that is what the single operator taxicab is. i strongly recommend you please to go forward with a single operator taxi medallion. my recommendation is to go forward with a three-year lease plan and at the end, give drivers the option to own to purchase the medallion. that is one way to deal with this. as far as rote -- company representatives say they cannot meet service demands, that is what we need single operator taxicab medallions. as far as them not being viable, they are. the plan that is being proposed today is uniquely san franciscan. it is not the toronto embassador cab that people are talking about. this is offering taxi drivers the opportunity to share a single taxicab. my time is up. thank you. >> thank you. our last speaker. >> good afternoon. let me say that i strongly support the meter increase. i wish it was more modest as i think our rates are already high. an increase would have been there. regardless, i do believe the increased needs to be passed into something that is overdue and will increase revenue signifi

but what you don't seem to realize, these same things affect taxicabs. every year we get this whole thing of lamenting, i can't get a taxi. but the simple example i would give you is, a few years ago, in the morning, a taxicab could readily which the four commuters. what i mean by that is four different commuters in the peak time hours in one hour. the cut at pacific heights and taken to the financial district. [chime] now they can pick up three. this is because you don't have priority lanes. chairman nolan: thank you. >> i would like to comment on limousines and the city. nobody is doing anything about it. they've eliminated the out of town taxis, the other day i picked up someone, and a flag to me to take the lady. they didn't give the out of town taxi a ticket and told him to go on his way. it has to be dealt with. nobody has ever dealt with in the limousine problem, and i don't know why. it has got to be taken care of. every city in america, new york city has a shortage of taxis at rush hour. it never works when you have a peak time taxis. it is alwa

they're trying to figure out how the people and taxicabs. if you want to improve the service, i think you have to deal with these people. [applause] >> items only brought up by miss johnson. >> i may be out of order. i'm here to speak about an item that was scheduled to be discussed during the report. >> that matter was never scheduled for discussion. this is only on matters that miss johnson did raise, and you're welcome to return under public comment. that would be the appropriate time. >> i appreciate that. why can't i speak on the process of the executive director's report? chairman nolan: you can speak on the process. go ahead. >> theesse credit card fees were scheduled to be a part of this report. this is something that can't be buried in the staff. it needs to come for its own deliberations and its decisions. i take it as an ominous sign. chairman nolan: i am hoping mr. murphy is here today. >> he is not, there will be no report. chairman nolan: perhaps we can move items 11 and 12 and then move to public comment. >> mr. chairman, if i

this is not the last stop on addressing the availability of taxicab service in san francisco. this is what i view as the first of many steps. we will review this pilot and see how it goes. we are issuing an rfp to see if there is a greater demand for full-time cabs. if there is not, we will get that information. i do believe as i have spoken about extensively, we should explore open taxi access and ask the advisory committee to look at that issue and see if that could benefit service in san francisco. once we have the results and the -- of the study and ways to address dispatch and service issues directly, open taxi access or otherwise, we can take additional steps as needed. i would favor this proposal with thanks to the staff with the understanding this is the first step to address the biggest issue facing the taxicab industry. it will come as no surprise that i am happy to see this coupled with a significant service increase but i hear the concerns on timing and president nolan, i would support an indexing proposal for this. we have switched to that with parking meters and

the first regards curb access for taxicabs within bicycle lanes. we recommend that curb access within the bicycle lanes be allowed for vehicles in order to load and unload disabled and mobility-impaired passengers. there are times when the only way that a taxi can load a disabled or mobility-impaired passenger -- keeping in mind that some of those people have disabilities which are not visible disabilities -- is by pulling into a bike lane and loading them from the curb. we encourage the agency to continue exploring ways to safely separate modes of transit. we understand this is not an easy question. we understand that the agency has to balance a lot of interests with this. we are always reminded there's only so much right of way in the city. we also urge that the agency develop procedures to prevent abuse of this policy. this is something we think should be done specifically for mobility impaired and disabled taxi passengers, not necessarily for everybody. how you draw the line between the two groups -- that is a little trickier, and we think that

