in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless these targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i

glad to see the congestion pricing on your menu of options, but please make it clear to the transportation authority that it's important that a portion of those funds be available to sustain transportation service, not just to pay for new service. third, just wanted to comment on autonomous vehicles which are coming downstream and it's important that we think about fee structures for autonomous vehicles now. they will turn much of our transportation system topsy-turvy and we need to get ahead of the curve on those. lastly, as some of you have commented, there's a lot of interest in the regional transportation measure. there's a lot of interest still in the advocate community in the regional transportation measure at the appropriate time, and there's strong consensus i believe that a significant portion of that needs to be made available and should be made available for operating sources, for operating needs. that was true both in seattle's s.t.-3 and los angeles' measure m, and it's a reason that l.a. is not hurting right now the way that the bay area is. thank you. you've got a tough task ahead of

in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless these targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i

it does need to come to the board of supervisors with our transportation authority board some time in the springtime of next year if we were to make the june 2022 election cycle. next slide, please. so speaking to the process, again, we are starting to do community outreach, looking at stakeholder and community interviews, understanding what the feedback is from folks and if they may not be aware of all of the things that we're doing, and trying to do education and town halls and making sure that we are having good representation for some of the harder-to-reach communities, multilingual communities and stakeholders and building on the good base of work and learning that we've both had as far as our agencies in the recent period during the pandemic. non-digital means is very important as well. and joining those communities and meeting folks where they are. so i think that we're at the end of my presentation. next slide, please. we do have a wonderful website as i had mentioned called sales tax stories. that was celebrating our 30th anniversary and continuing and it is available for fol

this is our february 9, meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board. i chair this board and our vice chair is aaron peskin. will you please call the roll. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. >> present. >> commissioner melgar. >> present. >> commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> absent. >> commissioner safai. >> absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissionerrual ton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. any announcements? >> i would like to announce about public comment. it will be available for each item on the agenda. telephone by calling 415-655-0001 access code (146)691-8807. pound and pound. when you join you will be able to listen as parties pant. public comment when it is called star three to be added to speak. the live operator will advise you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly, turndown your volumes. that concludes my announcements. >> thank you. can you pl

this is our february 9, meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board. i chair this board and our vice chair is aaron peskin. will you please call the roll. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. >> present. >> commissioner melgar. >> present. >> commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> absent. >> commissioner safai. >> absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissionerrual ton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. any announcements? >> i would like to announce about public comment. it will be available for each item on the agenda. telephone by calling 415-655-0001 access code (146)691-8807. pound and pound. when you join you will be able to listen as parties pant. public comment when it is called star three to be added to speak. the live operator will advise you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly, turndown your volumes. that concludes my announcements. >> thank you. can you pl

>>and to make it easier for people to get here to levi stadium, the valley transportation authority says that as long as the clinic is open that rides on the boss of the light rail will be free. is santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>we head now to the north a worm or in county has announced it will begin offering vaccines to residents age, 65 or older beginning next week. the county's health officer doctor matt willis noted that people 75 and older are still at the top of marines priority list and will likely receive vaccines sooner than those between the ages of 65 and 74. according to the county health website. more than 35,000 people in marin county have been given at least one vaccination we have more details on our website kron 4 dot com and how you can sign up for the vaccines throughout h bay area county the opening of a new vaccination site in sonoma county came with some confusion this morning, but it has since all been cleared up. >>some people drove to the fitness center of the petaluma campus of santa rosa junior college thinking that vaccinations were first come first s

affordable means of travel we can be a dangerous activity in a city like nairobi kenya has national transport authority estimates $69.00 cyclists died in broad accidents in the city last year that's prompting calls for more action to protect those on 2 wheels. weirdly. has been good for cycling it has shown policymakers that people who walk people watch to cycle and they have to whether they like it or not they have to find a way of ensuring people can get to their destinations safe and sound it's no longer forcing ourselves to share roads with. motorists we do need space dedicated specifically for cyclists and for best and they're also. changes to notes back in 2015 or thirty's committed 20 percent of the road budget to non-motorized transport and today bike lanes are being set up in the city center a sign of hope for a smoother ride in the future. and that's the finale for there's more on flights that africa also on facebook and on to today will leave you with pictures of more people and bicycles across the continent to see that's at the back. i'm secure in the fire more than tired and in the end thi

