director brinkman: one more thing i wanted to bring up. under ite threem thre -- under item three, there were two options on stockton street. i think closing that intersection, within the central subway scope of work -- the central subway throws a monkey wrench into everything. but so much of the strategic planning we are dealing with, the climate action plan -- all of those things involve reducing the number of private automobile trips. i do not want us to go too far down the road of maintaining the status quo for all the car trips in that area. i think our long-term goals are to reduce car trips over all the city. that has to include a big reduction in the downtown area. that is an area where i think it is easy to achieve that reduction. if we make transit run smoother, we will have more people on transit. if we make pedestrian and bike safety stronger, we will have more people choosing those options. i want to be careful that we do not say we cannot do anything because it will negatively impact car trips that are already there when we k

. >> brinkman. brinkman aye. director lee, no. director oka. no. oka opposed. the item fails adoption. any motion of the m.t.a. board of directors requires four to pass. >> i want to propose a motion to approve the increases as stated. >> i'll second. >> so, mr. chairman -- >> are the city attorneys comfortable? of course she is. >> mr. chairman, just for clarification, on motion to approve the meter rate for wait time and mileage. >> yes. >> can i make a proposed amendment to this that we just clarify that if we adopt this right now, it will not be implemented for the reasons we talked about until we've finished this entire package of materials? >> yes. >> on motion to approve the meter rate for wait time and mileage with the understanding that there will be no implementation until the additional package is brought to you on june 21? >> yes. >> i'm sorry, we need a second for that one? >> yes. >> i'll second that. >> there's a motion on that, and a second. roll call rote? >> yes. >> director bridges. >> this is on the amendment? >> on the motion to -- >> with

but i [inaudible] director brinkman: i agree. we should go ahead and hear from the public. i also support the fare increase, but i am inclined to think we should consider this as a package. >> i am prepared to move with this, but i would like to hear from the public also. with that, we're going to open it up for public comment. and this is only on item 11 and 12. two minutes. >> mr. chairman, we do have a number of members of the public who have submitted speaker cards. for the record, a number of members of the public to do wish to address you under public comment about personal information, so they will not be called at this time, and it will be called when we get to public comment. [reading names] >> when you introduced the electronic way bill, if you include the paid amount, the everyday ratings will not be correct. from the briefings we had, they took up the paid amount from the electronic with bill, and the response was no. for reasons we are not told or reasons we do not understand at all, if you still ignore our concept, it would be like giving amount. because of th

earlier, supervisor brinkman mentioned the an exexpress is up and running. we launched on june 13 to relieve overcrowding on the light rail line. this has been in operation a little over a week and we are pleased to report the ridership is growing daily and feedback from our customers is positive and constructive. this service has been a model for what we are considering a proactive line management program and we have achieved record-setting on time performance with the service. also notable with this pilot that the vehicles have special paint schemes and new signage to make the route very simple and recognizable for customers. that seems to have contributed to the growth in rydership. the success has directly translated into reduced crowding and more comfortable conditions on our rail line, and it's helped us with those heavy stops such as carlin cove, and we used m.t.a. ambassadors to support this launch. again, customary information being key here, to make sure it was a success. we have received positive feedback, and we will come back to you in about ano

i see commissionaire brinkman. it is frustrating when you visit is like d.c. or barcelona and see that they are far ahead of san francisco. we cannot let that happen. we should relating -- leading the way not only in this country but in the world when it comes to making sure that we have the best bicycle network anywhere, so i am committed to making that happen. one thing that i would say, and i want to thank the bicycle coalition for this -- for us to get to where we want to be in terms of making biking a part of daily line for every san franciscan -- daily life for every san franciscan, we need to reach out to every member of this community, the diverse communities that make up this city, and i want to thank the bicycle coalition for making that effort, taking the time to reach out to those levers communities not only in my district but throughout the city. i want to thank you for that because those communities are part of this effort, and they can benefit from that, and they want to be part of this movement, so thank you so much, and, hopefully, we will see

director brinkman: thank you. i just wanted to thank staff for the memo of may 3, which was an update on the bike ways, with a timeline on there. it looks like things are moving forward on that, but in light of the fact that we have had a lot more input from the public on bike to work day, both the mayor and our chairman of the board wrote on their way in and commented that it definitely is still a scary gap in the system. it is perhaps slightly unprecedented, but i checked with director lee, and we thought we would like to take a look at it and see if there's anything we can do, even on a temporary emergency basis while the permanent plan is moving forward. director lee: no problem. anyone else? >> item 7, executive directors report. >> ok, mr. chairman, recognizing that we will be moving to the taxi-related items at 1:30, i will give you a portion of my report, and i guess we can reconvene after we hear items 11 and 12, i believe it is. so, good afternoon. the first item in my report that we need to address is t