we will do the transportation first. please go ahead. >> i will talk briefly about the fall 2010 community engagement process, the substitute motion, and the approach we are taking to develop that information. susan is going to go in more detail about the -- exploring the possibility of revenue, gathering revenue for transportation. there is a document that describes the student assignments -- i mean, the transportation policies. we are going to talk through that first, and there is a substitute motion as well. these documents are available for the public also. the first document is called the new transportation policy for general ed students. it also provides background content, some of which was shared at the last committee meeting. we have had a number of different conversations with different community groups and different public agencies like the department of public health. we talked to the folks involved with safe route to school. one of the things that has become clear to us, if we are going to have the community

is there a match with current transportation routes? do you need transportation? do they live near the program? all of that will help us get an understanding of where we should think about creating routes. it also makes it clear that what we are considering at the routes -- we are looking at english lerner's having access to english lerner programs. -- we are looking at english learners having access to english learner programs. we are looking for students with low test scores to have access to accelerated programs. >> i want to be clear with you and with the board that i am not saying that i do not agree with the direction we are going, with the policy change. what i am saying is that there are a lot of families, and as we get deeper into the new policy there will be fewer and fewer of them who will make arrangements and decisions under an old system that is now going to change. those families are depending -- or believing the arrangements they made are going to go forward. if we are going to jerk the rug out from under them, we need to tell them as soon as possi

have transport. certainly it's more important to have a reliable system for all young people before you can allow them to get on for free or cheap? >> thank you. >> how about someone from the southeast? young woman, here? >> i'm 13 so i'm quite young compared to most of you so i can still claim child's fare but i think it's completely unfair you get discount cards from the age of 16 onwards that you can't by most and you still pay if you don't have student rail card you still have to pay the adult price from 16 and up. that means i've only got two more years of claiming a child's fare. are you seriously going to tell me i have to pay an adult fare when i can't vote, drink, drive and i still have to legally be in education for at least depending on where i go from, but i think it's completely under unfair that a pensioner with access to a car can get free transport while someone our age has to pay either full adult price or a ridiculously high price. [applause] >> thank you and congratulations to you

is there a match with current transportation routes? do you need transportation? do they live near the program? all of that will help us get an understanding of where we should think about creating routes. it

modes of transportation. we want to make certain that we are supporting the low income families and giving them voices to participate in these programs. and we also want to make certain that the english learner's have access -- access to the programs to serve the newcomers. we will be looking into whether those programs are located in areas where children who were learning english are living. also wanting to make certain that there is reasonable access to attendance area schools. we were trying to avoid the major highways, but there is one area in particular that is very large. this is western. we were wanting to make certain that there was transportation available. and we're also looking at limited transportation to after- school programs as feasible and necessary to support these decisions after school. transportation will not dictate with this will look like. and we will facilitate the changes in the after-school programs. many of these are not operating at full capacity. we have to make certain that these

now we have a proposition that says the transportation funds can only be used for transportation and cannot be used to balance the budget. that is good news. unfortunately, the election coupled that good news with proposition 26, which has now turned every user fee into potentially a tax, and raised the bar to a supermajority for getting those things passed. without boring you with the details, i think there are some implications you need to be aware of, especially in regards to the funding deal that was approved as part of the initial budget approval, the one that happened 100 days after the deadline. that budget included a swap where the sales tax oreplaced an excise tax. that was on a simple majority vote for the simple reason that there was a net no change in the amount of revenue generated, but there is a reid already that prop. 26 might change that. it is retroactive for certain measures back to january 1, 2010. it may be necessary for the legislature to reopen that deal and do it on a super majority basis. if it is not able to achieve that, that would mean a significant reduct

but cycling is more than racing, it is a way of transport.especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there,

the board has been developing a new transportation policy, and we will consider how changes in transportationre necessary to achieve the goals and objectives with the different factors that are being taken into account. this is for the city in terms of our work. and i'd like to welcome the special assistant -- and congratulate her on an excellent project in working on the new school assignment at a very exciting time for the school district. especially for those of us who are in the hunt for great schools for the children. >> joining me here today is the executive director -- and hopefully you have a copy of what i am going to go through as well as some of the at rich material and the enrollment guide. i have prepared a brief presentation which will give an interview -- which would give an overview of the assignment system, and the development of the new transportation policy. and then i'll be happy to answer any questions. we have approved the new policy in march of 2010, and there are different processes for the different high schools. one of the features of this is a series of tiebreakers

the city are now staying out or coming in by public transport or bicycle. nowadays, the businessmen who need to go into the city with his car for a)> hour, always has room, always pays, even in the neighborhood of the business. there is a limit on tariffs. 5 euros is enough. [inaudible] most business people are afraid that making parking more expensive will actual impact their ability to do business -- will actually impact their ability to do business. >> it also depends on the sort of business and the sort of street. for instance, if the go on the street where gucci is and so on, and you need enough parking spaces. >> with the chairman of the society of amsterdam, they are also supporting this approach. they realize if they just press on the car accessibility only, in the end there will be no excess ability at all. they support strongly that only the people who need to come by car, they should be able to come, and the rest should make other choices. >> i think we are more or less at the stage where we are facing the same discussion. our experience is that

next speaker please. >> i am a transportation engineer. last thursday, there was a meeting of the central subway citizens advisory group. at the meeting, we expressed our doubts that the subway would cut muni operating costs, and again asked for a breakdown of the cost estimates. in response, he assured the group that "by making people more efficient, it would cut costs. in response to our question, he referred us to be reports. we have completed an initial review of those reports, but first, a bit of history. a draft eir published in 2007 showed the subway share saving money. that astounding benefit was repeatedly broadcast by others -- published a year later. the figure was now down to 3.1 8 million a year say but it was still savings, so again, that savings was trumpeted in many public meetings. two months ago, the mta submitted this new structure board, so now we see the subway would increase we have gone from saving 27.82 + $7 million. should be aware of that when you are listening to stop you're being told. as recent as the last week

