the mta has now destroyed our lives, destroyed -- well, not just the mta, but the cpuc, but the mta's own mission and comission have led to the present situation. i -- this is, like, i think the mta are simply waiting to see what happens. they're not for us, they're not against us. they just want to see how this all pans out with uber and lyft and figure out how to make money from it. how to get taxes, how to charge them 5 cents perride and that goes into the city coffers. it's just like the horse and buggy. the old business -- >> supervisor safai: thank you, sir. i appreciate it, but your time has run out. thank you. thank you for your time. >> in 1999, voters approved prop e. this stated, for too many years, san francisco's municipal railway has been the public service its citizens most love to haste. what should be the nation's best transit system is instead known for late trains and buses, long delays in the tunnel, frequent accidents, accidents and dismal customer service. in 1999, there were expectations by the voters that mta would bring improvements. they've had almost two dec

the mta has reconfigured the area for the third time. i urge the committee to conduct a hearing on quality control with mta checks and balances issues. on the issue of capacity, the chair of the bond oversight committee asked staff if there was adequate capacity to manage the large new mexico of capital projects the agency is implementing concurrently. though the response is yes, that could be question. the mta posted signs however they weren't prominently post. people parked and when they came out the cars had been towed. this could be an cation -- indication of major issues. >> thank you very much. any other members of the public who wish to speak? seeing public comment closed. all right so this hearing has been held. our sponsor of the hearing has departed the hearing but i think our main point is we just wanted to ensure there was fairness and transparency in terms of the process in which the permits were issued around bike share especially the dockless or semi-dockless bike sharing. i was excite about the types of new bike sharing t

mta took similar approvals for approving the project and await the federal approval of the federal rod, environmental work at the federal level. first phase improvements are underway. we helped mt a to prepare for the construction phase. they established citizen and business advisory committees and of course have initially encountered some delays partially able to recover those related to the utility work. geneva brt continues to advance in the planning stage, very important as well. on the freeway side, we presented to this body recently with your guidance and outreach continues there working closely with cal trans and our partners to the south. and we hope to bring more studies forward to you in this coming year. moving to late night transportation, this was work that started a couple years ago, together with the office of economic work force and development, responding to them, commissioner wiener's request and effectively implemented with late night services connecting daily city and the mission. another regional initiative we partnered with them on was a capacity -- transit core c

in 2007 of proposition a, which was the charter amendment, that devolved power and oversight to the mta commission and gave it legislative powers. and in doing that, it was done with a theory that we were attempting to insulate the critical functions that the mta is in charge of relative to public transit, flow of traffic and curbside management from political interference. what i didn't anticipate at that time was that i would take out the -- we would end up taking out the legislative oversight and check and balance and really have political interference only from the executive branch, if you will. but when we -- i was reminded that when we wrote proposition 8, we included a provision that allows the board by legislation to involve itself in certain instances. the way that supervisor safai and my staff and his staff crafted that, does it in a judicious way that will allow the board to have oversight over curbside management, but also will make sure that the mta will continue to be able to discharge without interference issues related to bicycle lanes, rapid transit, other large infrast

while we do continue to track this method internally and also report it to the mta, it will not appear with the strategic plan metrics starting in july. we concur with all the recommendations for goal two, as well. on this first one, the muni customer services take has taken the lead to establish standards for customer complaint resolution for all complaints beyond those just specific to operator conduct. so we'll be adopting those methods for the next strategic plan, as well. and for the service delivery metric recommendation, we're really excited to transfer these to the outputs of the new radio system that is now on all of our bus vehicles and soon all of our lrv's as well. and lastly, we concur with all of the goal three and four recommendations. we will not be taking the auditor's recommendation to conduct our employee survey on a biannual basis. we will continue to conduct it annually, and we have just conducted or most recent one, and we'll share the results very soon. while the content may seem like ancient history, we've asked the director to come up and talk about some of the

at the end of the night and that what this is about, this is about a team effort, working with our mta, the police department, department of public health, department of public works and families for safe streets, this is how we're going to change the behavior of what's happening on our roads and get to the zero, the vision zero that we are promising san francisco. this is an important thing we must all participate in. so, again, i just want to emphasize that i have been in constant contact with the chief because enforcement, enforcement is going to play a key role in helping us address those issues. pulling over those vehicles running stop signs, pulling over the bicyclists who are sometimes doing the wrong thing, if you are breaking the law on our street, then there will be consequences for that behavior. it's not because the city wants to add another layer of bureaucracy or ticket you or collect that money, it's because we want to make sure that people change their behavior so that they're safe on our streets. that's what this is about. this is about bringing the number of 20 in 201

