did a lot of the community outreach for the transportation plan. and also wanted to thank mo magic collective, citizen film, s.f. public utilities, rec and park department, police department, planning department, and all of the community members in the western addition that took part in project. really pleased to see this moving forward and thank you for all your work. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, commissioner preston, for those comments. any other members of the commission who have any questions or comments? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item number 4? >> clerk: chair, there is no public comment. >> commissioner peskin: okay. public comment is closed. [gavel] is there a motion to allocate the -- $3.25 million of prop k money and $140,000 prop aa money? motion made by commissioner? >> preston. >> commissioner peskin: and seconded by? >> commissioner yee: yee. >> commissioner peskin: on that item, a roll call please. >> clerk: commissioner fewer? >> commissioner fewer: i.o.c. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner hane

[gavel] >> chair peskin: good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting for today, may 19th, 2020. our clerk is ms. angela tsao. if you could please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioner fewer? >> commissioner fewer: present. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner haney: present. >> clerk: commissioner mandelman? >> commissioner mandelman: present. >> clerk: commissioner mar? >> commissioner mar: present. >> clerk: commissioner peskin? >> commissioner peskin: present. >> hold on. >> clerk: commissioner preston? >> commissioner preston: present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen? >> commissioner ronen: present. >> clerk: commissioner safai? safai absents. commissioner walton? walton absent. commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: present. >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, i do. thank you. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda via telephone by calling (888)204-5987, enter access code 285-8465. as seen on the screen. then follow the system prompts.

system to help ensure that the transport syste m d oes to help ensure that the transport system doeselmed by returning commuters. the guidance makes it clear that if you can't walk or cycle, but you do have access to a car, please use it rather than travelling by bus, train ortram, rather than travelling by bus, train or tram, especially where public transport is liable to be overcrowded, and for those people who absolutely need to use public transport, it also explains how you can best protect yourself and those around you. in the coming weeks, as we carefully and cautiously restart sectors of our economy, and people begin to travel once again, they should notice that whilst the country has been in downtime, with the roads and railways quiet, we have been busy, getting on with the essential work, fixing the nation's infrastructure, so we can recover faster when the time comes. this upgrade programme is the kind of work that at any other time would cause inevitable disruption and service delays, whilst costing the taxpayer more, has instead carried out previously unimaginable circums

did a lot of the community outreach for the transportation plan. and also wanted to thank mo magic collective, citizen film, s.f. public utilities, rec and park department, police department, planning department, and all of the community members in the western addition that took part in project. really pleased to see this moving forward and thank you for all your work. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, commissioner preston, for those comments. any other members of the commission who have any questions or comments? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item number 4? >> clerk: chair, there is no public comment. >> commissioner peskin: okay. public comment is closed. [gavel] is there a motion to allocate the -- $3.25 million of prop k money and $140,000 prop aa money? motion made by commissioner? >> preston. >> commissioner peskin: and seconded by? >> commissioner yee: yee. >> commissioner peskin: on that item, a roll call please. >> clerk: commissioner fewer? >> commissioner fewer: i.o.c. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner hane

the u.s. department of transportation is to keep the national transportation system moving. ess the safety and well-being of passengers and the work force that work in this sector. so so we've been able to keep the national air space open, albeit at a lower passenger volume and airline volume, but the national air space is operational throughout this period. we also have made sure that the supply chain remains robust and strong, and this is where we need to give a big shout-out to the new american heroes, and that's the truckers. they have made sure that our store shelves are stocked with necessary if items, food and others, for example. and also they've insured that medical supplies and equipment get to where they need to be. our transportation system is also very important, obviously, for essential personnel. so our transit systems throughout the whole country have remained open. and also our airline industry has flown from shore to shore to insure that the people who need to fly, indeed, have that opportunity as well. so we have focused very much on keeping america's trans

we're also moving forward rapidly on the van ness improvement projects and the lack of transportation on van ness avenue and it has been able to allow the crews to accelerate the sewer and water work that's been the source of so much of the disruption on that street and that work is continuing quickly and it means that we'll be able to start the sfmta portion of that project and the transit portion starting this spring. i'll remind you all, that while the sfmta is in the lead of the brt project, none of our work has started yet. the work for creating the bus rapid transit line so we're very much looking forward to that work getting moving and many of you also know about the cal trans 101 deck replacement. cal trans replaced the bridge deck of 101 and as they have done before, thanks to the innovative contract structure that offered significant bonus for the contractor to finish early, that project happened extraordinarily quickly and it happened several months ahead of schedule taking advantage of the fact that traffic is so light right now. we're very happy with our partners at cal t

