afternoon and welcome to the thursday march 12th special meeting of the san francisco transportation authority board. i believe we will be joined shortly by other members of the committee as well. i want to recognize s fchlt gchltfgtv and also want to recognize our clerk steve st amo s. mr. clerk can you please call

afternoon and welcome to the thursday march 12th special meeting of the san francisco transportation authority board. i believe we will be joined shortly by other members of

afternoon and welcome to the thursday march 12th special meeting of the san francisco transportation authority board. i believe we will be joined shortly by other members of the committee as well. i want to recognize s fchlt gchltfgtv and also want to recognize our clerk steve st amo s. mr. clerk can you please call item number 1. >> supervisor farrell absent. >> supervisor kim present. >> supervisor mar present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> this is an action item. >> thank you are there any comments or questions on this item? seeing none, can we please call public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion from supervisor yee and a second from supervisor mar we'll do that with a role call. >> supervisor farrell absent. >> supervisor kim aye. >> supervisor mar aye. >> supervisor yee aye. >> the item passes. >> thank you can you please call the next item. >> item number 3 vision zero progress report. >> thank you i want to welcome again the co-chairs megan wier from the department of health and papandreou and since the task force

what is happening in the neighborhood as far as the use of the funding program that the transportation authority board programs. as you can see from the picture on the slide of the free way network map and this is actually a slide from tom mu giers december 2014 presentation. many high injury corridors cluster around free way and free interchanges. we see this as a opportunity to work systematically to improve these safety-improve the safety at the location which involves partnering with cal trans and sfmta. to that end we have been undertaking the free way corridor management study that started last year. it is a [inaudible] allow ustuse exflor to safely and relybly move people through 101 and i 80 corridor in san francisco. one of the focuses of the effort is the free way ramp vision zero safety assessment. we have a smau amount of money that allows us to focus on this part of the free way network, the ramps and we'll look at what is needed at that state and local interface where wl it is banners , design treatments like signage or striping or signal improvements to reduce collision. we are focus on

what is happening in the neighborhood as far as the use of the funding program that the transportation authority board programs. as you can see from the picture on the slide of the free way network map and this is actually a slide from tom mu giers december 2014 presentation. many high injury corridors cluster around free way and free interchanges. we see this as a opportunity to work systematically to improve these safety-improve the safety at the location which involves partnering with cal trans and

moving forward so vision zero moving forward i know this board is supportive supervisor kim and chair committee on the transportation authority thank you to her office for the work we want to make sure mr. sharp that the work around vision zero is moving forward in a good way and we're exercising the necessary oversight and fall out we'll be hearing from the mta particularly are hallway it is insuring efficient and effective project delivery and there's been challenges in getting projects delivery and in an extinguish way the agency is working to improve the process to have safer and safer streets i want to note that the delegation in san francisco tomorrow for the national highway safety and the national safety to look at how san francisco is christopher prongs we look forward to that visit so tom maguire from the sfmta will be presenting to mr. maguire. >> okay. good afternoon. >> supervisors and thanks for having us here to talk about the important topic of how we deliver the street projects for vision zero it is good to see so many of you out last thursday at walk to work and how important to make that city as save as pos

and hired by the board, and his responsibility will not -- only be on managing that business, but also executive director for caltrain as well as the san mateo transportation authority. >> harket. >> yes. he has history with us. he has been on our boards for several years. he's known locally as well as regionally and he has been serving on the high speed rail board as well, and so he's familiar to many of us, so we're very anxious for him to start will be towards the end of this month, and looking forward to some stability with the transition of the you new general manager. >> so he's been at the center of a lot of issues. okay good. any other communications? >> okay. i wish to thank sfgtv for broadcasting us worldwide and board of directors old business. i have some. i think we will be getting in april but maybe in may a presentation -- i don't know if it's by mtc but sponsored by them. they have been doing a study much major corridors for the last several months and one thing in the study is an idea of a contraflow lane on the eastbound level of the bridge that would be dedicated for a.m. commute and restricted to buses and perhaps trucks and commercial trucks, an

ugliest damn building in the state, she would like to transport that into the port authority bus terminal. i attended the latest port authority boardeeting and they talked about their plan for a completely new bus terminal. the cost was a whopping $11 billion. but during the meeting they were talking about the price being too high and now the highest price will be 10.5 billion. in discussing the price, commissioners wanted to know why not build a port authority terminal in new jersey rather than new york. so since there is some consideration to building a bus terminal in new jersey, why not build it in secaucus. she looked outside her window where she can see the meadowlands. we went to xanadu and we talked about her idea. as you can see, this place is already under way. it's already costing billions of dollars and it's a perfect location. it's a confluence of transportation hubs. >> it would be cheaper to build it in new jersey and she compared the cost. so far the budget for getting xanadu as a shopping mall and entertainment center is a mere $2 billion. throw in a billion more to turn the train station into a regional transporta

the national transportation safety board says the chicago transit authority is also at fault. the ntsb made nationwide safety recommendations including scheduling. the woman driving the train that day was on her 12th straight day of work. >> how will justice anthony kennedy vote on same-sex marriage. as steve handelsman reports, kennedy's vote could sway the court for or against making gay marriage legal nationwide. >> as the supreme court took up gay marriage were children and what's best for kids was a major argument. insisted if marriage is just about love and not producing children more kids will be born out of wedlock. liberal kagan jumped in. >> why would that feeling, which doesn't make logical sense, control our decision making? >> and then anthony kennedy who could hold the swing vote. >> the only opposite sex couples could have a bonding with the child. that was a very interesting how it's just the wrong premise. >> reporter: but gay marriage is a new premise said chief justice roberts. >> the opposite sex relationship. >> reporter: and as a demonstrator yelled in co

