director brinkman: i went to the pedestrian safety task force meeting last week that was great. and people doing a lot of interesting work, delving into pedestrian safety. i get the sense that in order to help them with this work and increase safety, reduce costs for the mta and other city agencies, we need automated speed enforcement. either california is of legislatively silent or we have no direction. it is such an important issue. until we can get reckless speeding and driving under control, we will not be able to meet the pedestrian safety goal. we have such a great example of that. the gentleman at a four-way stop, a car can come to an incomplete stock and get going fast enough to kill an individual. we have come a long ways, so we need to look into that. >> we will ask them to come back at some point soon. director ramos: i was going to say something about the free pass for muni. but we can talk about it during the executive director's report. >> item 7, director's report. chairman nolan: good afternoon, director. >> good afternoon, members of the board. the last meeting,

cheryl brinkman and bruce oka. the director would have been year, but he was away on business in oakland. thank you, directors, for being here. we really appreciate the input we got -- over 650 responses to the questionnaire, which we put through the citizens advisory committee and other interest groups, and we are very pleased. we believe we of dawn and else standing at job. -- we believe we have done an outstanding job. [applause] i think that was the honeymoon right there, guys. [laughter] before we talk about today's event, i want to meet -- i want to mention debra johnson, who unfortunately had a medical appointment this morning. she wanted to extend our congratulations. ms. johnson has served this agency so incredibly well. particularly, our work with the union negotiations recently, successfully completed. she is an outstanding, dedicated member of the team here. we look forward to working with her for a long time in the future. i want to say one thing in particular. i think a lot of people from staff are he

muni board members sherryl brinkman wants the city to install a network of speed- enforced cameras.y would be similar to red light cameras but they would take pictures of people speeding. several cities like oakland and san jose experimented with the cameras but shut them down because of legal challenges >>> one bay area city is trying to put an end to 911 hangups. vallejo resident who accidentally call 911 could be fined $200. many people simply hang up and then refuse to answer the phone when a 911 operator calls back. that often has police rushing to an emergency that does not exist. like other bay area cities, the vallejo police department is operating with a limited number of officers who waste time on accidental 911 calls. >> it's quite startling to see how few people they have. in the other organizations that i have in that have been in trouble, that had big money problems, i have not seen the level of staffing that we have here. >> the program will be introduced with a 30-day grace period and warning letters. among the few exemptions for fines are the people who admit their

behalf of the sfmta board, i am happy to welcome up to the microphone, one of my bosses, director brinkmanuse] >> thank you. i am so glad to be here. there is a growing body of research that shows we can make the schools -- the streets safer, and one of the ways we can do that is reduced speeds. if all else fails and a collision results, this speed limit saves lives. i am pleased to be here and to continue to work with the rest of the city, the rest of the organizations, and to know that they have the support of the mta board in these very important initiatives. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, director. the mayor and supervisor mar mentioned that there's different city agencies working together to make this happen. i think they both mentioned the health department has been a very strong partner, and i want to work knowledge there great work. it is their research that i want to reiterate the exponential decline in the likelihood of serious injury or fatality for every 5 miles that you lower the speed limit. it is a powerful tool to ensure safety in the streets if in the unfortunate even

cheryl brinkman wants a program similar to red light cameras which take pictures of cars as they bolt through intersections. cities like san jose and oakland have tried them but they were eventually shut down after legal challenges. speed cameras are currently prohibited in california. >>> imagine spending millions of dollars on green projects that won't cost taxpayers dime. it is happening in a number of cities all across california. several bay area investor groups want to lend a total of $650 million to green the state's aging buildings. patrick sedillo shows us how the project is already paying off. >>> reporter: if buildings were cars, these would be gas guzzlers. so-called brown buildings that waste energy through outdated heating and cooling systems. >> 50% of the average bill of all buildings in the united states, residential and commercial buildings, is from the hvac system. >> reporter: a new program helps buildings go green without a single taxpayer dollar. >> this is getting paid back with property taxes. >> reporter: property owners borrow money from groups like clean fun