for local partnership programs. going back to 1989, 1990 and each major transportation program increase has contained a similar program. that program provides on one hand every word it entices others to come forward and be able to participate in the program. the issue broke down over the relative percentage of how much would go out disturb he did on a formula basis. i think many of sf county prefers area they can then count on an x amount of money coming in nature from that program so then they can have the funding gaps on projects. the commission however favored a more robust competitive program where they can award folks whether they were self-help counties or they had local

taxes. the governor ended up vetoing the bill, that allows the commission through their guideline process to move forward with the perspective that they had shown the last time around. looking forward, there were several items that i believe will be seeing early on in the year. first, the legislature has the first of several hearings, at least two hearings on new mobility and the facing the state. last year legislation that was moving through, particularly the bill that we had concerns to try to work with her. i think this hearing was eye-opening for the members of the assembly transportation committee as well as the senate and local government committee. that was a joint hearing basis. because they started looking at the need for data and why you need the data. there was a very robust conversation particularly with input from sfmta, a

representative there, as well as la county. why they need the data to develop the responses from the challenges that arise. i believe at the next hearing they will focus on data requirements or so. i think this first hearing is more of a curtain raiser. i think you will see legislation emerged out of that conversation. the governor issued an executive order in late september it was somewhat controversial because of the way it was structured. the executive order called on the transportation agency under the new secretary to align transportation funding with state climate and environmental goals and the way they draft of the executive order, the reference to $5 billion, you know, it drew a lot of attention and i think there is a lot of

fear or concern that they were saying take sp1 which generates about 5 million a year and dedicate that to climate change. it was more generically intended. i think we will see the secretary as he gets his arms around this challenge or this executive order requirement. we will see him perform a stakeholder group. i met with secretary kim on this last friday to cover a couple of issues. one of the issues we talked about is the fact that he intends to move forward with a broad-based stakeholder group to help him guide the state in its effort to meet the challenge of that executive order. finally, i just want to highlight i believe staff discussed this item with you last month. this is the issue of a regional san francisco bay area, funding authorization. senator bell has been carrying sb 278, it is technically a two

bill and we need to move out of the senate by the end of january they are working diligently in sacramento right now trying to blend in the sponsors idea of what needs to go on that bill versus what legislative experts in the senate, senator bell's staff thinks. there will be a lot of discussion between now and the end of january when that bill needs to meet his deadline. if it looks like it needs more work there are other alternatives appropriate ways to move forward with a new bill for example. we will have to see how that transpires. without a drama presentation to a close. >> thank you mr. watts. are there any questions from members? >> good morning. i was just going to build on his presentation.

at the federal level. there has basically been to topics that have been covered at the federal level this year. the first is the discussions about reauthorization of the federal transportation bill which expires in september 2020. the senate environment and the public works community did release a draft proposal for the highway portion of the bill. the house i believe started up conversations but nothing came out before the year ended. given the election cycle, i don't think we are likely to see actual legislation before november 2020 and we will likely see a series of continuing resolutions. as conversations continue we will be sure to engage and ensure that san francisco's needs are addressed in the bill. the second topic is more of a bipartisan effort that may stand a chance of moving forward

before the election which is regulation over autonomous vehicles. basically what is appropriate role for the federal government in making sure that there are standards at the federal level. we have been engaging closely with the metropolitan and transportation commission as well as the mayor's office and i ts america to provide input and bring san francisco's perspective to the scene basically to try to ensure that we can maintain or look forward to safe regulations, maintained the authority to regulate vehicles at the local level. >> just a quick look forward. early next year we are going to bring the 2020 state legislative program two. we anticipate focusing on and you heard a little bit from mark about what we expect around new mobility, making sure that we

can protect our bill to regulate and collect the data that we need. vision zero, the last year really focused on the zero fatality task force which is wrapping up its work at the statewide level to look at ways to address safety on the roadways. as they are wrapping up we understand sfmta did have a seat on that task force and has indicated a lot of the conversations were around speed limits. we anticipate that may come out as a focus. we will keep an eye on that as well as any other bills that may help us meet our vision zero goals. with climate policy, mr. watts talked about the governor's mandates. we will continue to follow that with respect to congestion management. we are going to be looking out for legislation authorizing pricing and we will likely move forward with advocacy based on consistence -- consistency with

our downtown pricing study that we just kicked off earlier this year. finally, as disappointed as we were about the veto of assembly bill 1605. the reservation program on lombard street. we are meeting with the governor's office and commissioner stephanie to see if there is a way around his concerns and potentially move forward with modified version of that bill if we feel like it can move forward. we anticipate the main focus of the next session will be housing. we don't typically recommend positions on housing bills to this committee. we will, as we did last year, continue to bring reports on bills of particular limits. so that you guys stay informed. at the regional level i think executive director, and chair peskin referenced a regional transportation measure that is moving forward.