the bike share universe is very different than the ones assigned between mta and mtc and the ford go bikes. at the time there was quite frankly fewer bike share operators interested in the space and now there are a number of companies and i understand mta recently signed an agreement that we'd consider all e-bike applicants. following the execution of that settlement agreement why didn't you advise the industry you'd only consider e-bikes or put out a public statement at a minimum of this new position? again, my issues are with the process. >> we shared the results of the settlement agreement as soon as we could and it take weeks to finalize the process and brief the mayor's office and with the sudden death of the mayor there were a couple weeks delay in there in terms of getting the unsportsmanlike getting the information out there and at the settlement agreement we felt comfortable moving forward with the jump company and they were the only company that offered the settlement and fulfilled the term of our requirements after six months of discussions. and so we were eager to get sta

we work carefully with mta to use data to determine which intersections and corridors are more likelyays we focus on those particular streets and intersections. the five violations that cause, speeding, running stop signs, failure to yield to pedestrians, failure to yield to turns, running red lights. those are the violations most likely to cause fatalities. this year there were 20 fatalities, 14 involved pedestrians. my ask of the public is number one, be aware of your surroundings, be aware of the laws, be aware of street signals. be aware of crosswalks and try to work within the laws designed to keep you safe. it is really important that this effort be a partnership, not only with law enforcement but partnership between the community. if you follow the laws, you have much less of a chance of becoming involved in a fatality. that is particularly important with pedestrians. just the laws of physics. it takes a little while for 2,000 pound or 3,000 pound vehicle to stop. physics is going to win every time. if you pay attention, if you follow the laws you have less of a chance of getti

the partnership we talk about between the mta, city government, board of supervisors, fire department, the department of public health, it really is a team effort to realize the vision of zero fatalities. i remind you, look at where we were and where we are. this vision will be a reality, it will be a reality and we'll work together to make that happen. i thank you for your time. families thank you for being here and remember, vision zero is about all of us. thank you. (applause) >> thank you chief. the chief made reference that back in 2013 it seemed not a very realistic goal and we were one of the first cities in the country, i think perhaps only new york had adopted vision zero and now it's more common term and many more cities have adopted it. back then one of the things we started doing differently from the transportation standpoint, thinking of it as a public health issue and not just public safety issue. with the leadership of department of public health is a large part of why we are where we are, taking that view of the issues not just street design or enforcement view, i thin

turk is also part of the mta bicycle strategy. once this project is approved, it'll be the first westbound bike lane in the tender lane, and with a 2016 directive from our mayor ed lee. digging deeper into the inclusion analysis, this is where the project began when we looked for potential solution does. we found 174 collisions in a five year period. 67% of them involved pedestrians or bicyclists. that's a pretty high number. so with those effects, we also wanted to address speed as a leading factor generally to the severity of injuries. so the solutions we started to look at on the street really wanted to address making it a consistent and predictable kind of street and also create better adviciblity and separation between vehicles and other modes. along with this analysis, we also took the time to reach out to the community on turk street with the help of district 6, supervisor kim, we worked closely with tenant organizing groups like the ccso collaborative collective, along with low housing providers like tmdc. walk san francis

while the mta built a second avenue subway extension for 2.7 billion per mile.>> sacrebleu new york subway construction costs nearly ten times as much aspr is. a city where people spend $12 bucks for macaroons. they are just fancy french oreos. so why didn't new york subways cost so much? well, you're going to love this. >> the mta now projects the east side access project will cost 10.2 billion, about 6 billion more than the original budget. >> most of the cash is going to the labor costs $9un-- 900 people were being paid to dig tunnels for that project. they found that only 700 of those people had actual job descriptions and jobs. the other 200 people had no reason to be there. >> 200 new yorkers hanging out with nothing better to do. also known as a pretty good brooklyn nets crowd. you know what is worse than 200 subway workers getting paid to do literally nothing? the fact that i'm not one of them! who has got two thumbs and likes to sit around with that up his ass. this guy! i don't know why i have to fix everything in this city myself. but if your problems

in 1999, there were expectations by the voters that mta would bring improvements. they've had almost two decades to do that, but has that happen? now is the time for voters to weigh on whether the mta experiment has been a success or not. i would strongly urge the board to respect the voices of the voters and place this charter on the june ballot. let the mta and others make their case in the voter handbook, not in the board chamber. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. so as i said, we intend to, and a lot of it was represented today. we intend, both supervisor peskin and i, to have some further conversations with those in the taxi industry at their request. i think we need to give that a little bit more time, so i would like to entertain a motion to continue this item to the next meeting. >> supervisor yee: before we do that -- >> supervisor safai: oh, supervisor yee. i didn't see you. i apologize. >> supervisor yee: yeah, yeah. no problem. first of all, i w