cyclists are not encouraged to take their bikes on public transport. it is especially forbidden to have normal bikes and rush hour. the reason is because of 4% of the clients of public transport of trains, by bike. what they provide for our enough bicycle parking and the possibility to take a bite from the station to where you want to go -- and the possibility to take a bicycle from the station to where you want to go to with a public transport bicycle. they say, we do not want to take the bike on the train, only for recreational purposes. on sunday, it is quite easy to take your bike. outside, it is only folding box and a provide enough bike parking. >> the public transport bicycle at the end of the trip, it is that a bike share program? is that a transit program? >> it is a bicycle sharing program. the bikes are not free. the cost 2.85 euros per day to use it. but it is growing very popular. >> on the issue of bikes and transit, in the u.s., a traditionally we have seen by? -- traditionally we have seen bicycle racks. we cannot really see that in eur

this is a 30-year look at transportation that it gets done every 30 years. we are in the middle of analysis in raising analysis around the neighborhoods on the importance of having this road map that will bury much navigate the sustainable community's strategy to we've had many meetings, including the district 11 council, and we have a very long roster of other community divisions we will be in touch with. of course, we are delighted to take your suggestions for organizations we should be connected with in your district. finally, we want to rejoice in the fact that the bay area clinton program has awarded a total of $14 million for various projects that provide opportunities for innovative pilots in the area of regional like sharibike sharing, san frao city car share, and most notably, an electric vehicle battery swap program that mta will be doing. they are all exciting projects. the one that the authority is leading is management partnership project that i think will be the colonel for some very interesting and innovative ways in mobility in alternative wa

>> we do transportation.'s my commission and we work closely in partnership with caltrans and previous guests on all aspects of the bridge. in fact the organization i work for collects all the things, group that i work for, if you broke down on the freeway, my organization does that, as well. if you take transit and you clipper cashed which is an electronic fare payment device that is good on all bay area transit, you are always with mtc. you are place you probably never heard about but we do a lot of goods and services that you use every day. >> speaking of public transportation, how would you rate the public transportation in the bay area? >> we have many different options, they can take the bay bridge, many other bridges but a ferry, too. they can take bart and also a.c. transit bus so we are blessed with options, the bay area has the largest transit system west of chicago, bigger than l.a. but their population is much bigger than us. but we have problems as well. we have funding shortfalls that have manif

have transport?t is more important have a consistent and reliable system for all young people before you think about letting them get on for free or cheap. [applause] >> thank you. how about someone from the se? this young woman here. xm 13 so i am quite young compared to most of you. i can claim a child's fare. i think it is unfair that you have discount cards from the age of 16 on word and you still pay if you do not have the cheap rocard, you have to pay the other price for 16 and up. that means you have -- i have two more years of climbing a child's fare. i going to tell me i have to pay an adult fare when i cannot vote, drink, drive, and i still have to legally be in education for least -- depending on where you go. it is not fair that a pensioner who has access to a car can get free transport while someone our age has to pay it their full of gold price or a ridiculously high price. -- a full price or ridiculously high price. >> thank you. you deserve our respect. the young man at the back with

we kicked off the san francisco transportation plan this month. as part of that, we hosted a noontime anwebinar, and an evening open house, updating the community on our vision. we are already hearing some interesting comments. our key objectives seem to be on track. a big win for san francisco in the sustainable community strategy -- regional climate grant. the region is of poo poised to e tomorrow millions of dollars in grants, san francisco should be getting $14 million of that. among that, a grant to fund a partnership between the san francisco city agencies and groups of employers. this is a direct follow up to the sar that this board requested. i want to give our director of planning kudos for putting that together and making sure we had a successful set of applications. again, we will keep you posted on the next that's for that. you already heard the chair's comments about this meeting that happened last month. we are coordinating for the next set of meetings for that. the chair is interested in leading an effort with the coalition's and sa

the presentation we heard were always about transportation more generally. they were not just talking about bicycling. they had a holistic view about mobility. they are not anti-car, they certainly love their bicycles, but they are thinking about mobility more broadly. there was reference to a sustainable transportation plan. i think that is what we need. by selling can be an important and perhaps increasing motor transportation. there was also talk about the many benefits of bicycling. they saw the health benefits from a national and city perspective. they also talked about the economic benefits, the productivity benefits, educational. and they really took a much more holistic approach that i think would benefit us here. when talking about increased cycling, president chiu said this, it is also about parking, education, they have robust programs for youth. in one city, they have a bicycle training center where they bring kids from schools and a paddle around different obstacles so that kids can be comfortable being on a bicycle. education to reach our youth

central subway is going to expand transportation options for the chinatown residents.it will make the transportation experience a lot more palatable and, hopefully, even pleasant. it will hopefully address these underlying human conditions that we see every day on stockton. the other thing that i would like to quickly add, many things have been said here about the fda being would be manned -- fca being bogyman, but far from killing chinatown, this project is what is going to allow us to attract hud money towards a transportation oriented affordable housing developments. thank you. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public that would like to speak that has not spoken? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, let me turn it over to my harvard classmate, supervisor chiu. supervisor chiu: i would like to thank everyone that came out to speak on this today. i do respect your perspective. i know that she cared deeply about the future of our community. that said, it is no secret that i have been a strong supporter of this project since i was educated ab