officer who speaks your language and also ask for a interprerererererererere >> hello operators, i'm jeff tumlin recollect director of transportation. >> i'm jour san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson. >> first and formost, i like to thank you for everything you do to help our passengers get around the city. it is safety in mind we like to talk about what to do if you encounter any kind of emergency scene while on your route >> if you see a ambuljs and fire engine on the side thf street, this usually indicates there is some type of medical emergency. >> the first thing you should do is look out for emergency personnel in the area. if there is room to proceed, do so, if you cannot pass safely, contact the transit management control center for instructions. >> active fire scenes meanple while may appear static but can become dynamic in seconds. you may see engines trucks and vehicles with flashing red lights. >> the best course of action is call the tmc and give as much information as you can, including the site and nature of the emergency. there should be a captain or public safety officer o

today's special guest is jeff tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. 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'

and i want it acknowledge the mayor who not only sign third degree but have given the space toy jeff tumlin and the mta and the upon fire department to stand up for that is right in the interest of public safety of the people city of san francisco. as this technology is being deplayed. i want to start with upon an obvious question. which is to director chang. did we invite cruise and others to the meeting? yes, we did all 3 operators declined to attend this morning, 2 sent letters way mo and cruise. zusz mentioned they are not testing driverlessly in san francisco they are with a safety operator they have no further comment. >> okay. so i think look. this is obviously and we'll continue to be evolving field of public policy. so i wanted to -- do this at a high level and talk about the experience that san francisco having relative to the role that we don't seem to play as a function of state and federal preemption. and i want to also thifrng and acknowledge the t. a. and mta for standing up in front of the california public utility's commission in august. and asking for a very reason sensibl

and i want it acknowledge the mayor who not only sign third degree but have given the space toy jeff tumlin and the mta and the upon fire department to stand up for that is right in the interest of public safety of the people city of san francisco. as this technology is being deplayed. i want to start with upon an obvious question. which is to director chang. did we invite cruise and others to the meeting? yes, we did all 3 operators declined to attend this morning, 2 sent letters way mo and cruise. zusz mentioned they are not testing driverlessly in san francisco they are with a safety operator they have no further comment. >> okay. so i think look. this is obviously and we'll continue to be evolving field of public policy. so i wanted to -- do this at a high level and talk about the experience that san francisco having relative to the role that we don't seem to play as a function of state and federal preemption. and i want to also thifrng and acknowledge the t. a. and mta for standing up in front of the california public utility's commission in august. and asking for a very reason sensibl

. >> well i will let do you want to talk about the jeff tumlin to talk about this. sure. >> thank you. as you know we got word left week about what the closure impacts would be of each of the events. since then we have been busy with communication team getting the word out. the first place i direct you to is our website. sfmta..com/ap ec weave update daily as now information come in. we are doing the work truly centering communities. we were out in china town last week presenting and hearing from community about what do they need in order to make sure this all of their needs have been met. we are dog this w in terms of updating our planning and resolve details. then getting this information out to community. on our website you can sign up for specific transportation related alerts. and you can use 311 and the city website in order to provide the team with input about things we may have missed. >> yes. so there will be signage and we are grateful that the city call for voltories was woild low successful. we will be the beneficiary of men of the excess volunteers who

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

i hope may be next meeting you will have somebody from mta come and jeff tumlin come and explain why than i to being away blue zones and not requesting than i had a committee that takes them away and than i have another committee they need the blue zone color code committee, which is going to meet on december 6 and you know put him in. this is really unfair discrimination against people who need the blue zone and you need to call mta and have them accountable for this action. that's when i wanted say. i'm going to call the sunshine ordinance and see if you are in violation of the sunshine ordinance about public comment. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. are there any public comment at this time? >> i don't see anybody else who would like to comment at this time. >> i'm going to close the public comment. and we going to item 11, information. item. council members comments or announcements. going to go through the names. sherri you have a comment? >> no thank you. >> denise. >> no, thank you. >> for me i want to again -- welcome patricia for joining us. today and welcome and i

