i like to bring up ed riskin of the mta to make a presentation. i understand we're going to reserve questions for last. >> thank you. >> sure. >> thank you commander. >> director riskin. >> thank you, mr. chair, mr. president. ed riskin, director of transportation for the san francisco mta. i don't have a presentation to provide, but i want to thank for convening this hearing and thank the respected bodies for their leadership. i guess what i would say as your tran pour tags director, we shouldn't have people dying in our streets trying to make their way around the city. we shouldn't have people seriously injured in our streets just trying to get to where they're going in san francisco. i think there has been a lot of progress made. i think there's been a lot of leadership, but the numbers are still too high. every one of these incidents is tragic. every one of these incidents is unnecessary, so we need to work together as an agency, as a city family, as a city and community to do better. starting with my board of directors, when they two years ag

we had a special partnership with mta, ed riskin's people and i want to particularly acknowledge laurenreen from mta who has been fantastic and the city attorney and of course the whole team from selena. i can't name them all but your founder and ceo has been absolutely phenomenal. of course we have here our friend and ceo director who has given us a dedicated one gig line to the internet just to market street so it's fewer and it makes a difference to the performance. of course in the department of technology, i cannot stop and acknowledge our new cto manager and mike mccarthy, joseph john who is in the department of technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this

dpw, especially when ed riskin was in charge, let us know ahead of time what was going on, and you know, if it had to do with the holidays or pride, or halloween or something, they were very, very respectful about that. and stopped work during those times when there was a large influx of, you know, tourists in the neighborhood, and you know that i will get phone calls tomorrow saying that something is wrong. >> i got to tell you that pg&e we have a liaison and we have had good ones in the past. some of them better than others. but, you know, we all had the phone numbers and if there was an issue and they could call and they were very responsive. and if pg&e, the out reach was good in the castro and it still is, and i have not heard any complaints and they are doing the big fro ject on 17th street that seems to be going on forever. >> they are coming to the meeting to explain why and they are doing it on 17th street and right in front of supervisor weiner's house and the new water lines and the gas lines and the new sewer lines and they are doing it all at once. so, i am going to stay po