i really think my question will be for the director when he comes in with the mta budget to budget and finance. first of all, i appreciate it. what a great job you're doing. i have a 13-year-old. i've seen the crossing guards. they're amazing. their dedication, and the program is very well-run. it's just seriously underfunded. really, my question, if you can carry it back to the director is why is this not a priority? these are our children. for the sfmta and, you know, i would like to know why this has been continuously underfunded, underprioritized by the sfmta when, really, our children are walking in front of 2,000-on the vehicles, and we can provide crossing guards. we're obviously not providing adequate wages. if we need to raise wages to get people to do this, we need to do so. i want to commend you on your work. that was an excellent presentation. i hope the director will take to heart this issue and make it a higher priority. >> thank you. i will bring that back. >> commissioner fewer? >> yes, thank you. thank you for this presentation. i also am concerned that actually the cu

so when we gave the mta commission or i should say the voters gave the mta commission the ability to legislate, that was a pretty amazing thing. i mean, it's very rare that a bunch of elected officials actually cede power to a bunch of unelected officials. it's important for me to say that. there are second acts in american life, because here i am a decade later getting to talk about it, and i'm actually -- i'm saying that on the eve of this board being asked tomorrow to reconfirm because the mayor appoints, the board confirms two members of the commission. and this is not -- i'm not pointing this at staff -- who at least in this supervisor's case, these individuals have not even reached out to my office. they may have reached out to other offices actually after i brought this up to the mayor's liaison to the board today, which i didn't have to do, but i did. one of those two members reached out. but we are the confirming authority for a shadow legislative branch of government, and those members feel so autonomous, that they don't even have the courtesy or respect to reach out to see

we have a standard in the mta that we need to close out or 311 cases in 90 days. that's not just acknowledging that we've received the message, but to bring it to some sort of resolution. three years ago we were only meeting that 50% of the time. our standard is 85% of the time. by targeting staffing, but using some of our best engineers to the teams that close out 311 cases and respond directly to constituents, we have since late 2017 been closing 311 cases within our service standard over 90% of the time, and that just again speaks to not just the staffing resources but the culture change and the expectation that we will be more responsive. and then finally there's some little things that i want to point out. many people, many members of this board and your staff have noted to us that our public hearing posters are very hard to read. it's often hard for people in the neighborhood to understand just what's going to be heard at an mta public hearing or an mta board meeting, so starting this week for the engineering public hearing that will take place in this buildi

will be sharing the work. mta will be advancing to help improve transportation. >> would it be possible for you to get closer to the microphone? >> better? great. i'm megan wier, i co-chair our city vision zero efforts and i'm the lead on the work for data and evaluation. thank you. vision zero is the city's commitment to safer streets, eliminating traffic dust and eliminating severe injuries. 2017 was our lowest year for traffic deaths in our recorded history of over 100 years, but we know we have a lot more work to do and that's why i'm here today. and core principles of vision zero is preventing severe and fatal injuries, saving lives and addressing equity, ensuring that vision zero benefits all people. we're working to create safe streets, safe people and vehicles and fundamental to vision zero is addressing speed which because there is a leading predictor of whether someone survives a traffic crash. we work to define what inequities and severe and fatal injuries mean, injury outcomes that result from unfair d

a shout out to the mta folks here. particularly the members of finance and technology teem which i couldn't do anything without. thank you for your support so most of you have an impression there's not a fare i don't like. that's not quite true. what i love are increases to fares. as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. -- all right. if anybody wants my job, or know somebody who you think may want to do my job, forward my name to ed. i need time with my successor to show them where i hide the money, particularly from ed. lastly, i'd like to close by sharing a poem that summarizes my 12 years with the mta finances by an anonymous author called the cork and the whale. a brown cork fell in the path of a whale who lashed it down with his angry tail, but in spite of the blows the cork arose and floated before the whale nose. said the cork to the whale, y

