please welcome ed reiskin. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is such a thrill just to see all of you here, to be here, and it is such a thrill to have this job, to be able to serve as your director of transportation. i think i have the best job in the city, and i really see it as a privilege and an honor, and i in turn want to honor those who came before me. the leadership of the agency, the commissioners, the directors, but even more so, the women and men who for 100 years have been working hard to make muni work -- the operators, mechanics, accountants, analysts, engineers -- [applause] and our great partners in labor represent them, without whom we would not have the system we have. millions of hours of effort and love and expertise have been poured into the transportation system of san francisco over the last hundred years, and that is something that san francisco should be very current. as we look forward to the next 100 years, we have a lot to be excited about. this is a great time for transportation in san francisco. we have great thi

i know that i can say that for ed reiskin as well. i am happy for the partnership we are able to obtain on that. one of the key things on this alternative is it would allow us to operate van ness brt with the fleet we have without the need to acquire a vehicles with the doors on both sides. from a cost standpoint, it is a major step forward that reduces costs and makes the project much more viable, much more interesting, and much more regulable -- replicable in other corridors. geary brt will follow suit quickly after that, because this project will set the stage for how the geometry of the streets will do that in the other corridors. the last two things i would like to do is for the public that may be watching the proceedings today, there are going to be public meetings on monday, april 30, at 6:00 p.m. on the better market street project. ideas that have been developed over the last several months bit of that will take place at our offices at 100 van ness, 26 floor. that is monday, april 30, 6:00 p.m. and then on and the caltrain br

ed reiskin. maria, department of children, youth, and families. louise herera, the city librarian. mohammad nuru, dpw. phil arnold. capt. goldberg. you are from the human services agency? chief hayes white, who gone up from the fire department. karen roy from trout support services. please stand up. the rich in capt., eric vantero. so you have a sense of who we all are. if there is time after, please engage some of us. we will be around, if you want more in-depth conversation. certainly, if you would like meetings with any of us, feel free to contact our offices. we are definitely open to that. thank you. i want to introduce the moderator henry kelly at this time. henne kelly, i'm sorry. >> she is one of the most dynamic richmond activists, a longtime teacher, and acted with the seniors in the district. >> and i work with christine daily at senior action network. >> who knew? >> i am a richmond district resident, i have been for 35 years. this is one of the most beautiful parts of the park. i am so happy to be here. this is a very nicely planned events, and most of the time, they s

i am ed reiskin, the transportation director here. it is great to have that leadership, in his role as the chair of the transportation authority board, and also at the regional table with the mtc. it is with great pleasure that i welcome the representative from the mission district, supervisor david campos. [applause] >> >> thank you for the work you are doing to make sure we have the best transit system we can have. i want to echo my gratitude to all the partners, mta, city agencies, dpw, the bicycle coalition, the sunday street staff that has a unique ability to work closely with the diverse communities we have. when it sunday streets started, there was apprehension in some neighborhoods. we felt that in the mission i want to thank the residents and merchants gave this project time to unfold. you have seen a neighborhood has come together to embrace this project. i do think the mission is a perfect place to expand this concept. we are excited we will have this for the next three months. it is appropriate we are beginning the expande

i want to first paula -- ed reiskin from the mta. i want to apologize for being unable to attend the last hearing on overtime that was at the gao. i was scheduled to be there but was unable for reasons i cannot control. what i was planning to do here today if it would be helpful is to provide an update from that presentation i messed. there is a lot of detail, so maybe i will move through it quickly. but i think there are a couple of things you will see that i think speak to some of the comments of supervisor campos in his opening remarks. that over time when you see your running overtime at a certain rate, you have to ask yourself if you have the right level of staffing. i think we have started to ask and answer those questions. the big picture, this is in the current year. we have a $780 million budget, of which the personnel portion is about $462 million get our current overtime budget is 30 two million dollars, of which $22 million is scheduled overtime with and muni. this is over time that is built into our current schedules, wh