you probably noticed there are two items on your agenda for the van ness brt project. the first is a nrfckzal item. the project team will give information for alternative for street lights long the van ness avenue corridor. the alternative came out discussion with the public and board of supervisors to explore the original design you approved november 2015. i will turn it over to peter [inaudible] the projethleet lead for the brt project. >> good afternoon commissioners. peter [inaudible] the sfmta projethmanager on van ness improvement project and will take you through a short presentation. what we looking at with the new street lights. so, as i'm sure everyone who works in the building is aware, the van ness avenue is backgonebone of civic center life in san francisco and one the most important thorough fairs cecktding the reej nch. the project will make the street more acsisable for everyone through the first rapid transit. utility maintenance and improvements including repaving of the street, replacing waterline jz sewer lines that are over 100 years old and insure

this historic neighborhood, it will differentiate van ness avenue and van fless corridor from other areas in san francisco. we need the rt. we support brt, but this is exactly what van ness has always done, it connects the north and the south and different modes of transportation. via trolley in 1914 when the poles were first pull up or motor vehicles in 1936 when the bridge was put up and the ribbon of light was established. and now brt. by preserving this historic connection through these option three, or even option two, you will be doing that and be differentiateing van ness from other newer parts the city. thank you so much for respecting our historic neighborhood character. >> thank you. >> commissioners, my name is jim moore shall president of san francisco victorian alliance and also speaking for hayes valley neighborhood association, one of the neighborhoods fully in support of relooking at a better option for the van ness corridor. um, most of my colleagues have spoken to you already and said pretty much what i was going to say about how important this is. there is one just remaining piece of it that i like to present. you kno

have a long history of the partnership and great infrastructure project with the subway and the van ness brt and the geary brt also some innovation and technology partnership that is sf park this one really is different approach and really a testament to our secretary of transportation i think history will reflect that he will be one of the best to serve in that capacity we were incredibly howard to have him in san francisco please help me welcome director of transportation andrew fox >> anthony and he had thank you for the wonderful introduction it is also great to be back in the bay area with the great friends friend of mine mayor ed lee who has demonstrated so much leadership on so many issues in particular transportation and we'll talk about some of that today also has been in the bay area for about 48 percent hours and suffice to say ii see the evidence of the tremendous congestion ♪ region and if you were in the jelly making business i'll have a big jar of traffic jam (laughter) and let me say this is part of the 21st century challenge of transportation in america >> you're in one of t

you probably noticed there are two items on your agenda for the van ness brt project. the first is a nrfckzal item. the project team will give information for alternative for street lights long the van ness avenue corridor. the alternative came out discussion with the public and board of supervisors to explore the original design you approved november 2015. i will turn it over to peter [inaudible] the projethleet lead for the brt project. >> good afternoon commissioners. peter [inaudible] the sfmta projethmanager on van ness improvement project and will take you through a short presentation. what we looking at with the new street lights. so, as i'm sure everyone who works in the building is aware, the van ness avenue is backgonebone of civic center life in san francisco and one the most important thorough fairs cecktding the reej nch. the project will make the street more acsisable for everyone through the first rapid transit. utility maintenance and improvements including repaving of the street, replacing waterline jz sewer lines that are over 100 years old and insure

war field's comments that both van ness brt and geary brt really need a lot more attention. removal of bus stops has not improved my ability to get around. going ahead and going this on faith, which is what these projects really have been based on and not the study is a great disservice to the city. and since geary has not ad vansz r vanced to delay the approval on the ier and to have them wait on that and give the public more time to read that report. 17 days during the holiday season not sufficient. van ness tree cutting will begin tomorrow, and the trees will come down and the lanes will be shut off. and disables and elderly will be inconvenienced to say the least. year /* i urge you to look at the effect of these projects which individually may sound great, but aren't terrific. they are really injury yus to us and beyond. i guess i will stop there. but i think you need a better way to evaluate these projects before they go into ground breaking. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other speakers please come forward, we are going to close public comment. >> my make is robert a

