fellow at the center for transportation, the leading think tank on transportation policy in the country. prior to that he was assistant secretary for transportation policy in the u.s. dot from 2002 to 2005. he was also commissioner of the connecticut department of has a longion and background in these issues and knows them inside and out. my colleague adrian moore, vice president of policy at the reason foundation. adrian is iconoclast working on many issues. one he is focused on is transportation policy. i mention he served on the national commission with me. he served on california's public infrastructure advisory commission in 2009. and he is author of several books on transportation policy. policymakers guide to road user charges. why did we write the report? really for one reason. besides the fact we really strongly endorse and support moving to a road user charge system and away from a gas tax, we wrote it because there is a wide array of mythology, myths which a lot of people hold. hold. that are more in more cars are going to be ev's not paying the gas tax so you're driving a ga

with not only better transportation but safer transportation.oject today as we break ground on what i think is going to make such a significant impact on this community but also folks who live in the west side of the city, people who rely on the 38 geary, whether it's the rapid or the regular 38 geary, to get to school, to get to work, to shop, and to do the kinds of things that so many people want to do on our public transportation system. providing the geary b.r.t. i think is going to change how people are getting around, making it a lot more efficient and making our public transportation system much more reliable than it had been in the past, and that's what this project is about. it's also about safety and improving access to our public transportation system for people who are seniors and those with disabilities. i know that this community wanted to save the laguna street stop because we have a lot of seniors who use that stop, and going up and down the hills are not necessarily an easy thing as you get older, and we were able to do that bec

all of this is transport services including taxis. it's free for users. companies like google maps also use the technology. that's where the startup makes most of its money. it's now available in thirty cities worldwide from istanbul to jakarta to sao paulo the reason to go there was to solve their problems and those when i guess it is because we knew that transportation is unpredictable on reliable it's even hard for local people to understand how this system works and we wanted to launch that product and those big megacities to help to make it easier everyday life today. the authorities in jakarta gave traffic access to all the g.p.s. data gathered by its public transport systems home to over thirty million people it's one of the most densely populated cities in the world there's no subway system those without a car check the bus the app provides detailed information the biggest challenge is to properly process the g.p.s. signals and it's very nice to show that on the map hol actually recall is more so and what does it need to expect the time of arrival

my name is april smith, and i'm a senior transportation planner with the transportation authority. happy to present today the san francisco cycle programming recommendations. the san francisco lifeline program, is a program of support projects that improve mobility for low income residents, by addressing transportation gaps or barriers, and doing equity assessments and collaborative and inclusive planning processes. it is funded by the state transit assistance, which is a fund source that can fund transit-related capital and operating purposes, and the transportation authority has the highest priority of transit service this cycle. last year the board approved fiscal years 18 and 19, and 19 and 20. distributing the funds to the program. only transit operators are eligible to apply for this program. and project examples include new or enhanced or restored transit service, shuttle service, mobility management, and taxi vouchers. once projects are screened for eligibility, the highest priority went to projects that were transit service, benefiting communities of concerns. priority was

how good do you think is madrid in terms of green transportation?ould say madrid ten years ago or even five years ago was like a car—driven city and now i think madrid is becoming the biggest lap in the world and it's living a fantastic, vibrant moment so you have tonnes of different means of transportation. it's super—exciting because the city council took a very bold move doing madrid central. it's farfrom being perfect, but it's going in the right direction and people are starting to leave their cars or private vehicles at home and starting to take either public transport or one of the shared vehicles. scooter users leave them wherever they are when they get to their destination, but some people worry they lead to the streets. what would you say to those people who are a bit unhappy with the idea of having all these scooters lying around? we are aware that the dockless system comes with a lot of benefits and some inconvenience. it's just a matter of getting used to it. it's new for everyone, including us, so we need to find together with our comp

of local systems and how different types of transport interconnect that develop has around the globe a busy looking for solutions with particular success in a few aiming at. getting the nestea that test lives in vilnius the capital of lithuania he doesn't need a car of his own he just uses the traffic. it pinpoint his location and supplies him with information on the most convenient public transport services available nearby complete with timetables and connections he can also use the app for a bicycle and car sharing schemes and he can pay for all the services via the app to. delay or test and it's especially popular amongst younger generation. the app was developed by a local startup the team program to map that compiles and centrally coordinates data on all of the uses transport services including taxis. it's free for users. companies. google maps also use the technology. that's where the startup makes most of its money. it's now available in thirty cities worldwide from istanbul to jakarta to sao paulo. the reason to go there was to solve their problems in those megacities becaus

