mr. chairman nolan, director reiskin, board member. we'll be presenting an award this afternoon to the proof of payment for the second quarter april to june calendar year. proof of payment distinguishes themselves during this time frame with a 50% decrease in injuries, a 100% safety training compliance. their efforts, the management efforts to coaching employees through exposures on the job daily, and team response, management's response to employee incidents. accepting the award will be p-o-p manager cathy passad. >>> yea! (applause) [laughter] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, member of the board, chairman nolan, direct r reiskin. i'm nervous again, sorry. okay. i accept this safety recognition award on behalf of the entire proof of payment unit. you guys stand up. (applause) >> i also say thank you to sfmta for having this trophy as a symbol for recognizing individual departments quarterly for their concerted efforts to combat injuries. most of which are preventable. we couldn't have done this without the assistance of our super

mr. reiskin and not on other matters not on the agenda. herbert wiener followed by tom lee. >> mr. wiener? [multiple voices] >> mr. wiener is right behind you, mr. lee. >> mr. lee, if you could have a quick seat. mr. wiener is first. >>> herbert wiener. just a fast question. can nina tend the transportation conference or is it restricted? >> it's open to the paul. natumimabvv ~ public. nacto.org. >>> thank you very much. >> mr. lee. good afternoon, mr. lee. >>> good afternoon, mr. nolan, chairman of the board, and mr. reiskin. i'm so glad to see that you are promoting the safety issue and driver. they are so happy. there are 170 drivers, but a know, you have 1800 muni drivers. 170 is only 10% of your workforce for the driver fleet. they are the most safety. if driver of the taxi is only 10% safe, we are way out of business long time ago already. but we are fair employment. we have to drive, be more careful than the muni driver. muni driver [speaker not understood] no dui, go home. you are cut off from everything. they make a mistake, mostly they are nice drivers. i know that. but t

. >> i'd like to ask director reiskin for mr. low about the pedestrian report i'd like to report back to that some time soon okay. >> moving on to our consent calendar calendar if discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately. 10.2 and 5 have been severed at the request of the members of the board. >> a motion on the remaining items on the calendar. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? let's go to 10.2. >> director 10.2 approves the traffic modifications i will refrain from reading their numerous but there are a number of speakers who wish to address we'll start with john (calling names). >> sir. >> good afternoon again calory nolan of the sfmta board of directors i endorse the motion 10.2 what we call day lighting in the tenderloin neighborhood it inspires the creation of a resolution on day lighting to recommend day lighting be implemented on any intersection in san francisco particularly those in 6 percent that are leading the 60 percent of the collisions so, please crit

mr. criticism. >> good afternoon directors i'm a big fan of edward reiskin those awards are well deserved but having said that in terms of the taxi industry the mta has ultimately failed this industry the in fact, you have now opened the door the city and state for any amateur to do the same service as the taxis without the same rules and regulations that makes a mouky hive e they've opened up uber and sidecars it is one of the last privileges it is now gone to unregulated services the only thing that separates between being a taxi driver or company is now e high on a hill it calls to me is eroding and getting into the business i can tell you our waste time is lens 5 minutes from the older we've intrigued fly wheel and we're under 7 minutes i can tell you right now i have to really reconsider paying for the use medallion the only use is doing street hills this aspect of opening up the airport to uber lift and fly wheel is not only going to devastate the taxi business i'll telling you as a business person and someone that's dedicated to the taxi industry i've tried to make it work as a bus