did a lot of the community outreach for the transportation plan. and also wanted to thank mo magic collective, citizen film, s.f. public utilities, rec and park department, police department, planning department, and all of the community members in the western addition that took part in project. really pleased to see this moving forward and thank you for all your work. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, commissioner preston, for those comments. any other members of the commission who have any questions or comments? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item number 4? >> clerk: chair, there is no public comment. >> commissioner peskin: okay. public comment is closed. [gavel] is there a motion to allocate the -- $3.25 million of prop k money and $140,000 prop aa money? motion made by commissioner? >> preston. >> commissioner peskin: and seconded by? >> commissioner yee: yee. >> commissioner peskin: on that item, a roll call please. >> clerk: commissioner fewer? >> commissioner fewer: i.o.c. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner hane

[gavel] >> chair peskin: good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting for today, may 19th, 2020. our clerk is ms. angela tsao. if you could please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioner fewer? >> commissioner fewer: present. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner haney: present. >> clerk: commissioner mandelman? >> commissioner mandelman: present. >> clerk: commissioner mar? >> commissioner mar: present. >> clerk: commissioner peskin? >> commissioner peskin: present. >> hold on. >> clerk: commissioner preston? >> commissioner preston: present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen? >> commissioner ronen: present. >> clerk: commissioner safai? safai absents. commissioner walton? walton absent. commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: present. >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, i do. thank you. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda via telephone by calling (888)204-5987, enter access code 285-8465. as seen on the screen. then follow the system prompts.

the transport secretary had an announcement about cycling and walking. hat because life is not going to be returning to normal for that because life is not going to be returning to normalfor a that because life is not going to be returning to normal for a very long time. yes, grant shapps has is very much laying out the foundations and solutions of how our lives are going to change and continue to change, if and when any lockdown measures are relaxed. we may find out more details about that tomorrow evening but i think really from what they we re but i think really from what they were staying there and what we've been hearing over the last few days, we shouldn't expect any big changes in those messages. the advice at the moment is absolutely stay home, only travel for essential reasons, but eventually, when some of that is reduced, people are going to need to get to work. they are going to need to travel about. we are not going to go back to the way things were before. so, as part of those measures grant shapps announce £2 million package to encourage mor

services the san francisco municipal transportation agency is offering to support the mobility of people with disabilities and older adults, due to the transit service reductions during the covid-19 pandemic. in response, staff from the sfmta, i'll provide an update to the board, including on how the current transit program is operating and also on the new essential trip card, which is helping seniors and people with disabilities take and pay for essential trips in taxis during this crisis. and with that, i would like to invite annette williams, director of accessible services at the sfmta, to give her presentation. >> commissioner peskin: good morning, aannette. >> good morning, commissioners. can you see me? hi. [laughter] i'm just going to pull up my slides. so nice to be here. my name is annette williams. i'm the manager of accessible services. let me just get to the main slide here. i really appreciate you having me. and i wanted to give you an update on the services that we provide, both now during covid and in terms of our whole

then later, the transportation secretary, e lake chao -- elaine chao, talks about the department of transportation'sfforts to get the economy up and running as we see more states open this weekend, 25 states reopening. that is about 33% of the gdp. all of that coming up. but first, the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc in april resulting in the worst jobs report since the end of world war ii. the u.s. economy lost more than 20 million jobs in the month of april with more than 33 million filing for unemployment benefits over the past seven weeks. the unemployment rate surging to a record high of 14.7%. joining me right now to discuss the brutal jobs report as well as how quickly this economy can recover is mohamed al-arian. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, maria. maria: you know what i find odd? we have these jobs numbers on the one hand which obviously show the results of this shutdown. and it's been self-imposed but, nonetheless, all these job losses. taunt, we've got a rally in -- at the same time we've got a rally in markets. what's going on with this dichotomy? >> not only is a dic

ponta was looking for, would make the bay bridge more efficient and m.t.c. and your transportation authority staff are working on planning for a suite of improvements, that could be implemented, prior to any bus lane changes. and, finally, the faster bay area legislation sb-278 is not -- it looks like it's going to move forward, but it will simply be an authorization for a measure at a future election. so with that, i draw my presentation to a close and prepare to answer questions. pardon me for dropping my presentation. >> chair peskin: no worries, mr. bots. are there any members who have any questions or comments for mr. bots or ms. crab? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, chair, there is public comment. >> chair peskin: first speaker, please. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> clerk: welcome, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you, chair peskin. alita dupree for the record. and let the record reflect my pronounces are she and her. in reading about the legislation, two bills of interest in me -- to me. 1286 about shared

ponta was looking for, would make the bay bridge more efficient and m.t.c. and your transportation authority staff are working on planning for a suite of improvements, that could be implemented, prior to any bus lane changes. and, finally, the faster bay area legislation sb-278 is not -- it looks like it's going to move forward, but it will simply be an authorization for a measure at a future election. so with that, i draw my presentation to a close and prepare to answer questions. pardon me for dropping my presentation. >> chair peskin: no worries, mr. bots. are there any members who have any questions or comments for mr. bots or ms. crab? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, chair, there is public comment. >> chair peskin: first speaker, please. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> clerk: welcome, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you, chair peskin. alita dupree for the record. and let the record reflect my pronounces are she and her. in reading about the legislation, two bills of interest in me -- to me. 1286 about shared