the major capital project involving the transit and both downtown and as well as the recent van ness brtroject we're fortunate to get $75 million we're ever so grateful and appreciate our support you've extended to all the partners at caltrans for the electrification we wish you the best we want you to come back of all the work in a few years time thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thanks tilly and thank you for your leadership hers it the public agency and mine and the federal government didn't have all the answers we were shocked to know they didn't have all the answers we're a happy to be joined by part of bringing together the other partners to make that arrogant happen. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i'm probably the most at least competitive and person in front of of the people this morning i didn't realize nicholas was going to be here he was told the trains went to oakland and thank god a lady told me that i don't think anyone would have missed me that's why the room is so fuel we're thankful and i'll summarize our goal to help the public private partnering with the innovation and as lon

have city attorney a exemption with the public and our staff about our priorities where that is van ness brt or not going to be able to have it all it is good to plan four the future but given what we all know is a seat change at the federal level that will profoundly impact high speed rail to you name it so i wanted to i want to put that out there and want to commissioner tang and i have had those conversations suggest that we start considering having some third party vicinity oversight at this body we consider working with our staff to create and put out a request for proposals to have something that is akin to the role that the legislative and budget analyst praise for the board of supervisors i think this agency would actually benefit from that. >> and then finally as chair i want to collaborate with all of you to do the following things which is as our san francisco transportation authority has become an extremely independent authority as a matter of charter law i hear hear from you sometimes you're not getting what you need and our constituents are demanding in large part not a funding

war field's comments that both van ness brt and geary brt really need a lot more attention. removal of bus stops has not improved my ability to get around. going ahead and going this on faith, which is what these projects really have been based on and not the study is a great disservice to the city. and since geary has not ad vansz r vanced to delay the approval on the ier and to have them wait on that and give the public more time to read that report. 17 days during the holiday season not sufficient. van ness tree cutting will begin tomorrow, and the trees will come down and the lanes will be shut off. and disables and elderly will be inconvenienced to say the least. year /* i urge you to look at the effect of these projects which individually may sound great, but aren't terrific. they are really injury yus to us and beyond. i guess i will stop there. but i think you need a better way to evaluate these projects before they go into ground breaking. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other speakers please come forward, we are going to close public comment. >> my make is robert a

war field's comments that both van ness brt and geary brt really need a lot more attention. removal of bus stops has not improved my ability to get around. going ahead and going this on faith, which is what these projects really have been based on and not the study is a great disservice to the city. and since geary has not ad vansz r vanced to delay the approval on the ier and to have them wait on that and give the public more time to read that report. 17 days during the holiday season not sufficient. van ness tree cutting will begin tomorrow, and the trees will come down and the lanes will be shut off. and disables and elderly will be inconvenienced to say the least. year /* i urge you to look at the effect of these projects which individually may sound great, but aren't terrific. they are really injury yus to us and beyond. i guess i will stop there. but i think you need a better way to evaluate these projects before they go into ground breaking. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other speakers please come forward, we are going to close public comment. >> my make is robert a

the major capital project involving the transit and both downtown and as well as the recent van ness brtct we're fortunate to get $75 million we're ever so grateful and appreciate our support you've extended to all the partners at caltrans for the electrification we wish you the best we want you to come back of all the work in a few years time thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thanks tilly and thank you for your leadership hers it the public agency and mine and the federal government didn't have all the answers we were shocked to know they didn't have all the answers we're a happy to be joined by part of bringing together the other partners to make that arrogant happen. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i'm probably the most at least competitive and person in front of of the people this morning i didn't realize nicholas was going to be here he was told the trains went to oakland and thank god a lady told me that i don't think anyone would have missed me that's why the room is so fuel we're thankful and i'll summarize our goal to help the public private partnering with the innovation and as long as

we have flushed out the brt stops on van ness. i find that transferring from the line on geary, i live on geary, transferring, i'm seeing the back end of the buses moving away beyond them. it's not speeding up the time if i'm not on the bus. many i just wanted to point out some of the problems with brt. >> thank you, sir. ma'am you have already testified. i can't allow you to testify again. that's how it works. are there any other members of the public who have not testified who have testified on this matter item no. 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. and this matter is now in the hands of the commission. i would just like to offer a few words and observations first and foremost and i say with all sincerity. i want to thank everybody who has come to testify today, who has written letters, who has been involved over a short or very long period of time and the quality of your testimony this afternoon and evening is really i think quite remarkable. i realize that there are some process issues here relative to the fact that we