we will continue to stay engaged and bring reports to you. and then finally with the approval of assembly bill 1487 this year, that created the bay area housing finance and gave it the authorization to face several different remedy measures on the ballot for housing. we'll also be reporting, i know discussions are underway about what that could look like. we will keep you informed as that effort moves forward targeting november 2020 ballot. with that. i'm happy to answer any questions as is mr. mark watts. >> thank you that for that preview of the coming session. are there any questions from members? seeing none. is there any public comments on this item? okay. we look forward to another robust session in sacramento. next item please.

>> item ten, introduction of new items. >> perhaps we can use this as an opportunity for commissioners walton and haney to report out. commissioner walton? >> thank you so much, chair peskin. colleagues i had an opportunity along with supervisor haney to attend a congestion tour trip in london and stockholm october 3-8. just to give a little background , the tour was a broad partnership effort to bloomberg american cities climate challenge and national initiatives supported by bloomberg philanthropy and led by the natural resources defense council and delivery associates hosted delegations from san francisco, and other climate change cities that include -- climate challenged cities that included seattle, portland,

washington, d.c., honolulu and philadelphia. the summit foundation was supporting the center for transportation and further strategies who did organize the tour. a brief background on the american cities climate challenge. it is an unprecedented opportunity for 25 ambitious cities to significantly deepen and accelerate their efforts to tackle climate change and promote a sustainable future for the residence. the american cities climate challenge as part of the american cities initiative. a suite of investments that empowers cities to generate innovation and advanced policy that moves the nation forward. this was a very intense trip. we literally spent basically every day up until about 7:00 p.m. learning about congestion price in both england and stockholm. just to give some of my takeaways. if you look at london which is a

city of 8.8 million people. the purpose of instituting the congestion pricing was really about congestion and environmental impacts. they had a robust rail system and they really were supported by business community as they decided to embark on congestion pricing. they have been instituting this price since 2,003. i would say from their perspective, it was considered successful in reducing congestion in the early years and now they are working on making some changes as people have gotten used to the pricing. the congestion is increasing again in london. they are looking at evaluating their current system trying to see what they could do different. stockholm which is a city around the same size in terms of population of san francisco. they instituted there in 2,007

and it needed to go through parliament which is their national body because another municipality cannot tax another. folks coming into stockholm there were only able to be able to do this was to get permission from the national body. i will say that it has been successful in stockholm and it really has made a compliment or a blend of people using bikes, scooters, cars, walking, and it's really encouraging the alternative sources of transportation when you walk the streets of stockholm you can see the balance. i would just say that the one thing to note whether we are talking stockholm or london. it is a process that you have to achieve from all stakeholders politically. i would just tell you the ten lessons learned that we compiled

from all cities working together. number one, invest in public transit and bike and pedestrian network as you plan congestion pricing. i think the two things about the cities that allowed for the pricing is the robust transportation system. especially in london. they have an amazing rail system second to none in a lot of ways. with a number of people that they move through the city consistently in order to institute the pricing they had to have a robust transportation system. stockholm does not have the same robust rail system. they did increase their bus system and transportation i made a large investment before instituting the pricing. bringing everyone to the table is important. number three, determining your data needs and start collecting

your data immediately. number four, use pilots to allow the results to speak for themselves. they did do a pilot in stockholm in 2,006 from january until july. number five, design your own system with the number one goal to advance equity. this is something we decided, as a group, because i think a lot of us in those cities felt that there was no true equity loans with a congestion pricing in both cities. we know we are going to need to consider that as a priority here in san francisco. number six, fearless political leadership is key. prepare for political moment with grassroots support. number seven, build a big tent for discussion of business, environmental, political and other communities. number eight, congestion pricing is a powerful, dexterous tool.