mark gruber with united taxicab workers. i wanted to comment on the cac's recommendation to allow cameras into access into bike lanes to drop off patrons who maybe disabled. if you try to make a distinction between disabled passengers and ones who need access to the bike lanes and other passengers, you are getting into an ambiguous area. it is going to be difficult for drivers to know when they can or cannot use that lane. it will be difficult for enforcement. i would only suggest that perhaps a study be done to determine how many drops there are by taxis on a given street. let's take market street between eighth street and ninth street. on a given day. is it 10, is a 100, visit 1000? i know isit is not 1000. these numbers do not indicate there will not be a significant problem. the best and simplest thing would to be to allow taxis to drop off their passengers which would also be a safety factor for those passengers. thank you. >> thank you. >> if i could have a moment, i would like to take it. mark gruber has talked at len

he is making his living as a taxicab driver and has tried to meet the requirements. were we to apply it to our transportation code, he certainly has met it. that is in terms of the driving requirement. i would personally want the mta to grant it. commissioner fung: it is interesting because this case has dragged on for a while. there was some incentive in order to be able to -- that said, i would support it. i would also state that as far as i am concerned, for mta purposes, perhaps, in my own thinking, this is not as acceptable to me in the future to put something drag out until someone conforms. commissioner peterson: i do not have anything different to say, except the fact that he is trying to conform in the and to show he has a certain understanding of what is required. that would help my decision. also that we are in safe territory to apply the current transportation. i do not think i am clear on what mta's position is. >> our position is that when he became eligible for his medallion, he did not qualify to receive one. commissioner hwang: the m.t.a. position is

the first regards curb access for taxicabs within bicycle lanes. we recommend that curb access within the bicycle lanes be allowed for vehicles in order to load and unload disabled and mobility-impaired passengers. there are times when the only way that a taxi can load a disabled or mobility-impaired passenger -- keeping in mind that some of those people

it is positioned right next to another work by an artist who took a 77 taxicab runs and let the potholes and the city turns of tehran dictate how the city would be portrayed. >> [singing] >> one of the other pieces that to experience in the one-day exhibition is from another artist, a recording of state radio from tehran, and is played for four speakers. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the entire gallery is covered with white vinyl on white walls, really minimalist, and the kind of the merged -- of emerge as you walk through the room. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> these are excerpts from the radio broadcast that you are hearing in the space. it is just another visual reference 0.2 hopefully transport you to a different place -- reference to hopefully transport you to a different place about one day in iran.

what it does is it gets to the nearest available cash to the public and taxicabs and under the law, when i was a lawyer, i picked that up. you have the perfect right to regulate it. i haven't seen in the due dates come from the chairman or anybody on this commission to set up centralized gps taxi dispatch, a win-win for everybody. make it a little bit more efficient in addition to what ever dispatched is in the cabin by the companies. it would not replace it, but it would give the nearest available have the to the passenger. >> have good afternoon, board. my husband and i have lived here for the last 15 years, and we have used public transit as much as we can. i am very happy to hear that they brought up the issue, pedestrian safety. specifically, we live near the entrance of the forty first and 11, and you mention the four-way stops are not necessarily the safest. we have almost been struck by cars going through that intersection. we have had people tell us, they have seen someone being struck in that intersection. i am not sure why i have had no response about installing a pedestrian f

right after that the honda was hit by the taxicab which stopped. the honda driver was killed. the chp is looking for the full- sized ford pickup, brown or tan, and 1960's or 70s model. >>> we now know the authority of the identity of the woman authorities say he died of the medical mistake. the victim was 66 -year-old judith mayne from oakland. the hospitals officials in oakland are disputing claims that the placement the nurses brought in last week during the labor dispute were not qualified. >> i am speechless. i can't even think of what to say. >> that's the reaction from nurses after cancer patient who had been at the hospital since july died saturday morning. police say it was the medical error as though the nurses covered for nurses that went on strike on thursday. nurses from summit want to strike for one day only to sense the hospital hired replacements five days, summit will not allow them back to work until tuesday. >> they could have done preventive. i was there that day at seven to work. i felt like i could have prevented this from occurring. >> police arrived soon