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three other pilots also achieved hits on the mission against the japanese transport. leonard robinson, nickname was bobby robinson was a buddy and came in on the first strike and had to divert to henderson field because of lack of dual but would go out and make two more strikes that day against warships in the japanese convoy going in. the third mission, his group had no fighter cover, which he protested loudly before the mission but they still sent him out, one of the guys would survive, many days in the ocean, the robbie made it back fairly and his gunner was wounded in his plane badly shot up and he had a long pursuit find out run japanese heroes he had 68 bullet holds that they could count . >>> so by nightfall of november 19, one of the japanese troop transports for that time had been forced to turn back, to had been sunk out right and others lay crippled, hit by bombs and torpedoes drifting further out to sea. for undamaged transports were still inbound heading for guadalcanal and during the overnight hours they would teach themselves, you can see from some of t

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mike zaag, with the transportation on ageing. our transportation services is a -- is a -- so it's a service that ties to that. it's rides to and from the center, so that's part -- step one of it. we do think that it is -- we are working towards trying to figure out why it isn't being utilized more. we talked with the providers. we're going to start quarterly meetings with them, starting this fiscal year, to look at service levels and to try to look at that further. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments? commissioner loo? >> who are the provider of transportation and how much it decreases it for next year? >> how much -- well, we have four providers of transportation. they are kimochi, self-help for the elderly, central latino, and then trans dev, which is also the paratransit broker, so they are a for-profit provider. and then, you spoke to decrease? >> yes. how much is the decrease? >> so we actually have not seen a decrease over the past three, four years. in fact, the numbers have just stayed really flat in that l

and you really need to improve this transportation system.and basically -- [bell ringing] -- this deficiency is an internal operation. and the buses simply have to arrive on time. and one should not have to walk a long distance to get a bus. it should be readily available. so these are my comments on the director's report. again, i'm grateful for the statistics. those are very important, the public should have access to them publicly. thank you. >> director brinkman: thank you. >> mr. peterson, he is the last person to turn in a speaker card on the director report. >> good afternoon. my name is christopher peterson, i have comments specifically on the transit report and requests regarding the next 90-year plan and what muni should be considering there. first of all, i think these reports should be considering muni metro performance during non-peak hours as well. certainly it's done in experience significant delays in the tunnel leading to west portal at nights and on weekends. so i hope that can get focused attention. also, i think the ports

this transport system will definitely help solve our traffic jam problem. journeys will be faster than the much of and. this is the problem the metros designed to ease gridlock traffic congestion plagues greater jakarta which is home to about thirty million people short commutes can take hours and thus has a high price the government says the jobs cost the city four billion euros every year vehicle emissions are also the biggest contributor to cars as deadly air pollution. changing the car culture won't happen overnight but officials hope that by offering low ticket prices and free rides for passengers they can entice to carton's to give the subway a try. joining me now is yoga i do win an art show from the institute for transportation and development policy as the report mentioned this has been in the works since the one nine hundred eighty s. it will be another thirty years before we see the next re-align will it. now i want the second face of the mets roar of the marquee it's got an under way so it will be under construction i think the next month. and t

you are the people in charge of transportation for the city. the city has an active and environmentally focused population. we enjoy some of the most likable weather in the world. the only issue is that we have a lot of hills. ike share enables more people to have access to cycling and ideally live car free and travel carbon free. please prejump, and when they are ready, and any other worried -- where the vendors to provide share so that we may move through this world in a lighter and safer fashion. if you are looking for bike lanes, i know where to find them they're underneath the street parking that lines every street in this town. you have to end it. you have to start removing it and find a bike lane some more of us can travel safely through the city carbon free. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> let's try this again. the san francisco bike rental industry send you all a letter regarding your concerns for bike share expansion, both stationed and station less. we are all locally owned companies. we seek a noncompetitive coexistence with b

