the second component of our program has to do with electrification. this is a vision and goal that caltrain has had for quite a while. it is an adopted policy that has been in place for over a decade if not longer. what we are essentially trying to do is we want to provide more service to our growing customer base, and we want to do it in an environmentally friendly way. that friendlier way is to use electric power instead of diesel. it also serves another purpose in that in this approach, we are able to help address our financial state caltrain. we have been struggling without a dedicated funding source to find the money on an annual basis to operate the caltrain system in which the demand for our service has been growing. by election frying our system, we are able to provide more service, which would support more riders, bringing more revenue, and by converting from diesel to electric, we would be able to save money on the fuel required to run the system. the project includes not only the electrification conversion, but also to increase service. tod

talking about extensions downtown for the past 15 years with little progress, talking about electrification of caltrain down at the peninsula with little progress, it is important to get to the point where we can put some of the building blocks in place of public confidence to make this happen instead of just going around in circles. will this happen in our lifetimes? not at the rate we're going. i did not seem like that is the goal here. when you are looking at the culture of corruption we have seen in government of the past 30 years that has evolved into an art form in its own right, that is the main impediment to making this work. it is not about transit or building structures. it is about the right people getting paid. until the problem is solved, we will not see anything moving forward. thank you. >> thank you, mr. sullivan. >> i would be happy to move an amendment to this resolution, if that is okay with the chair. i know is boomer will appreciate this. add a result clause that says the "mta board of directors supports the current concept of the fast start project to expedite service

further, supporting caltrans electrification as a means to make the system compatible with the comings notion of what is called the startç program, which to -- whh weç have been working for with the transportation authority, the mta, which would be an early first phase of the rail that would involve electrification of california train -- of caltrain. it is important in our planning efforts to terminate at transbay terminal, rather than the current station. i would ask for your consideration and adoption of this statement. thank you. çpresident miguel: is there any public commentok on this item? i]ç>> suñre hester. i take high-speed rail all the time in europe and loved it. i could not find anything when i went through looking for this hearing. i do not know what you have before you. i wanted to talk about something iç want you to pay attention t, which is we have a terrible, messy intersection at seventh streetxd and 16th street. resulting that intersection is life or death for muni service to third street, connecting the mission to the waterfront at 16th streeti]. because you ha

far is this concept of a fast start program with the caltrans electrification program, eventually finishing at the trans bay transit center. it is of utmost importance to all of those. this, ultimately, when it is all billed out, but be a transformative project for the city in the state. we have milestones coming in the future. the mayor appreciates the work done towards those milestones on developing alternatives. we have an opportunity to strengthen, as we consider alternative partnerships in the region, with cities and communities to the south. also, partnerships between community members. this is a system that serves writers all over the state and region. leveraging those partnerships with the private sector will be the key to success. this is how you capture the energy, resources, and expertise to make this a joint effort and high-speed rail system. ultimately, there is a bit of work that needs to be done to consider those choices that we have to make. again, thank you for the work that has been done. with that, i think i will hand it over to your executive director. thank you. supervi

it is critical we support high speed rail and the electrification ofxd caltrain, because we need it.nç economy,ç the traffic is terrific between san francisco and san jose. with our airport, we have this complication of the runways, whenever there is fog. landings and takeoffs are reduced 50%. that is because we get an fha extension because our runways are too close to each other -- an faa ex exception -- çexemption i]because our runwas are too close to each other. with the fog and the traffic, we should make a stronger statement about why this is a critical issue for the state at large for them to consider. maybe you can talk a little bit about what is happening with the city response. in the packet, it said we want to get all the different city agencies to make kind of a joint coordinated recommendation. i would like to know what we are looking at. çjohn rahaim: çthere have been a number of letters cosigned by department directors, namely myself, the director of theq transportation authority, and the redevelopment agency, which address a number of concerns, one of them being a

example, some of these funds would go to fund the gerrie straight b.r.t., 16th street corridor electrification and upgrade for the eastern neighborhoods. some of these kentucky high performing lines would receive funds from this fee and that's what that additional $820 million refers to. those are other funds, prop k and otherwise that have already been identified. so we're able to leverage those to get a significant amount of improvement. in this slide here gives you an idea of the fee, where it will be spent. 65% of the majority of the fee will be spent on adding buses oreille cars. that's what that transit headway improvements and service expansion means. so on a line that is heavily used, we will be able to add service to that line and this money may also be used to maintain and repair those cars, rail cars or buses. line b there, transit reliability improvements, that refers to more traditional capital projects like for example the physical b.r.t. lane separation that will be on van he is or geary. on 16th, bus and right-of-way exclusive travel pass for buses on 16th. so then about 2% wou

