thank you to the staff at the s.f.m.t.a., department of public works, mayor's on the supervisor's office who are part of the important project to keep us all safer. thank you so much. [applause] >> i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for the san francisco municipal transportation agency. i am so proud of my entire agency and the san francisco department of public works who collaborated together. the planners, engineers, work crews representing a dozen different trades, concrete, asphalt, signs, striping. they all worked to advance the quick build project which for the first time is designed to accommodate every mode of transportation. i am very proud of the spring design decisions they have made. for example right here, the curb work to allow us to save $5 million and two years of delay required to move the utility polls. this is quick build. we moved quickly. everyone worked and we delivered this is a city family to serve thousands in san francisco in a part of the transportation network where every mode comes together. caltrain, public and private buses, light rail, pedestr

we also wanted the s.f.m.t.a. to work with the ta to aggressively go after grant opportunities that present themselves for prioritizing construction. i know we have been convening a number of working groups. i want to thank monaco from my staff who is working on with her team and the s.f.m.t.a. thank you for for your hard wo. we will move bus stops and doing the quick implementations you talked about. i think people will start to realize the hard work is going to come to realty. i thank you, colleagues, i hope you support this allocation today. >> thank you, commissioner. any members of the public to testify on this item? sees none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to allocation $1.819 million made by commissioner peskin and seconded by commissioner safai. we have a different house. roll call, please. [roll call] we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> item 79. amends the adopted fiscal year 2019/20 budget to increase revenues by $2.1 million, decrease expenditures by $71.89 million and decrease

we also wanted the s.f.m.t.a. to work with the ta to aggressively go after grant opportunities that present themselves for prioritizing construction. i know we have been convening a number of working groups. i want to thank monaco from my staff who is working on with her team and the s.f.m.t.a. thank you for for your hard wo. we will move bus stops and doing the quick implementations you talked about. i think people will start to realize the hard work is going to come to realty. i thank you, colleagues, i hope you support this allocation today. >> thank you, commissioner. any members of the public to testify on this item? sees none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to allocation $1.819 million made by commissioner peskin and seconded by commissioner safai. we have a different house. roll call, please. [roll call] we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> item 79. amends the adopted fiscal year 2019/20 budget to increase revenues by $2.1 million, decrease expenditures by $71.89 million and decrease

we also wanted the s.f.m.t.a. to work with the ta to aggressively go after grant opportunities that present themselves for prioritizing construction. i know we have been convening a number of working groups. i want to thank monaco from my staff who is working on with her team and the s.f.m.t.a. thank you for for your hard wo. we will move bus stops and doing the quick implementations you talked about. i think people will start to realize the hard work is going to come to realty. i thank you, colleagues, i hope you support this allocation today. >> thank you, commissioner. any members of the public to testify on this item? sees none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to allocation $1.819 million made by commissioner peskin and seconded by commissioner safai. we have a different house. roll call, please. [roll call] we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> item 79. amends the adopted fiscal year 2019/20 budget to increase revenues by $2.1 million, decrease expenditures by $71.89 million and decrease

that said, when you look beyond the macrolevel data and look at the work that the s.f.m.t.a. is actually doing, all of our projects, the things that we are actually investing in are having extraordinarily positive results. our muni investments in the muni forward program where we are making 100 small improvements to improve bus speed and reliability are significantly increasing travel time, reliability and more importantly ridership. ridership is up as much as 60% on lines like the five and five rapid. similarly where we are envicinitying in protected bikeways or other safety improvements, we are seeing huge improvements in bike ridership and very positive results in terms of safety. one of the things we discovered last week is one of the changes we made to the quick build component of market street is market street has the highest peak period bike and scooter ridership of any corridor in north america. we understand that when we apply these solutions, when we focus on the movement of people rather than the movement of vehicles, and when we prioritize the most space-efficient

we also wanted the s.f.m.t.a. ely go after grant opportunities that present themselves for prioritizing construction. i know we have been convening a number of working groups. i want to thank monaco from my staff who is working on with her team and the s.f.m.t.a. thank you for for your hard wo. we will move bus stops and doing the quick implementations you talked about. i think people will start to realize the hard work is going to come to realty. i thank you, colleagues, i hope you support this allocation today. >> thank you, commissioner. any members of the public to testify on this item? sees none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to allocation $1.819 million made by commissioner peskin and seconded by commissioner safai. we have a different house. roll call, please. [roll call] we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> item 79. amends the adopted fiscal year 2019/20 budget to increase revenues by $2.1 million, decrease expenditures by $71.89 million and decrease other funding sources by $67 mil