her car was then struck a second time by a taxicab.o the chp is looking for a full sized ford pickup, brown or tan, 1960s or '70s model. >>> rough start to the week on trading in the world's stock markets. today is especially bad in asia with japan's's nikkei down 2.2% the lowest close since april of 2009. here in the u.s., the dow and s&p futures are up slightly. last week the dow jones industrial average fell more than 6%. >>> and another potential shutdown of the federal government is looming. today the senate is expected to vote on a temporary funding measure after it rejected a house bill at the end of last week that would have kept the government running through mid- november. the white house is urging congress to find a way out of the impasse. >> this is a basic function of congress to keep the government running so what we ought not do is play politics with those afflicted by disasters. >> at issue billions of dollars to help victims of floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. republicans spending cuts to pay for it. democrats say th

it is positioned right next to another work by an artist who took a 77 taxicab runs and let the potholes the city turns of tehran dictate how the city would be portrayed. >> [singing] >> one of the other pieces that to experience in the one-day exhibition is from another artist, a recording of state radio from tehran, and is played for four speakers. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the entire gallery is covered with white vinyl on white walls, really minimalist, and the kind of the merged

in tokyo heavy winds toppled a tree right on top of a taxicab. the storm triggered land slides and flooding but it did spare a power plant damaged by the march earthquake and tsunami. the fear is that it could cause another radioactive leak. >>> gloves are expected to come off between the republican presidential candidates in orlando florida. in recent days, they have ramped up the rhetoric against each other and that's he is spokesperson bely true with rick perry and mitt ramp any candidates are increasely -- mitt romney, the candidates are increasingly focusing their arguments upon each other. >>> president barack obama is heading for his billion dollar jobs' plan. he will speak with house speaker john boehner and president barack obama is scheduled to speak at a bridge that crosses from ohio to kentucky and that is the home of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >>> troy davis was put to death late last night after the u.s. supreme court refused to intervene. he maintained his innocence saying he did not kill the police officer and a rep

we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling as options to get around town. many cities in the world have far more people working or on bicycles into blocking or on bicycles. they are pleasant most of transit and are efficient. -- many cities in the world have far more people walking or on bicycles. they are pleasant and efficient forms of transportation. that will take cars off the road and make it easier for those who drive. if we want to create a world- class transportation system, we have to make a commitment to each of these modes of transit to allow us to move where we need to go. >> is it safe for pedestrians on the streets? >> it is not. in recent years, we have had too many pedestrian accidents. there are estimates it costs our cities several hundred millions a year because of traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities. i am asking one of our transit agencies to study where we'

when are you going to acknowledge a taxicab driver? thank you. director nolan: thank you. next item. >> peter witt. he is the last person to express an interest. >> welcome to our new executive director. i understand that you are politically-based. your knowledge -- your expertise is one of politics. i hope to change the -- that. we need a change from politics. we need some concrete answers. we need some facts. maybe more information, but i do not think this should be run from the top down. i think it should be run from the bottom going up. maybe you disagree, but if you do not have any experience, it is a question of the blind leading the blind, and i have a real problem with that. i want to address that, but i do welcome you, and i want to express my fears. that would be one of them. and my hopes. my hopes are that things will change and drivers will be taken seriously. i am still waiting for my driver's appreciation award. i have been doing a survey, and little one, just a little survey. 1000 customers every year for the last 14 years. this is the 14th year, actually. i

. >> i raced to get a taxicab and we went out there. we could only make it halfway over the bridge so i ran the rest of the distance to the pentagon. everyone else was running away from it. >> in that chaos, literally, everything horrible seemed possible. >> i've been at the pentagon when the plane hit, i was evacuated with everyone else at the pentagon. >> i think what i recall more than anything that day, looking across and seeing the smoke rising from the pentagon all day, and then seeing fighter jets go down to potomac river. >> i could see all these military boats patrolling the river, i got into downtown washington. there were tanks and armored personnel carriers and uniformed troops on the corners. i never thought of washington, d.c., my home town, as being a war zone. >> we saw this incredible system of triage being set up along the highway outside the pentagon. but as the hours ticket by, it was clear that it wasn't needed because everyone was either able to walk away or they were dead. >> for the first time in my life, i never