appointment out here and to make things a little bit easier for people to get here the valley transportation authoritying today rides on the light rail and but county buses which both run by levi's here will be free for as long as the clinic runs live in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news i just need more vaccinations out there thank you rob now to our 4 zone forecast and our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has a look at the weather yesterday only a few sprinkles out there around the bay area today not much. >>just a light showing up outside seeing all those clouds all day long that helped keep the temperatures down quite a bit similar to yesterday little cool in spots, but yeah out there this evening. we have a chance he gets a chance to become more scattered light showers not much boise, right there dry along the golden gate bridge all those clouds the breeze is blowing out there as well then i think as we head through the night tonight still a lot of cloud cover throughout the bay area and see it was on the raindrop trying to fall a lot of that is not hitting the ground lot of that is for gut

affordable means of travel it can be a dangerous activity in a city like nairobi kenya is national transport authority estimates $69.00 cyclists died in road accidents in the city last year that's prompting calls for more action to protect those on 2 wheels. weirdly. has been good for cycling it has shown policymakers that people want to walk people watch to cycle and they have to whether they like it or not they have to find a way of ensuring people can get to their destinations safe and sound it's no longer us forcing ourselves to share roads with. motorists we do need space dedicated specifically for cyclists and for best and there are some changes to note back in 2015 or 30 is committed 20 percent of the road budget to non-motorized transport and today bike lanes are being set up in the city center a sign of hope for a smoother ride in the future. in los angeles today lady ga ga's dog walker was shot and her 2 prized french bulldog kidnapped it happened near the famed sunset boulevard the dog walker we understand is expected to survive his gunshot wounds lady gaga who is known to be extremely prot

affordable means of travel it can be a dangerous activity in a city like nairobi kenya as national transport authority estimates $69.00 cyclists died in road accidents in the city last year that's prompting calls for more action to protect those on 2 wheels. we hear. that has been good for cycling as shown policymakers that people want to walk people watch to cycle and they have to whether they like it or not they have to find a way of ensuring people kind of get to their destinations safe and sound it's no longer forcing ourselves to share roads with. terrorists we do need a space dedicated specifically for cyclists and for interest and there are some changes to note back in 2015 or 30 is committed 20 percent of the road budget to non-motorized transport and today bike lanes are being set up in the city center a sign of hope for a smoother ride in the future. in los angeles today lady ga ga as dog walker was shot and her 2 prized french bulldogs kidnapped it happened near the famed sunset boulevard the dog walker we understand is expected to survive his gunshot wounds lady gaga who is known to be ext

for planning and environmental phases of the modernization and request from transportation authority staff to enable us to utilize prop k funds to enhanced oversight. this is a joint development project delivery method that we are undertaking to deliver the project. it is a new method for the sfmta. this is for replacing orredevelopping the 105-year-old potrero bus facility at 2500 mariposa. the bottom floors for maintenance and on top for 575 mixed mix units. the new facility would serve electric trolley and future battery electric fleet. modernization project and scope of request would enable sfmta back to november request for qualifications for partnering developing teams. they received four responses. there is a three short listed candidates to respond to request for proposals to bereleased upon approval of funding. the development proposals would be reviewed and master developer would be selected and would be responsible for constructing the full facility. also addressing environmental report with the funding. we would do enhanced oversight through 2023, which is when the projec

anna laforte, deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. by way of a reminder, on february 9th, the board unanimously approved the recommended action on first reading for this item, and commissioner haney noted that his vote on second reading would take into consideration the project team's progress on two of three followup requests. specifically, he called for a detailed plan for enforcement of car-free market street, including the number of parking control officers, timing for their deployment, and when and how cameras could be used to assist with enforcement. secondly, he asked for an update on engagement with the taxi industry on their recommendations related to the project. for example, the desired use of the center transit lane. please see the memos that are included as an enclosure in your packets, or available online, to this item, provided by the better market street project team to address these requests that were made by commissioner haney and public works and s.f. m.t.a. staff are available to summarize the memos or to answer an

glad to see the congestion pricing on your menu of options, but please make it clear to the transportation authority that it's important that a portion of those funds be available to sustain transportation service, not just to pay for new service. third, just wanted to comment on autonomous vehicles which are coming downstream and it's important that we think about fee structures for autonomous vehicles now. they will turn much of our transportation system topsy-turvy and we need to get ahead of the curve on those. lastly, as some of you have commented, there's a lot of interest in the regional transportation measure. there's a lot of interest still in the advocate community in the regional transportation measure at the appropriate time, and there's strong consensus i believe that a significant portion of that needs to be made available and should be made available for operating sources, for operating needs. that was true both in seattle's s.t.-3 and los angeles' measure m, and it's a reason that l.a. is not hurting right now the way that the bay area is. thank you. you've got a tough task ahead of