build your objectives into your design. number nine, don't focus on revenue as the objective for congestive pricing policy and number ten, it works. i would just say the most important thing as we have the conversations about congestion pricing here in san francisco. we really need to know what we want to solve for and why we want to have the pricing. is it about congestion? is it about environmental impact is it about equity? is it about making sure there is an alternative revenue source? we have to be clear about that. it could be all of the above that we as we continue to have the conversation. if this is something we want to institute here. with that said, i will pass it onto my partner. >> you could have left me five of the points. [laughter] that was. .-ellipsis -- -- that was very

copper headset. it was informative trip. not just being able to spend time in the cities and have a schemes of congestive pricing. also as commissioner walton said , with the seven cities, and hearing about some of the unique challenges that they face. we had seattle, portland, d.c., honolulu, boston, very diverse set of cities. some of which have similar things that we are facing at some of which had very different realities. to be able to process this with them. he also left out run a farm was on the trip, as well, from the chamber of commerce. there was one thing i could add. the difference between the two schemes were also very interesting. in london, there is an 11-pound per day charge to drive within the zone, it's a one-time charge. and then they are putting an

additional fee which is about that much if you have certain types of vehicles that are not low emissions. london is very explicitly focused on trying to reduce emissions and also focus on pollution. london has a long history of challenges around pollution and has an awareness around how that impacts people's health, well-being, and, you know, rates of different diseases. it was a much more focused particularly with their new mayor became much more popular over time. all of the polls show they are generally popular now but in stockholm they even had an advisory referendum that failed

that did get the majority support. at the time, they did it anyway. they included the surrounding areas they filled miserably in the surrounding areas. as supervisor walton said, both cities have very strong public they also have fully integrated networks for bike lanes, and pedestrians. it feels very safe to walk and bike around both of the cities. the sense that there are effective alternatives are very clear to people. traffic also moves slowly. they really didn't have the same concept we brought this up numerous times of people with more low income driving. that was something that they didn't usually consider. their concept is that most people that drive are either doing it for business purpose or are more wealthy. that wasn't taken into consideration to the way that we would obviously, business was

largely supportive. businesses and people within the zone have a certain types of discounts and things which is something i asked a lot about. as we think about congestion pricing here. a lot of it will be within district six we would assume in terms of people within the zone. a couple of things, we don't have many to the degree of writers that we have. uber and left her there, but they are not huge issues. we were asking a lot of questions because our assumption is that a significant amount of congestion that we face in san francisco may be connected especially more recently to the right shares. with that as you all know, our transportation authority is starting our study of congestion management and pricing. it actually is going to be kicking off this thursday. we are also part of an ongoing conversation with the other cities about how we can all work together and learn from each

other. this may be a surprise to you all. they view san francisco is the furthest ahead of the seven cities. the obvious they have a long way to go to figure out what we want to do and what the goals are and collect a lot of data and set a plan and a timeline for what we might do. certainly this is something that is being discussed not just across the world, but now among many cities in the united states. looking at a leader that will provide a lot of data and information and guidelines to other cities as the consider this as well. it was great to spend time with commissioner walton as well. it was pretty busy. we appreciate you all letting us know. >> commissioner walton and then we have a treasure island mobility management agency board meeting. >> that is the last thing i wanted to say. i want to thank them for supporting supervisor haney and i as individuals that had the

opportunity to attend. thank you to our colleagues as well. >> our pleasure. >> any members of the public that would like to speak about the introduction of new items or make general public comment? seeing then. oh, come on up. don't worry about that. the floor is yours. >> this is general public comment? >> yes, ma'am. >> my name is shirley johnson. i would like to speak about caltrain. i am past chair of the caltrain bicycle advisory committee. i have been in passenger on an advocate for over a decade. i would like to for his vision and his courage basically to go forward with asking that caltrain governments be reconsidered that they be separated from caltrain. there are many reasons that i say this. i will give you just one. that is electrification.

