excellent presentation, ms. payne. appreciate that. we have been joined by two members of the board of supervisors who i know wish to address us. supervisor scott wiener is here. [speaker not understood], supervisor wiener just before we hear from the public. good afternoon, supervisor wiener. >> thank you, and thank you, directors, for allowing me a moment to speak. and also for all of your work on this important issue. i'm here today in strong support of the staff recommendation relating to employee shuttles. and when you look at the district that i have the honor of representing, district 8 including the castro and noe valley, parts of the mission, glenn park, et cetera, i can't say this for sure, but district 8 certainly is at the high end in terms of usage of our streets and muni stops by employee shuttles, by riders of those shuttles who live in the district. and also probably people who sometimes get a little frustrated with the routing of the shuttles and the usage of the stops. so, in a lot of ways we've been in the middle of

>> a clarifying comment for ms. payne. good presentation. i know one of the questions that has been brought up which supervisor campos brought up was the $1 per stop event per day. some people are saying why so little, isn't it worth doing more? is it my understanding of your presentation the first step during this pilot project, the pilot project will help us gather what the transportation impacts are, what we can address are the transportation impacts, could this go up? [speaker not understood] could this charge go up? >> there are several parts to speak to. we will be tracking the costs of administering and delivering all of the services of the program. we are limited to doing cost recovery. and, so, that means -- and i'm sure the city attorney's office can give a more legal definition than i can. but as we understand, it means the costs associated with providing this permit and administration it and evaluating the program -- >> just to be clear, in a parking permit process administered by the city, we are limited by state law, not our ow

. >> good afternoon, ms. payne. >> good afternoon, chair nolan and members of the sfmta board. i'm carly payne, the transportation demand management manager at mta and the project manager for this pilot that we're proposing that you take action on today. so, this work relates to commuter shuttle that are provided by employers, institutions like medical institutions or educational institutions and by individual buildings or developments. this is not about tour buses or jitneys or charter coaches or taxis or party buses. the shuttle, the commuter shuttle sector has grown very rapidly and it's created some impacts on muni. as the shuttle sector has grown till now, our approach at the fmtta to resolve the problems in a [speaker not understood] way. finding the ad hoc [speaker not understood], and that's worked okay. with ~ but the sector is so large now and is not a sustainable approach. furthermore, it has caused a lot of confusion among operators for enforcement and for members of the public about what's allowed where and why. and, so, this approach seeks to remedy that, to create

ms. cu. >>> [speaker not understood]. we remind fellow politicians that we are paying attention. at the recent environmental commission hearing, carly payne mentioned a survey of tech bus riders done by u.c. berkeley grad students which i have sent to you already. the league tech did the study and results reinforced key points we'd like to make. i don't have all the time to give all the specifics in this public comment and i tried to provide a copy, but the clerk would not take it. tech buses do take cars off the street. they also create car trips through displacement and car tech riders are increasing housing costs. we're not opposed to the pilot program but we think the current program is insufficient. first of all, companies need pay their share. charging $1 a stop is a joke. [speaker not understood] compensate for delays to muni [speaker not understood]. cost recovery fees that the media and the city attorney do not want to address. if the companies are willing to pay more, they could just negotiate a fair price with the city or the sfmta could do a nexus study [speaker not understood] and charge a higher impact fee or put a higher ta

payne is eager to have a go at you. stuart: some charles: this is cheaper than taxis. the first thing i'm thinking the ms.ne, taxes or anything else out there. how will you provide this and be cheaper than a taxicab? >> a lot of the net is we are enabling transportation network of everyday people. number 2 is we have this interesting, sophisticated matching algorithm that allows drivers to be matched up with writers going the same way. if you are a driver you can give rides for a few hours, go anywhere in a particular area or set it up so that on your way to work, when you are running errands you convict someone else ak isplagatins k a swhhis o rs o going the same way and the fasc. we would love to her stuart: they are coming after you in new york city. charles: that won't be enough. stuart: let's have him back, fascinating stuff. seattle seahawks defensive back richard sherman causing controversy over his post game ranch but i bet you it will help the ratings for the super bowl. we will talk to im in a second. [ doctor ] and in a inical trial versus litor, crestor got more high-risk patient bad cholester