these are the bus spacings today on the van ness avenue for the 47 and 49. it is scheduled to be every 47 minutes -- seven minutes. you'll see a lot of bunching. but it is actually spread. you're almost equally as likely to get a bus more than every 14 minutes as you are to get one right on schedule. these are the things we're looking to improve through this project. in addition, we are open to a per pedestrian comfort and safety along the corridor, as well as urban design really making it a key flagship st. for the city. finally, because it is u.s. 101, we need to accommodate multi modal access and circulation around the corridor. van ness, brt in general, is a series of treatments, when combined, makes a bus operate more like a rail system. we're hoping to get all of these different features to make it a full-featured brt and naked act in that way, that it is not just another bus project but a new mode of transportation in the city. the environmental document was a long effort, and we're pleased to be here today. we formed the van ness cac in 2007. with sc

the buses will run in what is currently the right most lane on and van ness avenue. you can see that these stations are said what -- sidewalk extensions, so the buses do not have to pull over. parking is just to the right of the bus. you can see the corner bulbs that held pedestrians have a shorter crossing distance. we will do it full replacement of the overhead support poles in the street lights. that is crumbling infrastructure now, and we put it environmentally so it can be replaced in coordination with this project. the next alternative is number 3. these buses would run in the middle of the street, where the median is currently. what this would require is a complete replacement of the median with bus lanes. there would be two side platforms and rebuilding of the median. the final alternative is build alternative four, which would have buses running i was currently the left most lane of van ness avenue. it would require left and right- store vehicles. we could retain the medium. mikel slowed on the left on the brt corridor. without the corridor, they would have

staff noted that the authority had coordinated with the medical center throughout the van ness avenue brt/eir process, and the transportation analysis in the van ness avenue brt draft eir was consistent with the transportation analysis elsewhere. at the request of another of our cac members, jacqueline sacks, we have asked to have california pacific medical center representatives present to present to the cac on the medical center's project and discuss how the project was coordinated with the plant in van ness avenue and geary corridor brt projects. as a conflict -- as a consequence of these two inquiries, we expect to hear more information at one of our next meetings. let me just say, with that, this item was placed on our consent calendar to allow us to provide more opportunity for deliberations and comments on the other action items throughout our agenda, some of which you receive the gallaspy meeting. with that, unless there are questions from your board, i will conclude my comments. supervisor campos: thank you very much, sir. i do not see any questions, the thank you for the pre

not that different from van ness. that project has a number of additional challenges, in particular the intersections of fillmore and masonic, which of course is under the other street and generate some challenges and some opportunities. i will continue to keep you posted on progress on that project. we have also been making significant progress on the state of the sentences the transportation plan. this is our 30-year look at transportation needs. it feeds right into the regional efforts on the regional transportation plan. and we completed the first phase of outreach, and we expect to be briefing the technical and other committees on the progress. we will be briefing the programs committee at an upcoming meeting as well. one followup item, on jfk drive bikeway project, approved funding for it in september. there are some follow-ups to that that report of the approval. among them, the approval by the golden gate park authority and by the recreation and parks commission to both of those approvals that happen. the gold

with regard to bicycle planning, van ness avenue is very constrained. we have difficulty accommodating all of the current uses and trying to improve the bus operations given the limited right away. that said, the design does provide for state bicycle travel. the route in the area is in polk street. it would be to enhance an improved poll. they just received a planning grant to brief but --o

i am sorry, like the tenderloin or along van ness. it removes the 1 to 1 requirements, making this consistent and removes the minimum parking requirement in broadway and the north beach commercial districts and the chinatown mixed use districts, and also increases the authority of the zoning administrator to waive parking requirements under section 161. the proposed legislation also proposes changes that will help preserve historic buildings and expands the tdr program to allow development rights to be transferred route the c3. currently, they are only allowed to be transferred in the individual c3's. and there is something to facilitate adaptive re-use, and this is also currently allowed for article 10 buildings, which are landmark buildings. it gives the authority to credit off-site publicly accessible open space towards open space requirements in article 10 and 11 buildings and allows them to waive certain code requirements when dealing with residential use. currently, many of these come in for variances, and these are often grante