caltrain electrification is a program that has been misrepresented. they have misrepresented electric train capacity. electric trains have less bike capacity and fewer seats than today's diesel trains. that is one example of why i support commissioner walton's efforts to improve it is disappointing to me that i have seen in the media fellow jvp director has spoken out against commissioner walton's efforts. that is sad, because i believe commissioner walton is absolutely on the right track. i am sure i speak for many passengers when i express my support for what commissioner walton is doing. so, commissioner walton, i encourage you to move forward. >> any other members of the public for, -- public comment. seeing then. we will close public comment. as a closing comment i do want to report to you, we will call this as introduction of new items that commissioner walton

and i have the opportunity to meet with the gentleman that the public speaker referred to as well as jp b member and sammartino county supervisor together with the mayor's chief of staff last night and i am cautiously optimistic that we are all going to work together to have a real and meaningful conversation about government reform at caltrain, and with that we are adjourned. don't go away. we are going to reconvene as treasure island mobility management agency board. meeting

of the sfmta board of directorsg to order. secretary boomer, roll call, please. >> thank you, madam chair. director borden? >> here. >> borden present. director brinkman. >> present. >> director eaken? >> here. >> director heinicke is anticipate. >> director rubke? >> here. >> director torres? >> here. >> madam chair, directors, you have a core quorum. the ringing of a use of cell phones and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any personal responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. devices set on vibrate do cause microphone interference. the board respectfully requests they be turned off.

item number 4, approval of the minutes. >> do i have a motion from the board? >> yes. >> second. >> any public comment on our minutes from november 5th? >> no, madam chair, no one has turned in a speaker card. >> all of those in favor of our minutes? >> aye. >> all those oppose. >> clerk: item number 5, communications. >> are there any -- >> madam chair, i have none. >> okay, wonderful. >> item number 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board member. >> yes. thank you. i heard that supervisor peskin is applauding the m.t.a. for adding the embarcadero to the bicycle list. my understanding is the embarcadero is port jurisdiction. so it makes it a little bit more challenging about what we can do, versus what we need their put on. it would great to have an update on how that process is going to improve the bike and ped safety

on the embarcadero. >> great. >> thank you. >> other directors? >> yeah. i have something. so i just wanted to highlight for the board and for the public that a group of advocates produced a booklet called getting to the curb. it was released last week. it was a collaboration of very advocacy groups and facilitated by walk s.f. this is the senior and disability vision zero work group. getting to the curb booklet basically highlights design considerations that we all as cities can use when we're putting in protected it bikeways, which we hope to be doing more of, of course, throughout our city. ensuring that those designs don't have adverse impacts on folks with disabilities and seniors, who have a particular need to get to the curb in a safe and direct matter. i encourage everyone to check out the booklet. i can send it around to secretary boomer to read it to the board. >> wonderful. maybe we can add that to the

minutes somewhere, to people know they can find it. any other new unfinished business from board members? if not, i'm going to present tom maguire his five years of service pin. [applause] >> very thankful for you for sticking with us for five years. we look forward to at least five more. >> item number 7 director's report. >> i'm going start with an update on our vision zero efforts and sadly report that we've had two fatalities so far this month. the first fatality occurred on november 2nd at the intersection of 16th treat. this is where a driver hit a pedestrian, who was in the crosswalk while the driver was making a left turn. the police department is currently investigating that crash. now that's -- that intersection is part of an ongoing construction project the m.t.a. is doing. the improvement project.

unfortunately what's so unfortunate about the timing of this fatality, is we are in the process of building out pedestrian bulbs at all four corners of the intersection. as well as putting five new traffic signals along 16th street at five other intersections, not at taharamp. i can report that the initial investigation did not find that any of the construction that was taking place was a factor in the collision. but it's still a tragedy and one that hopefully future tragedies will be prevented by that project. >> what time of day was it? >> i don't have that information. i can follow up on that for you. >> thank you. >> the second crash was a hit-and-run that also took place on a street that's on the high-injury network and the board has authorized some really important safety improvements to. a hit-and-run took place at the vicinity perform amazon and mission street. again this is also currently under investigation by the

police. so we don't have a lot of details to share. the mission safety project is going to bring new traffic lights, bulb outs, bike spot improvements and this board approved it just two months ago on september 2019. we are going to get some of this done as a quick build in 2020. but it's really -- it's really sad for all of us that even on streets that we're all working so hard on, that these crashes continue to occur. i wanted to share just a couple of insights about election results. as you know, proposition d, the congestion mitigation tax passed with a 67.65% "yes" vote, which is enough, that's two-thirds. so 3.25% tax on individual 1.5% tax on shared rideshare trips and this generates about 32 million ad year. half of which goes to the transportation authority to fund vision zero safety projects. and half of which will come to the sfmta to directly fund transit operations.