>>> welcome to the transportation authority meeting for today, tuesday, may 12th, 2020. my name is aaron peskin. and i am the chair. our clerk is ms. angela tsao. ms. tsao, if you could please call the roll. >> clerk: yes. commissioner fewer? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> commissioner haney: present. >> clerk: commissioner mandelman? >> commissioner mandelman: present. >> clerk: commissioner mar? >> commissioner mar: present. >> clerk: commissioner peskin? >> commissioner peskin: present. >> clerk: commissioner preston? >> commissioner preston: present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen? >> commissioner ronen: present. >> clerk: commissioner safai? absent. commissioner yee? yee absent. we have quorum. >> supervisor safai is here. >> clerk: safai present. thank you. >> madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, i do. thank you. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling (888)204-5984. -- 204-5987. enter access code, as seen on the screen. then follow the system prompts. once you join, you will be able to

the transportation authority is adjourned. . >> good afternoon. me to the land use & transportation committee for with monday, may 11, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, chair peskin. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: we, due to the covid-19 pandemic, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. members will be participating online as if they are present. channel 26 and online we are streaming. people will be allowed two minutes to speak. ability to make comments are available by phone by calling 888-204-5984. the access code is 3501008. press pound and then pound again. when you are connect with, dial 1 and then 0 to be put in the queue. when you are waiting, the system will be silent. you will be notified. everyone must account for time delays between live coverage and streaming. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment by e-mailing me. if you submit public comment by e-mail, it w

the beaches this weekend. here is one headline from transport topics. despite lower gas prices, aaa expects fewer travelers this memorial day weekend. talk us through the expectations of how many people are on the roads this year versus previous years. guest: we are seeing a very different memorial day this year for most parts of the country. there is 50% less traffic volume this time. aaa had forecasted that they are expecting to see record low people traveling this memorial day. their low has been in 2009 in the great recession. that was 31 million travelers. last year, aaa forecasted about 43 million people. there is an expectation that we will not see anywhere near those numbers. despite reports of people on the beaches around the country, maryland, ocean city, traffic analytics services are pointing to decreases across the board. we are looking at especially metropolitan regions where not only transportation agencies but also toll collectors and the travel industry is suggesting that people stay home. the airlines are continuing to see a drop in peo

we're also moving forward rapidly on the van ness improvement projects and the lack of transportation on van ness avenue and it has been able to allow the crews to accelerate the sewer and water work that's been the source of so much of the disruption on that street and that work is continuing quickly and it means that we'll be able to start the sfmta portion of that project and the transit portion starting this spring. i'll remind you all, that while the sfmta is in the lead of the brt project, none of our work has started yet. the work for creating the bus rapid transit line so we're very much looking forward to that work getting moving and many of you also know about the cal trans 101 deck replacement. cal trans replaced the bridge deck of 101 and as they have done before, thanks to the innovative contract structure that offered significant bonus for the contractor to finish early, that project happened extraordinarily quickly and it happened several months ahead of schedule taking advantage of the fact that traffic is so light right now. we're very happy with our partners at cal t

the transport secretary, grant shapps, led the government's daily coronavirus briefing today.ures. more than 126,000 tests were carried out yesterday — the highest daily testing figure since the crisis began. a further a28 people have died with covid—19 in the past day, the transport secertary announced. that means the offical uk death toll now stands at 33,61a. the transport secretary said it was everyone's "civic duty" to avoid public transport if at all possible, as social distancing measures would only allow for one in ten passengers to travel safely. and a two billion pound package for roads and rail was announced. the transport secretary says the fund will help britain "bounce back" and help to "get the economy growing again". for two months, we've remained locked down. travelling as little as possible. and in doing so, the whole country has protected the nhs and help to reduce the number of covid—19 infections. as we begin making tentative steps towards restarting our economy, and people in some sectors who can't work from home are beginning to return to workplaces, it