it's also important for us at the mta to think about. isibility at intersections and perhaps relates back to the traffic circle question about as a pedestrian, am i visible? do i feel safe? if i can't see the driver. >> council member sassouni: yeah, it helps so much. as someone from new york, i know what it's like to be in a busy intersection. i think we could -- [inaudible] -- and just look for one another so we don't have shortstops or misunderstandings and that eye contact is key, just an idea. >> co-chair blacksten: now, alex, coming to you. >> circle back to my question. i have two questions. one the original question, what are the improvements they made after the analysis? and second, do you have a targeted location that you follow to improve? >> i think the first question was what type of improvements -- >> that gets done after the analysis? >> that goes back to this slide, where i mentioned a broadening of the different type of engineering solutions that we might install as part of the program. i don't think there is a one size f

i'm going to call my colleague from the mta because he's going to be better at talking about why. >> hi. my name is ian traut, and i'm a senior designer at the municipal transportation agency. one of the main reasons was the width of the intersection, as well as the street car tracks were the two main reasons why we thought that pedestrians scrambles would not work on market street. however, some of the intersections on the north side of market, such as o'farrell, grant and market, as an example already sort of function as a scramble today. so we are looking at those kind of -- the -- the intersections on the north side where the street grid is a little bit different, so... >> and i apologize. i know you had a lot of questions about the design of the islands and also the design of the bike way, but i was trying to keep track of them. is there one in particular that i could answer or do you just want to make sure we address it when we see the written comments? >> well, i was more of just suggesting -- the problem with the islands is it's great that you're going to increase the size, bu

i think that the mta showed us they can do a good job in permitting them. they need that authority. finally, in the world of -- in the era of cambridge analytica and mark zuckerberg testifying on capitol hill for two days, safeguarding the private information of consumers is also something where in i think there is an appropriate governmental interest, and i am hopeful and indeed there have been representations by city staff from the mta that permit conditions will also include strain gent safeguards relative to the sharing of people's private information. the admissions from some of the companies yesterday that their privacy policies are frankly highly problematic, that they can share credit card and location information with third parties needs to come to an end. and i'm also troubled by -- and i'll speak later at roll call for introductions -- about the fact these companies have response ored legislation in the state assembly to allow them to be used on sidewalks, to negate the helmet requirement, and that is legislation that i'm hopeful the board of supervisors will oppose and i'

i would like to introduce ed riskin, the head of mta. >> thank you, chief. good afternoon. we're happy to be able to be here. it may not be sexy stuff, but parking garages are an important part of the transportation system here in san francisco. we want people to be able to find parking and feel their car is going to be safe when they leave it, whether it's on the street or off the street. the parking garages are ways for people to find parking, not spend time looking for parking on the street, and we want them to know when they leave their car in a public parking garage in san francisco that their car is safe. so we have been working on this in a number of different ways, partner with the police department, the leadership of chief scott has been critically important. a lot of the success that you heard the mayor and the chief talk about at this garage in particular has really been the presence of san francisco police department. and we work with them in districts around the city where we have our garages to try to focus their resources as strategically as we can, because as

we hope the mta commission will help us do that. thank you so much and i'll you submit the let -- i'll submit the better >> chairman brinkman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm paul court. i'm an attorney with earth justice. i'm here on behalf of this coalition to really urge the board to move forward and to offer our support in getting the agency to move forward. we have been working on the zero mission bus issue across the state, at other transit agencies at the resources board, at the air districts at the public utilities commission. there is a lot of activity going on. at the point l.a. metro, san trans, foothill transit, antelope valley have all committed to go to 100% zero emission buses. they have started to replace them. really the biggest concern is there's so much activity going on that it is in danger of falling behind. the public utilities commission is in the process of approving a utility incentive to support charging infrastructure but those incentives are only going to be open to those transit ag

the mta could finalize the new rules for scooters by next week.san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the city of santa clara and the 49ers have had disagreements, certainly over the events at levi's stadium since it opened, but now they are trying to work out details for the national title game, to be played in santa clara next january. city leaders are concerned over how much the game will cost. the 49ers said the city of atlanta that hosted last season spent $12 million. the leaders don't want taxpayer money for traffic control, code enforcement, and planning for the big game. >> we normally do not host events that walk in the door with a $12 million to $14 million lost. question not absorb the cost in the city. >> there's no risk to santa clara whatsoever. no risk to the general fund or anything whatsoever. the 49ers will take care the costs. >> the city leaders are also worried about traffic because it's a monday night game, and the city is working out options to create a separate fund for the game so santa clara's general fund is