so that's -- that's some really good news. also happy to report that earlier this fall, the federal transit administration was in town doing their trienal review, every three years. and they review 19 programs throughout the m.t.a. we were really pleased that the audit, which takes place over three days, found four deficiencies across the entire agency. while those were really -- no deficiencies, that's a great result. i have worked at agencies where we've gotten 15, 20, 25 findingses and the findings were things that we're able to remedy pretty quickly. we're really pleased that a couple of our programs were identified as best practices, including our drug and alcohol program, our civil rights title 6 program, and some of our project management skills. we did not get these in the areas that are most common and more worrisome for transit areas, procurement, financial management or civil rights. you'll be receiving a final

report from the m.t.a. on december 3rd. and this weekend i was joined by director brinkman at the muni safe driver awards. they've driven safely for at least 15 years and actually a couple of operators -- a couple of operators who have 42 years of safe operation, which is kind of unbelievable. so to earn this, this is a highly coveted, highly respected distinction, they're recognized with passion certificates, belt buckles and lots of cheers from their fellow operators. and i really, really recommend if you ever want to feel great about moonia and see the people who are on the frontlines of keeping the city safe, go to this awards ceremony one year. it's terrific. finally a come of upcoming events. we're working on a process

called connect s.f., building a long-term transportation plan to achieve equity and sustainable transportation in san francisco. on thursday, november 21st we're hosting a workshop specifically focused on input from the youth of the city. we're co-hosting in partnership with the san francisco youth commission from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at mission high school. and finally, one more event that i know many people were eager to see us bring back this year. winter walk is coming back again this year, starting on november 29th. this year we're going to shift winter walk from stockton street, where it's been for the last few years to grant street. it's a free event sponsored by off the grid in the union square bid. it will feature food trucks, vendors, performances, all kinds of great things to activate our streets and get people thinking about the streets, not just as places to move or dodge traffic. but as places to really experience the life of the city. we're sponsoring the holiday ice rink at union square, which is open today and will stay open through january 20th.

and we're also co-sponsoring the winter park at the -- in the civic center plaza, right out in front of city hall for a second season. and that's running through january 5th. so we are look to do everything we can to activate our public space and make sure people think of our streets as part of the vibrant life of the city. and that concludes ply director's report. i do have my colleague julie who is going to give an update on transit. >> i think we're going to put that off until the director heinicke is here. thank you very much for that. kudos on all of the great recognition. directors, any questions for the director's report? >> just a comment. yes, the safe driver awards dinner was, as always, just amazing. the temperament, the skill set and just the fortitude to -- i can't imagine operating a bus for 15 years in this environment with no avoidable accidents, let alone over 40. those men and women were truly amazing. i also forgot to mention that i did go out on sunday for the world remembrance day for

victims of traffic violence. and we were joined by the families for safe streets on that walk. and sfpd escorted on a walk around the ter den loin to the sites where we've lost people. it was an amazingly powerful event. i was pleased to be there. a couple of staff members there, james was there and hava was there. it was lovely for everybody to share with those families and to walk with the sfpd. it was so hearting. the neighbors who came out when they realized what we were doing, the reception from the neighbors in the tenderloin was fantastic. a lot of unsolicited comments, the streets were unsafe and so glad we were calling attention to that. >> thank you for doing that. representing us. any other comments from directors? if not -- oh, yes. >> tom, can you remind the board how many fatalities have there been so far this year on the

vision zero? >> i actually want to, if you can give me a minute, i want to get the latest number. >> i looked up the number of homicides the city has had this year, as of november. and it's 33. and my recollection is that number on our streets, in terms of crashes, is gaining on the number of homicides we have. >> yeah. right now there have been 27 on our streets this year, including the two that i described in the director's report. >> i mean, the fact that they're occurring repetitively on the same network, i think does mean that we've got the right target in our sights. but we're doing a lot of capital improvements. and it appears to me we're doing them quickly. and we're still behind the curve. and i know we had the police department here a meeting or two ago.