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this is our february 9, meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board.hair this board and our vice chair is aaron peskin. will you please call the roll. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. >> present. >> commissioner melgar. >> present. >> commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> absent. >> commissioner safai. >> absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissionerrual ton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. any announcements? >> i would like to announce about public comment. it will be available for each item on the agenda. telephone by calling 415-655-0001 access code (146)691-8807. pound and pound. when you join you will be able to listen as parties pant. public comment when it is called star three to be added to speak. the live operator will advise you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly, turndown your volumes. that concludes my announcements. >> thank you. can you please

in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unlesstargets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i will ta

affordable means of travel it can be a dangerous activity in a city like nairobi kenya is national transport authority estimates $69.00 cyclists died in road accidents in the city last year that's prompting calls for more action to protect those on 2 wheels. we're doing secondly because it has been good for cycling it has shown policymakers that people want to walk people watch to cycle and they have to whether they like it or not they have to find a way of ensuring people can get to their destinations safe and sound it's no longer forcing ourselves to share roads with. motorists we do need a space dedicate is this if that if a cyclist adds up interest and there are some changes to note back in 2015 or 30 is committed 20 percent of the road budget to non-motorized transport and today bike lanes are being set up in the city center a sign of hope for a smoother ride in the future. in los angeles today lady ga ga as dog walker was shot and her 2 prized french bulldogs kidnapped it happened near the famed sunset boulevard the dog walker we understand is expected to survive his gunshot wounds lady gaga who

affordable means of travel it can be a dangerous activity in a city like nairobi kenya has national transport authority estimate $69.00 cyclists died in road accidents in the city last year that's prompting calls for more action to protect those on 2 wheels. weirdly. has been good for cycling it has shown policymakers that people want to walk people watch to cycle and they have to whether they like it or not they have to find a way of ensuring people can get to that is today sure it's safe and sound it's no longer forcing ourselves to share roads with. motorists we do need a space dedicated specifically for cyclists and focused and there are some changes to note back in 2015 or 30 is committed 20 percent of the road budget to non-motorized transport and today bike lanes are being set up in the city center a sign of hope for a smoother ride in the future. in los angeles today lady ga ga as dog walker was shot and her 2 prized french bulldog kidnapped it happened near the famed sunset boulevard the dog walker we understand is expected to survive his gunshot wounds lady gaga who is known to be extremely p

this is our february 9, meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board. i chair this board and our vice chair is aaron peskin. will you please call the roll. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. >> present. >> commissioner melgar. >> present. >> commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> absent. >> commissioner safai. >> absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissionerrual ton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. any announcements? >> i would like to announce about public comment. it will be available for each item on the agenda. telephone by calling 415-655-0001 access code (146)691-8807. pound and pound. when you join you will be able to listen as parties pant. public comment when it is called star three to be added to speak. the live operator will advise you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly, turndown your volumes. that concludes my announcements. >> thank you. can you pl

>>and to make it easier for people to get here to levi stadium, the valley transportation authority says that as long as the clinic is open that rides on the boss of the light rail will be free. is santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>yeah little more on that vta is offering free bus rides. and light rail trains to levi stadium tea's light rail orange and green lines provide front door service to the stadium. the 5557 59 bus routes also serve the site pta increase the frequency of 7 bus routes to meet social distancing requirements, san francisco supervisors want to expand capacity in the city's shelter in place hotel program officials announced emergency legislation that would require the city to keep 2200 hotel rooms open for temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness. >>a city supervisors passed legislation to extend the program last month to prevent closing hotels in january city officials say implementing emergency legislation for expansion this month is necessary because it will help unhoused people get back on their feet. >>and in the east bay, the contra costa coun

