chair nolan's point is it better than what we had before which was unregulated corporate shut thexv, we don't know where they're stopping, we don't know how often they're stopping, we wouldn't know which stops need to be made longer to accommodate the buses and the shuttles. i do think this is a step forward. i understand this is not going far enough to suit a lot of people's wishes. but i think it is a good step in the right direction. i'm going to be pleased to support this and i'm going to make a motion to approve. >> thank you. director rubke? >> just to make sure i understood, my understanding is our ability to regulate or impact these shuttles is really limited to use of [speaker not understood]. these shuttles are being permitted by the puc and otherwise regulated by the puc. is that right? he >> that's correct. >> so, our ability to kind of -- i mean, work with these shuttles is basically their use of the muni stops? >> that's correct. >> okay, i just warrant to make sure i understood that. thank you. thank you for the public comment l and the report. i really appreciate it.

director nolan? present. [speaker not understood]. rubke? rib keefe present. director lee will not be here today, but you do have a quorum. >> thank you. >> item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. [speaker not understood] any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. please be advised cell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully requests that they be placed in the off position. item 4, approval of minutes for january 7, 2014 regular meeting. >> is there a motion? >> motion to approve. >> is there a eked >> second. >> any furs discussion? all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> ayes have it, so ordered. thank you. >> item 5, please be advised there will be no closed session today. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. would you like to handle the election of officers first? >> i can see he the press is here for our election of officers. [laughter] >> appreciate that. i'm there is a great deal of interest, a lot of compe

a special thanks to mayor ed lee and wanting nolan. sure first names carla with a c yes. we're excited about this program today. we've been working with sfmta in the past year to find ways to meet this challenge of finding ways to get our employees to our canvassing campus in south san francisco and do it in a way that supports sfmta and works in compliments with the public transmission. our program started in 2006 and the primarily goal of our program was to encourage pleasing employees to stop driving to work alone by themselves in their car. over the past 6 or seven years we've had sdhek program and eliminated over 5 thousand car trips 0 over the roads our employees take the bart and the ferry to get to the offices in san francisco. our employees get to work and it reduced traffic in san francisco and in the community as well as reducing our cartoonish emissions. we enjoy you a partnership with sfmta and we're hopefully, this program will move us forward. thank you (clapping.) thank you and while >> you can see there's a lot of companies that have been part of this. pe

chairperson nolan and members of the board and he reiskin. so today we would like to honor parking control officer maria for her hard work and dedication. she's been with our division for one year now. and one sunday october 27th of last year maria was patrolling an assigned area in the marina district she observed two malls in an altercation a and shortly after she heard a gunshot and causing officer co- treason to drive away from that immediate location to take cover and safety. enforcement supervisor a bit was informed by a citizen that officer connecticut trace had assisted citizens in the area into nearby building and stores for their protection. she called dispatch and pd was brought to the scene and the suspect was apprehended. during the situation officer connecticut trace remained calm and gave significant information to the police. second occasion on october 21st of last year this it was the third day of the bart strike you can imagine the challenge of the individuals community upset about the traffic and congestion and dealing with

director nolan? present. [speaker not understood]. rubke? rib keefe present. director lee will not be here today, but you do have a quorum. >> thank you. >> item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. [speaker not understood] any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. please be advised cell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully requests that they be pe

. >> good afternoon, president nolan. thank you so much for letting me speak. i really appreciate it. i did want to address the director's comments and thank director reiskin and also the sfmta board of directors for your commitment to raising awareness for the need for transit infrastructure and also for pedestrian and cyclist safety improvements here throughout the city. as you know, and i know that director brinkman has already brought this up at the last board meeting supervisor avalos and i introduced a resolution, a planning process to create san francisco's version of vision zero, a plan that's been adopted in chicago and new york really modeled off of what has happened in several countries in europe to reduce all traffic fatalities over the next ten years, so, in 20 24. as you know our pedestrian strategy which was introduced last year has already set strong goals of reducing serious and fatal injuries 20% by 2025, 15% by [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] sfmta is on board with achieving this very aggressive but we feel a very doable go

