a placeholder for a type of project that would be a major construction project in our transit network designed to address key system bottlenecks related to reliability or travel times. examples are the embarcadero - muni turnoaround, bottlenecks like that. the color of the bar represents the cost-effectiveness of the project. we provided the disciplines

with information that we develop as part of the cost effectiveness evaluation of these projects and as part of this exercise we group group projects into three tiers. >> question for you. i should have said this to you as you are flipping through the slides. this is great. i'm also at who we reached chart. my district and supervisor avalos's district is pretty paltry. it's not reflective of the district i represent. i am curious at how we should look at this and balance it out. >> first of all, only about half of the folks indicated

that residential zip code. for about half the people, they chose to not indicate where they live. keep in mind that this map reflects the zip code of people who submitted a budget. we did a lot more outreach besides just offering the budget game. for instance, we went to in district 2, we went to fleet week, and fisherman's wharf cbd and other groups that include > fisherman's wharf cbd is in district 3. i am disappointed that -- i don't want to speak for commissioner avalos, that you would have at least obtain an

equal number of respondents from each district. as i look at these results, the people who responded it should be a priority to have equal numbers from every district or something coming close to equal numbers. >> thank you for the feedback. this is one of the reasons we come to you and wanted to get that kind of input. we will do our best to get more respondents from each district and all the other ones that did not get as many as the average. will come back to you with more results. >> great. >> please continue. >> the last thing i wanted to summarize is a qualitative feedback that we got. not just from the budget game which had a comments section that people could use but also from the conversations that we have a community events

through e-mails on the website and the phone line. this is what i would summarize, as some of the key themes that we heard outside of the budget game, and the other conversations. a couple of things to emphasize. one of the recurring themes that we heard from nearly everywhere group that we visited was number two, getting back to the basics. the core system, the maintenance and operation of the muni system, and the street network. also something to highlight the but perhaps not evidence of the budget game itself was number seven. a real interest in cost savings in project delivery in other i guess institutional issues in addition to interest in more investments,

there is an equal interest in getting more bang for the buck. and these are topics that sftp will address in addition to an investment plan we are having in the strategic initiative intended to make recommendations in these types of areas and that is actually the next segment of the presentation that we will update you on. >> thank you for your presentation. >> good morning commissioners, -- chang, deputy for planning. i will give you the second part of this presentation but time is short. as rachel mention, of the feedback which will continue to go out and get, it will lead to the development of the final plan expected

in the summer of this year. the sector policies highlighted in blue are meant to complement the investment programs. prioritize resources in new revenues should there be a desire to approve those. these policies generally we are combining them into a set of recognitions called strategic initiatives. they're meant to be timely. the stakeholders and directions for the entire city. and space to what we all collectively believe are necessary in the next two years to guide various agencies work and input to other regional and federal authorities working in transportation. they also suggest areas for innovation,

and experimentation and piloting. by now many of the new lands were approved happily. these include the large capital of vestments that you see here, venice and gary brt, etc., as well as many of the area planning studies, market octavia studies, these are basically acknowledged that the land-use transportation plans need to be done more in a coordinated fashion. in addition the transportation sustainability program has come to focus with a cbc streamlining work. the second initiative from 2004 but we make a progress on is the idea of streets as public space. we don't have enough public open space. we have been using the

available space more innovatively through things like sunday street, pavement to park, streetscape improvements such as avalencia and leland, and pilots, things like a better market street pilot. that we eventually got legislated. the idea of using public space. by time of day. the third one, was tdm, travel demand management. the idea to use policy tools to shape and encourage people to think about alternatives and partner with new types of organizations, car sharing, bike sharing, finding the balance of working with private employers investing in regional and local shuttles. this whole area is fast-moving

especially with the online apps in the new economy businesses growing and trying to enter the market and meet demand that the city and additional services have not been able to meet. and leverage investment in innovative policy between the city and nonprofit and private entities. that was sort of an overview of our last county what plan and initiative to remind you that we will improve our infrastructure. therefore proposed initiatives relate to these for goals regarding livability, defining what everyone needs, so that everyone has a clear expectation in the city can improve its track record of delivering complete streets,

as mentioned before we will explore things like parking in pricing in this time we are looking at engaging private employers and nonprofit sectors. the local to regional connection speaks to the need to address particularly in district 6 and 11 where the local and regional meet and how do we smooth out that connection and improve the choices people have to make those trips. and finally project improvement delivery. we have to be able to look at other ways and other approaches to increase our cost effectiveness of our programs and approaches. we saw today we would give you a deeper look into the complete street initiative and come back to you with the other three. here you see this wonderful photo in front of city hall, it shows of the street is intended to be used as a complete street, a public open

space. streetscaping, all the different modes. the status of streets deposed policy funding and institutional challenges. not only in san francisco but anywhere. different parts of the street. the question is, how do we go about improving the streets? what is the right balance of doing small, medium and large things how many different ?elements is appropriate to squeeze into a project try to resurface the road. and address other modal needs.

