like to welcome john halley this afternoon and ed reiskin is off. >> item 5 communications directors no discussion in closed session only one matter ungo finished business by board members. >> first a question and then talk about something fun a i had a question of the paperwork to our department people presented whether petitions for a parking space do we have a system able to stand and track this information bring your attention people go through a process for signatures for in their childcare provider to get a parking space i want to know if we have a system that captures that information. >> well, we can't discuss it but ask staff to look at it. >> we have staff to respond. >> sorry ms. boos. >> yes. director a system called for the service steering center we work to determine the result of the petition so there's a system it shouldn't be a random process. >> right. >> you know databases you can scan them to have it in the record. >> yes. we have records of the petitions and follows up. >> just want to make sure on more than one occasion people provide documentation an explicit h

. >> hi ken with the san francisco cab drivers director reiskin was on the kqed newsroom and was asked my muni on time performances is so far blow mandated goals and cited schedule and maintenance and antiquated street design didn't mentioned traffic gridlock caused by thousands of tmcs i also see dpreblg tmcs lined up at bus stops and then double-parked next to those cars for the mission 14 bus to cross across the lines to get around the triple parked tmcs there are so many traffic infrastructure not only this year causing gridlock but epidemic of u-turns in the middle of the block and bicycle lanes, etc. and i understand regulation of tmcs is not in our jurisdictions but controlling the streets i believe is and in a number of ways i want to see that sort of thing thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> (calling names) those are the last two speakers. >> guarantee good afternoon. i'm here to voices you thought issues a paper issued by the department the task force on the drivers seats two medallion holders wish i could have made copies i requested the director to change that she did

director reiskin good afternoon mr. chair and members of the public a couple of things starting with ideally drive not this weekend but starting other than thursday may 27 ideally directive will be closed until june 1st at 5:00 a.m. golden gate bridge to you highway one is detailed the folks are encouraging everyone to use buses or ferries or a way to get across discouraging drivers from any travel to that area in access to lombardi street the reason for the closure you've read about to finish the work on the presidio parkway they're to finalize the connection into the new parkway excluding u including the two tunnels that will be disruptive over the weekend we've been working closely with the transportation authority to make sure that the information is out there and surrounding traffic is managed accordingly some impacts to the 76 x the 28 and 91 the 3 bus routes that go through this area is make sure that our riders have good information about the reroutes we'll are parking control officers and also police department

. >> good afternoon, commissioners and director reiskin the taxi a smart card system the taxi trips the drivers that do the trips go through a gated arm system and use their cards that's where we cue occupy think on the program with the - it goes straight to the curb groups the customer. >> how do we recovery that cost they'll pay $5 overtime they exit; right? so presumably wooul you'll have a taxi driver only recovery 250 for that trip that is the details but before the policy of it putting aside the technique drivers are charged 5 bucks but you all it didn't necessarily regulate how we get the taxis drivers recovery you can charge the departing sfo 250 and could we not design the meters or a problem if sfo prospective. >> the way they pay sfo through the card system so they have to have a smart card and a device to reinforce us so i want to make sure that the board understand tmc and limos pay for pay for droufl and pick up so they're paying $8 for a truck and taxi derivatives paying - >> as far as i get our $5 i don't care how the taxi drivers recover that in your situation. >> corre

you continue to work you know with again at the next opportunity and there's a regular meetings ed reiskin has with other directors in the city on for to help resolve items we'll dwok and make sure that the meeting reflected the importance from the speakers and the board on this point and move forward that way. >> it makes sense. >> is your position then under the recommendation you have now you'll not start construction of those transit project until you have finding for the lights. >> not necessarily the timing it will work out that way but i'm not recommending we delay and that's the concerns of the business community partner the pun once they feel the train has left the station and not done on the lighting i'm satisfied with the transit improvements and grateful i would - i'm responsive to the concerns that comes from the business community if you want to go ahead with planning and putting in place those meetings that's fine i don't want to go ahead with physical construction unless there's a paths of lighting determined did you we run the risk the project gets done and not come back c