the federal transit administration fernandez previously the ceo of the santa clara valley transportation authority. fda spokesman told fox business fernandez is recuse from issues that involve her previous work in california. the skyrocketed in recent years from 4.7 to $6.9 billion. obama's former top economic adviser lawrence summers warns about the huge costs for the stimulus bill. there is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to world war ii levels, the normal recession levels will set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation. while some lawmakers are concerned about the high price for this latest stimulus bill, others just want to get the money out as fast as possible to help americans in need, pet projects and all. jon? jon: lucas tomlinson reporting from washington. lucas, thank you. well, just in to fox news, former president trump is expected to make the first speech of his post presidency a week from tomorrow. at the conservative political action conference in orlando, florida. sources tell fox news his cpac speech will focus on the future of

federal transit administration fernandez was previously the ceo of the santa clara valley transportation authorityefore her appointment last month. fda spokesman told fox news fernandez is recused that involved her previous work in california. the estimated cost for the rail in california have skyrocketed from $4.79 billion. obama's former top economic adviser lawrence summers warns about the huge cost from the stimulus bill. there is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to world war ii levels than normal recession levels will set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation. while some lawmakers are concerned about the high sticker price for this latest covid stimulus bill, others want to get the money out fast possible to help americans in need. arthel? arthel: all right, lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. eric? eric: there is good news. on the way to texas. as you know millions of people there throughout the lone star state while many of them still do not have access to safe drinking water. come up, we will speak to one business owner about how he i

administrator of the federal transit administration was previously the ceo of the santa clara valley transportation authorityore her appointment last month. a spokesman told fox business fernandez is recused from issues that involve her previous work in california. the estimated costs have skyrocketed in recent years from $4.7 to $6.9 billion. obama's former top economic adviser, lawrence summers, warns about the huge costs of the stimulus bill. quote: there's a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to world world wari levels than normal recessionary levels will set off inflation. some lawmakers are concerned about the high sticker price of the latest bill, others want to get money out out to americans as quickly as possible. eric and arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you. eric? eric: more schools starting to reopen as others resist bringing kids back to the classroom. how the covid vaccine will get the kids to return to in-person learning. ♪ ♪ is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of gluc

our investigation we look at weather and we'll have to determine that at some point now transport safety authorities have completed their inquiries their conclusion human error played a significant role the national transportation safety board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in the pilot spatial disorientation and watch the control. the board noted that there had not been an adequate safety management system in place and the craft had been travelling at excessive speed investigators also suspected the pilot may have put himself under pressure to satisfy his client the helicopter was not equipped with a flight recording device. you're watching the news stay tuned for t. davies covidien 1000 special next well where you will learn all you need to know about vaccines and how they work stay tuned for that in america always get the latest news around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com or you can follow us on twitter or instagram at. n.p.r. richardson

in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i will t

our investigation we look at weather and we'll have to determine that at some point now transport safety authorities have completed their inquiries their conclusion human error played a significant role the national transportation safety board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in the pilot spatial disorientation of wasit control the board noted that there had not been an adequate safety management system in place and the craft had been travelling at excessive speed investigators also suspected the pilot may have put himself under pressure to satisfy his client the helicopter was not equipped with a flight recording device. 6 months ago disputed presidential election in a bill or reduce sparked widespread protests against longtime media example of a single more than 30000 people have been arrested in the brutal police crackdown that followed his controversial victory in august despite this protest so no sign of abating prominent. athletes like olympic basket

but we are working with transportation authority to more comprehensively to define the subway renewalam which we estimate that will be between three-quarters of a billion dollars and a billion dollars over the next 10 years to really get the subway in a state of good repair. getting peer input into that program and make sure that we're anticipating all the right milestones i think is a great suggestion. and one that we can definitely follow-up on. >> director heminger: and, look, i agree with you about that, but i think that is probably a different timeframe than i was thinking of. i was thinking between now and may. >> getting somebody to walk the subway? >> director heminger: yeah, yeah. and who you do it with or how you do it, obviously, i'd like to leave in your capable hands. but i do think that it would provide a level of reassurance, not only for us, but for the public, that, look, we're not going to do it again what we did to you several months ago. >> okay, thank you. >> chair borden: and maybe you can ask members of the transit working group that are willing to help to parti

