we're not getting the empirical data. for the last five or six years, we have been discussing about this and that an whatever. we can discuss for 10 years. if you put a bunch of clowns, we can discuss it for 20 years. what is really going to come out of it is going to have a meaningful dialogue. some of us have seen it all of the world. and as to the speaker -- that's on new. i'm going to remind you. if you represent your districts, please do due diligence. thank you very much. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker, please. my name is ben hoffman and i am a proud member of the san francisco transit riders association. the only twas i know of getting empirical evidence -- to ways i know of getting empirical evidence -- there are loads of examples of cities around the world that have robust brt. the other is to build the project. we have all the empirical evidence from other cities about a successful model to bring to san francisco, and so, i strongly advocate for this project on behalf of the san francisco transit r

stupid people who understand a lot about transportation, and they need to get the right type of empirical data, not any thing in detail, but to the findings so focus meetings can be had among the constituents of san francisco. every taxpayer should have a pretty good idea of what is happening with our transportation in san francisco. thank you very much. commissioner campos: thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> i would like to comment more on the way the public comment is perceived by the members of this committee and others and the board of supervisors. one of the things i noticed in just observing how public comment is treated is that there are always two or 3 certain members of the committee or board of supervisors to think that public comment, which is the only way that 99% of the citizens can access there elected -- their elected representatives are treated with contempt. they would much rather have a private conversation or chuckle along and then listen to what the citizens have to say. let us show you how little we think of you. we pay attention to the 1% who show up with a check in

stupid people who understand a lot about transportation, and they need to get the right type of empirical data

i wanted to get empirical data. i took the readings i got from other fields. i got a light meter myself, and went out to these sites, on and off the field, and could did that the measurements projected in these studies match what is out there in real time. it was informative for me to not only take that information from the manufacturer, but tested in the field. i am convinced the measurements are accurate. supervisor mar: but i can see that those who live near lincoln park that are up higher would see a light where they had seen darkness before. >> the fields are going to be lit. the end of the park will obviously be eliminated. we have a simulation in the eir that shows the longer range nighttime view. we did conclude that it was going to be visible. there would be an area that was eliminated that is not now eliminated. the overall view is primarily an urban cities gape at night. -- cityscape at night. we concluded it would not be a significant impact. supervisor mar: i do see on the several projections, it does not look like it is that much illumination fro

first, our peak hour factor that we use in the transportation analysis is based on empirical data and based on the data we collected at these various intersections. in the future, we are not -- we are not in the future yet, so we cannot collect those data and therefore, we have to do it an estimation of what the peak hour factor will be. adjustment of this peak hour factor, increasing the factor to represent less traffic fluctuations as traffic volumes increase, is a standard approach used by the department. it is reasonable to assume that at intersections -- >> if i could ask you one question. >> i ask you these questions yesterday and you did not have the answer. it says in the eir that what you described, adjusting the peak hour factor is a standard practice used by "many transportation planning in diindustry practitioners." can you name any other california city that uses this project -- this process? >> i cannot name any. >>> i will tell you from what i understand from other experts, there are not any other california cities that allow this practice. let me ask you -- are you awa

. >> we have no empirical data of where they are and how they're moving. >> reporter: cab drivers this week protested the new gps tracking systems, but the council appears ready to approve it tuesday. jim? >> thank you, tom. >>> still ahead on news4 at 5:00, police officers smashing surveillance cameras and step on a store workers. we'll tell you what started this raid in the first place. >>> another disturbing story in prince georges county, the search for a person >>> well, pepco is talking about its progress in restoring power, some customers are still sweating it out, six days after the big storm. critics complain when they call pepco, they're getting confusing information about when their power might be restoredchris gom montgomery county. >> reporter: it is the summer of our discontent. cars crushed, trees and power lines down at thornapple street and beechwood. residents here are waiting for power, but their patience has been worn -- >> i'm getting robo-calls saying that the power is back on, you leave the hotel and you go back and there's no poor. you go back to the fantastic w