that said, when you look beyond the macrolevel data and look at the work that the s.f.m.t.a. is actually doing, all of our projects, the things that we are actually investing in are having extraordinarily positive results. our muni investments in the muni forward program where we are making 100 small improvements to improve bus speed and reliability are significantly increasing travel time, reliability and more importantly ridership. ridership is up as much as 60% on lines like the five and five rapid. similarly where we are envicinitying in protected bikeways or other safety improvements, we are seeing huge improvements in bike ridership and very positive results in terms of safety. one of the things we discovered last week is one of the changes we made to the quick build component of market street is market street has the highest peak period bike and scooter ridership of any corridor in north america. we understand that when we apply these solutions, when we focus on the movement of people rather than the movement of vehicles, and when we prioritize the most space-efficient

that said, when you look beyond the macrolevel data and look at the work that the s.f.m.t.a. is actually doing, all of our projects, the things that we are actually investing in are having extraordinarily positive results. our muni investments in the muni forward program where we are making 100 small improvements to improve bus speed and reliability are significantly increasing travel time, reliability and more importantly ridership. ridership is up as much as 60% on lines like the five and five rapid. similarly where we are envicinitying in protected bikeways or other safety improvements, we are seeing huge improvements in bike ridership and very positive results in terms of safety. one of the things we discovered last week is one of the changes we made to the quick build component of market street is market street has the highest peak period bike and scooter ridership of any corridor in north america. we understand that when we apply these solutions, when we focus on the movement of people rather than the movement of vehicles, and when we prioritize the most space-efficient

the next new revenue measure could ask what is the appropriate fare box return rate for s.f.m.t.a. and make changes there. we can continue to look specifically at who uses individual fare categories. rather than increasing all fare categories at the same percentage rate we can make adjustments to allow cost increases to be more eckwetable and have -- equitable and a accumulatetor pass to the extent we are allowed to buy the agencies. >> does that answer your question? >> very much so. >> anything else? >> my second question relates to i know in the past that you were able to make slight adjustments to the budget after we pass it. i wonder if that can explain that process. i know the sf transit riders face it in their budget. is there something else to do once we pass the budget to make changes if necessary moving forward? >> i will answer that question. in the fiscal year 15-16 budget. there were a number of revenue measures proposed. there was seeds put in the budget to assume if those things passed the m.t.a. would have a budget of a certain amount and implement certain programs.

thank you to the staff at the s.f.m.t.a., department of public works, mayor's on the supervisor's office part of the important project to keep us all safer. thank you so much. [applause] >> i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for the san francisco municipal transportation agency. i am so proud of my entire agency and the san francisco department of public works who collaborated together. the planners, engineers, work crews representing a dozen different trades, concrete, asphalt, signs, striping. they all worked to advance the quick build project which for the first time is designed to accommodate every mode of transportation. i am very proud of the spring design decisions they have made. for example right here, the curb work to allow us to save $5 million and two years of delay required to move the utility polls. this is quick build. we moved quickly. everyone worked and we delivered this is a city family to serve thousands in san francisco in a part of the transportation network where every mode comes together. caltrain, public and private buses, light rail, pedestrians, bi

thank you to the staff at the s.f.m.t.a., department of public works, mayor's on the supervisor's officeho are part of the important project to keep us all safer. thank you so much. [applause] >> i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for the san francisco municipal transportation agency. i am so proud of my entire agency and the san francisco department of public works who collaborated together. the planners, engineers, work crews representing a dozen different trades, concrete, asphalt, signs, striping. they all worked to advance the quick build project which for the first time is designed to accommodate every mode of transportation. i am very proud of the spring design decisions they have made. for example right here, the curb work to allow us to save $5 million and two years of delay required to move the utility polls. this is quick build. we moved quickly. everyone worked and we delivered this is a city family to serve thousands in san francisco in a part of the transportation network where every mode comes together. caltrain, public and private buses, light rail, pedestria

first off, we believe our definition of equity is not the same as s.f.m.t.a. it means fair to everyone across the board. what is proposed to you right now is, yes, there is no increase on the cash fare but what we saw there is still massive increase on the monthly passes. monthly passes are used by the working class and students. you are shifting costs to another grouping of people at the expense of another group. that is not equity. we understand s.f.m.t.a. needs to make hard decisions. should we cut services or cut down fares? this is nothing new from city departments. similar lines were told to us a few years ago that we need to make decisions between funding for housing or funding for transportation. our answer is the same. stop putting different needs against each other. we need both. this increasing fare to provide service is false. since 2005 the city of san francisco has experienced 100% inflation in muni fares and steadily increasing approximately 7% each year. transit riders have already done their share of helping muni be safe and reliable. the price

