our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects like the valencia bike improvements had to be put on hold. are we s

our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects like the valencia bike improvements had to be put on hold. are we s

our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open,

makes it difficult at the late night hours. 2 finds bathrooms the next thing s i want to applaud jeff tumlin and his staff have prepared wonderful documents and expressed logical arguments and ignored by the puc regarding the problems with the autonomous vehicles. warnings are not looked at and more action should be taken. 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. hours are ignored. i seen them in the evening hours and the morning hours. i seen them during middle day hours, they are not adhering to the hour and they are not working. joofest i urge you to report the dmv and other agencies that over seat autonomous vehicles that create dangerous situations. no one if the code involved parking fines you should issue a parking ticket. follow them and give them a parking ticket every minute. they are atrocious and arc noticing and make driving in the city difficult. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speakers, please. >> i accidentally press in the i'm waiting for number 9. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> yes. kirt nelson a former [inaudible] at uber. and i with the autonomous cars as a cyclist and pedest