right now, you take the 14 bus 2 balboa station, and it will take you 40 minutes just to get to balboa station. that is one thing i am looking at, making muni more effective. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot of options for transit are not well thought out in places further from downtown. my district is one place where we need to create better options. >> you mentioned muni and the changes that are happening. what about parking, traffic, is the area safer for pedestrians? >> there is always a lot of work to do with pedestrians. making sure the department of parking and traffic is painting along alemany. along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for

. >> they said they turned off the cellphone antennas from balboa station to embarcadero. it was a tactic to prevent protesters from using cell >> but turning it off violated first amendment rights of protesters and threatened the safety of passengers, according to the electronic frontier organization and the association of public safety officials. >> public safety is certainly a compelling government interest. however, to impact, to block the speech of thousands based solely on the possibility of a protest that might impact public safety, does not meet the rigorous tests under our first amendment. >> what if there had been a fire, what if there had been some other critical incident inside the tunnels? what if somebody was having a heart attack. they need to call 911 immediately. >> the reaction from bart passengers is mixed. >> a little bit of an infringement of our free speech and opportunity to communicate how we want to and when we want to. >> i side with bart. i do. >> the chief said there were enough police officers and bart personnel on duty at the time to respond t

the first project is the balboa park station east side connection project, a request for approximately $270,000 in prop k funds to leverage a $1.1 million lifeline transportation program grant, which was also programmed by the authority in july 2010. this is a joint effort between bart and mta for station accessibility improvements. this would fund the mta's version of the project. the scope of work includes a new boarding area, accessible key stop on san jose between geneva and ocean. it is the circle on the far right. it also has associated 8 curb ramps with that element of work. there is also utility pole relocation and demolishing of an existing key stop, which is the center most circle. that work will be done once bart has completed its portion of work and constructed a new platform. the larger east side connection project is a joint effort, as i said. bart's improvements include its ability to the west side station will quite entrance project. this is recently completed scope of work. this will also include a new canopy over the bridge walkway, as well as a new bridge path to a n

balboa park to the nineteenth avenue corridor. route 86, nonstop to the park and the light rail station. regular muni fares are accepted. special express bus fares are $12 for adults at $10 for seniors, youth, and disabled customers. i particularly want to draw your attention to sunday, september 11. they will play host to several games and the ceremonies. at this juncture, it is a pleasure to report that the pilot program to relieve overcrowding has exceeded expectations. i would ask john to step up to inform you about this program. >> i want to briefly walk through the first 6 1/7 weeks of the service. i have had the upper to the key to be involved with a lot of startup services. this is the first one that has had no learning curve. this is something that has worked very well in the first six weeks from day one. you may remember back when we talked about doing this, the principal reason we wanted to do a was to provide a predictable and alternative routes to the subway line. we have gotten one of the things that we want to do, which was a plan to the service. we have marked the buses distinctively and identified them.

. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department of parking and traffic is painting lines on alemany street. beyond that, we need to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars go speeding through. sidewalks are not convenient for people. >> i am the supervisor for district 11, the debt -- the best district in san francisco. this year, we get to show how great district 11 really is. >> we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. it is inevitable that we will make painful cuts. so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact on every day san franciscans? >> i really appreciate what you're doing here. you are a really patient gentleman, and i appreciate that. >> our parks are often cut first. how do we maintain our safety net, public health services, security services? all of these are critical decisions that have to be made. >> i have seen many people come