we cannot have the power to fight with the mta. we are not as strong. there are some people, believe it or not, i cannot see myself too much different from homeless! this is the truth. if i tell you this morning, 1:00 in the morning until right now, i have two. this is the money you make. you pay the bills, i come in here, company or mta, get serious about that. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. >> thank you very much. >> president breed: thank you kindly. next speaker, please. >> my name's ellen. i want to let you know what is happening. at the hearing in february 2018, one commissioner asked an inspector, should we worry about that? inspector response. i would not be. we have to put our faith in this like professionals. i did not look at the plan fu fully. another commissioner stated the project and plans were too complicated. one commissioner said i'm going to defer to the president because he's an architect. his response was we ruled the dimensions were provided. they are set -- i am satisfied with it. all members used a rubber stamp t

our responsibilities have been remaining transparent to the mta and other organizations. as our team finalized plans to pilot our scooters in the soma area, we reached out and met with the sustainable streets division about two months ago and shared our entire plans. we sought injections from them, and we made sure we addressed any concerns they had with their plans. we provided briefings to supervisor kim ease office to make sure they had no objections whatsoever. since we've been deployed small batches of our scooters two weeks, we've been providing regular updates, including our usage, trends and data. >> thank you very much. >> we look forward to working collaboratively with you in the future. [ inaudible ] >> thank you. last week, the credit union lender for the medallion sales program filed a lawsuit against mta for five causes of action: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty mandated by the code, negligent misrepresentation, and then, they asked for relief. they want $28 million plus. they wi they want you to buy back all the medallions. one o

could you share some of the mta thoughts about that. >> sure. in terms of where they're allowed on the road, we have more limited authority, because that's generally covered under the california vehicle code, either under current law or pending election lation. they're not allowed on sidewalks, they are allowed in bike lanes, they aren't allowed on roads greater than 25 miles an hour, but that's not really subject to mta. we will be working on very detailed placement guidelines where you can and cannot place the scooters and operation plans that show that the scooter companies can meet those requirements, and if not, the permit can be terminated. >> can we create docking areas for these scooters? >> that could be something we could consider as part of the pilot program. >> i just think they are so easy to tip over, and i just -- i mean, that is the part that really gets to me is that there's just strewn all over the streets. and already in the first week, you know, i saw a number of them tipped over. and i know that somebody said bicycles get tip

i think this is an example of what i would like to see more of from the mta, actually, in terms of being proactive with neighborhood-level planning. for example, even if we have existing bus lines, evacuating it to see if it's still working out for the community, if it can be improved. we looked originally at a realignment, but it turned out, again, as you mentioned, there were a lot of things that could be tweaked on the existing line that would help. i would love to see more of this neighborhood-based planning on specific lines that touch certain districts moreso than others and that, yes, although the result of the study was not exactly what was expected, it did lead to showing that indeed our gears of advocacy on increasing the 48 line is something that we should absolutely include and advocate heavily for in the mtas budget. that's what we're doing this year, but i want to thank you for your work on this and hope the see more of these analyses come from this. are there any members of the public that would like to testify on number eight? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we

also i just want to thank the mta for all the zebra crossings in the intersections in my neighborhoodr seniors and disabled folks, and people who are the most null neshl. but i just walked today. i feel really energyized. i did some grocery shopping on the way down here, so it's all good for dinner today. so i just want to say thank you, and everyone have a great day. thank you. >> oh, my god. and i just want to introduce my fapulous colleague on the board. his district is highly congested, so he is a big fan of vision zero, supervisor peskin. thank you. i just want to thank walk san francisco for once a year making me get some other exercise. the only other day i get some exercise is when we bike to work. but in all seriousness, i hail from the corner of the city, district three, that has the highest number of individuals that walk to work. it is the densest part of the city. but all of san francisco is walkable. a few weeks ago we left our place in north beach and walked all the way to herron's head, and took the t-line back. the week before we walked from land's end and took the 38