you like those roads (clapping) and under the leadership of edward reiskin and tom nolan we added buses with the goal of replacing the entire fleet in 5 years. and along with other friends we've launched bay area bike share demonstrating the strong support to expand the other city's transportation. when it comes to having the transportation that the resident deserve we have a ways to go. and so in 2013 we with the leadership of president chiu and that supervisor weiner we convened e vend all the transportation experts and advocates chaired by gay and our deputy city controller (clapping) their recommendations include investing in the muni and our streets with their rehabbed fleet and upgraded bike lanes. my friends it's not a small price tag $10. billion plus. in the waterfront and the other part of town we've been given a road map and fund our san francisco environment commission system in a responsible and 0 sustainable way we have to tackle our long-term transportation changes so in november working with the board of supervisors i'll support the transportation 2014 recommendation. br

to thank supervisor weiner and supervisor chiu they're for better and improved transportation tom nolan is here as well as his assumes a fact not in evidence i want to thank them and tilly. i want to thank the bay area council jim has been a great contribute to us here in the bay area as we should tell our transportation issues in the city. it's better to start up the conversation with the corporations that are employees and resident are going to figure it out better and working with the commuter shuttle companies as well as the companies that are hiring our residents. it's a great opportunity to talk about this because guess what our transportation needs are great and we reflected that i think in a serious document we recently rolled the transportation documented that ed reiskin 2rikd so much to envisioning our needs. today, we're talking about a challenge something that is a recent phenomena but been in the eyes of the folks it's the commuter shuttle that have been taking our resident and others to their jobs and be it a silicon valley company or medical compass or university the shut

this is going to be christopher nolan's latest film. follow up from the batman trilogy and inception. interstellar has a huge cast--- matthew mcconaughey, jessica chastain, and matt damon. > >great cast. > >a big science fiction movie. it comes out next november. i think the mystery and everyone that loves christopher nolan movies should be very excited just the fact that he's got a movie coming out. > >the hunger games. is that a no-brainer? fans are so loyal to this brand. > >they should be because they've crafted 2 really good movies out of it. the third movie like the twilight series and the harry potter series, they're splitting the final chapter into 2 movies so we're going to get one chapter in 2014 and the final one in 2015. mockingjay part 1 is going to be massive. > >you say that how to train your dragon is a film to watch as far as animation. > >very excited seeing this one. this should be the big animated film next year. the first how to train your dragon is a wonderful movie if you haven't seen it. after the really disappoi

. >>> good afternoon, president nolan, board of directors. my name is beverly pitser, [speaker not understood], i'm also a small business owner. in 2009 i was a victim of an auto pedestrian accident in soma and i'm also obviously a survivor. i wanted to put a face to the people you will be helping. i'm lucky. i was transported to s.f. general. i was unconscious and i was the equivalent of a jane doe. i think my name was rita on my bracelet. i underwent a six hour surgery five days later to have my face recorrected. i have titanium plates in my face and underwent a lot of work to feel safe again to walk in the streets of san francisco. i'm also an avid environmentalist and i sold my car in order to fund my business. and, so, i'm an avid muni rider and pedestrian. so, i'm putting my faith in the city, i'm putting my faith in what you decide. and i also walk courageously every day to work and to live my life. it's also a tragedy for the drivers who do hit pedestrians. so, there are many, many victims in this. i would never want to be that person

. >> thank you, chair nolan. thank you everyone who spoke and especially supervisor kim for coming through and passing on your message, as well as vice-chair brinkman for suggesting that we adopt vision zero. i'm also very supportive of it. looking forward to that discussion when it comes in february. my concern is a greater sense of urgency if at all possible. there was a mention of a crisis response team or an intervention team. if there is any chance that we can actually do something to that effect before we even get there. i know that there's a lot of support for visions and statements of support and plans and strategies. as a pedestrian in safe, i feel like i do take my life into my hands every day i step into a street in the city. i can't imagine what it must be like to not have your loved ones come home. especially in a situation where we can fix that. we can change that. i'm hoping with the sense of support that we're hearing from the supervisors and maybe from the ta that there might be something that we