>> working from the empirical data that as we all know, men are better drivers. >> hang on will cain,study of americans, men are worse drivers than women. 80% of all fatal and serious accidents are caused by men. women are 27% less likely than men to cause auto accidents. men are three times as likely for driver's license of drugs or alcohol. so you're wrong on that. >> they don't ask for directions ever. >> it's interesting, i thought, this town has 5,000 people. i started off disliking this mayor a little bit because i was outraged. >> no! >> yes. >> because he said this, i've never expected this reaction, i've been on the phone all day. we hit a raw nerve in society, it's been a great marketing gimmick, they can see the town's attractions why here. ding ding ding. no, he's a genius. >> he is. >> he has a little blip on the pr screen. >> and he'll have tourists coming to park and spend money in his little town. >> all the way to the bank. mr. stroble, i want to salute you. we want to know what you think of our bigger stories -- >> there are bigger stories? >> yes, your end point, re

. >> confidence is one thing, but what that empirical data would look like, i think jeff is right thats is why some people are comfortable cutting the budget. but i'm not sure how the budget would be cut. waste reduces down pretty quickly to other people's priorities. when you are identifying what you consider to be waste worthy of a cut, it is in there for a reason. someone else put it in there and it is their priority, not yours. identifying which waste will be cut and even measuring how much waste there is -- >> [inaudible] >> right, the only metric you could use is looking at gao's high risk, list for defense programs and determining that a number of them are on the list. the one is the dod, financial management systems, which has not been proven to be very successful in getting ready the financial data. the those systems themselves have been in breach of financial regulations. that is an aunt -- an anecdote that i'm not sure how are you attracted over time -- retract it over time. >> [inaudible] also, if you see any potential for change in that. also, i was wondering [unintelligib

. >> confidence is one thing, but what that empirical data would look like, i think jeff is right that this is why some people are comfortable cutting the budget. but i'm not sure how the budget would be cut. waste reduces down pretty quickly to other people's priorities. when you are identifying what you consider to be waste worthy of a cut, it is in there for a reason. someone else put it in there and it is their priority, not yours. identifying which waste will be cut and even measuring how much waste there is -- >> [inaudible] >> right, the only metric you could use is looking at gao's high risk, list for defense programs and determining that a number of them are on the list. the one is the dod, financial management systems, which has not been proven to be very successful in getting ready the financial data. the those systems themselves have been in breach of financial regulations. that is an aunt -- an anecdote that i'm not sure how are you attracted over time -- retract it over time. >> [inaudible] also, if you see any potential for change in that. also, i was wondering [unintell

but there must be some empirical data that leads you to what is causing jobs to be so tepid. >> the hangoverf a big asset and credit bubble and especially the housing bubble, tends tor very protractive. i think that's the number one reason for why in general over the last few years, we've seen a disappointing recovery. i think in addition to that, there are some sort of specific drags. we've seen some drag from the fiscal side, mainly on state and local so far. not so much on the federal side although that's now starting. and i think some spillover from europe as well. but the overriding reasons, really, that the hangover tends to take unfortunately quite a long time. >> jan, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> jan hatzius of goldman sachs. >>> we just heard mitt romney's reaction to the june jobs report. right after the break, we'll talk more about his comments with surrogate tom stemberg, the crow founder and ceo of staples. from around the world... s ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nat

. >> confidence is one thing, but without empirical data would look like -- jeff is right as to this is one of the reasons people feel comfortable cutting the budget. i am not sure it is a guideline for how the budget will be cut. waste reduces down pretty quickly to other people's priorities. when you are identifying what you consider to be waste worthy of cuts, it is in there for a reason. someone else put it there or it it is their priority and not yours. identifying which ways should be cut or even measuring how much waste that there is. >> [inaudible question] >> that is right. all you can use is looking at the gao's risk for defense programs, observing that a number of them are chronically on the list. one of them is the dod financial management systems, which have not proven very successful in getting the voting ready to report its financial data. both systems have been in breach of financial regulations. that is an anecdote that i am not sure how you track over time. >> i was wondering if you could speak about americans -- [inaudible] [inaudible question] also, i was wonderin

empirically. campaign spending i can show you the data. nt affects the economy is harder empirical argument because the market and our economy is complex. the fact is, however, if you talk to people in the white house, if you talk to economists, on and on, what you see is that candidates have to, during campaign season, talk about how much they will do, then they get to the white house and they're looking under the console for those magic buttons. where is the ad jobs button and where is the fix education button. the buttons don't exist, so it's this again fallacy that president candidates like to perpetuate that they have a lot of control. the fact is that washington doesn't control the economy, the president can do some things fiddling around the margin so it's a bum deal. >> when you say the consumer confidence does stem in part from leadership in the white house and if you have consumer confidence which you don't have right now, things are better? >> i do. one thing from economics and behavioral psychology and economics is that uncertai

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