i'm just wondering there's some strategy of like flooding the zone and getting cops and getting p.c.o.s and anyone else who wears a uniform, out in some of those intersections and just slowing traffic down. and i don't have in mind some sort of stunt. the fact is this just keeps happening week after week, meeting after meeting we hear about this. and, look, i think we're doing a lot of good things. but we're still not gaining ground on the problem. and so i at least would appreciate if the staff could consider some kind of strategy like that, that could make a splash. because, look, i think a lot of this is not necessarily people who are out there to run people down. there are people who have really bad driving habits. and they're not going to change their habit, unless they see

some consequence. and one way to change your habit, if you're not intending to do ill is just to be reminded of it. so look, i bring that up on the spur of spur of the moment, without a lot of forethought. but i do believe, as a board, we've got to leave no stone unturned on this agenda, because we constantly in our business talk about safety as job one. we are failing at job one, as far as that goes. and i can't think of another job we do that's more important. >> and i know that the -- there's a legislation, maybe you can bring back to us. i know supervisor yee or president yee introduced legislation around slowing down speed limits. and maybe have the police to come back for future meetings. they announced beefed-up efforts and find out how they're targeting. so those two things and the timeliness of those could be useful. >> yeah. could i suggest we also bring back an update on the state zero

death task force, which is making progress towards statewide speed limits setting and automated speed enforcement as well, which gets to both of those. >> great. wonderful. i guess i would like to build on this. i was fortunate to spend a little time in copenhagen at the beginning of last month. we know 50%, 60% of people commute by bicycle there, we're not at 10% yet here. i don't think anywhere in the country. and it was just so noticeable the way that drivers do behave differently there. it was so noticeable as a cyclist, from cycling here, i have a bit of a protective shield on, a sort of posture when i'm cycle. i'm ready for drivers to make bad decisions. i'm almost anticipating bad behaviors from drivers at every turn. it was so refreshing to have drivers who actually yielded to cyclists. like i kept on being surprised at how kind and courteous the

cash -- how respectful and differential the vehicles were being. i started talking to other cyclists on the street, just to understand sort of what is that about. and they -- they mentioned to me that if any driver made a dangerous move, that immediately ten people would be all over them, yelling at them, screaming, correcting that behavior. there's something about the society that reinforces safe driver behavior. i just think if we're looking to hit a 2024 goal of getting to zero and we're at 27 and the trend is going in the wrong direction, it does feel to me that driver -- changing driver behavior has to be a key part of the solution. that's something that could change with the concerted effort in four years. whereas the last budget updates, the capital budget updates we got, show we're not on track to sure the funding to even fix the high-injury network. i want us to have the robust conversation about how we could change driver behavior for the better. >> great. before that workshop, we can

calendar that, director. >> director, do we have any data to suggest how many of those fatalities are caused by uber, lyft, or those types of drivers? >> i don't have specific numbers on how many are caused by uber and lyft. we do know that the behavior, the type of driver, but the behavior that's most likely the cause is speeding. but whether they're ubers to lyfts, we don't have a lot of data about that. >> they're causing problems especially in the area -- looking at their mirrors. not realizing what they're doing. >> all right. directors, we're kind of a little bit off of agenda. so if anybody has any more comments. >> how did i get called? >> sorry. i can see the city attorney kind of nudging me. >> i couldn't hear him. >> do you want finish your

thought? >> i want to talk more about copenhagen. >> great. that's definitely not on the agenda. [laughter] but with that, are there any other comments among the board members on the director's report? if not, we'll open it up to general public comment on director's report only, this is not on any other item on the agenda. if you have a specific comment related to the director's report, now is your time to make those comments. we do not answer. it's not a back and forth answering process. but we can take notes and get back to you on the issues that you bring up. any public comment on the director's report? please down to the microphone. >> hi, robbin craft here. i want to address this last issue of safety on the streets. i think there's two angles to it. one is the drivers and one is the pedestrians. so we see people speeding through the red lights all the time. and i think it's terrible.

