. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed and

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an

. >> thank you vice chair coner johnston chief of staff with london breed about 3 and a half years ago i was complain on the n judah i can't text or read the news and couldn't answer her calls but there are 200 thousand people everyday that ride not - who ride the muni who are deprived of cell coverage and before supervisor president london breed asked me to work on that project to see what we can do i began working with muni and are we there yet? and the project started to gain steam with director nick of the bart board and then the mta chief financial officer came on board and the 3 of us pushed this and what the item before you i think i'm quoting harvey rose correct me if i am wrong mr. rose the most phenomenal deal i've seen in any 60 years of budget analyst because what bart will do is negotiate with those carriers they'll pay for the approximate $6 million in capital costs to provide the service in the tunnel and also pay annual fees to the mta so we'll be able to provide cell services so for the 200 million muni riders to text their family and work if their train is detailed an