and my neighborses, i gave up my car and i started taking the bart. i started taking the muni and then i began to integrate into the community. [speaker not understood]. i do community-based murals with poor people, people who don't usually have a chance to come here and speak before you. and what i find is that you're creating a system, a transportation system that has two world, right. it's divided by, it's divided by economics and it's divided by who has and who doesn't have. there's been many times -- one specific time where i was going down mission, i was on 22nd and mission. it was an elderly lady and her bus, that infrastructure had broken done and she was stuck on the wheelchair lift. and she was stuck there for

librarition an hour and i photographed as all the people came by and i saw all these other buses coming by, all these buses that were shuttles that were passing us. i don't see anywhere in this charade we're actually having right now toward this pilot program, how it's going to actually [speaker not understood] have some type of sustainable -- >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. (applause) >> aaron makel. nadia win stead. elliott bond. richard becker. >> good afternoon. good afternoon. my name is [speaker not understood]. i don't know why this is happening now. these buses have been ill legally using public bus stops since 2007. why only now is an impact survey being dar? why is that the proposal? we calculated that for 271 a

bus stop for the amount of [speaker not understood]. that could go a long way with infrastructure such as muni and caltrain. before passing a measure like this, a more comprehensive survey needs to be done the impact this is having on displacement of san franciscan residents. [speaker not understood]. that displacement has increased along tech bus routes. there is something called the shuttle effect. people are going -- immigrants are going up along tex bus routes, a roundv 27%. we need to count that for what their impact is on satisfy. the more people displaced and evicted in san francisco, the more they're having to use cars to drive into katrina voss. proposing this is not reducing the city's carbon footprint at all.

as far as prop 218 goes, companies could decide to pay more. also, you know, sfmta could conduct a survey to raise that amount. [speaker not understood]. that is unacceptable to san francisco residents and especially to folks being evicted and displaced because tech buses are taking up route along their homes. eel leave with that. thank you. next speaker. ~ >> [speaker not understood]. richard becker. matt kerwood. >> any of those folks here? you are, please come forward. >> is nadia here? he will i don'tederctiontion, is he will yd own here? >> good afternoon. good afternoon, thank you for your time. my name is elliott own. i'm a resident of san francisco

living on oak street living in city. i love this city. i spend my time working to improve it for all residents. on oak street and where i was on, on turk and golden gate, thousands of cars went by in the morning and thousands more come by in the evening. in the building that i live in, a family recently moved out. the parents became worried that their kids were getting asthma. and as a result of emission from all these cars. i decided to work on pool transportation, to help alleviate the strain that a lot of cars have placed on deeper community and on the environment. i ask the board to adopt this kind of program as a way of improving the health for all san franciscans. >> next speaker, please. >> anna beller? v is [speaker not understood]

here? is [speaker not understood] here? anna bell is next. >> good afternoon. hello, my name is anna bell [speaker not understood]. i'm a student community volunteer and long-time resident. [speaker not understood] since 2006, long time. i am a regular san franciscan like everybody. manifest destiny or [speaker not understood]. : [speaker not understood]. this is just not a muni issue, this is a community displacement issue. city government has been very busy in the last couple of years accommodating the residents while neglecting and betraying the people that put you where you are now. i have seen shadow buses running through my neighborhood for years, years, using public

stops and getting away with it while regular drivers are find for [speaker not understood]. if you approve this pilot you will once again slap the community and add insult to injury. muni, sir, is $2 for that thing. you're going to charge a dollar for a shuttle that is not always full of he canies, that whole environmental that is taking car -- voila -- whatever. it won't bring rent down. [speaker not understood]. these buses are too big for our streets. i've almost been one over them by one of them. do you care? no, but you'll take their dollar. [speaker not understood]. i think it's a joke. i do think that they should be charged. i do think that they should be

held responsible for that's been going on for years, for years it's just simply a joke, an insult. >> next speaker, please. (applause) >> mr. becker. matt kerr wood. is chris jones. [speaker not understood]. i was very surprised to hear the survey people like to ride to work in free luxury buses he. that was a real shocker. you know, a few years ago the supreme court ruled in a ludicrous case, citizens united is a corporation or people. i am a person. i got stopped at a bus stop, i got a $270 ticket. i don't think you should raise the price of the permits. i don't think you should have permits. i think you should send out the parking enforcement people and fine them [speaker not understood].