mta should be proud. we are seeing other providers. the mayor's office convened a meeting with ferry operators. more and more transit is going to be that really important backbone of the city's climate action toolbox. however when we look at the red section these are the cars and trucks that are moving on the san francisco streets. this presents challenges as we look to reduce emissions from the sector. but there are a number of opportunities there. you can ensure the trip is authority. that is with building neighborhoods that are dense and diverse and walkable and people can bike through them. we see that work occurring at the city level. another way is to encourage people to choose modes low in carbon. biking, walking and transit. mts is a leader. you can replace the actual fossil few ems that drive the mobility and replace it with renewable energy. those three primary approaches are integrated into the climate mitigation program areas that are in the strategy and the seven program areas are transit, land use and transportation, pric

and our discussions with rec and park, mta, mayor's office, all has to do with the cost. so we're not -- it's one of these situations, because it's a complicated project, not a simple one-department responsibility, and even between rec and park, there is differences of opinion about what each department is responsible for and we've been meeting with them for the last five months on this issue. that's about all i can say for now, commissioner. >> commissioner hyland: i guess i have a follow-up question. for us, it's perplexing, because there's been a statement that there are many city agencies involved, but japantown task force doesn't want this commission to be involved in the redesign of the plaza and you put more faith in all the other city agencies and entities. so that's my first question. why doesn't the task force want a commission that deals with historic resource and design to be involved? >> i don't think the task force has that philosophy at all, commissioner. i think representatives from the task force have been involved with representatives from your departmen

your previous caller, mta in new york city. this will be your big, blockbuster project. the administration, only now so far from the plan -- what we know so far from the plan if they want to focus on these transformative -- they call them transformative projects. not sure exactly what that will entail, but what i'm hearing from people is they want to have ega regional projects, like the hoover dam, these poster projects that will have a major impact on people's commutes. host: massachusetts. democrats line. hello, eugene. is that you? listen, i'm from massachusetts. i don't know how old you are, but governor wells built the big dig, and it was false cement. like donald trump, it is like false news, fake news. so, on the cement i spoke to a person that was on that job, and they say a lot of people are going to be killed. andour infrastructure spending, i don't know what that definition is because everybody has a different reaction to that word. please tell me how you feel about the definition of infrastructure when everybody is lying in the united states. guest: i will ge

i know mta and lapd have launched an investigation. sometimes videos tell one picture. we'll have the video of the officers, and as well as other videos made. >> reporter: receive snow the young woman at the center of the video, eventually cited and released. you'll see 22-year-old selena get in officers faces. they say she spits on them. she was arrested. the ugly scene is drawing varying responses. >> take her feet off the seat. he's doing his job. >> and this seems aggressive for the crime we're discussing. and now if she had been smoking crime like i've seen other people do, that's a different story. >> reporter: we spoke to the young victim's mother. she says her daughter is okay, but they are getting a lawyer. as for the officer at the center of the video, the one who pulls this young woman off, the lapd says an investigation is underway, but he remains on the job. in north hollywood, i'm tom wait, kpix 5. >>> the remaining bridge won't be destroyed after all. instead four out of the six piers will be installed along the oakland shoreline. this is what they all lo

commuters have to end dure in confidence and every other sort of problem this has been plaguing the mtanfortunately, as politicians disagree and continue to battle, there is no solution in sight. john, what do you got for us? >> well, that state of the state was wide ranging and covered many topics but manies of frustrated subway riders were looking for answers on ways to fix the mass transit. they didn't get it. the details as the state of the state tends to be to laser up overcrowding is up and governor cuomo at least acknowledged there is a big problem. take a listen. we must improve the new york city subway system. we failed to maintain the engineering marvel that was a gift from our forefathers our 100-year-old system needs overall. at one point, we know how to fix the problem. ok. well, then fix it. but the problem is -- there is no f funding. the deficit right now is more than billion and law makes are trying to figure out ways to raise revenues. one of those ideas is the free east river bridge and another idea is to wave that into congestion pricing. charge drivers into manhatta

orderly bicycle lines as you see in the sidewalk but has shown to be a promising tool and goal of the mta. the first stationless operator in san francisco was blue go go in early 2017 rather than watch what happens and respond later which is often the case with technologies we developed san francisco specific regulations for stationless bike share to ensure it would serve the public interest and worked with the board of supervisors and with the board of directors to pass the division 1 and division 2 transportation code legislation. it passed in 2017 and established the stationless bike share in san francisco and accompanying violations and fines. it has gone bankrupt since taking millions of user deposits with itsome issues we observed as the right of way obstruction in maintenance and other cities with stationless bike share we wanted stationless bike share to promote public health and safety. there's a lot of details but a key things for your attention. first is equity. the member shot blocker membership must be affordable for people of low income and allow stationless bike share bicyc

