at the recent environmental commission hearing, carly payne mentioned a survey of tech bus riders done by u.c. berkeley grad students which i have sent to you already. the league tech did the study and results reinforced key points we'd like to make. i don't have all the time to give all the specifics in this public comment and i tried to provide a copy, but the clerk would not take it. tech buses do take cars off the street. they also create car trips through displacement and car tech riders are increasing housing costs. we're not opposed to the pilot program but we think the current program is insufficient. first of all, companies need pay their share. charging $1 a stop is a joke. [speaker not understood] compensate for delays to muni [speaker not understood]. cost recovery fees that the media and the city attorney do not want to address. if the companies are willing to pay more, they could just negotiate a fair price with the city or the sfmta could do a nexus study [speaker not understood] and charge a higher impact fee or put a higher tax on the ballot. ideally we would negotiate

i'd like to thank carly payne and the wonderful collaboration and cooperation we had with sfmta. it's been a wonderful process and i think we're at a very good place with this pilot program. i think there are some minor details that need to be ironed out in the next number of weeks where we can successfully match the shuttles and the muni services together in a seamless manner as possible. [speaker not understood]. most of my tenure at the bay area council, i've been working on housing issues and this issue has been somewhat conflated with housing issues and affordability issues in san francisco. i spent an awful lot of time in this room on thursday afternoons with the planning commission the last number of years. it's great to see how many housing and the last of housing, and their energies to this room on thursday when affordable housing projects are before the planning commission. quite often there are hundreds of people opposing those projects and little or no people standing in support of them. so, i would advocate and ask about folks who are showing up on a thursday as well

i want to give a lot of credit to carly payne. we work a lot with her on specific complaints in the district and she has done an absolutely phenomenal job working with the shuttle providers, working with residents who have expressed concerns in trying to come up with solution. but it's not good enough just to have onex lent employee who is trying to hold things together. you need to have a program in

i want to give a lot of credit to carly payne. we work a lot with her on specific complaints in the district and

i want to give a lot of credit to carly payne. we work a lot with her on specific complaints in the district and she has done an absolutely phenomenal job working with the shuttle providers, working with residents who have expressed concerns in trying to come up with solution. but it's not good enough just to have onex lent employee who is trying to hold things together. you need to have a program in place that is funded. and this proposal will do that. so, i strongly support it. i think it's important to back up. and despite haltssome may say, it is absolutely the case, these shuttles are part of our goal to be a transit first city. >> would you care so expand on that? >> thank you. we know that no matter how good muni is, and i know it's going to get better as we really start prioritizing investment in the city over time, no matter how good it is it does not meet everyone's needs. when you look at people living in san francisco, particularly commuting the work in the city, that is not a new thing. people have commuted from silic

i'm carly payne, the transportation demand management manager at mta and the project manager for this pilot that we're proposing that you take action on today. so, this work relates to commuter shuttle that are provided by employers, institutions like medical institutions or educational institutions and by individual buildings or developments. this is not about tour buses or jitneys or charter coaches or taxis or party buses. the shuttle, the commuter shuttle sector has grown very rapidly and it's created some impacts on muni. as the shuttle sector has grown till now, our approach at the fmtta to resolve the problems in a [speaker not understood] way. finding the ad hoc [speaker not understood], and that's worked okay. with ~ but the sector is so large now and is not a sustainable approach. furthermore, it has caused a lot of confusion among operators for enforcement and for members of the public about what's allowed where and why. and, so, this approach seeks to remedy that, to create some clear operating guidelines and some rules about where to load and unload for these commuter shu