this is out of control. this is out of control system that these corporations can put as many buses on the street as they want to. it's an out of control system because what are people living in san francisco and living in san jose. every one of those trips, we're saving all this gas and fuel. no, that's not true. so, my approach is not to do this. not to legalize this program because once you legalize it, it's not going to come, it's going to put extent. you're putting limits on it. i don't think you're going to listen to he me. for the most part, i don't know all of you. like most of the agencies in the city, i dedicated to making the corporations richer and privileging the privileged even more privileged. now, i don't think you're going to pay attention to what i'm saying or the other people here that are opposing this. and i hope when you have passed this, that the people who have

been coming out and blocking the buses will come out in even greater numbers because none of this is going to change. not gentrification, not the jobs crisis [speaker not understood] until the people rise up and do something and stopping these buses would be a good starting point. >> matt co wood. christa jones. [speaker not understood]. oscar [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon. good afternoon. i come here in support of the pilot program that is presented before you. my name is matt kerwood, i represent one of the [speaker not understood] of the bus companies. i come to you to talk more about the perspective of our employees. we represent 419 employees here and i think one of the wonderful features of a program such as this is the spin-off effect it creates for a lot of

families within your community. and, so, i come to you to think about all of those bus drivers. this is' people behind the scenes that put these programs together. hard working people that come from low-income families. people such as dispatchers, mechanics, bus washers, these people make the system work and they come in the local community and -- so, i welcome and i heard another speaker talk about employment in the air a1 we welcome those. we encourage people to step forward and contact our company, contact our competitor's company. is, thank you for giving that opportunity to our company. we appreciate your help. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> is christa jones here? okay, mike albertol is he he here?

is oscar [speaker not understood]? slat error flatter toe? >> good afternoon. hi, thank you very much for this opportunity. so, my name is christa jones and i want to just say a couple quick things, i actually do work for [speaker not understood] transportation. i only worked for them a couple months. whether i worked for them or not, i would be coming with you from the same point of view. i haven't owned a car and i'm proud to say that. i now live in lower haight ~. i love my dirty grity [speaker not understood] neighborhood, i can take a train, bus or walk to wherever. i have to say people have been confusing lately. this is transportation we're talking about. this is essentially buzz ling, let me say this again. this is the transportation we're talking about.

we don't build high-rises. i have nothing to do with billionaires. i don't take direction from billionaires. everyone who is saying this is so confused and you need to get your head in the right place and really look at the issue. if [speaker not understood] go to the segment on housing. this is about transportation. stop putting those issues together. i think the protests that are going on are ridiculous. people need to wake the hell up. i lived in the mission and i lived in brooklyn for eight years. i'll tell you one other thing. looking at new york transportation, san francisco and l.a. where i also lived, new york amazing you can get anywhere in 2 minutes. when i came back to san francisco, we have good transportation but not great. and for people, we don't have to have a car to get everywhere. we don't. we're lucky. and not everyone can work in the city. it's 7 miles by 7 miles.

so, we do needful to regulate it. i want to say one last thing. [speaker not understood] why shuttles are necessary -- thank you so much, i appreciate the -- >> sure. >> mike albertol. [speaker not understood]. andrew blotke. >> good afternoon, sir. hi, my name is mike albertolli. i'm familiar with the situation we're working at. i want to point out a few things, reiterate what my colleague mentioned earlier. we do transport people in san francisco, we also transpeep community oriented company, i've been with the cd 7 years. we understand there are some issues that need to be resolved. we're players in the game. we want to dot right thing. we want the community to

respect us and we want to be respitctiontioneded. so, whatever it takes we'll do to make sure we do the job that you want us to do, that we don't get involved with other buses and slow down the whole process. you have to give us a chance and we encourage you to pass this. ~ >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> oscar keen ownes. . ~ quinones. my name is oscar [speaker not understood]. i'm for this pilot program for a couple reasons. one, [speaker not understood]. and i as a tech company worker currently take advantage of the shuttles to get to work. i bike or i take the muni to the shuttle stop. so, it's not like i live right next to the shuttle stop.