how good do you think is madrid in terms of green transportation? say madrid ten years ago or even five years ago was like a car—driven city and now i think madrid is becoming the biggest lap in the world and it's living a fantastic, vibrant moment so you have tonnes of different means of transportation. it's super—exciting because the city council took a very bold move doing madrid central. it's farfrom being perfect, but it's going in the right direction and people are starting to leave their cars or private vehicles at home and starting to take either public transport or one of the shared vehicles. scooter users leave them wherever they are when they get to their destination, but some people worry they lead to the streets. what would you say to those people who are a bit unhappy with the idea of having all these scooters lying around? we are aware that the dockless system comes with a lot of benefits and some inconvenience. it's just a matter of getting used to it. it's new for everyone, including us, so we need to find together with our competit

for students at the town's college, poor transport links and the cost of travel are a problem.last winter the buses stopped for a couple of days, so i couldn't get in to do my maths lessons then. some of the times ijust don't have enough money to get here. it's about £7.60 to get here and back. a day? a day, yeah. and there's not many places to actually come and study around lincolnshire. you know, places have been closing down and it's harder to find the education that you want, as opposed to like a bigger city. today's house of lords report urges the government to prioritise improvements to the transport network, digital connectivity and further education, all to counteract the challenges of the end—of—the—line location. it recommended free transport for over—16s in education and identified poor housing as a significant issue. this town's only secondary school closed three years ago. parents say children here are increasingly isolated. we live in a deprived area, and it has had a huge effect. a lot of the kids, you know, theyjust think, we live in a dead—end town, what is the

sources of transportation could become clogged. and this would be a new chance to provide a new motor transportation. the second thing is, i am not a warrior's or giant's fan. i won't be attending these events but i know one person who attended a giant's events and took him two and a half hours from the stadium to civic centre and swore he would never take muni again and this sha serv the as a warning to maybe this system work. thank you. >> thank you. any more public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. if i don't have any more questions or comments from my directors, i'll entertain a motion to approve. all in favour aye and and hearing none, approved. we will take a brief five-minute break. >> this is 27 part of the reliability project. good evening. my name a jean long and the project manager for the transit reliability project. it is a muni ford and vision zero supporting project. the project goals are to improve the reliability of the 27 bryants and to enhance traffic safety for people walking alone its route. the p

and the board of supervisors did approve a mission bay transportation improvement fund. the purpose of this fund was to ensure that revenue that's generated from the event center stays within mission bay to address transportation issues that could arise as we become operational. it is a group that is chaired by sfmta, with representatives from the warriors, ucsf, local businesses, and local residents. that committee has commenced their meetings and are currently meeting on a monthly schedule. with that, i would like to turn it over -- in addition to this advisory information today here, just so you are aware, we are presenting to the dogpatch neighborhood association this evening. the mission bay c.a.c. on thursday. we met with the mission bay lifesciences roundtable earlier this afternoon. we have a very frequent interaction with ucsf, and our planning meetings with the local neighborhood homeowners associations, along with the potrero boosters. now i will turn it over to tom mcguire with m.t.a. we'll talk about the measures they have been working on. thank you -- who w

it involves the sheriff's department inmate transportation buses.uses, a van, a number of other vehicles as you can see in these photos tweeted by the santa clara county sheriff's department. this is the car that caught fire completely destroyed but you can see that the fires out and under control this is a t cell and one on one and san jose so they have a big mess to clean up and it's causing major delays so you have the to transport buses. you have a van chp on scene all of these cars here involved in the accident and counting about 4. you have fire crews on scene and traffic is a mess so stay away from 8 80 in san jose it is crawling back from to 37. a special alert has been issued and we don't know how long it's going to take to clear your next best alternative is 6 6.80 instead of 8.80 that will help you get through san jose and you can avoid this crash. we'll have more and possibly a live report with sarah stinson coming up in a bit back to dance. >>san francisco police are searching for a man who attacked an unsuspecting customer at a mcdonal

