this includes the hardware and programs. sfmta coordinating this project with the depending on masonic avenue which will add curbs to accountability intersection as far as the project area. sfmta also complooiment it's project with other construction which is impartial funded by target to have improvements for the left turn and sfmta anticipates the completion of the construction by may 2015 >> how much is target funding. >> i will get that information for you. thank you >> the next project for the area is the project for prop k for the environment and design phases for pedestrian improvements as recommended in the tenderloin transportation plans. those projects is the conversion of two-way streets and converting other uses and upgrades to taylor intersection for the centers at the las vegas worth intersections. this refers to the attachment 2 of the memo and also a map on page 55 of the evenly closer. sfmta expects the design to be completed by the 2014 this year and the construction to be completed by 2018. they have the program

the 2014 program is with our partners at the sfmta and the other agencies throughout the region. this year, the program is similar in some regards to prior programs for preventing revenues for transportation and seeking new revenues and maximuming new controls and have the gas reduction goals. the biggest opportunity as you mark it is looking good for transportation and it has shifted to the cap and trade revenues the governor has contributed the stockpile for the cap and trade and a good portion is going to transportation, however, the governor's proposal puts that money in the hands of state agencies and sfmta set a number of priorities for the cap and trade for the region for key san francisco like the bart and transit vehicles so far as significant increase in the obeying that's the transportation that we administer and all of those don't matter if the funds don't work in the region we'll be working to get the funding shifted to the region and a number of constitutional academies to 50 percent and we'll take support positions on several of those items >> a quick question what

i want to thank all the companies with working with our sfmta and the mayor to get it right. we're going to get it right and that work will help us to grow as a 21st century. it's fitting in this press conventions you have mayor ed lee and other supervisors we will l be asking voters to help are the infrastructure. i want to thank the technology companies and the world leading companies who are helping us and i know they'll be working side to side with us to make sure we're building a transit system for san francisco. so thank you very much for being here (clapping.) thank you, president chiu were. one of the representatives supervisor weiner not only represents the district of people who are benefiting but he's become one the regions strongest voices. he's one of the cities representatives on the city commission and he was in the task force and has become an advocate for muni and transportation he's not miscarried to take on difficult issues and this one fits the bill i'm happy to be joined by supervisor weiner (clapping.) so as ed noted district 8 which is the castro and pa

our transportation authority staff were also busy working and meeting with the counter parks at the sfmta the department of public health and the police department to prepare for the upcoming hears at the neighborhood service and safety committee and other venues, i also wanted to congratulate the staff and obtaining a grant that would allow one of our senior planners, pedestrian, safety expert to travel to washington, d.c. to participate in a pedestrian injury prevention action team training program as part of a five-member team representing the state of california. and the team includes the department of health and cal transas well as our own san francisco department of health and it allows us to publicize our city's straggy at the state and national level as well as provide a valuable training opportunity for our staff this concludes my report. thank you. >> we can go on to public comment. >> we will close public comment. i just want to follow up and it was just wonderful to get that street officially reopened and i want to, you know, congratulate, really everyone who was involved incl

when you look at the sfmtas overhead one more time. thank you transit in the next 25 years there are lovely diagrams but they ignore the sunset area if all the money is going downtown what's happening the transit in other areas and one last one they talked about the february 4th accounting meeting will estimated transit trips to motorbike our quality of life. in order to correct this you've got to get the trains and the car traffic flipped in the amount of uncle and that's only by solving it through mass transit. and it has to be taken in the next 5 years. so thank you >> thank you is there any further public comment. are there any other items for us >> no item 10 adjournment. thank you everyone else for this meeting today. meeting good morning, everyonek

i have been in hearing of the sfmta where the directors themselves have asked, why is there not more women, i can tell you out of the 1500 that we represent in the industry there are just a handful of women who have been hired and these are just good paying jobs and we don't have any control of the union over the hiring and the hiring is completely controlled and a union location or other by the employers, and in fact the employers have insisted over the years even in bargaining when i brought it up along with the other business agents they have insisted on controlling and holding all aspects of the hiring and these workers are hired and then after that they become the members of the union, we want diversity and we want really to be able to go into a garage, and say that there are people from every background and that is not the case often and there is a term that i use and some of the employees out there and they screen for ethnicity and you go in a garage and you find that everyone is one of an ethnic group and one age bracket and all men and so on, considering the unemployment tha

i want to thank all the companies with working with our sfmta and the mayor to get it right. we're going to get it right and that work will help

morning, supervisor mar and yee, and i am jerry robins with the sustainable streets division with the sfmta i have a five-minute powerpoint with an overview of the tour bus regulation issues that we deal with. thank you. >> tour buses do have complaints about the parking and the traffic conflicts as shown in these photographs. and wide turns that can cause concerns, and some of the buses use amplified loud speakers and the buses often have loud engine noise on hills. and emissions are also an issue. and loud buses on the city streets, tourism is the number one industry and the buses are a more ifish ent way to move people than if they drove in cars or rented cars and the bus pros vied a popular service. sfmta has tried to mediate and tried to seek, win-win situation, the tools that we have available for us is that we are able to restrict the tour buses with eight or more streets completely and we can either invoke that or not invoke it and there is not little ground and we say say that five buses are permitted but beyond that no buses are allow and it is kind of an all or nothing regulation

