. >> tumlin. >> present. vice chair mandelman is expected i'm guessing he is delayed and chair gee. >> present. >> directors you have a quorum. call your next item >> thank you. director's item 3 is communications we like to remiemdz the public as the public comment froesz is on the agenda and streaming on the screen. also we will resume in person meeting at city hall in hearing room 416 next month at the october 13th meeting. we look forward to seeing everyone there. no other communications? shall i call the next item >> yes, thank you. >> director's item 4 is new and old business. >> none. call the next item. >> item 5. is the executive director's report. >> >> good morning, directors, an exciting morning with the return to work post summer vacation with children in school and the city announcing 3 days in the office as well as our downtown employers like apple. there is noticeable activity on roadways and tranceit i was standing only bus this morning and took me 20 minutes a few weeks ago took an hour and

and i apologize if this has been asked director tumlin. clear my words are not coming out very well today. are you worried about the double staging of the central subway affecting people's first impressions of it? a shiny new toy everybody talking about and then having it for 2-3 months to have weekend service. i'm asking this and wondering your thought. are you worried people are like, oh , on the weekends and this it is not the t is not going inform i will not take temperature are you worried it may affectow people will feel in general. >> we need to make sure we have a strong communication's approach that this is just a soft opening. and final stages of tribing. we are fortunate that the southern end of the train shuttle come out of the subwiyot surface and forth there within view of the caltrain station and the t third line. fortunately, the way the subway is design today is easy to imagine. right. i seat trax keep going and in january the train will condition on the t third. what we were more worried about was taking the t third in th

tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence. the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional visitors an

. >> director tumlin. >> greetings and welcome back. as usual today's report starts with vision zero. you know every board meeting we talk about any fatalities that occurred in the previous 2 weeks. unfortunately while we are presenting that we often times don't have complete information about the incidents. so sometimes the police department is in the complete. police investigation may not have been completed. sometimes we are able to get a rapid response from the team but other times corrective actions take a couple of weeks in order to develop. our vision zero are oftentimes frustrating we are not able to speak to solutions. in response to the proposed legislate by supervisor preston, we have been working with the san francisco police department and the department of public health. in order to resolve is this problem. one thing is to make sure that our reporting on all traffic fasaulities are transparents. available at the meetings but online in an organized way. we also want to present more substantive information about causality of

. >> good afternoon madam chair and members of the board and director tumlin. i'm fred the founder of convenient parking. llc. it is certified local business serving the city since 1994. and i'm a partner with [inaudible] parking. and because of the join venture we are mall businesses we are able to anticipate in this and qualify. and i just appreciate the opportunity to comment on this support of the board's approval of the contract 10a and b on the agenda before you. small business [inaudible] like appreciate the dedication of the board. the staff, contract monitoring division and for your effort in assuring that local businesses get their share of the government contracts. this may be just another agenda for the board but for the dedication of the board, to encourage inclubhousive and small businesses participate is huge for us. because it means a lot to us. thank you very much, is had i want to say. >> thank you. are there other speakers in the room. no. anyone else? we will move to online callers the first speaker, please. >> this issue with last here at t

tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence. the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional visitors an

director tumlin you have a tough time for the rest of the meeting. >> i will not match that. we will i will do a different director's report i will cover 3 topic in more detail. one is an update on vehicle test nothing san francisco. the second the prep rigz near back to school and the third is a brief racial equity and longing update. >> i think many of you may know, a couple years ago the transportation authority acting as the treasure island mobility management agency put a partnership to test vehicle shuttles on treasure i lands in order to see do these work? what are the context in which they work? might they make sense in other places? how can they support the learning are muni system driven as i believe they will always be by human operators based upon when we find from other vehicle testing the idea a free shuttle on treasure irish land connecting the 25 bus throughout the island and the parts of the island with other parts. they had put out ask for proposals currently reviewed with contracting scheduled for october. and if we find a vender that works, the service wou

director tumlin you have a tough time for the rest of the meeting. >> i will not match that. we will i will do a different director's report i will cover 3 topic in more detail. one is an update on vehicle test nothing san francisco. the second the prep rigz near back to school and the third is a brief racial equity and longing update. >> i think many of you may know, a couple years ago the transportation authority acting as the treasure island mobility management agency put a partnership to test vehicle shuttles on treasure i lands in order to see do these work? what are the context in which they work? might they make sense in other places? how can they support the learning are muni system driven as i believe they will always be by human operators based upon when we find from other vehicle testing the idea a free shuttle on treasure irish land connecting the 25 bus throughout the island and the parts of the island with other parts. they had put out ask for proposals currently reviewed with contracting scheduled for october. and if we find a vender that works, the service wou

i want to congratulate jeff tumlin and thank you for your tour and you and your team has so much to be proud of and we'll keep you busy with the work ahead. director and sf mta and union worker who's have been working for a decade including during the worst years of the pandemic to bring this to life and to those who spoken to what this means to a community and in this place you can feel the distinctiveness, not only the bustle and the food and the richness and culture but the sense of belonging that's so very important and we're glad this project will support. of course, it is my honor to be at the side of speaker pelosi. someone who brought so much transformative infrastructure projects like the central subway to the bay area but also has brought so many good investments to the entire country and i spent a few weeks on the road and tulsa and indianapolis, northern new hampshire and southern california and today we were in the inland empire and the projects we saw in common, it wouldn't have happened without the bipartisan infrastructure law and the infrastructure law wouldn't have ha

tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence.the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional visitors and

in a memo to jeff tumlin that kate turan wrote she refers to meter anxiety. this is survival anxiety. if i get into a taxi, how will i get a taxi because taxis-paratransit riders are very popular and but the thing is, okay, this only creates barriers, because why would someone want to get a paratransit rider when they might get-i don't know. i can tell you surge pricing i used to drive for a living. i was a tour guide while in school and know the rules so i was somewhere a friend called a uber for me, i will never go in uber, and the quote was $35. (inaudible) i said, i'm calling a taxi. the fare was $17. because i was able to suggest why do this or that? it is unacceptable. if it isn't a direct violation of the ada, which it is a violation in spirit, thank you connie chan for this resolution and we seniors and disabled people just the amount gets higher and harder and fastest growing dem o graphic, this is so confusing for seniors. do i get in a taxi or automat- >> thank you caller, your time elapses. two minutes for public comment. thank you so much. apolog

tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence. the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional visitors an

in a memo to jeff tumlin that kate turan wrote she refers to meter anxiety. this is survival anxiety. if i get into a taxi, how will i get a taxi because taxis-paratransit riders are very popular and but the thing is, okay, this only creates barriers, because why would someone want to get a paratransit rider when they might get-i don't know. i can tell you surge pricing i used to drive for a living. i was a tour guide while in school and know the rules so i was somewhere a friend called a uber for me, i will never go in uber, and the quote was $35. (inaudible) i said, i'm calling a taxi. the fare was $17. because i was able to suggest why do this or that? it is unacceptable. if it isn't a direct violation of the ada, which it is a violation in spirit, thank you connie chan for this resolution and we seniors and disabled people just the amount gets higher and harder and fastest growing dem o graphic, this is so confusing for seniors. do i get in a taxi or automat- >> thank you caller, your time elapses. two minutes for public comment. thank you so much. apolog

tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence. the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional visitors an