your transportation planner with the transportation authority. happy to present this item today. so for background, the lifeline transportation program focuses on projects that serve communities of concern. and that address transportation gaps and barriers. in july of 2018, m.t.c. approved $600,000 of a $1 million set-aside for l.t.p. projects identified through a participatory budgeting pilot as part of the bayview or community-based plan. assess components that applicable and scalable at a regional level. only transit operators are eligible to apply through the 20% local match requirement. and the total budget was $750,000. as a congestion management agency, the transportation authority is responsible for approving the final program of projects. the board was based on the bayview c.t.p. and the participatory budgeting efforts in october, as part of the supmental prop k. to fund the larger ctpt investment plans, $2.5 million in traffic fund was in fiscal '20, and '21 and '22. as required by m.t.c. guideline, sfmta established a steering committee, which developed and adopted a pa

. >> with the transportation authority and i'm here to provide an update on our congestion management program, or c.p.m. as a congestion management agency, the transportation authority monitors and reports various performance measures on c.m.p. network every two years. the c.m.p. network includes 230 miles of major arterials and freeways. requirements include monitoring level of service,. however, we are unique in a way that we -- in addition to automobiles. as san francisco continues to experience significant growth in jobs and population, auto speeds have declined further. there have been 1% to 5% drops across the different facility types and peak periods, compared to the last monitoring cycle in 2017. these charts show the long-term trends in both auto and transit or bus speeds. note that there's a discontinuity in 2017, because the data provider had updated the data product. but longtime trends show that auto speeds have been declining continuously over the past decade. a greener economy and population, combined with increasing number of ride-hail vehicles on the streets, are cont

to the transportation authority board. and we look forward to working with you and your staff not only on district five issues c.a.q. but on citywide issues and regional transportation issues. now that i have acknowledged commissioner preston c.a.q. i want to have him participate in his first official act. is there a motion to excuse commissioner haney? would you like to raise your hand and make that motion? >> i would. >> is there a second for that motion? as much as this will upset our attorney c.a.q. we will take that without objection without a roll call vote. commissioner haney is excused. welcome to commissioner walton and before i make the chair's comments c.a.q. i would like to afford commissioner preston a moment to say a few words on his first day in his first official meeting as an elected official. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chair. it is an honor and a privilege to be sworn in last night and to serve on this commission and especially as a 26 year every day munimobile rider. i have a lot of thoughts a

april smith, transportation authority. we have 11 member citizen advisory committee with each member serving a two-year term. the board appoints individuals to fill any open seats and neither staff nor the. >>> itself make staff at by -- advisories. applicants must be san francisco residents must appear before the board at least once to speak to the interest and qualifications. in the packet there is a list of applicants and the enclosure has detailed information on each applicant. the vacancies under consideration today are the results of the resignations. with that i can take any questions. >> are there any questions for ms. smith? okay. are there any applicants that would like to testify? mr. ortiz. please come forward. >> hello supervisors. my name is kevin ortiz. as a child of san francisco, some of my earliest memories on the 14 of 22 fillmore. i have seen firsthand how transit is vital to a healthy and vibrant society. having never owned a car in my lifetime, not because i didn't want to but rather because there is

so today i'm requesting that the san francisco county transportation authority draft and present to us a resolution on the transit impacts of sb-50, with mid gages options to expand transit service in conjunction with new developments through incentives and creative multi-source funding strategies. we need to plan for complete communities. and i look forward to continuing this conversation and ensuring that transit isn't forgotten in transit-oriented development. thank you. >> chair: thank you, commissioner mar. and seeing no other requests for introduction of new items, i would like to adjourn this meeting. i'd like to commend our outgoing colleague, commissioner vallie brown, who i have served with in so many different capacities under various colleagues and then as a colleague. but on behalf of the staff and this body, ms. chang would like to say some words and present you with our highest honor. ms. chang, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin. commissioner brown, it was such a pleasure to work with you and your office. we want to thank you and express our sincere apprecia

. >> reporter: the valley transportation authority rolled out the new bus and train schedule. the transit agency is refocusing its resources on its most well traveled routes. vta is increasing the number of buses and trains on its most popular routes, hoping to decrease wait times and improve ridership. >> people want faster more frequent service. they don't want to wait more than 20 minutes for the next ride, so these routes will be 15 minutes or less. >> reporter: they say the changes are necessary in order to put the brakes on a troubling trend. a half decade of double digit declines in ridership. 17 percent for buses and 26 percent for trains between 2015 and 2019. >> we are seeing not only here in santa clara county, but all over the nation a decline in bus ridership specifically. and by putting and reinvesting more service into the heavily used routes, we hope that ridership increases. >> reporter: but reducing or cutting service on less traveled routes can be a hardship for passengers who rely on it. the trade off says jerome perry who uses light rail to get to work in

this program would be authorized by the director of transportation as i mentioned, our board approved these changes earlier this month. a little bit more background on the concept authorization. the transportation code provides basic requirements such as requiring an application, payment of fees and the ability to impose fines or terminate the authorization if needed. to complement these there would be a policy directive that would be issued by the director of transportation to describe the application requirements. the process for reviewing those applications and the requirement of public engagement plans. the criteria we would use to establish the terms or concept uppers station terms. -- authorization terms. we want to be as clear as possible and commuting what our expectations are so there is transparency throughout the process. we have been doing outreach with various groups. key stakeholders. we presented and discussed the proposal with the member of committees, such as the system advisory committees for the transportation authority and the sf mta. the city advisory body, that o