when you look at the sfmtas overhead one more time. thank you transit in the next 25 years there are lovely diagrams but they ignore the sunset area if all the money is going downtown what's happening the transit in other areas and one last one they talked about the february 4th accounting meeting will estimated transit trips to motorbike our quality of life. in order to correct this you've got to get the trains and the car traffic flipped in the amount of uncle and that's only by solving it through mass transit. and it has to be taken in the next 5 years. so thank you >> thank you is there any further public comment. are there any other items for us >> no item 10 adjournment. thank you everyone else for this meeting today. meeting you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a primary contractor or

of supervisors back in 1973 that transit policy is placed in the a charter and it's the charge of the sfmta and it's board of supervisors to implement that policy. the framework we're talking about is a permanent system is something that's subject to the approval by sfmta board of supervisors. we've been working on this idea with the private sector for the last couple of years after the good work done by the transportation authority in 2011. we have a proposal final list we'll bring to the board on january 21st. we've been keeping them updated we went to our policy and governs committee to provide opportunity for any public comment? and ultimately that will be the board of supervisors that will adapt this to make sure we're vance the transit first policy. i'll note that while muni is by far the largest transit provider our ridership is equal to all agencies combined. if you look at the collective ridership their equality to a big part of bringing transit to the bay area in a way that compliments what the bay agency it doing. it will be the feet of the board of supervisors i'm pleased to bri

for the last two years we've been acquiring grants through sfmta and got $550,000 grant. the total budget of this project is seven hundred and 50 thousand for fiscal year 2014 with a $200,000 request through it is my duty district attorney. we're working on the policy of the financial analysis of the pricing program. in addition we'll be initiating the system management phase focusing on the structural engineering of the compliment of the programs. this year's budget will establish the tide district attorney staff and accomplishing the agency as we expect to receive the funds in the coming months. 20 percent of the budget will going or go to the staff and the rest to the consultants to assist with the implementation. the tide district attorney board approved this item and cc confirmed this with a motion of support. we have $73,000 for this item in the current transportation thoortsz budget and will be amending this if it's approved through this committee. if you have any questions i have the title representative here >> looks like with an early start people don't have ques

he served as the director for the sustainable streets division for the sfmta to really encourage multimodal traffic calming and to provide direction and vision for a wide variety of commercial projects including the subway and the san francisco bike plan. bond is someone who really has believed in the power of the people in public service and he founded his program, which is now nationally recognized, which has provided over 250 students since 1990 is valuable opportunities to experience hands on work all over muni. bond yee has helped to bring transportation engineering to the forefront of urban planning and engineering. because of that on behalf of the board of supervisors, it is my honor to declare today, january 31, 2014 as bond yee day in san francisco. thank you bond. bond, before you speak, we do have another colleague who had come up with her own certificate of honor. >> bond, thank you. as you know, he is actually a resident of our sunset district, so prior to this position bond was someone who we could go to to solve problems and so when we had very angry community members, he cou

today, the sfmta approved a plan to eliminate all pedestrian accidents in in 10 years, the latest reminder of a grower remind replying city streets. >> reporter: the -- plaguing city streets. >> reporter: the neighbor we talked to says he rarely if ever crosses here. instead, the neighbor goes up to the bridge and just avoids sunset all together. he hopes that other people do the same until there are changes. live in san francisco, i'm ryan takeo, kpix5. >> according to the sfmta, there were 222 pedestrian crashes during a 5-year period in the sunset district alone. nine of those were fatal. >>> other bay area headlines. hercules police arrest a man wanted for felony hit and run. this is surveillance video of an incident from a dash cam watch closely on the left. the man crossings the street gets rune -- crossing the street gets run over by a car. police say this man, 67-year- old abraham adams was the driver of the car. just by chance, the officer who responded to the hit and run spotted adams yesterday and arrested him. >>> san jose police want everybody to take a good look at this face.

the people open her bus to come to the board meeting to say happy new year are a a - on behalf of the sfmta and the presidio division i present linda wilson and then the employees recognize award and certificate of appreciation for a job very, very well done (clapping.) ms. wilson >> good afternoon. i wasn't expected to is anything but if you know me, i'm also going to give god the head of my life for all. i enjoy what you do i love helping my seniors and may passengers and i want to thank laura one of my passengers and my supervisor thank you to each and every one of you and my daughter. i'm a little bit nerve but grateful to have this award to pass into my grandchildren and great grandchildren >> thank you. and on behalf of the board of directors and the folks of san francisco thank you for a job well done >> director edward reiskin. finally, i have a special recognition and that's to our general council julia after 11 years of service with the mta before it was the mta is moving on to bigger and a better things within the city attorney's office and julia leads the team of attorneys that