shawn kennedy, transit planning manager here at the mta. are you getting a bounce back? so i'm doing a very quick overview of what we are going to talk about because i want to set the stage a little bit and then turn it over to steve who will walk through the specifics. first off, i wanted to start noting that mtc coordinates short range transit plans throughout the agency in the region every two years. the last 2020, we did not have an srtp upped due to -- update due to covid. they are hoping to use these srtp's as way to advocate for more state and federal funding for transit operations which is great news, but in order to do that, they wanted and apples to apples comparison among all the agencies in the region. they provided us three scenarios and steve is going to walk through those scenarios. i just wanted to note that these are mtc's numbers. we are still on track to do what we talked about several meetings ago which is to implement 122 service changes within the next 12 months and starting a robust outreach after that to look at what the future vision, what the fu

shawn kennedy, transit planning manager here at the mta. are you getting a bounce back? so i'm doing a very quick overview of what we are going to talk about because i want to set the stage a little bit and then turn it over to steve who will walk through the specifics. first off, i wanted to start noting that mtc coordinates short range transit plans throughout the agency in the region every two years. the last 2020, we did not have an srtp upped due to -- update due to covid. they are hoping to use these srtp's as way to advocate for more state and federal funding for transit operations which is great news, but in order to do that, they wanted and apples to apples comparison among all the agencies in the region. they provided us three scenarios and steve is going to walk through those scenarios. i just wanted to note that these are mtc's numbers. we are still on track to do what we talked about several meetings ago which is to implement 122 service changes within the next 12 months and starting a robust outreach after that to look at what the future vision, what the fu

shane kennedy i worked closely and have a unique relationship he plans and i execute shawn (laughter)>> thank you, brent shawn kennedy a manager with mta a and the, you know, we've spent the last 2 and a half years aggressively with live first policy program and implemented over 14 miles of transit and have 70 miles in the transit lane which we're super proud of we talked about that with you all i think that bearing repeating but on this project from 10 to thirty percent travel time savings we put in the lanes that is fantastic and allows and supports brent in all the work he's doing as manager. we've been focusing on the subway obviously the backbone of our system working on unique ways to address the ways we are having precovid 19 and thinking, you know, a whole team effort so my group are working on service changes and we see the number of trains in the subway and like he talked changing the management system with the evangelism and humanitarian aid and the group - to fix the repair issues and other infrastructure and as a result as you can see subway details main subway details ar

. >> four items following up from a previous meeting i did speak to shawn kennedy from transit planninghat situation is getting better and this upcoming thursday at 5:30 p.m. the upper market street project has a ribbon-cutting event i'm aware of market and lagoon i live somewhere near there anyway, i filed a ceqa appeal some years ago but hope to be at the event and demonstrating i have concerns about the ceqa issues going forward and would be good to refer to close items by agenda number. the packet for or the- staff report for today's closed session says item number closed session and the agenda refers to recessing the meeting and new item numbers closed session are part of the meeting not a separate meeting so i think that is good to have it 11 or 11 to 12 abc or whatever but not separate numbers within that and along the same lines item d in closed session it include the under lined allegation. >> 30 seconds. >> thank you i think that is helpful and important to include that summary line about the underlying agenda related to the closed session matters that is all thank you for lis

we preview the 45th kennedy center honors and we have team coverage on the impacts that we are seeing on this first alert weather day. shawn chitnis is in san jose. first, we start with meteorologist jessica burch. >> let's talk about how active the system is. we are taking a live look at the first alert doppler, where that major atmospheric river has pushed its way into the bay area. this will be the case all morning long as heavy downpours -- as well as the heavy winds come up to 45 miles an hour at times. let's zoom into the local area, starting off with the north bay. currently, this is where the heavier pockets of rain are accumulating. this is a system that is pushing to the southeast. keep that in mind if you live closer to antioch. here is a lighter rain in certain spots in the south bay, but -- we are seeing some of the heavier cells. this is a quick moving system. hour by hour, things are changing into the sacramento valley . taking a look at the futurecast, starting off around 9:30 or 10:00. those heavier storms are still pushing their way into the north bay and the east bay. it tapers off around 11:00 where the