board in 2015. and at the time that amendment the staff from the transportation authority, and ocii and the transbay joint authority and cal transwere in the discussion of disposition of other soils and seeking to find solutions in order to minimize the project costs. >> some of the materials have tested positive for led contamination and classified as california has ard yus materials, after the discussions, ocii and cal transstaff, ocii staff, concluded that the only available option is to dispose of the soils at a regulated disposal facility, it is clean harbor landfill in california. the presence of contaminated materials has prevented some work from proceeding as originally schedule, construction is currently schedule to be completed in early july. the time extension will insure, costs for idle equipment and project and the staffing by the contractor construction manager and transportation authority. the estimated delay is currently 61 days in total, some of which core current owner and contractor-caused. >> and the estimated additional project cost to properly handle and dispose of approximatel

language allowing the director of transportation to provide authority to staff for the implementation through the vehicle code what took so long we had an issue with the board of permit appeals to outstanding lawsuits against the mta that u a w and they asked us to pause moving forward until the resolution of the lawsuits those have been resolved and the jurisdiction of board of broiltz is clear the mta is not required to go to the board of permit appeals to hear independent cases but the mta will continue to go to the board of permit for the permit cases and if the mta does decide it wants to shift away from going to the board of permit of appeals we're going to have a public process that's my report i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor kim has a question. >> thank you. >> this is largely straightforward i have a couple of questions about some of the articles i've read i only ask this i know that motor vehicles is in terms of other entities called ridership as well as - two questions you said if a limb zone couldn't provide a bill their though the regulate by mta. >> we have the authority and that's all right. existing to request that we -

transportation authority. as you may recall last june we came to the plan and program committees for the adoption of the balboa park study we completed in the spring. at that time the board adopted the staff-recommended petition for bicycle safety and minimize traffic going from i-280. out of the study came recommendations for several project elements. element one is to close the northbound on ramp from geneva avenue. element two is reassign the southbound lane and the third is a potential kiss and rider access. this past february we came before the board for an appropriation of $750,000 to advance the next steps in the study and that would found the transportation staff and the interagency agreements with cal-trans and a consultance report. i am here asking for an amount not to exceed $450,000. the consultant scope of work for the next steps include a traffic analysis for both ramp modifications and the precurser to the subscent project approvals. this analysis would be presented to fhwa for approval since it changes access for an interstate highway. the southbound off ramp realignment to ocean avenue we hope to have completed for next year and the consultant would supp

authored in the transportation code that that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much excellent presentation members of the board. >> i have a question about the ride share it was mentioned i know in the final app are they looking i don't know if anyone's maybe someone can talk about that like in the other transportation sharing companies i know that no one likes to talk about them they have in mile-an-hour capacity for ride share i don't know if that is something moving forward. >> i don't have an answer. >> we understand there is a company in new york city that is had not been partnering with the new york city cab and the vision is incorporate within the existing fly whole app there's technical details it needs to be sorted out. >> as she said this board authorized the concept of share ryder of san francisco taxis based on the recommendation from the support of developing how we would implement that and how thenapp we'll work with the taxi industry and keep you, you up to date. >> we'll develop the firearm first. >> correct then the technology will follow quickly. >> thank you for the presentation. >> thank yo

authorities say the plane was at an altitude of 900 meters, two minutes before landing, at around 600 meters one minute before landing but then suddenly dropped to six meters. japan transport safety board officials have taken the flight and voice recorders from the plane as part of their investigation. they'll analyze data to find out why the south korean jet descended rapidly right before it touched down. >>> people in south korea are preparing for a painful day of remembrance. thursday marks one year since a deadly ferry disaster. the families of victims visited the site of the accident ahead of the anniversary to mourn their lost loved ones. the sewol sank off the southern island of chindo. many of the victims were high school students on a class trip. 295 people died. nine are still listed as missing. families of victims paid their respects on chindo. some boarded ships to visit the area where the ferry lies beneath the sea. parents tearfully called out the names of their children and threw flowers into the water. >> translator: i can't think of anything else when i think that my daughter is still inside the ferry. ♪ >> memorial ceremonies are scheduled to be held nationwide. >>> t

that's what debra, former head of the national transportation safety board meant when she said quote, for the regulator to delegate too much authority to the regulated to assess their own system risks and correct them is tantamount to the fox guarding the hen house. as we have seen in my district and in so many others, the fox has very little incentive to prevent oil or gas from spoiling the hen house or to prevent the hence from blowing up. of course, everyone is very sorry about the fact that the will to prevent these accidents in the first place is simply not there. that's what happened in mayflower, arkansas, in 2013, when they let exxonmobil operate an oil pipeline that was known to be faulty for seven years. and then it blew up. nowhere is this more obvious than their pitiful fines. fines are supposed to be a deterrent, yet the fines are so pathetic compared to the cost of pipeline leaks and explosions that they can't even be seen on this graph. here you see that over the last 12 years they have issued just 44.2 million dollars in fines for incidents that cost over $5 billion. look at these tiny red lines. you can't even see t