one of the things, the organizations that i don't see on here is the san francisco transportation authority, and then, as we always have this conversation around big data, i'm just wondering if we're having any conversations with autonomous driving in san francisco, and if they're seeing anything that they can share with the department that would assist us with our vision zero program? >> thank you, commissioner. prepandemic, i appeared before the c.t.a. with supervisor mandelman and supervisor stefani to point out our results that vision zero offers enforcement, and i keep them updated -- or the -- our effort internally is to keep all of the commissions apprised of all the serious injury collisions, fatalities that happen in their district, because we know they're going to get asked those questions. so our reports are provided to the c.t.a. and then, in terms of companies -- are you speaking about companies like -- let me answer that in a better way. so cruze, wemo, and waze, we've been in conversation with the mayor's office and the sfmta as well as different members of the board of super

looking ahead, we're participating in a working group that's been convened by the county transportation authority and the outcomes of that group as well as further outreach and lot of input on this issue is going to inform rec parks recommendations on j.f.k. drive. it's likely possible that process is going to identify complementary improvements that are under sfmta's jurisdiction to support access to golden gate park. you'll have a joint hearing on this what we're looking to later this spring. twin peaks it boulevard. we got a preview of this couple of weeks ago. you will be considering the proposal in an upcoming hearing. the panhandle protected bike lane. that was a situation we in more spaces needed for cars. particularly in the social distancing situation, much space needed for bikes than for people walking and rolling. what this project did adjusted for that and rebalanced that allocation of space a little bit. while it was done for social distancing, it serves good purposes long-term. at this point, they are planning to bring that forward for action in the future. now moving on to transit.

in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unlessse targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i will

anna laforte, deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. by way of a reminder, on february 9th, the board unanimously approved the recommended action on first reading for this item, and commissioner haney noted that his vote on second reading would take into consideration the project team's progress on two of three followup requests. specifically, he called for a detailed plan for enforcement of car-free market street, including the number of parking control officers, timing for their deployment, and when and how cameras could be used to assist with enforcement. secondly, he asked for an update on engagement with the taxi industry on their recommendations related to the project. for example, the desired use of the center transit lane. please see the memos that are included as an enclosure in your packets, or available online, to this item, provided by the better market street project team to address these requests that were made by commissioner haney and public works and s.f. m.t.a. staff are available to summarize the memos or to answer an

as i said earlier during our county transportation authority, meeting street conditions around lake merced are unfazed and need to be expedited to slow speeds. the eight-car collision on february 3rd, that resulted in the death, it's also a file your of our system. the driver had a long history of arrests, he was released from state press on in april 2020 and had been arrested at least seven times all over the bay area. he was arrested in october and san francisco for driving a stolen vehicle and it's not clear were he was charged. he was released to probation. he was arrested in december of san francisco for driving under the influence. the pattern of behavior indicated that they had a repeatedly failed and yet he was released to community supervision again. it's important this policymakers that we analyze our systems when they fail us and work to prevent future incidents and to keep our community safe. when our systems fail, we are harming not only our community members but also failing the criminally involved individuals who continuously fall into a cycle of drug or alcohol abuse in cri

administration rita fernandez was previously general manager and ceo of santa clara valley transportation authorityys fernandez has rescued for work in california. the rail cost in california, 4.7 to $6.9 billion. art warned about the high price of president biden's stimulus plan. >> this money comes from workers and producers and taxpayers and it'll have to be repaid or at least burdensome on the -- on the system and therefore, you should always look at whom you're helping but whom you're taking the money from because government doesn't create resources. it redistributes resources. lucas: some lawmakers concerned about the high sticker price of stimulus bill and others want to get the money out as soon as possible to americans in need, projects and all. griff: to break all of this down let's bring in panel, gop strategist alex and dnc deputy national press secretary josÉ, thank you for being here, gentlemen, on saturday. let's go to the story lucas just gave us. the covid relief bill which seemed to be very much on its path to getting past in a partisan manner but now this earmark for big-tech sub

i'll be calling you all the time as will tillie chang and the new chair of the county transportation authority mandelman, and with that, mr. clerk, the next item please. >> clerk: item two is a motion confirming the mayoral appointment of carmen chu as city administrator for a five-year term beginning february 1, 2021, pursuant to chart sectioner 3.104. i believe there is a request to possibly consider this matter as a committee report. >> president: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, members of the public, this is one of the most important non-elected positions in the government of city and county of san francisco. this is something that happens quite rarely wherein a new city administrator is nominated by the mayor and confirmed by the board. this is a position that much like the controller is a neutral, nonpolitical position in government. as we know, naomi kelly, the former city administrator, resigned effective the end of this month of january of 2021. the mayor of the city and county london breed has nominated the assessor recorder, former supervisor, carmen chu, to fill that position. ms

in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless these targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i