have city attorney a exemption with the public and our staff about our priorities where that is van ness brt or not going to be able to have it all it is good to plan four the future but given what we all know is a seat change at the federal level that will profoundly impact high speed rail to you name it so i wanted to i want to put that out there and want to commissioner tang and i have had those conversations suggest that we start considering having some third party vicinity oversight at this body we consider working with our staff to create and put out a request for proposals to have something that is akin to the role that the legislative and budget analyst praise for the board of supervisors i think this agency would actually benefit from that. >> and then finally as chair i want to collaborate with all of you to do the following things which is as our san francisco transportation authority has become an extremely independent authority as a matter of charter law i hear hear from you sometimes you're not getting what you need and our constituents are demanding in large part not a funding

the major capital project involving the transit and both downtown and as well as the recent van ness brt fortunate to get $75 million we're ever so grateful and appreciate our support you've extended to all the partners at caltrans for the electrification we wish you the best we want you to come back of all the work in a few years time thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thanks tilly and thank you for your leadership hers it the public agency and mine and the federal government didn't have all the answers we were shocked to know they didn't have all the answers we're a happy to be joined by part of bringing together the other partners to make that arrogant happen. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i'm probably the most at least competitive and person in front of of the people this morning i didn't realize nicholas was going to be here he was told the trains went to oakland and thank god a lady told me that i don't think anyone would have missed me that's why the room is so fuel we're thankful and i'll summarize our goal to help the public private partnering with the innovation and as long as we're n

thinking about van ness, brt, geary brt, you don't have to look for very long to see abuse on market street with the red transit only lanes and mission, so wondering what hope if there is any. >> it is on the radar. it isn't something that is even in the back of our mind, but i talked about this as well. i think for the objectives that we have to advance camera enforcement in this coming year, not in the session but in the coming year, knowing how we confronted opposition on that particular use with the toll cameras, we are trying to tackle the use the cameras for the purpose of speed enforcement now. i think that to try to change the law as it related to additional authorization would undermine that. that is just my perspective. >> the cameras on the buses themselves. >> yes. >> the concern is that the automated speed enforcement is a uphill clime and more a years of work to get it ted up for possibly getting through in 2017. we are 100 supportive having the on-board cameras to do the moving violations, i think trying to introduce that and get people taejz attention and focus and ed

have city attorney a exemption with the public and our staff about our priorities where that is van ness brtnot going to be able to have it all it is good to plan four the future but given what we all know is a seat change at the federal level that will profoundly impact high speed rail to you name it so i wanted to i want to put that out there and want to commissioner tang and i have had those conversations suggest that we start considering having some third party vicinity oversight at this body we consider working with our staff to create and put out a request for proposals to have something that is akin to the role that the legislative and budget analyst praise for the board of supervisors i think this agency would actually benefit from that. >> and then finally as chair i want to collaborate with all of you to do the following things which is as our san francisco transportation authority has become an extremely independent authority as a matter of charter law i hear hear from you sometimes you're not getting what you need and our constituents are demanding in large part not a funding age

the major capital project involving the transit and both downtown and as well as the recent van ness brt we're fortunate to get $75 million we're ever so grateful and appreciate our support you've extended to all the partners at caltrans for the electrification we wish you the best we want you to come back of all the work in a few years time thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thanks tilly and thank you for your leadership hers it the public agency and mine and the federal government didn't have all the answers we were shocked to know they didn't have all the answers we're a happy to be joined by part of bringing together the other partners to make that arrogant happen. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i'm probably the most at least competitive and person in front of of the people this morning i didn't realize nicholas was going to be here he was told the trains went to oakland and thank god a lady told me that i don't think anyone would have missed me that's why the room is so fuel we're thankful and i'll summarize our goal to help the public private partnering with the innovation and as long as w