. >>> san francisco's director of transportation is stepping down from his post. his employment agreement with the board ends in august and it's become clearly that it's a right time for change. mayor london breed asked the board to begin a national search to replace him. he was not up to the challenge to handling as many pressing issues. >>> we're looking for someone that understands the bigger picture. we need a real transportation expert who understands the complexities of what it means to run a major transit system. >> arekin was named transportation director back in 2011 and it leaving during issues. >>> federal authorities say they've arrested a u.s. military veteran who was planning to bomb several locations in southern california. mark domingo is a recent convert to islam and was seeking retribution on the attacks in new zealand. seth is in california tonight with more on this. >> reporter: frank, that suspect was arraigned here in federal court in downtown los angeles just this afternoon. investigators say this was a very real threat by a trained combat s

in the middle is the transportation average itself. so let's drill down. now for what it's worth, this looks very self-dealing as though i put this up here before but i don't know what jb hunt earnings were going to be, okay. don't like it and today's action will confirm that. what we have here is this. yes, a well-defined down trend line and for the most part, it is failed, it is failed, it is failed at the line we know what's going to happen tomorrow turns out it's going to fail again. and i would stay away and truckers in general are not good it's all about the rails, right? the rails have been the leader and this has so many ways you can draw the lines one way, of course, is this. a little bit like the market itself a head and shoulders with a well defined neckline you could have the bigger formation of a cup and handle. but it points to breakout time we know that nsc and unp have already done it. jb hunt if you own it, just get out. >> carter, come on over. evan will bring the chair over thank you, evan. >> so how does ksu look? if there are border is

how good do you think is madrid in terms of green transportation?rid ten years ago or even five years ago was like a car—driven city and now i think madrid is becoming the biggest lap in the world and it's living a fantastic, vibrant moment so you have tonnes of different means of transportation. it's super—exciting because the city council took a very bold move doing madrid central. it's farfrom being perfect, but it's going in the right direction and people are starting to leave their cars or private vehicles at home and starting to take either public transport or one of the shared vehicles. scooter users leave them wherever they are when they get to their destination, but some people worry they lead to the streets. what would you say to those people who are a bit unhappy with the idea of having all these scooters lying around? we are aware that the dockless system comes with a lot of benefits and some inconvenience. it's just a matter of getting used to it. it's new for everyone, including us, so we need to find together with our competitors and

and that's what our system can do, give very predictable transportation, streamline transportation timefrom 2 hours to a few minutes this is happening under a new faa program. it started in november 2017 and we're midway through it and given this opportunity to prove our technology and figure out how it's going to scale. so we're starting at wake med with u.p.s. and we hope within the next couple of years we can take it to many, many hospitals around the country >> now, i know from a u.p.s. standpoint they see healthcare as a big area of growth. big opportunities there. how do you see it? because in addition to this partnership with u.p.s. here in the u.s., healthcare seems to be an area where you have been launching deliveries in other parts of the world as well >> yeah, that's right. so, matternet has been operating in switzerland for over a year and a half now we've conducted over 3,000 flights over densely populated areas, over the cities of zurich and bern with our partners and the opportunity in healthcare is massive. i came across a study a couple of years ago mentioning that the

so as we look to the next six months, our goal remains sustainability and safely shifting transportationut of the car and into the bike lane while being true to who we are, straight forward and responsible. last october, this city wanted to collaborative responsible operator. >> thank you, very much. >> thank you. >> and since we probably have some new public commenters, i'll just remind everyone, you have two minutes. the first tone is your 30 second warning and the second louder tone i will cut you off. thank you, please, go ahead. >> harold findley, sam mullukh and sean tripwell. >> it was great that you are doing this analysis and considering what the effect of scooters on street safety is. and it's great that you are hammering all the logistics and what needs to be done to make us safe in the city. at the same time, we need to realize and you know that scooters are replacing car use. you know that car trips are far more dangerous than scooter trips. you know that cars are unlimited in the city. you know that the infrastructure in the city is built for cars and encourages car users i