secretary boomer: item number 12, supporting the electrification of caltrain. >> he felt it was importantthat we move forward on this. he is the mta board's present on the couch rain board, so he is connected to this issue in a number of ways, and while initially we were planning to bring this informational items, there has been a lot of discussion within the city family, through these terrific transportation and planning functions in the city. with regard to high-speed rail, there has been a divorce to the opinions taken with regard to high-speed rail throughout the state, and we want to make sure san francisco is very clear and strong in its support, with a few caveats that you and your of, and they are reflected before you, and we are likewise working on a regional level with san jose and others along been -- the caltrain corridor. we are at a very important point. the next part will be submitted soon to the legislature, which will start the clock for them to act, so we wanted to bring this to you, articulating what others have been advocating a very strong support for the high- speed

the electrification of cal train, something that has been being worked on for awhile, and the tunnel connection between the fourth of king street to the transit center. they would also provide a limited infrastructure to better accommodate high-speed rail. as well as some bank of passing track to accommodate the different speeds. the main feature attraction power is to support electric trains. the downtown extension project is about a 1.3 you -- 1.3 mile long tunnel that is intended to provide high-speed rail access. it does a number of things that allow for the early delivery of high-speed rail services to san francisco. it provides high rat -- high writer ship to the business plan. we believe it could be a model within california. we think it has the potential of making better use of the funding than the other options might. the comparison of a fast start to the center column, the blended operation as proposed within the aboard the -- the authority plan, you can see that the bottom line of the art project can be delivered for something under $5 billion. you know that there is a sig

wiener's initiative on high-speed rail for a unified product delivers the downtown extension of electrification and separation along the peninsula. the next slide talks about the initiative that the chair moment -- mentioned a moment ago related to a fast start concept to high-speed rail. we are working with the mayor's office and involved agencies, including the high-speed rail authority, a ticket to a project that serves our needs and meets the requirements of getting to the transbay in our lifetime. central subway is also making tremendous progress. a grant of $57 million in prop k this year for tunnel construction. there is a $233 million tunnel construction project awarded already. the mta received a letter of the prejudice this year from the federal transit administration, a lawman the start of construction for the tunnel boring machines. this is a $1.6 billion project which is now under way. the report covers a number of other items related to fleet renovation, radio replacement, and other key projects at muni, as well as a reminder that we are now providing over 900,000 trips to persons

the best credit he suggested so far is this concept of a fast start program with the caltrans electrification program, eventually finishing at the trans bay transit center. it is of utmost importance to all of those. this, ultimately, when it is all billed out, but be a transformative project for the city in the state. we have milestones coming in the future. the mayor appreciates the work done towards those milestones on developing

some of our local transit projects, van ness, of brt project, more regional projects, caltrain electrification, and also some of the pricing initiatives that san francisco is developing locally. with respect to low performers, there was just one project in san francisco. that is the historic streetcar expansion program. this project has two components to it. the first is building a turnaround at fourth and king that would enable creation of a new line, e line, and would operate between fourth and came and to the fisherman's wharf. the second component is extending the f line from its current terminus to fort mason. mtc has said that project is at the cusp of a low performer. added benefit to cost ratio of 0.9, with a cup threshold of being one. there have also given cmas information about how to move forward from here. in particular, three criteria that we might use to make a compelling case as to why the project should continue to be considered for the rtp. we are confident that will not be an issue for this project. the project has a significant benefits to recreational and tourist trips, gi

electr electrification is great. we've had some pretty spectacular breaktl dbreakthrou that was announced yesterday, that at least looks like it will decrease these barriers maybe twofold. continuing again to diversify the transportation fuel. so these are the things we're doing, and we're very focused on that because we understand the economic impacts it has on all americans and our economy. >> but is the overall goal to get our price? >> no, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy and to decrease our dependency on oil. for the first time in the last eight years through a lot of policy, this previous administration, you know, our oil production has increased for the first time. it's at the highest level in eight years. it's the import. the fracture level is at it highest in 18 years. we think if you include all these policies, including air efficiency, we think we can go a long way to becoming less dependent on oil and diversifying our supply and it will help the am

some of our local transit projects, van ness, of brt project, more regional projects, caltrain electrification, and also some of the pricing initiatives that san francisco is developing locally. with respect to low performers, there was just one project in san francisco. that is the historic streetcar expansion program. this project has two components to it. the first is building a turnaround at fourth and king that would enable creation of a new line, e line, and would operate between fourth and came and to the fisherman's wharf. the second