i mean, it's really horrible. we have to watch the streets to see if a car is going to go through red. that right there is a set-up to hit someone. if they keep doing that behavior. so i think number one there needs to be a public campaign to not run red. slow down when it's yellow. so many people are so impatient. they just can't wait. they can wait. and i think something about you can wait, put something about you can wait. two seconds or whatever it is. put that in the slogan. you can wait. the other part of it is the pedestrians. they're crossing the street like looking on their cell phones. that's a problem. and i actually got hit six years ago with a car, i was looking down. i was in the crosswalk with a green light. and i was hit. so i have learn police department in that experience. i have to see where all of the cars are all the time, even if i have right-of-way. so i'm not talking just anywhere. even if you have right-of-way, the pedestrians have to see where the cars are. most pedestrians don't know that.

i learned the hard way. so i think so we also need a campaign as part of vision zero towards the pedestrians, to tell them to look up when they're crossing the street. okay. thank you. >> thank you. any additional public comment on the director's report only? please come to the microphone and feel free if you want to line up on the left-hand side. >> my name is elizabeth kerhan. >> give us your name again. >> elizabeth kerhan. i took the coalition written class probably in 2010. and i was actually blown away at the cyclists not knowing the rules. and from the curriculum that they taught, i was thinking it would be very important, not only for bicyclists to learn the information, but also for drivers. basically said everything that i thought i was doing to protect myself, is actually the stuff that's going to get me hurt. i was blown away that was not actually covered in d.m.v. law and stuff that you have to learn in order to get a license. so that would be a recommendation on making sure that everybody is aware of what the laws are for everyone,

including pedestrians, who when you're 5, you get to the corner, you stop, you look both ways, you don't just keep walking. >> thank you. any other public comment on the director's report? if not, we'll move on to the next item. >> item 8, senior citizen advisory council report. we have the chair of the c.a.c. finance and administrative committee. >> mc, mr. palyard. >> hi, there. good afternoon, commissioners. or directors. so we had one motion from our most recent meeting. so i'm going to -- going to read that in lieu of discussion of the meeting, which i wasn't able to attend. but it was an overview from julie kirschbaum by all accounts a spirited two and a half hour discussion covering a lot of topics about especially transit service. the motion is that the sfmta c.a.c. recommends that -- or to reduce bunching and gapping of

transit vehicles, the c.a.c. recommends that active line management be enhanced for all lines with the following areas of emphasis. one, ensuring that buses and trains are deployed on schedule, at the start the line. two, turning around and redesignating vehicles when necessary. three, assigning dedicated line managers to rail and bus lines. and, four, increasing staff to make this happen. i also would like to say i appreciated director heminger, your bringing attention to safety, as the number one priority for the agency and, you know, orienting the discussion around that. again today at this really critical time to make much-needed improvements. two items that directors brought up, speed limits and the impact on t.n.c.s and their increased congestion in the city and what

that could be doing to contribute to a lack of safety on our streets. those are both things that the c.a.c. has been very interested in and has discussioned before. so we're going to be continuing to have those discussions and we would like that to be a good opportunity to have a relationship where we're bringing motions to this board, that's helpful for you guiding the decisions that we need to make for needed safety improvements. thank you so much. that includes my report. >> thank you. and maybe director kirschbaum can talk a little bit about the issues you raised. because i think understanding how she does that in her report. we're going to move that report to later in the agenda. but we will be having a transit update report. >> all right. thank you. >> thanks. next item. >> madam chair, seeing no one who is making a move to address you on matters discussed by the c.a.c. chair, we'll move on to general public comment. this is an opportunity for

members of the public to discuss within the jurisdiction and not on today's calendar. first speaker will be ruth followed by mark and then herbert. >> hi. my name is ruth. i wrote many of you last night. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. in any given week, i walk, take muni, ride my bike for transportation and drive my car in san francisco. i want to tell you a story. thank you. and make a request. about six weeks ago, i had cataract surgery. while we were coming home from surgery, my husband stopped briefly in the red bus transit lane on mission street, so i could go into the optometrist. a few days later, we got a ticket. a bus camera generated double parking ticket. my first instinct was to fight the ticket.