and i want it acknowledge the mayor who not only sign third degree but have given the space toy jeff tumlin and the mta and the upon fire department to stand up for that is right in the interest of public safety of the people city of san francisco. as this technology is being deplayed. i want to start with upon an obvious question. which is to director chang. did we invite cruise and others to the meeting? yes, we did all 3 operators declined to attend this morning, 2 sent letters way mo and cruise. zusz mentioned they are not testing driverlessly in san francisco they are with a safety operator they have no further comment. >> okay. so i think look. this is obviously and we'll continue to be evolving field of public policy. so i wanted to -- do this at a high level and talk about the experience that san francisco having relative to the role that we don't seem to play as a function of state and federal preemption. and i want to also thifrng and acknowledge the t. a. and mta for standing up in front of the california public utility's commission in august. and asking for a very reason sensibl

. >> well i will let do you want to talk about the jeff tumlin to talk about this.e. >> thank you. as you know we got word left week about what the closure impacts would be of each of the events. since then we have been busy with communication team getting the word out. the first place i direct you to is our website. sfmta..com/ap ec weave update daily as now information come in. we are doing the work truly centering communities. we were out in china town last week presenting and hearing from community about what do they need in order to make sure this all of their needs have been met. we are dog this w in terms of updating our planning and resolve details. then getting this information out to community. on our website you can sign up for specific transportation related alerts. and you can use 311 and the city website in order to provide the team with input about things we may have missed. >> yes. so there will be signage and we are grateful that the city call for voltories was woild low successful. we will be the beneficiary of men of the excess volunteers who we w

i hope may be next meeting you will have somebody from mta come and jeff tumlin come and explain why than i to being away blue zones and not requesting than i had a committee that takes them away and than i have another committee they need the blue zone color code committee, which is going to meet on december 6 and you know put him in. this is really unfair discrimination against people who need the blue zone and you need to call mta and have them accountable for this action. that's when i wanted say. i'm going to call the sunshine ordinance and see if you are in violation of the sunshine ordinance about public comment. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. are there any public comment at this time? >> i don't see anybody else who would like to comment at this time. >> i'm going to close the public comment. and we going to item 11, information. item. council members comments or announcements. going to go through the names. sherri you have a comment? >> no thank you. >> denise. >> no, thank you. >> for me i want to again -- welcome patricia for joining us. today and welcome and i

. >> hello operators, i'm jeff tumlin recollect director of transportation. >> i'm jour san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson. >> first and formost, i like to thank you for everything you do to help our passengers get around the city. it is safety in mind we like to talk about what to do if you encounter any kind of emergency scene while on your route >> if you see a ambuljs and fire engine on the side thf street, this usually indicates there is some type of medical emergency. >> the first thing you should do is look out for emergency personnel in the area. if there is room to proceed, do so, if you cannot pass safely, contact the transit management control center for instructions. >> active fire scenes meanple while may appear static but can become dynamic in seconds. you may see engines trucks and vehicles with flashing red lights. >> the best course of action is call the tmc and give as much information as you can, including the site and nature of the emergency. there should be a captain or public safety officer on the scene who can tell you what is going on. then let you know

. >> hello operators, i'm jeff tumlin recollect director of transportation. >> i'm jour san franciscochief jeanine nicholson. >> first and formost, i like to thank you for everything you do to help our passengers get around the city. it is safety in mind we like to talk about what to do if you encounter any kind of emergency scene while on your route >> if you see a ambuljs and fire engine on the side thf street, this usually indicates there is some type of medical emergency. >> the first thing you should do is look out for emergency personnel in the area. if there is room to proceed, do so, if you cannot pass safely, contact the transit management control center for instructions. >> active fire scenes meanple while may appear static but can become dynamic in seconds. you may see engines trucks and vehicles with flashing red lights. >> the best course of action is call the tmc and give as much information as you can, including the site and nature of the emergency. there should be a captain or public safety officer on the scene who can tell you what is going on. then let you know wheth