with a team of people internally, engineers, landscape architects, our accessibility experts from the mta as well as from public works. and we've been working with mod and outside advocacy groups to ensure we can come up with a design for this buffer between the bikeway and the sidewalk that will function in the sense that bicycles will not be on the sidewalk. they won't be able to move quickly on the sidewalk. they see a little congestion onto the bikeway, they whip on the sidewalk, endangering the pedestrians. we have a series of signals we're going to have to come up with. we don't have the solution today. we're working very hard, because i think no one, including a lot of the advocacy groups working, want 2.2 miles on each side of yellow detectable domes, mostly because it wouldn't serve the purpose that the domes -- it would dilute the power of the domes to signal you're entering a roadway. we're going to come up with something new working with our internal team and advocacy groups to signal that difference between the two. there is three things i wanted to cover. the others are shor

disability action at the intersection of geary and masonic regarding the changes that sf mta has made at that intersection and they're subsequently doing all over the city that makes it safer for pedestrians to go from curb to curb. it is at 11:00 a.m. that the this event occurs at the intersection of geary and masonic, so that's a little under three weeks from now, and at the event, you can hear, and it will be told to all from various speakers about how that intersection and all intersections in this city will be safer in the timing from someone to go from curb to curb on wednesday, may 9th. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment? okay. we're going to go ahead and close public comment. we're going to go to information item number ten, correspondence. staff, heather? thank you. >> there is no correspondence. >> okay. we're going to move onto discussion item number 11, council member comments and announcements, and i believe council member williams has an announcement. >> i do. i'd like you to save two wonderful dates in the month of june. as you know, pride is coming up. o

the mta is on a five-year prigs to improve public transportation. they're looking to make it the primary option for at least half of all city commuters. >>> and happening today, a san jose man helped an elderly man from his burning home. >> chad collins, a neighbor, heard an explosion and saw his elderly neighbor crawling through her home. he crawled into action saving his neighbor from that fire. good for him to get recognition. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> his new floor covering begins to fall apart and he ends up putting his foot down and ends up needing our help anyway. i'm nbc bay area chris chmura. >>> authorities said more than 1,500 pounds of meth was captured while it was on its way to malaysia. >>> and one elephant is dead and two were hurt after the vehicle carrying them crashed. the highway was closed while authorities lifted the two elephants. more after the break. celebratinr on the west coast - with lots >>> all new this morning the giants are giving give aways. that includes a willie mays bobblehead.

and taxi industry is a skikind scapegoat for the sf mta. they've never been in surplus or they never break even, and as long the taxi industry demands under the sf mta, they can squeeze enough blood day and night, and we are serving the people of san francisco, disabled, handicapped, senior citizens, all kinds of peoples. and the city provides them the muni, and that ymuni runs on te public funds. why the taxi is being run at our expense? our humble request is again and again please do something and bring into the agenda and buy back the medallions that the 700 taxi drivers next acks are under that saw. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisor. i'm a taxi driver, 22 years in the city of san francisco. and i bought this medallion from the city of san francisco, $250,000, and uber and lyft, 40,000 cars in the city. they torture us, they're swallowing the business, as everybody knows. and just simple things. just give us the money back. we don't take from anybody. we're no

you need to come to the microphone and identify yourself. either one. >> so amy from mta. i'm more managing the engineering team for better market street to minimize the lessons learned, i understand the when the project picked up, they slow down the construction, but for the better market street, currently, we sent the whole team to do the potholing. first of all, we'll get all the information, utility joined from all the agency, and also we'll base on the current information to really identify a multiple location to really do some potholing. after that, we'll reach out with all the other utility agencies to see how we can coordinate the effort before the construction. so this effort will be working during the phases. >> potholing? >> potholing means we'll have a a contractor identify a small area, like maybe some area that we can pick a little bit small area, so we can identify the underlying utility. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. i think that's it. we're going to take public comment. thank you for your presentation. >> thank you. >> any member of the pu