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mta along with the san francisco transportation authority we have been creating a seriesof reports thatnswer key questions about ourselves . the first report today was a profile of san francisco transportation network effort opportunities released in june 2017 and provided our first estimate of what the activity was like. the key findings of the report are totally on trips made within san francisco included that on our principal weekday we may not more than 170,000 vehicles and 12 times the number of taxi trips representing 15 percent of all san francisco owners. and in october 2018, we released new statistics we provided the first comprehensive analysis of how tnt's uber and lyft have effective roadways.that report found that the accounted for approximately 50 percent of the rides in san francisco between 2010 and 2016 and that wasindicated by three different suggestions here , vehicle hours ofdelay, vehicle miles traveled . they also cause the greatest increases in congestion. especially for a lot of disabilities, up to 70 percent of the downtown financial district. this is three covi

one of the things, the organizations that i don't see on here is the san francisco transportation authority, and then, as we always have this conversation around big data, i'm just wondering if we're having any conversations with autonomous driving in san francisco, and if they're seeing anything that they can share with the department that would assist us with our vision zero program? >> thank you, commissioner. prepandemic, i appeared before the c.t.a. with supervisor mandelman and supervisor stefani to point out our results that vision zero offers enforcement, and i keep them updated -- or the -- our effort internally is to keep all of the commissions apprised of all the serious injury collisions, fatalities that happen in their district, because we know they're going to get asked those questions. so our reports are provided to the c.t.a. and then, in terms of companies -- are you speaking about companies like -- let me answer that in a better way. so cruze, wemo, and waze, we've been in conversation with the mayor's office and the sfmta as well as different members of the board of super

mta along with the san francisco transportation authority we have been creating a seriesof reports thatnswer key questions about ourselves . the first report today was a profile of san francisco transportation network effort opportunities released in june 2017 and provided our first estimate of what the activity was like. the key findings of the report are totally on trips made within san francisco included that on our principal weekday we may not more than 170,000 vehicles and 12 times the number of taxi trips representing 15 percent of all san francisco owners. and in october 2018, we released new statistics we provided the first comprehensive analysis of how tnt's uber and lyft have effective roadways.that report found that the accounted for approximately 50 percent of the rides in san francisco between 2010 and 2016 and that wasindicated by three different suggestions here , vehicle hours ofdelay, vehicle miles traveled . they also cause the greatest increases in congestion. especially for a lot of disabilities, up to 70 percent of the downtown financial district. this is three covi

looking ahead, we're participating in a working group that's been convened by the county transportation authority and the outcomes of that group as well as further outreach and lot of input on this issue is going to inform rec parks recommendations on j.f.k. drive. it's likely possible that process is going to identify complementary improvements that are under sfmta's jurisdiction to support access to golden gate park. you'll have a joint hearing on this what we're looking to later this spring. twin peaks it boulevard. we got a preview of this couple of weeks ago. you will be considering the proposal in an upcoming hearing. the panhandle protected bike lane. that was a situation we in more spaces needed for cars. particularly in the social distancing situation, much space needed for bikes than for people walking and rolling. what this project did adjusted for that and rebalanced that allocation of space a little bit. while it was done for social distancing, it serves good purposes long-term. at this point, they are planning to bring that forward for action in the future. now moving on to transit.

transportation? so that authorizes the transportation and moves to market as well as the supplemental appropriation to extend these proceeds, and of course, these will be heard at the board of supervisors hopefully very soon following this. so that concludes the presentation? tim and i will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> supervisor haney: so thank you for that, and thank you for all that you're doing to be creative in both meeting the needs of our transportation infrastructure while also taking advantage of some unique opportunities in terms of financing. you know, this is obviously the second time we've had a similar conversation and appreciate what you're doing also to secure funds that can be used right now. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, chair haney, and thanks for the presentation from mr. thomas. i just had a few questions around the rationale around this large bond issuance. that wasn't previously in the five year -- sfmta's five year capital improvement plan. i guess -- yeah, it looks like there's a projected deficit of $92 million loss of revenue and t