i hope everyone from the board saw how many people e-mailed s.f.m.t.a. pposes the fare increase on all payment options in addition to the 800 postcard and 500 signature petition we gave the board on february 18. we know public transit is reliable and safe and affordable is important. our allies can't be here because of public health that is happening. they did their part by sending e-mails and doing phone calls to oppose the fare increase on all payment options. yesterday i was trying to go to work. the bus is late even if there is a time indicator at the 14 bus stop. i attended all board of directors meeting from january to now. when we bring up no fair increase oh, no payment option we get the service will suffer if we don't raise the fare. we already are suffering with unreliable unsafe services. every 10% increase in transit fares decrease ridership by 2%. according to the january 2018 university of california institute of transportation studies, mobility research study on falling transit ridership in california, stop the fare increase on all payment

i hope everyone from the board saw how many people e-mailed s.f.m.t.a. pposes the fare increase on all payment options in addition to the 800 postcard and 500 signature petition we gave the board on february 18. we know public transit is reliable and safe and affordable is important. our allies can't be here because of public health that is happening. they did their part by sending e-mails and doing phone calls to oppose the fare increase on all payment options. yesterday i was trying to go to work. the bus is late even if there is a time indicator at the 14 bus stop. i attended all board of directors meeting from january to now. when we bring up no fair increase oh, no payment option we get the service will suffer if we don't raise the fare. we already are suffering with unreliable unsafe services. every 10% increase in transit fares decrease ridership by 2%. according to the january 2018 university of california institute of transportation studies, mobility research study on falling transit ridership in california, stop the fare increase on all payment

that said, when you look beyond the macrolevel data and look at the work that the s.f.m.t.a. is actually doing, all of our projects, the things that we are actually investing in are having extraordinarily positive results. our muni investments in the muni forward program where we are making 100 small improvements to improve bus speed and reliability are significantly increasing travel time, reliability and more importantly ridership. ridership is up as much as 60% on lines like the five and five rapid. similarly where we are envicinitying in protected bikeways or other safety improvements, we are seeing huge improvements in bike ridership and very positive results in terms of safety. one of the things we discovered last week is one of the changes we made to the quick build component of market street is market street has the highest peak period bike and scooter ridership of any corridor in north america. we understand that when we apply these solutions, when we focus on the movement of people rather than the movement of vehicles, and when we prioritize the most space-efficient

i hope everyone from the board saw how many people e-mailed s.f.m.t.a. opposes the fare increase on all payment options in addition to the 800 postcard and 500 signature petition we gave the board on february 18. we know public transit is reliable and safe and affordable is important. our allies can't be here because of public health that is happening. they did their part by sending e-mails and doing phone calls to oppose the fare increase on all payment options. yesterday i was trying to go to work. the bus is late even if there is a time indicator at the 14 bus stop. i attended all board of directors meeting from january to now. when we bring up no fair increase oh, no payment option we get the service will suffer if we don't raise the fare. we already are suffering with unreliable unsafe services. every 10% increase in transit fares decrease ridership by 2%. according to the january 2018 university of california institute of transportation studies, mobility research study on falling transit ridership in california, stop the fare increase on all payment

the question after that long rambling preview. did we consider through this process whether s.f.m.t.a. would intentionally motivate or if they have made a decision about the policy structure. if we would want to subsidize the electric bikes. when you pay the 145 per year you are not paying an year to use the bike. it seems to be growing as a popular mode of transport. i think i know the answer but we might want to consider the subsidies. it is in line with the goals. we are able to learn and experiment with riding e-bikes. >> i would argue that would be a great target for a new revenue measure to add to the popularity of the measure. implementing them now would require shifting resources away from even more vulnerable users. as you know, we are facing a very, very tough economic situation as are our users. >> i understand that. that is a policy discussion i would love to have. how do we weigh this? i am not thinking in the exact moment. i would like to have those discussions. >> that is the conversation director hemingger will lead. we will volunteer him. fantastic. vice chair borden. >