you probably noticed there are two items on your agenda for the van ness brt project. the first is a nrfckzal item. the project team will give information for alternative for street lights long the van ness avenue corridor. the alternative came out discussion with the public and board of supervisors to explore the original design you approved november 2015. i will turn it over to peter [inaudible] the projethleet lead for the brt project. >> good afternoon commissioners. peter [inaudible] the sfmta projethmanager on van ness improvement project and will take you through a short presentation. what we looking at with the new street lights. so, as i'm sure everyone who works in the building is aware, the van ness avenue is backgonebone of civic center life in san francisco and one the most important thorough fairs cecktding the reej nch. the project will make the street more acsisable for everyone through the first rapid transit. utility maintenance and improvements including repaving of the street, replacing waterline jz sewer lines that are over 100 years old and insure

but the terryville and including the twin peaks project and elements of many others like the van ness brt's we'll place all the overhead wires and a state of good repairs you've exhausted many past jars is going into the ground now that is good news the final goal that was made reference when she was acknowledging one thought her outstanding employee is creating a workforce that delivers outstanding services when you adopted the plan back 6 years ago or so 5 years ago was that we noted to make sure that we were supporting and investing in our workforce to achieve the other 3 goals so some highlights whereas to supporting the employees not very sexy issue but incredibly important for the 25 hundred employees we're christopher muni service to have a place to use a restroom some of us with offense jobs and other types of jobs take for granted that is something we identified early on it a gap in the area and in a workforce issue for the operators so making huge strides in closing gaps in terms of restrooms out in the field we're established an employee recognition program and part of what ms. a

we have flushed out the brt stops on van ness. i find that transferring from the line on geary, i live on geary, transferring, i'm seeing the back end of the buses moving away beyond them. it's not speeding up the time if i'm not on the bus. many i just wanted to point out some of the problems with brt. >> thank you, sir. ma'am you have already testified. i can't allow you to testify again. that's how it works. are there any other members of the public who have not testified who have testified on this matter item no. 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. and this matter is now in the hands of the commission. i would just like to offer a few words and observations first and foremost and i say with all sincerity. i want to thank everybody who has come to testify today, who has written letters, who has been involved over a short or very long period of time and the quality of your testimony this afternoon and evening is really i think quite remarkable. i realize that there are some process issues here relative to the fact that we

but the terryville and including the twin peaks project and elements of many others like the van ness brt'swe'll place all the overhead wires and a state of good repairs you've exhausted many past jars is going into the ground now that is good news the final goal that was made reference when she was acknowledging one thought her outstanding employee is creating a workforce that delivers outstanding services when you adopted the plan back 6 years ago or so 5 years ago was that we noted to make sure that we were supporting and investing in our workforce to achieve the other 3 goals so some highlights whereas to supporting the employees not very sexy issue but incredibly important for the 25 hundred employees we're christopher muni service to have a place to use a restroom some of us with offense jobs and other types of jobs take for granted that is something we identified early on it a gap in the area and in a workforce issue for the operators so making huge strides in closing gaps in terms of restrooms out in the field we're established an employee recognition program and part of what ms. an

we have flushed out the brt stops on van ness. i find that transferring from the line on geary, i live on geary, transferring, i'm seeing the back end of the buses moving away beyond them. it's not speeding up the time if i'm not on the bus. many i just wanted to point out some of the problems with brt. >> thank you, sir. ma'am you have already testified. i can't allow you to testify again. that's how it works. are there any other members of the public who have not testified who have testified on this matter item no. 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. and this matter is now in the hands of the commission. i would just like to offer a few words and observations first and foremost and i say with all sincerity. i want to thank everybody who has come to testify today, who has written letters, who has been involved over a short or very long period of time and the quality of your testimony this afternoon and evening is really i think quite remarkable. i realize that there are some process issues here relative to the fact that we

but the terryville and including the twin peaks project and elements of many others like the van ness brt's we'll place all the overhead wires and a state of good repairs you've exhausted many past jars is going into the ground now that is good news the final goal that was made reference when she was acknowledging one thought her outstanding employee is creating a workforce that delivers outstanding services when you adopted the plan back 6 years ago or so 5 years ago was that we noted to make sure that we were supporting and investing in our workforce to achieve the other 3 goals so some highlights whereas to supporting the employees not very sexy issue but incredibly important for the 25 hundred employees we're christopher muni service to have a place to use a restroom some of us with offense jobs and other types of jobs take for granted that is something we identified early on it a gap in the area and in a workforce issue for the operators so making huge strides in closing gaps in terms of restrooms out in the field we're established an employee recognition program and part of what ms. a

