mr. reiskin and his staff. the mta has worked very closely with all audit team, and we appreciate the openness. with that i will turn it over to mr. wristband here yet i think the timing works pretty well because it is just taking over this agency. -- i will turn it over to mr. reiskin. >> thank you. good afternoon. thank you for giving us the opportunity to be here, and think yoank you, commissioner c, for your leadership and coming this process in place. and i would echo your sentiments us the new guy to walk through the door and handed me documentation for how to improve, it is a great thing. i would be lying if i say in departments we love when folks come in and audit us. often the result can be very helpful, and i think that was the case here. i first day on the job i sat down and one of the things we discussed was the important of mta's ability to deliver project on time and on budget. -- my first day on the job i sat down and one of the things we discussed was the importance of mta's ability to deliver pr

mr. reiskin and his staff. the mta has worked very closely with all audit team, and we appreciate the openness. with that i will turn it over to mr. wristband here yet i think the timing works pretty well because it is just taking over this agency. -- i will turn it over to mr. reiskin. >> thank you. good afternoon. thank you for giving us the opportunity to be here, and think yoank you, commissioner c, for your leadership and coming this process in place. and i would echo your

mr. reiskin. i think of it that focuses on how the mta is managing capital projects provide the timely footprint for mr. reiskin on how to improve this agency. i also want to thank the leadership of the transportation authority, the chair for creamii and the members. i think it is important that we work together to improve the way we do things i look forward to a similar performance of it being conducted of the county transportation authority so that we can also learn how we can improve and that area. the last thing that i would say before i turn it over to cgr management consultants for their presentation, is i do think there are many lessons to be learned in the 19 recommendations that are made by this autumn are recommendations that need to be taken seriously. we have heard repeatedly how there are limited resources that the mta has available. this audit point out that as important -- as important as it is to get additional resources, the big problem is we're not doing enough with the resources

mr. rice kin also mentioned -- reiskin also mentioned psych sling joy. do we feel happy we arrived home in one piece or is it just fun and safe together? the figures show that the netherlands, cycling in the netherlands is the safest transport mode in europe. if you compare to it, for example, italy, which is very dangerous for cyclists. we do fairly well. the explanation is, to my opinion, in the fact that we call safety by numbers. the more you get, the safer it is. and i'll show you the next slide to prove that. this is the bike share in the u. where the netherlands is extreme left and the u.k. is extreme right. and third is italy, for example. denmark is second next to the netherlands. if you compare that with safety numbers, you see that in the netherlands, where we cycle a lot, not too many people on bikes got killed and it's just the other way around in it italy and the u.k. where people do not cycle but get killed if they cycle. and somebody can come up with the arguments that we have a lot of good bicycle infrastructure in the netherlands. that'

mr. rice kin also mentioned -- reiskin also mentioned psych sling joy. do we feel happy we arrived home in one piece or is it just fun and safe together? the figures show that the netherlands, cycling in the netherlands is the safest transport mode in europe. if you compare to it, for example, italy, which is very dangerous for cyclists. we do fairly well. the explanation is, to my

mr. council general. everybody. it's great to see such a great crowd here for what for us is an extremely important event. my name is ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco and very pleased to welcome you all

mr. council general. everybody. it's great to see such a great crowd here for what for us is an extremely important event. my name is ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco and very pleased to welcome you all here this morning for what we expect will be a very lively and productive couple of days here in san francisco. the san francisco m.t.a. is the agency that's charged with implementing the city's transit first policy, which is about getting people out of their cars and into more sustainable modes of transportation, such as bikes, such as walking and transit in our great muni system. as someone who myself gets around the city often by bike, and i do that by choice, but more importantly, i'm given the charge of our agency to get folks out oaf their cars. i can't tell you how exciting it is for me to think all of the brain power and enthusiasm for cycling that's in this room are going to spend the next two days working with us to help us figure out how we can do every -- even better. although we've done a lot in terms of bicycling and increasing the mode of bicycling as a transportation of choice an