vice chair heinicke, would you like to start off? >> vice chair m. heinicke: price of leadership. or sitting next to cheryl. so i know we saw this in the presentation, i just want to make sure i got it. can you walk us through the distance differential, if you are going both ways on the corridor, how much further and what is the topography of the blocks that are affected? >> yes, if spruce rapid were eliminated, the next closest rapid stops are masonic and aguello and it's about 3400 feet and you would be adding somewhere around 1700 feet addition for people. i actually went out friday and walked from masonic to spruce and from spruce to aguello, it took me about six minute, and nine minutes. i am able-bodied but not the fastest walker. >> vice chair m. heinicke: the approval of transit savings because of this trip stop elimination are? >> about 40 seconds. >> vice chair m. heinicke: times how many people on those busses? >> about that point 9,200 daily riders passing through. if you do the math end up with more savings for more people, it's a little bit more a lot of people as op

vice chair heinicke? >> >> vice chair m. heinicke: thank you very much. thank you, director reiskin, for that report. i feel obliged by noting my personal sadness and i'm sure it's the same of all the other board members of the pedestrian fatalities you reported and certainly near and dear to my heart is the passage of the worker trying to make myself and my children and you and everyone who uses that tunnel get to work and play more quickly. i feel that and perhaps when the project is complete we as an agency can figure out the best way to honor his contribution and let his family know his contribution is so greatly appreciated. on the topic of appreciation i will say, as always you take things on the chin very well and you have had a rough month, we have had a rough month and i personally appreciate you taking direct responsibility for it. and vowing to address these issues. i also want to compliment the mayor's office for being very direct in her communication, so we know what she is looking for, obviously a critical constituent and someone whose leade

heinicke: okay, do have you a different evaluation as m.t.a. staff? >> in my opinion they are great for reliability. it's different than travel time, it's harder to measure. but by the fact that our study found there's greater compliance with the lanes means people driving are much less likely to violate their lanes which means they are better for reliability. >> that's an opinion, is that a report? >> >> vice chair m. heinicke: you said your opinion, is that m.t.a. staff's opinion, has that been studied? i'm in favor of the red lanes but when one of the operators comes here and tells us something i want to make sure we respond as an agency. >> that's my opinion. >> i thought we saw on the mission line, because i take that everyday and i can time it -- >> they can't hear you, gwyneth. >> g. borden: i thought we d looked at data and saw increased times, is that not true? >> chair c. brinkman: sorry, audience members, no public participation or i will have to ask you to leave the room. >> there are different questions being asked. one is transit-only la

heinicke will not be joining you today. do you have a quorum. be advised that the ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and other sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off in the room may be asked to leave the room. cell phones set on vibrate cause microphone interference, so we respectfully ask they be placed in the off division. new public comment on the minutes? >> chairman brinkman: do i have a motion to approve the june 9 minutes? all in favor? any opposed? approved. we have a lot of public comment today, as you can see, looking around and those in the overflow room. a lot of people are here to comment on a number of items, two of the big items appear to be townsend street and the embarcadero. i ask that you give your comment after director's report and i will move general public comment to after consent calendar and after item 11. so we'll split public comment and move it down further so the members of the public here for the agenda items will be able to give public comment. so note that.