but the terryville and including the twin peaks project and elements of many others like the van ness brt's we'll place all the overhead wires and a state of good repairs you've exhausted many past jars is going into the ground now that is good news the final goal that was made reference when she was acknowledging one thought her outstanding employee is creating a workforce that delivers outstanding services when you adopted the plan back 6 years ago or so 5 years ago was that we noted to make sure that we were supporting and investing in our workforce to achieve the other 3 goals so some highlights whereas to supporting the employees not very sexy issue but incredibly important for the 25 hundred employees we're christopher muni service to have a place to use a restroom some of us with offense jobs and other types of jobs take for granted that is something we identified early on it a gap in the area and in a workforce issue for the operators so making huge strides in closing gaps in terms of restrooms out in the field we're established an employee recognition program and part of what ms. a

brt environmental impact report. they certified the report and approved the hybrid design which is bus lanes in the center and van ness and richmond portion and side running brt on the eastern portion. there was two small changes made, which was the restoration of the rapid stop at laguna street and local stop at collins street. other than that, the project was generally approved as recommended so it is a pretty significant milestone for the gearo brt, which i mention in the realm of vision zero because the project we call it brt is really a corridor transformation plauject with significant amount of vision zero elements that are part of it. so, next steps are a lot of community outreach will be happening over the next 6 to 9 month jz continue to work with the federal government to get the federal environmental impact statement finalized and then we'll bring that with potential parking and traffic changes for the eastern portion of the project to this body some time in the summer hopefully. so, great progress there. one other item with vision zero connection is that i think it was last week or maybe the week before, t

brt environmental impact report. they certified the report and approved the hybrid design which is bus lanes in the center and van nessichmond portion and side running brt on the eastern portion. there was two small changes made, which was the restoration of the rapid stop at laguna street and local stop at collins street. other than that, the project was generally approved as recommended so it is a pretty significant milestone for the gearo brt, which i mention in the realm of vision zero because the project we call it brt is really a corridor transformation plauject with significant amount of vision zero elements that are part of it. so, next steps are a lot of community outreach will be happening over the next 6 to 9 month jz continue to work with the federal government to get the federal environmental impact statement finalized and then we'll bring that with potential parking and traffic changes for the eastern portion of the project to this body some time in the summer hopefully. so, great progress there. one other item with vision zero connection is that i think it was last week or maybe the week before, the u.s

>> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a

>> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a

so i network of brt including van ness as well as geary identified.asons that we are recommending this project in terms of why it's needed. the first is due to the need for improvements to the transit service. it's currently stuck largely in lanes with mixed traffic. that means the buses can get stuck behind vehicles and slower congestion. it does have bus lanes as part of the corridor, but it can lead to inconsistent traffic times and also because there are so many riders, many buses are running at peak times and even a small delay can lead to buses being overcrowded and others having space. it results in a suboptimal experience for riders and something we need to improve. the second issue is fixing the corridor. san francisco's high injury corridors. it's roughly a small number of streets in the san francisco responsible for a large number of the city's collisions and you are eight times me likely to get hit on geary as a whole. we are working on this here. there have been already several improvements on the corridor on the red lane only bus and the

so i network of brt including van ness as well as geary identified. and there are really two reasons that we are recommending this project in terms of why it's needed. the first is due to the need for improvements to the transit service. it's currently stuck largely in lanes with mixed traffic. that means the buses can get stuck behind vehicles and slower congestion. it does have bus lanes as part of the corridor, but it can lead to inconsistent traffic times and also because there are so many riders, many buses are running at peak times and even a small delay can lead to buses being overcrowded and others having space. it results in a suboptimal experience for riders and something we need to improve. the second issue is fixing the corridor. san francisco's high injury corridors. it's roughly a small number of streets in the san francisco responsible for a large number of the city's collisions and you are eight times more likely to get hit on geary as a whole. we are working on this here. there have been already several improvements on the corridor on

>> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a

>> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a set