a lot of the rural electrification under new deal was in the south. and of course african-americans did not join the democratic party because of civil rights. why did they join the democratic party? yeah? >> because the new deal programs were marketed for them even though roosevelt really didn't have a civil rights agenda. >> exactly. although a lot of the new deal programs were very discriminatory. for example, social security did not include farm labor. a lot of african-americans in the south worked on farms. didn't include household labor. a lot of african-american women worked in the house. nonetheless, for the first time, at least something, at least something, was being done to improve the lot of african-americans. and they saw the republican party as a white man's party. as a party -- as things began to shift, particularly in the north, as a party that just wasn't interested in programs to help african-americans any longer. you know, maybe during the lincoln era, but in the '30s, they didn't see the republican party offering much. and certainly

>> that's the electrification. >> i see. fixing up tracks, identifying systems that are cost-effective, i say do that and report to us and we'll see if it can be justified. but what you're talking about is major rail systems, new ones across florida or some of they'll other areas, governors are running the cost totals, the costs are coming in much higher than projected. the ridership and the income is below what's projected. and it would be a massive, colossal error to try to build nationwide system right now when it cannot possibly be justified, in my view. >> mr. chairman, can i just say one thing? america has always been about vision. particularly when it comes to transportation. now, i'm glad that when president eisenhower signed the interstate bill, there were a few visionaries here in congress and in subsequent administrations, because what they did, they built large chunks of concrete that didn't really connect for a while. but there was a vision. to connect america. 50 years later, we have a state-of-the-art intersta

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. >> that is the electrification. >> fixing up tracks, identifying systems that are cost-effective. i say do that and report to us and we will see if it can be justified. what you are talking about is major rail system's rigid new ones across florida or some of these other areas. governors are running the cost totals. the costs are coming in much higher than projected. the writer ship and income is below of what is projected. it would be a massive colossal error to try to build a nationwide system right now when the cannot be possibly justified in my view. >> can i just one thing? >> yes. >> america has always been about vision. particularly when it comes to transportation. now, i am glad when president eisenhower signed the interstate bill, there were a few visionaries here in congress and in subsequent administrations. what they did was they built larger chunks of concrete that did not really connect for a while. there was a vision. there was a vision to connect america. 50 years later we have a state of the art at interstate system because of visionaries like eisenhower, members

you say the coming changes in technology are as important as what the last century saw in the electrificationise of the automobile, the development of stainless steel, that kind of thing. >> absolutely, yes. the technological changes that are in the horizon are very, very hard to predict where things will go. in 1990 i sent one of my first emails, i continue have imagined what could have happened with the internet. there are things that already here and the three things that we mentioned, big data, i mean, every hour it processes more information, manufacturing which gives you the ability if you have something storing a computer you can build it. this has now been used to customize even medical devicess and things like that. and also the fact that there are one billion transistors for every person on the planet. and these things can talk to each other. there are those things and they are in the horizon. but -- smart manufacturing. jon: smart manufacturing, the kind of thing that allows a company to design a product in a desktop computer and produce it right there on the spot almost. >> absolu

electrification is great because -- we have been funding -- we have some pretty spectacular breakthroughs. one announced -- will decrease the cost twofold and maybe more. biofuel. very aggressive program in the previous administration but continuing to diversify that supply. so these are the things we are very focused on because we understand the economic impact that -- and our economy. .. lot, long way to becoming less dependent on oil and will help the american economy, and the american consumers. >> thank you. >> thank you for putting a very human face on what a lot of american families are feeling at the pump and with her own family budgets. >> chairman, thank you. i realize we're at the end, i just want to highlight three issues that questions will be submitted for the record, mr. chairman, that i have a particular interest in. one is the issue of the safety culture at the waste treatment facility. there was a d.o.e. office of health and safety security investigation last year report, very concerned about the systemic problem that continues to persist and have an interest in that que

. >> that is the electrification. >> fixing up tracks, identifying systems that are cost-effective. i say do that and report to us and we will see if it can be justified. what you are talking about is major rail system's rigid new ones across florida or some of these other areas. governors are running the cost totals. the costs are coming in much higher than projected. the writer ship and income is below of what is projected. it would be a massive colossal error to try to build a nationwide system right now when the cannot be possibly justified in my ew. >> can i just one thing? >> yes. >> america has always been about vision. particularly when it comes to transportation. no i am glad when president eisenhower signed the interstate bill, there were a few visionaries here in congress and in subsequent administrations. what they did was they built larger chunks of concrete that did not really connect for a while. there was a vision. there was a vision to connect america. 50 years later we have a state of the art at interstate system because of visionaries like eisenhower, members of c