i have one speaker card from ian griffith of the seamless bay area.some decostus, you're up there, go ahead. come on up, ian. >> good morning, my name is ian griffith, and i wanted to come here today and introduce myself and offer to continue to work with the board of supervisors, as well as staff, on the details because the devil is in the details of this proposed legislation, ab2057. seamless bay area, we're a non-profit group. we're about two years old, a lot of transportation professionals and advocates who want to see a better transportation system. we want to see a more rider-friendly system that will, over the course of the next several decades, substantively approve the system and make it more human-centered. this is a can we've been kicking down the road for decades, avoiding this topic of how our governance affects the outcomes of our transit to deliver services that are competitive with driving. we're stuck with 12% transit mode share regionally, and it is much higher in san francisco, but so many people in our region and commuting across c

i have one speaker card from ian griffith of the seamless bay area.me decostus, you're up there, go ahead. come on up, ian. >> good morning, my name is ian griffith, and i wanted to come here today and introduce myself and offer to continue to work with the board of supervisors, as well as staff, on the details because the devil is in the details of this proposed legislation, ab2057. seamless bay area, we're a non-profit group. we're about two years old, a lot of transportation professionals and advocates who want to see a better transportation system. we want to see a more rider-friendly system that will, over the course of the next several decades, substantively approve the system and make it more human-centered. this is a can we've been kicking down the road for decades, avoiding this topic of how our governance affects the outcomes of our transit to deliver services that are competitive with driving. we're stuck with 12% transit mode share regionally, and it is much higher in san francisco, but so many people in our region and commuting across cou

i have one speaker card from ian griffith of the seamless bay area.some decostus, you're up there, go ahead. come on up, ian. >> good morning, my name is ian griffith, and i wanted to come here today and introduce myself and offer to continue to work with the board of supervisors, as well as staff, on the details because the devil is in the details of this proposed legislation, ab2057. seamless bay area, we're a non-profit group. we're about two years old, a lot of transportation professionals and advocates who want to see a better transportation system. we want to see a more rider-friendly system that will, over the course of the next several decades, substantively approve the system and make it more human-centered. this is a can we've been kicking down the road for decades, avoiding this topic of how our governance affects the outcomes of our transit to deliver services that are competitive with driving. we're stuck with 12% transit mode share regionally, and it is much higher in san francisco, but so many people in our region and commuting across c

i have one speaker card from ian griffith of the seamless bay area.ostus, you're up there, go ahead. come on up, ian. >> good morning, my name is ian griffith, and i wanted to come here today and introduce myself and offer to continue to work with the board of supervisors, as well as staff, on the details because the devil is in the details of this proposed legislation, ab2057. seamless bay area, we're a non-profit group. we're about two years old, a lot of transportation professionals and advocates who want to see a better transportation system. we want to see a more rider-friendly system that will, over the course of the next several decades, substantively approve the system and make it more human-centered. this is a can we've been kicking down the road for decades, avoiding this topic of how our governance affects the outcomes of our transit to deliver services that are competitive with driving. we're stuck with 12% transit mode share regionally, and it is much higher in san francisco, but so many people in our region and commuting across county bo

i have one speaker card from ian griffith of the seamless bay area.some decostus, you're up there, go ahead. come on up, ian. >> good morning, my name is ian griffith, and i wanted to come here today and introduce myself and offer to continue to work with the board of supervisors, as well as staff, on the details because the devil is in the details of this proposed legislation, ab2057. seamless bay area, we're a non-profit group. we're about two years old, a lot of transportation professionals and advocates who want to see a better transportation system. we want to see a more rider-friendly system that will, over the course of the next several decades, substantively approve the system and make it more human-centered. this is a can we've been kicking down the road for decades, avoiding this topic of how our governance affects the outcomes of our transit to deliver services that are competitive with driving. we're stuck with 12% transit mode share regionally, and it is much higher in san francisco, but so many people in our region and commuting across c

ian griffith is a public transit crusader. he is 36 years old and has never owned a car. >> i love living in places where you can get around without a car. it is something that i wish everyone had that as an option. >> ian has worked for more than a decade as an urban planner, most recently for bart. but it's been frustrating. only about 12% of bay area residents commute on public transit, and the number who ride transit at all is dropping. that's bad for traffic and the environment. >> we really want to reduce greenhouse gas emission, transportation is the biggest contributor to a greenhouse gas emissions. so we have to be shifting more people to public transit. >> ian and a growing network of other bay area activists believe a big barrier to riding public transportation is confusion. >> we are one of the most fragmented regions in the country. >> the bay area actually has 27 transit agencies, but no requirements to make them cooperate with each other. >> when you add it all together, it oftentimes takes hours to get across t