congress of mayors meeting and finally in july director reiskin will go to sacramento to meet with the caltrain and key legislators and be joined by transportation leaders including los angeles to try to begin to put-down forgot what the city's agenda is and the policies administered by caltrain that's something that is going to be over the long term and help us achieve that vision zero. >> thank you. >> thank you yes i'm roll call vote proud of the work we've done on vision zero i think staff and all the agencies are go making this a data focused and data driven process i have absolutely no doubt it is yielding results and will continue to yield results i find might have amazed by the enforcement numbers the on foot and on a bike even when you're on a bus watching the bus get blocked by the blocking the box people in our mid block a bus driver waved but didn't stop he's going to get a ticket in the future those numbers marked me think those numbers she's not likely to get a take a look i'm hoping we have a plan to bring those enrollment numbers back up i totally understand and i surel

wiener. >> herbert wiener as members of this board may know and director reiskin i sent an e-mail about an incident that occurred two weekends ago one california from the embarcadero it stops at presidio i had to wait 15 minutes for another bus that went back to the barn my route was interrupted and takes 36 minutes to get oath bus nevertheless i was furious i had to walk to my home so what is the remedy to this what i'm recommending the people that are rudely inconvenience by the small bus runs they if they have to take a taxicab they should take the receipt for the bill and bill mta when mta will not pay mta should be taken to small complains court that is inexcusable maybe guaranteeing so many times in small claims courting we can't do that this is the carrot and stick approach this time it is terrible. >> the only thing i can say the final insult with my discount pass is increased it's adding insult to injure this is the regard for the injury over the bodies and under the wheels >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) those are the last two speakers under this section

. >> good afternoon, president nolan, commissioners and director reiskin. i'm here about specifically oak and laguna. there are a number of items that will be coming before you fairly quickly and they all have to do with the taking of almost 40 parking spots in the haze valley neighborhood. this is coming at a time when there are new buildings going up with hundreds of new residents and circling is already a problem. at the corner of oak and laguna where i live t problem is the river of cars we're browning in. to take away these parking spots for alighting, who is opposed to day lighting that's such a wonderful idea but to take away these parking spots is not going to solve the problem. there is no traffic enforcement on that corner. if you're trying to get across oak street, laguna the cars that are really focused on going to the freeway, they are in the crosswalk. when you get down to octavia where they're heading, you constantly have to weave through cars, sometimes semi's to just get from one side of the street to the other. if you stofrj this flood of

about this for a long time and i guess i'll start by thanking the staff and particularly director reiskin, this is i think something i was addressing since the day you came on board and you have always been very good about listening very good about planing and very methodical about putting this idea, i realize this tames time, so in addition to thanking your staff, i'll thank you personally, yu eve been a huge help in this whole process and i'm personally grateful to it. i recognize this is a first step of things to come ombacker on market street but i recognize this is a first step that's geared towards promoting safety, particularly pedestrian safety and i think that's a goal that we all share as well as bicycle safety and really frankly at the end of the day, safety for everyone because accidents affect everyone. there are additional benefits to this as we've talked about and one of the additional benefits that i hope to see with this and future market street projects is obviously the increase for liability of transit as you and i have talked about many times i would like to see the ab

of riders any longer i'm confident that the pedestrian scale lighting is in the works and director reiskin will continue to work with the other agencies and groups but i'd like to about go ahead and approve that leave the timing of the construction up to our agency working with the other agencies i mean, i'll make a motion to approve. >> second. >> i'll second. >> i'd like to make an amendment i've supportive but maybe add language that from the project - when we're were ready to move forward we'll see where the lights are i don't want that train to leave the station i want to support the project but at the same time you know i'd like to be able to apply leverage to other city agencies because they have a prioritization model they must look at when they determine those projects and the fact we're moving forward and have the policy should make a difference i want to say whereas the public lighting is an important element of the project i'm trying to put this on the slide so - >> part of project. >> and it is agreed by sfmta and the community that this should happen with our project other th