when there are conflicts how do we resolve them? whether it is mta, puc, how do we create more consistency? weirdly there is a funding impact. when we try to create to many of them things and address all different needs more project there needs to be a balance. that is the nature of the challenge. on slide 20 we summarize the complete street recommendations. the goal is to provide more benefit with each project and create a more cost-effective approach. the way to oppose this is through four major strategies. reduce the cost and time to deliver the project, strength modal strategies, the tdp is finishing the eir,we really need not

network plans. the third strategy is to clarify expectations. what happens when there are conflicts? to me consistent across agencies. and the last is to develop a consistent approach also for the funding of these projects. it often takes a patchwork of funding sources to make the project complete. if a design is meant to have a number of different features perhaps it is appropriate for the funding plan to have a number of different sources. diving into the first two recommendations, considering all modes, the question is if i am a project manager do i know what the pedestrian needs are on the street? do i know what the bicycle needs in the traffic needs? and the sewer needs. the goal is to clarify what the

modal needs are. that is all in progress. the next slide space to setting real expectations both for the public and within agencies. and making it clear what our policy should be on design features. what are things that must be in every project? we are making sure that ada needs be addressed. should we go beyond that? what design processes are used? is there a practice in a culture of value engineering looking at alternative ways to meet her need that my be cheaper? do we get funding practices that are innovative? were we have cost-sharing across different agencies. when we have trade-offs, maybe we can't do 50%. we start with 20, 30 and work your

way up before we promised to do the majority of the project is complete street projects. we are simply not there yet. the authority funds projects. the one area block program and prop aa - always there to support street. we thought we would give an example of how the authority has an proposing to address these issues through the aa program. as you know we brought these forward to you in the last month, and this month.

the idea is to incorporate these prioritizations. if a project has multiple users we give it more consideration. we try to make sure that we are consistent with modal plans. project to speak to these types of elements are given priority through for example prop aa. that is taken some work and it takes a lot of coordination. and sometimes there is difference of opinion. the more we have consistency across agencies and across fund programs, the easy the process will be. there is a wonderful group already meeting, looking at using common tools, common database to help improve the consistency across the city. >> when we look forward to the future, i would expect that -- to do decent work. other agencies may not be aware of that. you want to get to the place where there is actual

information shared about how streets are being redone, and resources from each entity that are being provided. do you expect that moving forward that if we have a situation again where -- would open the street without a lot of awareness on the departments. >> we have been working for some time dbw has made progress with regards to the resurfacing program, they said a five-year schedule and let everyone know about it. if there is a need to hold back or accelerate, that is happening with regards to the resurfacing program. it is happening with the sewer project with the puc. those are limited but working better and better the not quite enough to get to all of the projects come through. there is a burgeoning initiative and effort and it is starting to work. but as we really roll out and prepare to deliver the street from program the whole range of obag and aa

and other programs we need to make that a more broad practice not only for the resurfacing and sewer projects. thank you and without i will be happy to take questions. the last slide speaks on next steps. will come back to you the other three initiatives. completed adoption in the summer. >> commissioner -- >> thank you i wanted to follow up on some things that commissioner farrel brought up in terms of data obtained from the various parts of the city. >> sure. >> i wanted to know is based on some of the heavily used muni bus stop stations in san francisco, if you are actually going to those locations during peak hours in collecting data from those particular individuals for the muni section.

i think especially in the morning time it would be very helpful to get their feedback on some of these issues as well. >> thank you for that. we have advertised on the shelters and buses. it's tough. we will try. we have engaged the san francisco transit riders union. they promoted this extensively, and gave us feedback there is nothing that substitutes from going and director speaking to passengers. >> thank you. >> if there are no other comments and questions we can go on to public comments. thank you for your presentation. three minutes. >> one of the ways for us to appreciate our roads and streets in seven cisco is to

visit some of the cities. stre ets in san fran cisco is recently i visited cities in europe. one of the segments of the population that needs a lot of attention are our seniors. i was little bit late for this meeting because i went to kaiser to pick up my prescription. i saw two seniors fall in the middle of the road right there by gary. you should go there and walk by gary and see. there are -- in the road, near a hospital. you don't have to go far. we have this bond magic, this

that and the other thing, but the primary utilities keep trashing our roads and not fixing them. when i looked at the presidio, created the infrastructure group over there, and had some sense of how we have to maintain our infrastructure and our roads. one of the things that we don't have here is we don't have a schedule. even though dbw will want to do whatever they want to do they have no control over comcast or pg&e. when looking at our vehicles, our cars and trucks that ply our roads, there are certain areas where we have had again and again

pedestrians colliding with their vehicles and dying. some of the hotspots we have been trying to do something. but the city and county of san francisco, is known for many pedestrians dine on the street. we have not had a hearing. we have had talk. some of the supervisor said we are going to do this and that but we have not had a hearing, i really good hearing where everybody's put on notice. some advocates come from time to time. i don't have too much time to waste but i hope that in 2013 we have some goals and do the right thing. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker place. >> good morning commissioners --

i am a district 6 resident. i love living in my district. there are so many different things going on. one thing that i would like for you to think about is bicyclists. i hate bicyclists now. they're getting out of control because the cars % i understand that certain areas where the cars, like driving up fast, so they won't have to be stuck in one corner where the light is red. i am used to that part. bicyclists are pushing to do this and that; they do not follow any rules of the road. i would like for you to do something. while you put up new signs up, the money -- use some of that money to put up signs that said bicyclists must stop here.

something that makes a bicyclist know that they can go or not go. especially near oak street and market. i go to your district too much supervisor farrel. unless visitors come and see me. i know the areas i do go to is getting that, very bad and i spoke on this before. you are getting money and spending and spending. why not spend it on something that makes the bicyclists do right. >> thank you very much. for those who don't know and district 11, the grass is greener over there. are there any members of the public would like to comment? we close comments.

this is an informational item. next item. >> item 6, informational item. >> seeing none, will go on to public comments. seeing none come forward we close public comment. >> next item? >> item 7. general public comment. opportunity for the public to comment on any item whatsoever related to the transportation authority. will close public comment. >> next item. >> adjournment. >> we are adjourned.