we're looking into that and doing parking surveys, with the help of the mta. we've had several discussions with the museums. they are not currently supportive, but we're trying to figure out what works best for them. they have some concerns around logistics, with a loading dock that runs out to j.f.k. where the closure is. we're working on that with them. and i believe they have other concerns in terms of parking and, with the 284 spots that are taken up during the healthy saturdays closure. so we're working through that. other than congestion and lack of parking to nearby neighborhoods, i haven't heard any negative feedback. we've got and good amount of support from the groups we've met with. they have expressed that as a concern as well, but overall, folks are pretty supportive of doing this. it's something that's been very successful for the last 10 years and it's only a partial closer compared to sunday and leaves access to other attractions. >> all right. any other staff people? >> through the chair. hi. nice meeting you. i would like to actually echo the

since many of you are the first time public speakers at an mta. you get two minutes. you'll hear a soft tone when you are speaking, and that is that you have 30 seconds left. then, you'll hear another tone. at that time, i'll cut you off because we need to limit time in the interest of fairness and everybody's time. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is eric staten from 22 montezuma street. i'm one of the organizers that put together the petition to get the parking structure in place. my husband and i firmly support this effort. we have two households one car, four people. i need a car to work every single day. i have an office in potrero hill. i work all over the bay area. it's not an option. my mother was a transportation planner, wrote the original plan in 1972 for the city. i'm fully aware of the desire to make public transit work, but it just doesn't work for everybody. so in that kind of situation, having parking in my neighborhood is a critical issue. i understand the difficulties that teachers are in right now, but it doesn't help the fact that we can't pa

we have not been able to execute with mta for the project and looking at a february 2nd deadline to provide a list of the transportation fund to the air district. after consulting with chair peskin, rather than losing the funds to san francisco, we recommend reprogramming the bike share funds to the alternative fuel incentive program which was partially funded through the coffer projects last summer and the short term bike parking project which is one of the applications originally received. i am available to answer questions and we have staff here as well. >> colleagues are there any questions, any public comment on the item? dylan, do you have anything you want to ask? doesn't sound like any questions. close public comment. a motion to approve item eight as presented? made by commissioner ronen and seconded by commissioner yee. a roll call please. >> item eight commissioner breed, aye. commissioner fewer, aye. commissioner kim, aye. commissioner peskin, aye. >> commissioner ronen, aye. >> commissioner safai, aye. >> commissioner tang, aye. >> commissioner yee, aye. we have final approval.

some of the individual projects that were identified in the project and we're starting to work with mta and public works to better prioritize cost estimate and see how best to implement those tree skaip projects. >> also, we're putting a large amount of money into the hayward park rehabilitation. as i mentioned earlier, this is an area plan for which we think we have received most of the opportunity sites have been entitled or completed. we still have a to do list to finish the street scape there. we've divided projects into priority one, mostly harrison and fremont street and we understood that the impact fees wouldn't play for all of the projects, we identified them as priority two, again public works is taking the lead. transit center, a few large projects paying large fees. we had implement to you, approved implementation plan back in 2012 when you approved the plan area. we're moving forward. one of the major projects is the city part on top of the transit center, the transit center itself and the improvements around that. the soda street scape improvements, rincÓn hill, there is a

and then we are going to hear back from more mta people on thursday, people who do sustainable streets and the transit. get their feedback thursday. it may be very broad. we'll see how in depth they get. and sfdp, they're reviewing the guide and hoping to have clarity on their timeline by this week or next. so -- i definitely have to be sensitive to the different schedules of the different agencies. and in the meantime, commissioner perez and i are fine tuning the content and the design of the sections and i do now have access to adobe suite software. i'll be able to make a lot of these updates. it's going to be more efficient for me to have access. when people change jobs, or roles, i can change the contacts page for example. and i'm excited next week, i'm heading over to austin for the municipal special events summit and that's going to be convening government workers from around the country that regulator promote or produce special events. and so i'll be the representative from san francisco and i'm sitting on a panel about policy planning and development for special events with cha

colleagues, i will be supporting this lease and i hope that you will join me, but, again, mta, want to be sure that we're clear and that you deliver on the promises that you've made. thank you. >> councillor breed: thank you, supervisor cohen. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, resolution is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: recommended as a community report to approve and authorize the grant of easement property at 1101 connecticut street at no cost for a term to commence upon board approval and until pg & e abandons the area or they align electrical facilities that they no longer require the use. and to authorize the director of property to make modifications and take actions as defined therein. >> councillor breed: same house, same call? adopted unanimously. >> clerk: item 46, resolution to approve and authorize a long term ground lease with 1296 shotwell lp for a term of 75 years with one 24-year option to extend with base rent of $15,000 in order to constructed a 100% affordable, 94-unit multifamily housing unit for low-income seniors and adop