the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and

transit area. the impact fees for point promise are around $14 million. that's not chump chance. those will allow the city to the evidence will then show funds from the state and government. it promotes the transit center as a dense walkable district that is the focus for tech jobs in the bay area and recreational. >> i have another question. is there another development in the general vicinity that's going to reach significantly more force. i don't know why i heard this is there going to be a hundred story >> the city corner is the trans bay terminal and a adjacent is the hines project and the tower and that's going to be one thousand at all it's roughly 2 and a half times this building. there are 8 hundred and 50 feet proposed in the neighborhood >> can you tell me how many stories a standard like your giving me feet you're talking about in terms of your building 24 stories - >> 24 stories plus you know the planning commission authorized an additional 6. >> so when your talking about in the vicinity how many stories. >> between 45 and 65 i would say. >> okay. thank you. >> i have the same question as pr

city. the transit fee, affordable housing fee and childcare fee. the organizations that i represent spent 5 long years getting those in place before we did prop m. and the whole genes of that legislation of the various legislation were to recognize that when an office building came online the people in the office building the tenants in the office space would have an impact on the city they would use muni we said them to. they would make a demand for housing and childcare. the whole crust of legislation you've got to have things ready when the building opens. we had a surprise an office approval prop m was addressed to address the ups and downs of the office approvals. we don't dispute the fact that the developer used the provision that was absolutely proposed because small developers were having a hard time getting financing. the legislation was drafted so everyone was take advantage of it. the predecessors signed the papers what happened what there's a fee deferral. there's no transit it would be available after it opens. because i'm also the hea

actions that we have taken putting ourselves in a position where we tell people that we are transit for city but we don't really do anything within what the environmental law allows us to actually acquire mitigation by the people that come forward with these projects to make sure that we are a transit first city. so i think this is one of those cases that ultimately depending on how it goes could set a very good or bad precedent. i like no parking projects and i appreciate the comments from the bike coalition and walk sf. but, the mere fact that you are the that kind of project is sufficient without looking at the over all impact that this project has with the analysis that in this case in my opinion is lacking. i will vote against the motion. >> i'm not in correspondence with the not parking provision whether you have a senior or children and extracurricular activities. i believe that our transit we talk the talk about being transit first but in reality we are not a transit first certainly on the east side of the city. supervisor campos, on potrero avenue. it's a little wags -- ways from th

and retail and all in close proximity, and on this graphic you see that there is already in the transit city plan area, 19 buildings that are already under way and just south of the transit center plan area, there are eight additional residential buildings that are already under way. and if i am going to turn it over to the principle engineer. brian dikes. >> i deal with the engineering and the process in the last two years because we have not reported to the board the train box it is under construction. what we are building is a shell and a concrete train box, but the above ground buses are over the beautiful building is going to be finished by the last quarter of 2017, and open for traffic. and so then, we go in to phase two, in the same area of the train box. and what we do first is we, that concrete box gets fitted out with the six tracks there and the electrickfiation, and the three center platforms and the lower concourse has the facilities put in and the venttation on both ends of the building. >> and we are not building it at this point, until the trains are selected and we know in f

it would increase transit from under served area that hasn't gotten its fair share of the west city and an analysis would prioritize the cities that don't have a rapid city, but thank you. >> thank you commissioner mar. i'm supportive in making sure that rapid network can get established as soon as possible. i used to ride the gary bus all the time and it was a challenge. it's worse than it was when i road it 20 years ago. commissioner chiu. >> just a couple of quick comments. i want to thank you and your colleagues for the work you've done. this has been a difficult process involving a lot of different stakeholders, but i want to thank you for that. i also think your recommendations around the financial options are excellent. in particular i have been supportive of making sure that the vehicle license fee remains an option for our city. 2009, many of our colleagues with the caption of campos and mar, i sponsored of getting that forward and i think that should be apart of the package and i'm willing to continue to advocate for because we've had colleagues who have mentioned projects tha

we created the transit city plan that incorporates gov. both businesses and neighborhood for places to work with open shops and more and the development community has imbraced that with 5 office buildings adjacent to the transit center. we've worked together i get the theme now? to fund roads and parks and libs and asking san francisco voters to invest they're hard earned dollars to build infrastructure to help families skewed. we've worked together to make san francisco the gateway to china and beyond. through china that sf it's a partnership for economic development we've attracted 2090 imply companies to 90 san francisco and we're setting our sites on latin listen to this latino sf. we've worked together to rebuild our 70 san with 5 hospitals, of course, our san francisco gunmen e general i'll be asking you for more help with furniture. of course, c pmc chinese hospital and uc san francisco. we've worked together to fix our that deficit with reform and 5 years planning all of which has maintained our strong bond rating and this summer w

the development in the development and there is development and not nearly enough transit and other partses of the city as well if any other member of the public like to comment, go ahead. >> and i think that on the public transit there are people that can take their own car and drive their own car, just because there is no double parking and i have heard this item before, and i have heard this item before and was brought before us and one thing that i want you to remember, and number one, regarding the task, and what, the what the mayor's task force is recommending. and you have to remember, that when prop a was passed years ago, it will have to go before the voters again, for the authorization of the people, because the items that are in prop k, which was grandfathered and prop b which was base passed in 1989 will be able to go forward as planned, as regarding the check. and at the one of the meetings, and the president of the union spoke up and said that the effective project is not really doing or not helping anything rkts it is hurting the people, you are cutting service and i echoed those, and i

the development in the development and there is development and not nearly enough transit and other partses of the city as well if any other member of the public like to comment, go ahead. >> and i think that on the public transit there are people that can take their own car and drive their own car, just because there

they're unfunded to support the transit needs of the transit effective process. the city will see over the next decades. it was spare that identified the license fee which was the appropriate means to address transit funding. there are -- we're networking with a coalition. you received a letter on september 3rd and a letter yesterday. we feel it should be used to fund transit service restoration, service improvements and service enhancement and that's the most important source to do so. further more transit service funding is also something which can address the needs of the various communities of our city and we feel it's important that that be done as part of the overall program. we're all available to work with the controller's staff and the mayor's staff to insure that this program is more effective than what's proposed. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, jessica with senior and disability action. i'm here speaking for several other seniors and disability organizations who we've been talking to about these issues who couldn't be here. i want to e

there are seniors, and young people in every part of our city, and the most important thing that we can do in terms of equity in our transit system, is having a system that is reliability for the entire city, and i think that this moves us in that direction, and i also just want to comment on the really wonderful proposal that i hope will come out of the mtc, but it is being proposed by the nbc staff now that will for muni bar and ac transit which combine 80 percent of the riders in the region, will provide a significant pool of money for those three agencies including muni to access, to impair the infrastructure and the state of good repair of the system. and to do that, we have to put in local money. to 30 percent of the money has to come from the agency. and then, the mtc will come in with the other 70 percent, it is a wonderful opportunity but we have to put in that money and these recommendations will allow you to do that and if the money is being used for something else and not for the capitol needs of the state of the repair of the system, we will not be able to access all of that regional money. so there are a lot

many cities in the world have far more people working or on bicycles into blocking or on bicycles. they are pleasant most of transitnd 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're spending our dollars around the district and whether we invested more money would help to reduce our overall costs that come when a pedestrian is hit by a car. >> let's talk about crime in your district. how is the police department doing? do you have any thoughts on how the city is dealing with crime? >>

important part of the future of transportation in san francisco in terms of becoming truly a transit first city we all want to have more access to biking in san francisco and this is a key part of that strategy. for people who have bikes they may not want to carry those bikes around with them all the time and having the option to be without your bike and still bike when necessary is important and in addition there are people that don't own a bike but they want to be able to bike when they need to get somewhere and muni or driving or walking isn't necessarily an option. so transit first is about giving people as many options as possible biking and bike sharing are one of those options. it's also important that we move consistent ly to have a city wide bike sharing program currently the pilot is focussed on the downtown civic center south of market area which is terrific but i can attest to the fact that in my district i get regular requests and queries when are we going to have bike sharing and it's important that we stay on track that we keep the momentum and move toward city wide roll out so t

into putting more police officers on muni buses and light rail vehicles to reduce theft on public transit. city leaders say two-thirds of the robberies in san francisco involve smartphones. airports across the country will hold a moment of silence to honor the t- s-a officer killed at l -a-x one week ago. security checkpoints at hundreds of u -s airports will stop at 9:20 this morning. it is the moment when gerardo hernandez was shot last friday. the 39-year-old father of two was the first t- s- a officer killed in the line of duty. authorities say the alleged gunman.paul ciancia.targeted t- s- a officers. ciancia remains hospitalized after being shot by police. after being shot by police. ♪ with holiday magic in both parks, the happiest place on earth, just got merrier. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccino, and latte. ♪ tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ penélope cruz ] nespresso. what else? [ male announcer ] available at these fine retailers and

more input from the community and neighborhoods across the city is imperative when developing major transit hubs that will affect the city. i would very much like to become a member of the san francisco county transit authority. >> please restate your name. >> michelle jock. >> is there anyone else who would like to speak? >> good morning, mr. chairman, good morning committee members. my name is jessica luney from district two. i believe the committee is looking representative from other districts, but i thought i would put in my application to be considered in the future if that's the case. i'm a patent lawyer, i work for google. i spend a lot of time on the roads in san francisco and the bay area and i believe transit is a really important problem. i would agree with what the other applicants said about there being environmental concerns and i'm just looking for a positive way to be, to serve my community and i would like to learn more about these problems and how to solve them. this you for consideration my application. >> thank you, we'll look forward to your application. is there anyon

>> reporter: supervisors say they believe that in order for san francisco to be truly a transit first city we need to have as many transit options as possible. following leads across the world in the thousands. this is a bike share system launched at the end of august with 350 bikes. the land use and economic development committee in two months since almost 2000 people bought membership. system averaging between 9,000 and a thousand trips per day g enough, says the committee, to call it a success . >> i can't tell you what a difference it's made. >> now, there are 35 stations and 350 bikes between embarcadero and haze valley. there will be 15 more stations and a total of 500 bikes then, city has sights on expanding to 3,000 bike as cross the northeastern quadrant of the city. >> the more useful it is for people. if you're picking up a bike downtown, maybe want a ride to the castro or outer mission. maybe you want up to marina. >> reporter: expansion estimated at $20 million to $30 million. >> it's not cheap. i think we'll get there. we va number of funding questions to figure out. >> bike

one of the things that is most frustrating to me is that everyone thinks of the city as a flat map, particularly transit planners, we are not flat. we are a city of hills, and of structures like the bay bridge ramp, it effects people's ability to get around. every time that i see a flat map it drives me crazy, because anyone that lives in the city knows that we have lent transit through districts one, two, three and five. but it is falling apart in the southeastern part of the city because of the hills. and every expansion of housing in the south of market and the eastern part of the mission in district ten and district eleven which is where the planning department is heading cuts the ability for people to get around and, there are no routes and, there are hills and i can get out on the boulevard and walk five or six routes and i can't do that in the south of market. and until you insist that people start thinking and showing in 3 d, we are not ever going to grasp the problem of circulation in this city, which is enormous. where you have hills, you have crapy muni service, thank you. >> any other member

we are and have long been and will continue to be a transit per city and when you need a car electric cars will be a convenient alternative. in the bay area we have 12 thousand plug in vehicles and that's huge. it represents 1/3rd of all the plugs ins that are sold in the entire state and almost 20 percent in the entire country and that's because not just a because we enjoy them but we've done the right thing. with the 9 counties we're working with we've built an infrastructure. san francisco and the bay area has the most charging stations, in fact, over 2 hundred charging stations are available in more than 60 different locations in our city. we're making it vent and part of the way we live in this very quality area of the san francisco bay area. city government installed 40 percent of those free charging stations 90 in our garages and airport. we add to that our fleet is 1 hundred percent alternative fuel bio electric or diesel fuel. again, thank you for your leadership you've been working on those vehicles but in those complicated areas of the apartment buildings that don't have a

we've had that discussion here that where a transit first city which we are very proud of and development after development is happening that there is no connection between individual developments making sure their contributions making sure we are transit first. >> i would like to address your question broadly with regard to how we look at with regard to cumulative impacts. yes, this area has experienced a great deal of change. this is change that was anticipated when the area was evaluated and identified for the eastern neighborhood in rezoning man that this program was under way and the development that has occurred within the area is consistent with the development that was anticipated as part of that area plan and that programmatic,e. ir. this is a small project. and then we consider when this project can be considered as a significant cumulative impact with regard to points we are discussing and even if there were, there is no evidence that the project's contribution to a potential cumulative impact can be xhultively considerable. >> i know a lot of people who have been involved in e

into putting more police officers on muni buses and light rail vehicles to reduce theft on public transit. city leaders say two-thirds of the robberies in san francisco involve smartphones. >>darya: the 16 year-old boy accused of setting another teenager on fire aboard an ac transit bus has been charged as an adult. the suspect richard thomas made his first court appearance yesterday but did not enter a plea. investigators say thomas at this 18 year-old sasha fleischman on fire was asleep in the back of the bus. thomas told investigators that he was homophobic. fleischman was wearing a kilt like skirt during the attack. the suspect family says thomas is apologetic and remorseful of what he did but they say he is not homophobic. >>: he's a good kid. i don't know why he did this. richard thomas has been charged with a hate crime, aggravated may heim-mayhem and felony assault. he is expected back in court next tuesday to enter a plea. >>mark:airports across the country will hold a moment of silence to honor the t- s-a officer killed at l -a-x one week ago. security checkpoints at hundreds of u -s