i appreciate the points of view the people are expressing here today. in order to get the conversation going we need to keep this program. so, please pass this program today. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> [speaker not understood]. rodrigo alvarez. [speaker not understood]. >> any speakers here? come on up. i'm andrew blotkin. i live in the lower haight neighborhood. [speaker not understood]. i want to align myself with supervisor wiener's comments earlier. [speaker not understood] especially maybe acutely in san francisco. i'm a native californian. there are important conversations we should have certainly through appropriate legislative venue and i support any and all conversation that

happened today being addressed in the correct venue. and i also just wanted to say not all the people who work at the companies are millionaires or billionaires. until three years ago i only worked joel been [speaker not understood]. i loved the city and i made a choice to live here and therefore, the shuttle operation, i wouldn't actually be able to live here. so, i think it's really important and a certain pilot project, see how it works and [speaker not understood]. next speaker rodery go garcia patricia voy. goltan gook. i want to thank you for the opportunity for letting me speak here today. i come speaking on behalf of the drivers of some of these shuttles going on. all of us are driving two

different places, two different jobs. we do our very best out there to do its as safety as possible. personally i live here in the city. i went to mission high school. i always wanted to get into the transportation field. raring rater i [speaker not understood] i'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to excel and dot best that i can do. i want to give props to the muni drivers out there. they have a tough job. we all have a tough job. i encourage supervisors to do the very best to do safely. abide by muni rules. you i support more on the [speaker not understood] find a resolution so we can all continue to do our jobs safely & fish he. >> next speaker, please.

>> [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon. patricia voy, marina cal hal owe neighborhoods and merchants. and i've been in city hall for almost 30 years. my problem with this is i think the pilot program should be done. i do not think it should be called pilot and permanent because we need to seriously study it. i think there conversation in our neighborhood as we particularly bur limousines, bur buses that stop in front of our houses, stage 7, and being in a more public area, i think this is causing a lot of problems. they are coming in with some other companies on scott street, on our biggest day of

deliveries to the restaurants. we go to gridlock. it seems that mta doesn't want to enforce any of the [speaker not understood]. you come at 5 o'clock in the morning, this needs to be tweaked more. i'm offended they have not been fined for the 10 years they've been doing this. i am very offended by our citizens paying $2 to go to city hall and $2 back and that one bus pays $1. i think this is discrimination at its best. i am very upset by the fact that there hasn't been a committee of people from each neighborhood that are concerned about this to work on this with the department i think there are some of us have can be

level headed. and i think -- i'm disturbed by the department. i feel like it's becoming an anarchy. and we're not being included enough. (applause) >> [speaker not understood]. josh jeffery, roberto hernandez and veronika bell. >> good afternoon. [speaker not understood], i was born and raised in san francisco. [speaker not understood] fellow ma sonic. [speaker not understood]. i would like to say something once and for all hinted at by a number of people, there is no good evidence what we are seeing in a reduction of the carbon footprint. we see long-interpret [speaker not understood]. now, if you want to have an accurate study of what is happening, you have to take those factors into consideration. otherwise what we're doing is basically shifting our

environmental problems over into the east bay. the equivalent comparison in my understanding, what we did with all the toxic waste at the hunters point shipyard between 1970, 1970. is that really the legacy san francisco wants to have, dumping our environmental problems and ecological systems in the city? i don't think so. you want to look at a comparative [speaker not understood] which was invoked a couple minutes ago. they established 20 [speaker not understood], now there is effectively none. if you allow san francisco to turn itself into a set of dormitories, what you're going to have is long distance commuters with though that have lived here and an ecological problem transferred [speaker not understood]. it is your responsibility as people who are in charge of the

public transportation infrastructure [speaker not understood], this green washing of the problem by google and other henchmen [speaker not understood]. that is not affecting the carbon footprint. most likely if you do an actual study carbon footprint is ip creasing [speaker not understood]. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. >> [speaker not understood]. roberto hernandez. veronika bell. herbert wiener. >> good afternoon. when i moved to the bay area i moved to san francisco so i could get rid of my car. i used the shuttle program for about six years and decided i should live near where i work and moved to the san francisco office and now commute by bar. ~ bart. i worry if the shuttle program

were to disappear suddenly as many people seem to be asking, a lot more people would start working from san francisco and that would have a majority impact on office rents. we hear about office space being pushed out. i wouldn't want more to be pushed out. i share a couple people's frustration that the people who are commenting here saying that the shuttles have a >> aye. gigantic impact on muni, that they're not coming out to the other meetings where we try to improve muni, for instance, by dedicating transit lanes or by putting prices on parking, i think there's a lot more that we as a city could do. now, i do think that the shuttleses impact the city more than they impact muni. i think that we -- you ought to create this pilot program today, i think you should look

at putting a higher fee on the ballot as state law requires you to do and adjust cost recovery for the program. please do that and also look at putting something before the voters. >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> [speaker not understood]. josh hernandez. [speaker not understood]. annie [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon. good afternoon. we talked about [speaker not understood]. people who would otherwise using cars, they keep cars off the road which obviously keeps traffic off the highway. let's talk about what they do detrimentally to the city. they block muni city. also i'm sure as you know, they reflect the art of [speaker not understood]. when a muni bus and shuttle bus are on the same street, they are violating the state mandate passed last year. you have to maintain at least a