they had some discussions because of the s.f.m.t.a., small business working group, discussions around the congestion pricing. there is concerns there, and then just the implications to small businesses that have to go in and out of a potential congestion pricing area. something on the radar both for, i think, inner sunset merchants is discussion of closure of golden gate park for traffic seven days each we're. that is something there is a lot of concern from. in terms of some of the concern issues that they brought up. >> will we get reports. i go that congestion pricing reared its head before. is it moving forward, are we going to have a hearing? it impacts a lot of people and even where i live. it would mean i would have to pay a fee to leave my home and come back. none of that stuff has really been drilled down, and these are things that affect everybody. >> it is legislation that should come up before this commission. >> it has a lot of moving parts. >> my understanding is that they are targeting that area in the financial district where at 5:00 it takes an hour to go a block. >>

i hope everyone from the board saw how many people e-mailed s.f.m.t.a. pposes the fare increase on all payment options in addition to the 800 postcard and 500 signature petition we gave the board on february 18. we know public transit is reliable and safe and affordable is important. our allies can't be here because of public health that is happening. they did their part by sending e-mails and doing phone calls to oppose the fare increase on all payment options. yesterday i was trying to go to work. the bus is late even if there is a time indicator at the 14 bus stop. i attended all board of directors meeting from january to now. when we bring up no fair increase oh, no payment option we get the service will suffer if we don't raise the fare. we already are suffering with unreliable unsafe services. every 10% increase in transit fares decrease ridership by 2%. according to the january 2018 university of california institute of transportation studies, mobility research study on falling transit ridership in california, stop the fare increase on all payment

the pedestrian improvements commenced instruction following years of planning by the community and city agencies. s.f.m.t.a delivering the first phase of near term improvements on the lower great highway from lincoln way. there will be daylighting, painted safety zones, signs, refreshed striping and back in angle parking. construction expected to take a few weeks to complete and the m.t.a. plans to construct additional islands from 2021 from lincoln way to slope boulevard. on the management front i want to voice the public service and great leadership of john ram, who is winding up 12 years as planning director. john has been in tremendous colleague. we want to convey staff appreciation to him and the planning department under his tenure for a whole host of work, area plans, connect sf, even the transportation system sustainability project, a policy initiative that moved our city forward in a pioneering way away from level of service to vmt, vehicle miles traveled standard. this is a very important sustainable transportation initiative completed under john's leadership. we wish him well. he has done a grea

in the meantime, we also worked with the s.f.m.t.a. to relocate sites for existing operators. this was a site that prior to purchase and transfer to the mission housing development corporation, nonprofit for development of affordable housing on this site, it was used for muni operators. so we found this satellite site. so we worked with them as well. we did a lot of work. and all the people involved in this from h.s.h. to public works to our community partners, coalition on homelessness, our vehicle triage working group, my staff, monica, everyone was really involved in moving this as quickly as we could, and i think part of it was to show, as you said, ms. cutler, this seems to be low-hanging fruit. this is a very minimal in terms of it is still costly but it's minimal, but it's something we have that we can see some positive results from very quickly. so we are not criminalizing and forcing people to move and have their vehicles towed. as was shown in the presentation, the cost of housing has gotten so much that this is an option that's become more readily used. and this is n

before public comment, i wanted to let our commissioners know that the office of economic work force development and s.f.m.t.a. are here in the room and available for questions. i will start just because i know you guys have to take a minute to formulate your questions. s.f.m.t.a. >> i actually think staff just left. >> we missed the window. >> unless they are just right on you side. >> some of the folks in the public own small businesses. >> hopefully the departments will stay so you can ask final questions. >> we have to give priority to the department first. is oewd here or they have left? >> oewd is here. >> does anybody have any questions for oewd? i think you are off the hook. thanks for sticking around. okay. we can move to public comment, is that right? okay. >> okay. three minutes? >> yes. members of the public three minutes. i have speaker card and i will call in the order i received them. bryan tub lynn, meyer, tim, sam,nate with american grilled cheese kitchen. >> hello. good afternoon, thank you for holding this hearing and for giving me a chance to speak to you. i am bryan tub lynn. i own cataba

the questions so we can work those and turn those out to folks. we know there are a lot. i will turn it over to director jeffrey tumlin from s.f.m.t.a. >> good evening. i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for san francisco. as you know, public transportation is an essential government service. it is how our nurses and firefighters get to work, it is how our residents get groceries and prescription drugs. we will be working hard to ensure that public transit continues throughout this public health emergency to ensure that people can get to work and get the services and supplies that they need. we are working to rearrange services to decrease the amount of financial district express service in order to reallocate service to neighborhood lines and to lines that serve our critical healthcare facilities so passengers can better maintain social distance while on the bus. for the health emergency, we will eliminate service on the cable cars and f and e lines to protect the health of our operators, ensuring that on all lines that we are operating our operators have a partition between their operating cabin and the rest of the tr