is not just building for the future too. transporte to place but also shapes the places for good or bad. towns, cities and whole nations. we now have an opportunity to use the power of transport to improve long—standing national weaknesses and create something better. the uk's unbalanced economy is one such weakness. our mission is to level up britain. the covid—19 outbreak must be the catalyst to get it done, levelling up and speeding up. so while roads and railways are less busy, we are accelerating vital projects. take the north for example, this bank holiday weekend we are carrying out vital work to fix leeds station. continuing to build a new platform, installing new points and switches and improving the track to wake field. just part of a90 separate engineering projects happening around the country this bank holiday weekend. work that would normally take months of weekend closures are much quicker on these quieter railways. and we are getting on with plans to reverse some of the so—called beeching rail cuts too. doctor beeching

the coronavirus is changing how we travel. public transport is a no go for many they're afraid of catching the virus. some are turning to motor bikes and bicycles. these shops are cashing in. 25 years. so we're watching public transport widening walkways to allow for social distancing. the crisis is changing mobility for good but for better or worse critics say clearing lanes will create bigger traffic jams more pollution more noise or could more people ditch cars altogether a lot of cities taking steps european and american capitals are rolling out thousands of kilometers of bikeways and many are offering free bike sharing global centers are automating crossing signals you don't have to press a potentially contaminated button anymore or spread your germs to a bus driver you don't need to take it in dozens of cities during the crisis. but back to the renaissance of the bike is lisa look back. in times of covert 19 mad even with all the more happy she bought in a few months back even better her hometown for tunis who was 3 kilometers outside of

really well done and i'd like them to become permanent it's so good not to depend on the timetables of public transport and you're not being held up by the frequent allays on the metro going it was. what's more the central government is putting 20000000 euros on the table to subsidize bike repairs by as much as 50 years. its effort is bearing fruit this bike repairman says he's never hot so many requests. and 2nd receive about 50 calls a day and as many emails there are a lot of people especially elderly ones who now get their bike out of the basement and want to get back in the saddle there are a few but not everybody is happy about the pro bike policy drivers groups complain there is now less space for cars. with the air conditioning switched on and the windows closed you have practically no chance of catching the virus in looks out you can feel safe and for people like me who live 100 kilometers away from paris because it's the only alternative to public trust. plus it's great to cycle right sunny but in november december people will want to use their bike anymore. but now he hopes parisians newfoun

that is going to be the message from the transport secretary grant shapps at the government press conferencee is going to say we need to do that to protect public transport. think about it — if we stick to the two metre rule, we won't get nearly as many people on our trains and buses, about 10%, according to estimates. at the same time, if wejump into our cars and drive to work, the roads are going to be choked with traffic. what's the alternative? grant shapps is going to say, "start walking and cycling." he's going to give new powers to councils to close roads, set aside space for pedestrians and cyclists. waltham forest has been doing that for a number of years. that's where i am, in leighton. and i am joined now by clyde loakes, deputy leader of waltham forest, and also the lead on transport. what have you done around here to make it easier for people to walk and cycle? for the past five years, we've been widening pedestrian space, we've been closing roads to through traffic, handing back to residents their neighbourhoods. so it's about people rather than the single mode of transport, na

the transport secretary did not confirm the plans, but said it now "makes sense to look at what happensproposal has been described by regional airports as a "devastating blow", as our business correspondent katy austin reports. when passengers returned to the uk's near empty airports, how different will travel be? some other countries have already introduced quarantine procedures. sophie and herfamily went to australia in march for a wedding. on arrival, they had to self—isolate for m days. while she understands the reasons, sophie would be reluctant to repeat the process. if it wasjust would be reluctant to repeat the process. if it was just for a holiday, i wouldn't because two weeks is a long time to be unable to leave your house, especially with kids. the uk aviation industry is reeling from a huge drop in travel. the group representing uk—based airlines says quarantine measures here would be a further blow.“ this is the scientific advice, then we will accept that. the health and safety of our passengers is paramount. but this will have a significant impact on our sector and nobody

we're also moving forward rapidly on the van ness improvement projects and the lack of transportation on van ness avenue and it has been able to allow the crews to accelerate the sewer and water work that's been the source of so much of the disruption on that street and that work is continuing quickly and it means that we'll be able to start the sfmta portion of that project and the transit portion starting this spring. i'll remind you all, that while the sfmta is in the lead of the brt project, none of our work has started yet. the work for creating the bus rapid transit line so we're very much looking forward to that work getting moving and many of you also know about the cal trans 101 deck replacement. cal trans replaced the bridge deck of 101 and as they have done before, thanks to the innovative contract structure that offered significant bonus for the contractor to finish early, that project happened extraordinarily quickly and it happened several months ahead of schedule taking advantage of the fact that traffic is so light right now. we're very happy with our partners at cal t