the project itself is on van ness between mission and lombardy in. it would continue on to listen to city college and to route 47 which would continue past van ness and market to the train station. the key goals of the project are to improve travel time and improve the reliability of the service to improve pedestrian safety and integrate street improvements and provide a key north-south plank in the transportation system very we have been working with the transportation authority on the environmental review process, which they have been leading. at the completion of that process, mta will become the project lead to design, construct, and operate the project. the overall time line is shown on this slide. the third bullet is the point that we are reaching out. the information here is a little out of date. the actual, anticipated release of the draft environmental documents is going to be november 4. he ending date will shift accordingly and. the next significant action is for this board and the transportation authority board to decide on a locally pref

is build alternative four, which would have buses running i was currently the left most lane of van ness avenue. it would require left and right- store vehicles. we could retain the medium. mikel slowed on the left on the brt corridor. without the corridor, they would have right doors, so they would be able to load on the right, similar to a light rail transit vehicle. as part of the project, we're planning to eliminate about half of the left turn, both north and south on and van ness avenue. this is to approve traffic circulation and performance. their two design variations for three and four the proposed eliminated all but two left turns. when we consider the locally- preferred alternative, those will also be considered. there same as alternatives to three and four but with less left turns. in terms of how we choose the locally preferred alternative, and this is upcoming milestones in the next few months, chapter 10 of the eir/eis lays out each alternatives performance on a number of different criteria. these are the different categories, things like a trend the performance, passenger

with regard to bicycle planning, van ness avenue is very constrained. we have difficulty accommodating all of the current uses and trying to improve the bus operations given the limited right away. that said, the design does provide for state bicycle travel. the route in the area is in polk street. it would be to enhance an improved poll. they just received a planning grant to brief but -- to fix the last gap ito finalize the last gatt. the hope would be we will provide for bicycle access and parking, but the route through the area would be on polk. supervisor kim: polk street eventually becomes one way? could you clarify that? >> that is the area that i believe the mta has recommended to receive a super transit grants to figure out at least a one-way, if not a two-way bicycle facility. >supervisor mar: let's move this forward without objection. all right. next item. >> internal accounting report and investment report for the three months ended september 30, 2011. >> good morning, deputy director for finance and administration. this item starts on 15 of

van ness brt released its eir/eis draft on november 4. the comment period closes on december 19. prior to that, there'll be a public hearing on november 30 at the holiday inn, golden gateway, 1500 men ness avenue. this is all included on our website, but of course the public is encouraged to attend the public hearing and to provide comments. several channels are available for that. geary brt is also making progress. i wanted to point out, as a segue from the chair's remarks about high-speed rail, there was a session on high-speed rail at the focus on the future conference happening right now in san francisco, and i was intending that this morning. a member of the high speed rail authority board clarified the schedule for comment on the business plan that is out there now, that was released on november 1. the idea is that the authority, the high-speed rail authority, will take comments at a hearing today in palo alto and then on december 6 in san francisco. then they will consider incorporating all of those comments and directing the mine some fashion. then at that yuri one, are t

with the timing of the lights to be efficient with north-south automobile trial -- travel, and van ness is sort of a worse alternative currently if you're driving north-south. i assume that there will be perpendicular increases on franklin and goff because it is somewhat more difficult to drive on van ness overtime. are there plans in place or considerations of improving traffic signals on goff and franklin to accommodate that increase? >> yes, the sf go project, a series of smart signals that allows for battle signal progression is actually going into construction, i believe, right now. it is partly in anticipation for this project. that should hopefully accommodate the additional traffic. we're only anticipating about three more vehicles per minute on those streets. our models indicate that is the case. we are seeing no increase in traffic impacts in 2015 and beyond that. supervisor wiener: thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you very much for your presentation. i have a general question about the outreach that has been done and that is being done in terms of getting as much

near van ness towards civic center. marina boulevard will still be slow. erica. >> good morning, george. we did see that fog and some of it is still through san francisco. >>erica: this next few hours will clear that fog. how about checking the other weather headlines. the fog is not only on the coast but also in db inland areas. as we can see the inland area -- that fog will repeat. we are seeing 50s. oakland is a bit warmer at 56 degrees. a 57 degrees in mountain view. still contending with low 50's and los gatos. by lunch, not only with that fog press its way and but temperatures will be in the 60s. not only in the north bay but also in the south bay. closer towards this afternoon will keep it in the 60s and upper 50s. stubborn along the coast. the wider look at the satellite/ritter and shifting gears we of wet weather coming in from the gulf of alaska. not only do we have to contend with wet weather but cold temperatures the satellite/radar. showing some wet conditions in the north bay. polls will shipped south sprinkles. overnight. those will be shift