i know you are very instrumental in el taraval. what we learned from that process came a lot from your direct involvement and your office's involvement and support and i think the main probably, the simplest lesson learned, more investment in time up front with the community and probably with a little bit less of a defined project to clearly define goals and problems to be solved and issues addressed, less advanced design at the front end of the process will make the process go smoother and the investment of time up front will save time down the road. with taraval, a fairly well defined scope based on the work under the transit effectiveness project. and then we spent a lot of time negotiating elements of that scope rather than saying here are the issues we are seeing on taraval, not just transit reliability, but safety, and the infrastructure issues and working collectively to figure out what the right scope is to solve those. i think that latter would be a faster path. i will say with the work and planning and design and coordina

technology improvements that have safety elements, we heard and by general public total about the el taraval, which has been legislated by this board last year. -- only to flag and acknowledge that the muni collision rate is trending absolutely in the wrong direction. there's a lot of work that john's team and transit have done collectively with the safety division and training -- [ please stand by ]. >> you already got the preview of this from john, not just the buses, but of course the new light rail vehicles, and he informed me as we were sitting here today that we could have the next one going in service as early as next week. that's exciting. you know all about the benefits of these new vehicles, and you heard about the amazing reliablity difference that we're already seeing on the rubber tire vehicles that we expect to see on the rail vehicles, as well. [ please stand by ]. >> some of the strategies, again, the congestion and the streets works against us, given that the majority of the system operates in mixed traffic in san francisco. the -- probably the seminole indicator of the stra

the el taraval line was a disaster. people who are disabled and seniors have to walk long distances to the bus stop. this is insane and it's cruel. insanity is perhaps forgivable. cruelty is not. so supervisors can act on behalf of their constituents in their districts, they should put this on the ballot. basically, i disagree with the bicycle coalition. the surgical precision that's needed is not a hammer strike. right now, the model that's needed for the mta is if you're not under the bus, you're under the wheels. thank you. >> supervisor safai: next speaker. >> thank you, chair safai, board members. my name is mark gruber. i'm a board member of the san francisco taxi workers alliance which has not yet come to discuss this measure, so i'm speaking of my own impressions, speaking for myself. while the details of this measure need to be worked out, and i have a number of questions, and i'm sure the board will have a number of questions, i do want to express personal support for the concept of checks and balances in this

--el asalto se report un pco antes delas ocho de la noche sobre la calle taraval --el delincuente conta 22... el sospechoso no result herido durante el atraco... --tambin en san francisco.....el padre de dos estudiantes , asegura que el distrito escolar le orden mantenerse alejado de la escuela de sus hijos...... en represalia porque senal una falla de seguridad en el plantel... --pero el distrito argumenta que es el seÑor..... quien representa un problema para la escuela... --paola reyes nos tiene la historia.... banner angel paola hace quince dias que angel reyes solo puede mirar hacia la escuela de sus hijos desde la acera... tras recibir una carta del distrito prohibiendole ingresar al plantel... una situacion que dice, ha angustiado a sus gemelos.... "todos estos 15 dias... hasta adentro" la razon del castigo, dice angel, fue un paseo escolar.... al cual el se ofrecio a acudir como voluntario..... "la maestra me dijo usted no va a ir... porque tengo suficientes papas" pero angel asegura que no era asi... por que segun dice, minutos despues vio salir a los ninos, acompanados por la

. --- el adolescente se haba estacionado ayer en la calle taraval cuando un sujeto armado se aproxim el vehculo... --- la vctima que an estaba dentro del coche, se sali del auto y el sospechoso junto a su cmplice huyeron en el automvil. -- un hombre de 72 aÑos de edad que se encontraba detenido en la carcel de milpitas fue hallado muerto en su celda. -- el sujeto enfrentaba 10 cargos de mantener relaciones con un menor. -- los agentes de la penitenciaria "elmwood" le dieron los primeros auxilios pero no lograron resucitarlo. -- no se revel la identidad del prisionero hasta que se comunique el deceso a sus familiares. --vamonos al sur de california...viviendas han quedado sepultadas en lodo...y cientos de rescatistas continuan trabajando contra el reloj para encontrar a sobrevivientes de los deslaves..... ... --luis treto se encuentra en el condado de santa barbara con todos los detalles. cual es la situacin ..luis? --un nuevo reporte predice que san jose se convertir en uno de los lugares ms populares del que san jose se convertir en uno de los lugares ms populares del mercado inmobi