for more information you can visit the transportation authority website. i would like to thank staff who have visited treasure island at various times this year. to meet and do outreach to residents and stakeholders. they did a great presentation. as always, i encourage my colleagues to visit the island and get a feel for how it is being transformed. that is the end of my cherry part. is there any public comments on the report? seeing then. we please call the next item. >> item three, executive directors report. >> thank you. i just wanted to build upon earlier reference i made regarding caltrans and director visit to treasure island that was the transportation authority. i will read it again, it was an honor to be the new caltrans directors first stop in the. we met together with commissioner linda richardson as well as district 4 staff to provide an overview of all of the different sustainability features of the new development and all of the work that is happening on the island with transportation choices. we have been partnering successfully with caltr

ethiopia the 2nd for its 737 max at 1st the company tried to deny responsibility but air transportation authorities were soon ordering the grounding of a 737 max its best selling aircraft within weeks of the incident since then the plane maker has been mired in a crisis in december boeing said it was holding production of the 737 max and c.e.o. dennis mullen burge was ousted new seal david calhoun will now face the task of engineering a turnaround and rescuing started reputation. it's been a busy year for the markets across the world but it appears the u.s. markets have managed to ride out the uncertainty in the stock market is at a record high in the u.s. and that's something the u.s. president has been raving about and taking credit for he says the highs a jew to his reforms hard to say but what is clear is that the global economy has been slowing with the i.m.f. and the world bank mainly blaming the u.s. china trade dispute but despite that there's been records in markets in both sides of the pond and that was a spot of good news this year. and that was the last edition of business asia and 29 t

item 11, san francisco county transportation authority, peer review panels, sign a report. we have lewis. good morning. i'm the project management to the transportation authority and as you know, at the request of our board, we have been conducting a review of the management oversight governance and project delivery for the dtx project and months ago, you saw a presentation of the preliminary findings of that study and today, you will be hearing about the final observations and recommendations from the panel. over the last few months, we have been working with the principal stakeholders, the tgpa, high-speed rail, com-train, mtc to develop a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of some of the recommendations. and so, that is moving well and we hope to have the finalized -- this mou in the next few months. in addition, we have been working with the tgpa staff for and allocation of $11 million to restart the engineering for the dtx and we're hoping to take that to our board for approval in december. so with us today, we have john fisher, who is one effort member

valley transportation authority rolled out its new service today. they see new bus stop signs, new light rail line and improved routes. the new routes will review your wait time. >> this is our new transit service that we rolled out. we have nod had this big of a change since 2008. we are really excited that we are able to revamp the service. >> to increase ridership bta is giving free bus and light rail rides through the end of the year. >>> up next, a bay area man making history. the treacherous journey he made that landed him in the record books. >>> we've got a couple of things to talk about. rain is on the way and you have to plan out your new year's day plan. i'll have a look at that, coming up. stay with us. >>> here are the horses warming up. the track is scheduled to open. it was postponed a few days because of rain. there's been increasing pressure from animal rights activists permanently after 37 horses died within the past year. they have included new safety protocol. >> we've been very, very proactive. we've had a myriad of issues this

day-to-day work of our staff to engage and support tuf activityh the san francisco county transportation authority. i would acknowledge that partnership continues to build and develop in a positive direction. i would also like to acknowledge in the local government affair's arena my colleague and former colleague of yours, mr. ramos, the government affair's manager serving as our primary emissary with the board of supervisors and has been integral to our efforts to effectively work with the supervisors and their staff. so the summary of local priorities is included in this calendar item and touches on broabroad topics which i won't l out individuals. they're familiar in terms of contract vision zero and priority projects. moving to the

day-to-day work of our staff to engage and support tuf activityh the san francisco county transportation authority. i would acknowledge that partnership continues to build and develop in a positive direction. i would also like to acknowledge in the local government affair's arena my colleague and former colleague of yours, mr. ramos, the government affair's manager serving as our

and big transportation changes are also in efct in the south bay, the valley transportation authorities new bus d light rail services have started ers can expect more buse to arrive on 20 of the agencs most use bus routes. a new light rail line also debuted over the weekend some of eta is existing lines have also been canceled so check the schedules. a skesperson says these changes have been the works since 2016. one writer we talked to says they're neceary. >>spreading this society put me see if the mom. i'm mara, sketch arms. not too weight putting me that's bad things. >>the dta says they hope these changes will allow riders to take more direct routes to their destinatio. we're also offering free rides throu tuesday, you can find link to the list of new routes on our website kron 4 dot com. >>and if you're taking part this week, re's the schedule on w year's eve parts going to run trains until 03:00am antioch enrichment rains will skip the embarcadero stop ntgomery will be your station in dublin in warm springs trains into san francisco was get montgomery nd a market will be your sta

this is an article for the valley transportation authority in santa clara county. on the 208th of december, they will restructure their transit lines. bottom line is, they will escape probably most of the requirements of bill 50 by having service upgraded to 15 minutes from 30 minutes and a lot of lines are going to go that way. however, you the transit stations, they will have anywhere from 30 to 238 buses in our. indirectly, senate bill 50 has rezoned that area around those centres. this is in direct. my concern is growth must fund growth and don't go to the state piggy bank for funding because the state piggy bank has been funded with our tax dollars that go in there. the developers should be responsible for any type of development funds that are required on that. and also, keep in mind what happens when transportation is driving the planning results as it winds its way through senate bill 50. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i'm with the san francisco transit riders. i am here to support supervisor mark's resolution. it is not to like th