dollars in the tourism and transportation sector is doing to help boost the airlines across the continent south africa as well as deferred payrolls for most of the industries there and that means that the transportation sector is to benefit from some of these relief mission is that enough to keep them afloat. definitely not because the revenue base already has been struggling for most of the airlines and this means that the government might just have to do more or the african governments might just have to do more to help these airlines stay afloat kenya airways for example has been capitalizing on all they've called up to 4 of the aircraft to have transportation aircraft that is the passenger aircraft and this is helping to generate revenue and mean the prices so just briefly up what would happen if an airline such as ethiopian actually went bankrupt. it would actually be a big blow not just to ethiopia back to the rest of the continent if you've been airlines has to be the biggest airline on the continent edita employs about 500000 people so if it was 2 and now it's bankruptcy right now

each of them makes sure to speed up the cutting and transporting of the wood to. hoping to own a bonus for the extra efforts they want to make up the wages that lost. this giant tree grows one centimeter every yeah it's taken thousands of years to grow to decides. it's worth it is the hardest and densest in the world and yet the name ironwood. even once on the ground it still managing to make the longest lives difficult. to share way to the tree is driving the bulldozer towards the ravine. please even in the steel cages the drivers have to be careful. how to get to. the ball but. being in a. place moving the trunk is proving to be a big challenge especially as the bulldozer is now stop please to free it the forest will once again pay a heavy price. lift. another tree is filed to help slide the logs on to the bulldozers trucks. please please please please please the battle between wood and steel last small than an hour. please please please please please. please please. please. yousif is heading elsewhere to no doubt 10 tons of iron works but the rain has transform

the uk. joining us now is labour's green transport minister — kerry mccarthy. was announced back in february, and in those healthier days it was pre—locked down, nobody was really thinking about the dramatic change to lifestyle that we may now have to experience. yes, and that money, you are right to say that it isn't new money that was announced today, perhaps despite the government's attem pts perhaps despite the government's atte m pts to perhaps despite the government's attempts to make it look like it was. that was for a reasonably medium term strategy to try to increase the number of people walking and cycling. there will be a national cycling plan which will be published next month. it is all part and parcel of that longer term ambition. what is crucial right now is how we respond to the covid—i9 outbreak as we start to see the lockdown lifted, and of that money or we are talking about in terms of early intervention as a response to covid—i9 is this 250 million. that might sound like a good amount of money, but if you are spreading it across the country t

protect the public transport network. ho need to travel into a workplace in england will be urged to consider to walk and cycle more. and roy horn, a member of the long—running magic duo siegfried and roy, has died aged 75 after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. airlines in the uk say they have been told the government will bring in a 14—day quarantine for anyone arriving from any country apart from the republic of ireland in response to the coronavirus pandemic. the new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. the proposal has been described by regional airports as a "devastating blow", as our business correspondent katy austin reports. people and businesses in england are waiting anxiously to hear how the lockdown will start to be unlocked. the aviation industry is reeling from a huge drop in travel under coronavirus restrictions. the group representing major a

know people should go back to work but those who can work from home should stay at home so that the transport and other parts of the cities don't get overcrowded and the spread of the epidemic will not increase again. what's the mood against this kind of background a lot of uncertainty out there this morning as paris as the country reopens how are people feeling about. well 2 thirds of the french are worried about lifting off restriction and you can see that actually some people were fearing that public transport trains etc and the roads would be overcrowded but that's not the case many people are saying you know we're going to stay at home watch the situation there really very of this virus and of the fact that it could spread even faster than before hand so many people fear a 2nd wave of this and staying at home also schools are now bit by bit ropey reopening again across the country and 2 thirds of the parents are actually saying no we're going to keep our children at home that's an option for at least a few weeks now ok lisa thanks so much live from paris this morning well of course the c

the eduardo 3 is an aging cargo ship that also transports passengers. this is the only large boat that will be setting off from your remark was over the next few days. while the workers load the last sacks and boxes of cargo on board the harbor master talks optimistically about the future. will see progress here soon. peruvian and brazilian and all other boats passing through here will be able to travel in all seasons and with. the harbor master dreams of one day seeing a fully fledged container terminal here that's what the peruvian government is planning although so far there is only a promotional video you will. only get that you drove here is a sprawling infrastructure project involving the dredging of 3 major tributaries of the amazon the aim is to create shipping channels that are at least 56 meters wide and deep enough for larger ships. that a chinese company is set to begin work soon initial investments amount to just under $100000000.00 the additional costs for expanding and maintaining harbor facilities along nearly 3000 kilometers of river are