3 foot gap between yourself and a cyclist. obviously when you have two buses on the same street, you're putting that cyclist in per it. ~ peril. also we know they're raising the rent where the stops are. there was a study completed by u.c. department and [speaker not understood]. the stop at dolores alone rents one way the one closest the google stop. ~ stops. they are affecting things. what do you do to fix this? we need to mitigate the effects these buses are having on the general population. my solution is a terminus. terminus would be [speaker not understood] so these buses could easily get to their destinations. the transbay terminal would be the most ideal location in the city because it's close to the highway. and further is out tacoma bart station would be a good job. what we're proposing isn't really fixing things.

when you're looking at this project, do we need to have a facility [speaker not understood] to realize the impact of these buses? [speaker not understood] increases the saturation of buses at the stops. we're not reducing the number of buses, we're reducing the number of stops. which make it more difficult for cars and [speaker not understood]. (applause) >> next speaker. >> [speaker not understood]. herbert wiener. [speaker not understood], and i'm with army of no eviction. yes, last year we were the ones that started the protest because of all the evictions in the mission district. we are at ground zero in the mission district. but that industry came like a train wreck and the city did absolutely nothing to protect the people in the mission. and now the tech i understand city is here and knock ising done to protect the [speaker

not understood]. that's why we got organized and we started going through the streets and we will continue going through the streets. and the number of people that are members of no eviction continues to grow. mta did not come to the mission to tell us if they put in a plan to deal with buses. if you look at muni, muni is slow. it's late. and it stinks. the 26 valencia that used to be on valencia street, you all got rid of that bus years ago, but yet you allow these tech buses to drive through valencia street . children are getting to school late because of these tech buses that roll through the mission. they're late and they don't get breakfast so they are on an empty stomach. they start in school late because they get to school late. they work in class from the mission. who are your maids, your janitors, your gardeners. they are being affected. they are showing to work late

because of muni, because of the delays of tech buses. these new residents are coming in while our east bay and have to commute from the east bay to san francisco with no luxury buses. you need to make an impact study of what these buses. on virginia lenz ~ valencia, you have three schools. [speaker not understood]. go out there, stand out there. you will see -- >> thank you, sir. [multiple voices] >> next speaker, please. >> veronika bell. >> next speaker. okay, you're finished. [cheering and applauding] >> okay, next speaker. >> veronika bell. herbert wiener, annie bows. those are the last speakers.

>> next speaker. thank you for having me today. my name is annie bell and i'm here to talk about the shuttle program which i support. i'd first like to start out saying i'm a san francisco native and a currentes are department and i use shuttles every day. with that said i use muni regularly. i walk, i ride bikes and it's just another option for me to be able to get to work. i love san francisco and i love being from here and i love that right now i have the opportunity to raise my children here. with that said, even being a tech worker and taking the shutter, housing affordability is a big concern for me raising children here and i really want to point out that folks in the tech sector, folks who are from here and people who just moved here are concerned about this also. and i would love to see some support and focus on housing as opposed to transportation issue. at the point i'm in in my

career and in my family life where i'm trying to raise three children, looking for another job and proving myself somewhere else is not an option. if the shuttles were taken away, i would drive because there is no public transportation currently that would get me where i need to go. so, with that said, i encourage you to accept the proposal and i also encourage everybody here to really think about the actual issue of housing and community. thank you. >> thank you. (applause) >> next speaker, please. >> herbert wiener, annie [speaker not understood]. those are the last two people who have turned in speaker cards on this item. i hope i don't offend people initially in the audience, but i hold stock in google, but i don't like the shuttle buses. i don't like them at all. if i had anything to say about it, i'd have them replace the 26 valencia line that was discontinued. (applause) they should really pay a handsome sum of money to this city and not