but then i realized i want the buses to go faster and that means enforcement of the red lanes. i'm not happy i got the ticket, but the ticket was justified, i wish more people got them. i paid the ticket and i'd like to thank you for protecting the red lines with enforcement. why aren't we using the same technology for enforcing no stopping and no parking in bike lanes? i don't know a person in san francisco who has ever encountered enforcement of protected bike lanes. or even unprotected bike lanes for that matter. even a brief stop sends cyclists out into potentially dangerous traffic. if we call parking and traffic, it doesn't help. the car will be gone long before a parking enforcement officer gets there. [bell dings] you already have the cameras on the buses. just program the cameras to photograph cars stopped in the

bike lanes as well. for streets with bike lanes without bus service, like valencia street, put the cameras in unmarked cars driven by parking enforcement officers. i've never biked down valencia street without having to go out into the street multiple times, because of cars blocking bike lanes. such parking enforcement cars would pay for themselves many times over. [bell dings] >> thank you. >> thank you for listening to me. >> thank you. >> clerk: mark, followed by herbert. those are the last two people who have turned in speaker cards under this topic. >> good afternoon, directors. mark ruben, taxi drivers in and medallion holder. i used to attend these meetings fairly regularly. but i stopped coming some months ago. frankly i lost faith in this agency, as a fair and impartial regulator of the taxi industry. i hope that new leadership and the person who missed a ton will

make a fresh start in that direction. i note that back in 2001, mr. tono was the project manager for nelson nygaard on a study of the san francisco taxi industry, sponsored by spur. that study was not well received by the industry at that time. but these are very different times. some of its recommendations are worth a fresh look. i particularly mentioned coordination of taxis, with transit services. something the taxi workers' alliance has been urging for years. i hope you'll give serious consideration to this and other ideas to increase taxi ridership. thank you. >> thank you for being here. next speaker, please. >> herbert winier will be the last person to address the board under this topic. >> herbert winier. i wish to make a comment on how projects are planned. one thing i've noticed is when bus lines are modified or

changed, bus stops are consolidated and the rest of it, the people affected aren't at ground stages of planning. they aren't on the first stage. m.t.a. does not come to the people affected and say we see some problems on the line. what problems do you see, how can we plan this together. instead the public is presented with -- and m.t.a. says here's a hot potato, catch. and, as a result of it, the parameters of dialogue are contradicted. you cannot think outside the box, as a result of it. so, as a result, you have unrealistic plans. we see the catastrophe on the line, the 27 line is miserable. and what you have are buses running at the same speed, having lousy service, but you've got to walk two more blocks to

get it. so this is an upshot of the public not being a real participant, instead being a victim. and this i think would -- my idea i think would be a remedy towards this. people who are affected have to be involved in the initial stages of planning. [bell dings] it's only fair. otherwise m.t.a. stands for more train wrecks ahead. thank you. >> thank you. any other additional public comment for this public comment period? feel free to come to the microphone. >> i don't have to write my name down. my name is mark. i'm the president of the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce. we're glad to have you, tom, as the new executive director. we do have interest in diversity, equity and inclusion. contracting and as well as employment. we look forward to having a dialogue with you.

thank you. >> okay. any additional public comment? >> could i just -- i just wanted to thank the public commenter for her experience with the enforcement cameras and thank you for your maturity about accepting that ticket and understanding why we do that enforcement. and director maguire, you could confirm, if i misstate that. i do believe it's a state law, which prohibits us from using those forward-facing cameras for anything else. but that it is perhaps something that the state level vision zero task force is one of the things that they are looking into? >> yes. that task force is primarily focused on speed cameras. but the idea of automating and making bike lane enforcement more effective is being discussed there as well. >> okay. thank you. thank you. next item. >> clerk: madam chair, these items are considered to be routine, a member of the board or a member of the public wishes to have a separate discussion of one of the items, board members,

please be advised that a member of the public has asked that item 10.1g, hand i on 17th street be severed from that -- the remaining traffic modifications. >> great. >> clerk: received no other requests for severance. >> any other requests for severance? >> yes, madam chair, i'd like 10.2. >> to severance? >> is there a motion of the board to approve 10.1, minus g, hand i? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> all in favor? >> pardon me. i asked to have 10.2 severed. >> right. >> right. >> i thought you said except for 10.1 g, hand i. >> thank you. >> all right. so just one more. all in favor please say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed.