freight transport is already seriously overburdened and in the coming years the transport of goods is expected to rise by thirty eight percent. that's probably a bit of a problem with freight transport is that a system like the hyperloop would only be worthwhile for transporting goods for longer distances say three hundred kilometers and the kinds of goods that could transport it would be very limited it wouldn't be able to replace most freight transport we would need it because of its high speed it might make product easier to deliver over large distances but even that would do little to solve our overall problem when it comes to freight transport like us will be in kind of as it was in . class or fraser can transport up to twenty thousand containers and once hyperloop could only convey a single point at a time and. that's why transportation experts are investigating ways to use roads more efficiently in truck platooning several trucks travel in a column that connected through why fire and respond in concert the fast track and the chain guides the other vehicles which save fuel by re

of goods that could transport would be very limited it wouldn't be able to replace most freight transport neat because of its high speed it might make products easier to deliver over large distances but even that would do little to solve our overall problem when it comes to freight transport workers will be in kind of as it was in. class or freighter can transport up to twenty thousand containers of ones hyperloop could only convey a single point at a time when. all. that's why transportation experts are investigating ways to use roads more efficiently in truck platooning several trucks travel in a column they're connected through why fire and respond in concert the first truck in the chain guides the other vehicles which save fuel by remaining in the slip stream. in theory past. center cars could join the convoys maintaining short intervals between vehicles that respond simple tenuously could help prevent traffic jams. a driver in a passenger car would send out a request to join the convoy and if the leader examples the request it would assume control and handle steering for the new arri

i'm very interested in transportation. i've been working on congestion management for a very long time, and i think it would just be a general honor to help be the eyes and ears for the t.i.a. working on community issues and transportation, so thanks. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss zach. i think you are vastly under selling your credentials in so r youave a b.a. in urban studiesnd do mobility work at w.s.p., and as a matter of fact were involved in some data collection and research for the t.a. but before i suggest to my colleagues that we put you on the c.a.c., are there any other individuals here who are applicants for thec.a.c.? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. colleagues, if you look at page number 99 in your packet, you will see that rachel zach will be an incredible addition to the c.a.c., and i am delighted that she is interested in serving. and if there is a motion to put her on the c.a.c., made by commissioner ronen, secondeyd b commi

is responsible for securing all of america's transportation systems, surface transportation security has been consistently overshadowed by the amount of attention and resources dedicated to aviation security. this imbalance is aptly illustrated by the glaring absence of surface transportation in t.s.a.'s five-year investment plan and the biennial refresh. the plan is a key communication tool for t.s.a. to help stake holders understand the agency's priorities and to enable them to align investments and protect development initiatives accordingly. t.s.a. is responsible for securing all of america's transportation systems and they have surface transportation is a key and integral element of that mission. t.s.a. does not procure technology for surface transportation operator bus does set the standards for viable security technologies for that environment. therefore investments related to research, development, testing, and evaluation of scufert technologies for surface transportation systems should be included in t.s.a.'s five-year technology investment plan. my legislation will enhance

my colleagues on the transportation committee. there is no way we can come together on raising taxes on the middle class. that's the achilles heel of their bill. this is a ponzi scheme that corporate america will perpetrate on the american people. but if you're the wealthiest 1%, republicans would you be the sun, the moon and the stars all that at the expense of the great middle class. there is no reason for rushing to a tax break for millionaires and billionaires paid for by pilfering the pockets and healthcare of middle-class americans. mr. chairman, these are not my words. you are direct quotes from the league of her friends across the aisle. we know these statements are false and the dahows the average american family of four has a tax tax cut of $2059 a year. that's $2059 in the pockets that used to be an uncle sam's pocket. pocket. in the fourth district of arkansas, $2059 per year is definitely not crumbs. mr. chairman, a are wrong about the tax-cut and jobs act but bless their hearts they are consistently wrong and that's

in contrast, transportation sustainability fee is a funding source that helps us put money into the transportationtem in ways that improves it in sort of a more invisible basic kind of way, so for example, you can use transportation sustainability fee to pay for a new engine for a bus that extends the life of that bus, deals with state of good repair, that kind of thing. so it's not a directly comparable funding source that you can just swap out indiscriminately. so there is a certain value to mta of tsf that doesn't come from the projects. which are also very important improvements as well. >> supervisor safai: i get that. that makes sense. thank you for the explains. through the chair, i would say that in the context of all the fees considered in this larger package coming up at central soma, there is a point by which we cannot go past, otherwise some of the projects become unsustainable. so i it's important to consider that in the larger context since we're to the end of the road on that debate. we want to consider this fee as part of the larger package that is coming in front of us, but thank

next item, advanced transportation and technology deployment. once again, the grant as reported, sfmta and sfcta have been awarded $10.99 million. of that total, $5 million is being utilized by timma and will support the toll system design and implementation. $300,000 will support the piloting of an autonomous circulator shuttle on the island. at its june 29, timma meeting, we provided an update on grant award and are ready to move forward with utilization of of funds and are excited to that opportunity. related to that, staff will speak at the upcoming automated vehicle symposium scheduled for july 9-12. the annual symposium is organized by the national transportation research board and so hes yugs for unmanned vehicle systems international. on the project delivery front, as it relates to construction here, there are numerous construction projects that are just starting right now on yerba buena island. let's talk first about what was recently completed. as you all know, the efforts that we led the i-80 westbound on and off ramps is complete. al

with the transportation committee to come up with these recommendations. i really want to thank linda richardson for chairing t transportation committee and the diligence that this committee has come up with 54 recommendations, and great recommendations. i did have one request on recommendation 21, where it says accessibility improvements to the e and f lines. i would hope that we could include the t line to that because that service needs improvements, also. i think you guys are way ahead of the game because it took six years to do the original waterfront land use plan, and it's only taken you guys a little over a year to come up with these recommendations for updates and unanimously, you know? you guys have worked together as a great team, so janice and rudy, i really want to thank you guys for leading the way of all the committees and to come up with all these recommendations, and they're great recommendations. as far as -- we've been through the other two, and so as far as transportation, david and brad, do you see any of these recommendations that --

one day have a pilot impact on transportation safety and efficiency. however, exceeding the capability of the human driver is extraordinarily difficult and currently underestimated by many. the best 10% of drivers automated vehicles for all practical purposes can never virtually crash. large scales of autonomous vehicles will take decades to achieve and significant percentage of vehicles for the foreseeable future. does not include benefits of all users or operate across all users. human drivers. as of humans, reliability of the systems depends on things like roadway design quality, lane marking signs, and other traffic control devices. at the same time though, specific infrastructure do create particular things like work zones in emergency situations. adverse weather, which is why we're connected the perception, recognition, path planning process for information and ultimately safer and more pic overall. connectivity is proactive conversation taking place between vehicles and vehicles of instray infrastructure like humans do today. the safety to maint

they did not have money to build a system of air transportation. they went to local cities and asked them, could you build in a field for us? cities at that time did not have the power to build landing fields, but often private interests would come forward, chambers of commerce or other businessmen would come and established the first airports in this country. 1920's,o back to the public and private entities came forward to establish airport infrastructure. 1930's, when federal money became available for jobs transportation was one of the few expanding areas in the country. there was a great need to improve airports that had existed, while federal policy said, if you're going to get federal money for this, you have to be publicly owned. many private airports then became public. cities would buy them, sometimes just for one dollar, so they would be technically public airports and could get pwa money. the first big infusion of federal money into airports came during world war ii. many airports around the country, municipal airports were enlisted for

rachel hyatt, principal and transportation planner. and i want to give you an update on a major source of funding that is supporting our budget over the next four years. [please stand by] -- $5 million of that is for tolls. it was intended in our grant application to support the deployment of autonomous shuttle on the island. so some background -- you've seen this graphic about the five locations on the island. the shuttle is something that was planned a bit and has been sought a bit in the past planning with the island design and the transit system planning. this is a graphic from some of the planning that's been done so far looking at what a shuttle service on island might look like once the full build-out is achieved. as you are probably aware, the vision on island is to have an intermodal transit hub, where the transportation building is and that's where all the transit services will come together on island, including the ferry terminal. and then for a last mile-first mile solution, we will have a circulating shuttle, actually thre

we are on the cusp of a transportation revolution.echnologies will one day transport -- transform the way we travel and connect with each other. autonomous vehicles, drones and other transportation innovations have the potential to improve safety by addressing human error. they will increase access to transportation for the elderly and people with disabilities. but, there are legitimate concerns about the new technology as well. a majority of americans tell that they are unwilling or hesitant to ride and self driving cars. they worry about safety and privacy. i have challenged silicon valley and others innovating in this arena. they have an obligation to help educate the american public of the benefits of this emerging technology, but also address the legitimate concerns about safety, security, and privacy. as a former secretary of labor, i'm also concerned of the impact these new technologies will have on jobs. i'm confident in the long-term, new technologies to create jobs. the transition. can be difficult for dislocated workers. as

minister, and there are the transport minister, and there a re calls the transport minister, and therehad to say. in my time as another to, around ten years, i cannot remember traditional rivals coming together as one to deliver the same message with such high impact as we have seen to date. we have had the likes of the manchester evening news and the yorkshire post, lancashire and the yorkshire post, lancashire and yorkshire, uniting, much to people is delighted. for the yorkshire post a certainly chris grayling in his role as transport secretary must be accountable for the chaos which has insular on the railways in the last ten days or so. it is not that long ago chris grayling stood on a platform at wakefield, 2017, in the month of may i think it was, and said this government will keep its prices. a couple of months later he is writing in the yorkshire post to say that electrification is cancelled and there is not, and these are his words, it is not up to me to sort out the transport issues in the north. today's coverage across the region i think is a result of that sort of arroganc

the transport secretary promised an enquiry and some form of compensation today.ll the house that there is an easy solution or that the department could simply step in and make the problems passengers are facing go away. if there was a way to do so, i would do that without hesitation or a moment. but ultimately this solution can only be delivered by the rail industry. these problems can only be fixed by network rail and the train operators methodically working through the timetable. there is one person who is ultimately responsible. that is the right honourable gentleman, the memberfor epsom and ewell, the secretary of state for transport. then he was roasted by the backbenchers on both sides. aren't my constituents entitled to think that this is just an utterly pointless transport secretary, because nothing ever changes under his watch? i have constituents who today are standing in sweltering heat for five hours, some of them fasting for ramadan, if they can get a train at all. it's a disgrace and what is she going to do to make it right today? 20 years ago i was

support water transportation. you'll hear a little bit more about this in our next item on the agenda, but not only working with golden gate who are the ferry providers for large scale public ferries, but work with what we've referred to previously as our water taxi operators like tideline, san francisco water taxi and prop sf to enhance and expand our water transit opportunities on the bay. improve goods movement and commercial access, so goods movement is important up and down the entire waterfront. we have a lot of goods coming in and out of fisherman's wharf, and obviously piers 80 through 96. as a part of the land usesub committee work, we have identified that the production distribution and repair types of uses, p.d.r. uses, are -- are a large portion of the port's portfolio of real estate today and likely to be in the future, so we need to make certain that we maintain access along the entire waterfront for goods movement, and that we design facilities that are safe for pedestrians and bicycles, accommodate

and other private transportation are an integral pa t transportation system. 74% of residents region-wide believe that uber and lyft are an import par of the transportation system and also know that despite rising regional congestion, that these services are, the public believes these services are making it easier for them to get around, because it's improving theiril options and you know, making it eier to connect to and from transit. so, we are concerned it's punitively targeting three company, there are a few more, and without achieving a public policy goal, because the revenue is not designated for transportation improvements, so, we believe that instead of targeting the business community, we should be talking about sound public policy solutions to really reduce road congestion and enhance public transit in the city.so tnks ver. >> thank you very much. any other members of the public? >> good afternoon, supervisors. speaking on behalf of the san francisco chamber of commerce. conversion from the payroll t to the gross receipts tax is far from complete. there is still a half percent p

welcome to our june 11, 2018 land use and transportation committee meeting.atie tang, chair of this committee. we are also joined by supervisor jane kim and supervisor asafi. our clerk is erica major. madame clerk, are there any announcements for us? >> please make su

study is a transportation design lab. [reading] to improve sustainable options for residents in district 10 will be hosting collaborative workshops in the next two months. the first is saturday june 30 at bay view hunters point ymca and there is more information on our website if you look up design-labs. your chance to way in a lot more funding is we are i in therocess of updating our prioritization programs and we conducted a wenb based survey on what people would like to see their taxes go to. we reached out to 30 community based organizations throughout the city and your offices will helpful with social media, newsletters and we received over 1,000 responses from a broad range of groups and individuals across the city. we are working on finalizing, cleaning up and categorizing the agenda in july and we have shared early drafts with sponsors and they are supposed to consider the public output. during july board directo boarde will be aring. three more quick updates. this one i want to say haul we now have the record of

it builds in transportation options in the form of t.d.m. pleasures. physical measures, incentives, information and resources that support more sustainable trips and travel behavior. the more off street parking a project proposes, the more t.d.m. measures are required to be implemented on a project site. the program is designed to make it easier for new employees, residents and visitors to get around, and each measure is included in the t.d.m. program is intended to reduce vehicle miles travelled unless provided by the property owner. as i mentioned briefly, the t.d.m. program is a unique program. it is a program that is developed to be nimble a responsive. it is compromised of two key elements, the first is section 169, and the second being the t.d.m. program standards themselves, which provide more details information about the specific t.d.m. measures for projects to employ. as cory mentioned before, the t.d.m. program standards were first adopted by this planning commission on august 4 of 2016, and the planning co stion 169 that references the t.d.

campaigners say it will damage the environment, but the transport secretary says expansion will benefit everyone. expansion at heathrow will bring real benefits across the country, including a boost of up to £74 billion to passengers, and the wider economy. providing better connections to growing world markets, and increasing flights to more long—haul destinations. the grenfell fire inquiry has heard that the london fire brigade received more calls about how to survive the blaze on the night, than from the whole of the rest of london, in the previous decade. newspapers across the north of england have joined forces, calling on the prime minister to get a grip of the rail problems causing chaos for commuters. the american fashion designer kate spade, has been found dead at her flat in new york. it's being reported she took her own life. also coming up, the comedian michael mcintyre has been robbed by thieves, as he waited to collect his cildren from school... we'll be looking at what's behind the sharp rise in moped gang crime in the capital. the fashion retailer, h&m, says its clothes s

issues and our transportation planning. looking at operational issues, looking at existing plans and policies, of which, of course,, there are many. looking at construction schedules, potential development and, of course,, cost. as a reminder, we initially looked at five components of the study. the alignment, as i've been talking about, the actual railyard itself, urban form and land use issues with respect to the rail yard, and the surrounding areas. and then we also looked at what would happen if we extended the alignment beyond the salesforce transit centre. and we looked at the issue of 280 and weather it made sense to consider modifying or removing it. i will start by saying that the last two items on this list have essentially been taken off the table. we looked at an extension of the alignment which could happen in the future and we think it has positive benefits. and we looked at whether if we are moving to this portion of 280 made any sense in terms of the overall transit system. whether the freeway would get in t

but he blames network railfor the state for transport.l for the timetabling failures. yes, network rail hasn't delivered, but he seems to forget that as a company limited by guarantee, network rail has one member — the secretary of state for transport, him. he is the man in charge, allegedly. mr speaker, you might —— he might want to blame network rail, but it is he who failed in his responsibility to oversee it. the buck stops with him. what's more, he has burned his bridges with the leadership of network rail, which can only have damaged his oversight of this process. isn't this a terrible failure of him and his role at the top of the system? the northern rail thameslink contracts were awarded by his department to private operators. it is thejob his department to private operators. it is the job of his department to ensure that companies fulfil their contracts. sarries and gtr have had yea rs contracts. sarries and gtr have had years to prepare for these timetable changes —— arriva and gtr. yet the department has failed to hold the comp

as the city's transportation department we are excited about the prospect that these powered scootersmpact and i haven't ridden one, but i hear their pretty fun. this is something that we certainly want to be supportive of, but it's the if that is really at question here in tomorrows of why we are putting a regulatory process in place. last year the sfmts board of directors and san francisco board of supervisors, and transportation authority adopted a set of principles set to govern emerging technologies and services on our streets and these principals embody san francisco policies as relate to equity and affordable and environment and transparency and consumer protection and worker right. we have taken those principles and embedded them in a permit program that we have established and you will see in the permit aapplication. just become something is innovative doesn't mean it's good for our city. we are using this to put in place the regulatory for example work that makes sure that we can get the best of the transportation benefits for the people of san francisco without some of the

the same could be said of transport.throw is we are likely to see the benefits accrue for a very small number of people. we know that already the vast majority of flights are taken by a small percentage of the population. what people across the country are crying out for is for the local trains, local buses to be better. for cycling to be made safe and attractive so that in the journeys we do every single day rather than the occasional flight or for the frequent flyer the frequent flight, those everyday journeys are frequent flyer the frequent flight, those everydayjourneys are made better and more sustainable. it's not just about passengers better and more sustainable. it's notjust about passengers going on their holidays, it's about exports and imports. it's about cargo. the myth is that this is about people going on their holidays. as i was saying, there's very little evidence of this is anything more than benefiting a small number of people who take a large proportion of the uk's flight. clearly we are going to conti

for the north type transport for the whole of the north.we shift the blame onto? if you have something like transport for the north, it would be one body that is accountable and has clear responsibility and, by the way, under the whole brief history of the northern powerhouse, they have come up with a moderate and credible state—of—the—art plan for what the north of england needs to connect itself in terms of people and freights and roads and trains. let us do it. otherwise they should stop talking about the northern powerhouse as a serious thing. that makes sense and i appreciate your talking about future strategy and thatis talking about future strategy and that is something you are passionate about. in terms of the here and now, we are hearing daily about people who cannot get to work, what could and should the government do in the here and now so that someone watching this thing is, i know i can get to work tomorrow or the next day? how do you tackle this in the immediate future? lesson, i am not a trained expert. i have no idea, frankl

the men are setting up wooden framing for the kale -- keel of a transport ship. i call your attention to the headgear. what would osha have to say about men wearing fedoras instead of hardhats at the workplace? he are some other images of the same ship. as is day one, day two, a lot progress. working 24 hours a day. here's a six. daytime. -- here is day six. day 10. in december 1942, the production of new shipping and american shipyards surpassed one million tons for the first time and went up from there. after that, it did not matter how many ships those u-boats sunk in e north atlantic. it mattered to the men on the ship's but it would not avail the germans of their goal which was to cut the lifeline to britain. they could never get ahead of american production. with this infusion of assets, the allies went on the offensive. here is another example of how world war ii at sea was a global phenomenon. just as most of you have heard of guadalcanal, i suspect all of you have heard of d-day. steven spielberg and john -- tom hanks probably had a lot to do with a new

the transport secretary promised an enquiry and some form of compensation today.there is an easy solution or that the department could simply step in and make the problems passengers are facing go away. if there was a way to do so, i would do that without hesitation or a moment. but ultimately this solution can only be delivered by the rail industry. these problems can only be fixed by network rail and the train operator5 methodically working through the timetable. there is one person who is ultimately responsible. that is the right honourable gentleman, the member for epsom and ewell, the secretary of state for transport. then he was roasted by the backbencher5 on both sides. aren't my constituents entitled to think that this is just an utterly pointle55 transport secretary, because nothing ever changes under his watch? i have constituents who today are standing in sweltering heat for five hours, some of them fasting for ramadan, if they can get a train at all. it is a disgrace and what is she going to do to make it right today? 20 years ago i was using this line