november 2017, the city developed the construction mitigation program signed by the office of economic and workforce development and municipal transportation agency, public works, as well as p.u.c. one of the things that we've learned through the construction mitigation program and some of our projects is that we need to start outreach to businesses early and we need to be more proactive. the program provides city departments with a suite of actions to support businesses during construction based on the construction duration. you can see there is low impact, moderate impact, major impact, which is more than two years in duration. here are a few examples of recent megaprojects and the services that were provided through the construction mitigation program. i will list a few from van ness as examples. there was a business liaison that was hired above and beyond the city and the contractor's resident engineers. there was a business advisory committee, there was upfront planning with merchants, as well as ambassadors deployed. a lots of the megaprojects have had similar other services including project offices, on-site staff during constructio

support the proposed resolution to oppose bill 50 unless there is an amendment to include transportation mitigation provisions. san francisco has 865,000 people living in 47 square miles or 18,440 people per square mile. we have the second highest number of residents per square mile in the united states. san francisco has twice the population density of los angeles and three times the density of san jose. it is much more difficult and costly to build and maintain infrastructure in a very dense city. bill 50 needs to be modified to address the existing disparity in population density between san francisco, san jose, and los angeles, and allow for transportation mitigation. san francisco's current public transit infrastructure is unable to support the current population density, let alone the proposed higher densification. sfmta has the second oldest and the highest mileage public transit fleet in the united states. this is a bay area problem. oakland and fremont are also on the worst city list. the m.t.a. has a serious staffing problem. as was mentioned, not enough drivers and not enough skilled wor

and limited ceqa exemptions for public transportation projects so that bill 50 land-use impacts are not considered significant for these projects, mitigating the additional time and cost for these projects as a result. the t.a. staff, including director chang and public policy managers analysed model transportation incentive programs that could be expanded or created to provide adequate resources for public transit improvements alongside housing development. they are available for questions about these potential opportunities. fellow commissioners, i believe this resolution affirms our shared commitment to good planning and better transportation and i urge you to support it today. thank you. >> thank you. are there any questions or comments from commissioners? seeing none, there are a number of individuals who like to testify on this. i have some speaker cards. we will open it up to public comment. [calling names] first speaker, please. >> good morning, my name is jeffrey. i am a resident in the outer sunset. i am supportive of the board of supervisors' vision for bill 50 and the amendment for all the reasons that are good reasons. i know

disparity in population density between san francisco, san jose, and los angeles, and allow for transportation mitigation. san francisco's current public transit infrastructure is unable to support the current population density, let alone the proposed higher densification. sfmta has the second oldest and the highest mileage public transit fleet in the united states. this is a bay area problem. oakland and fremont are also on the worst city list. the m.t.a. has a serious staffing problem. as was mentioned, not enough drivers and not enough skilled workers to maintain aging equipment. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please and if we can return the overhead. thank you. >> good morning, transit authority, i am a tenant in district eight. i am a munimobile writer. i take the jay line, the 49, every line. i have been in this city almost 50 years so i've familiar with the transit, which is in a sorry state. the proposed state senate bill 50, the more homes act, links housing density and the proximity to transit. the bill 50 would enable developers to build higher and more dems housing along transit corr

transportation security administration faces criticism from congress, stakeholders and the traveling public that the agency is too reactionary to evolving threats and no proactive enough in mitigating emerging threats to transportation. h.r. 3318 seeks to improve collaboration among the t.s.a., the intelligence community, other federal agencies and transportation security stakeholders by creating a task force to conduct an analysis of emerging threats to transportation security. once established, this task force will examine threats posed by evolving terrorist tactics, explosive devices, chemical and biologic agents, cyber actors, unmanned aerial systems and inadequate information sharing, among other security challenges. for each threat examined by the task force, established by this legislation, the t.s.a. is directed to develop a mitigation strategy to protect the traveling public and identifying needed security enhancements. this bill ensures that each of these efforts will include close collaboration with transportation stakeholders on the development of security strategies, improved information sharing practices and regular interactions with senior t.s.a. leadership on securi

omnibus invests in america's transportation and housing infrastructure with a particular commit to safety, to addressing the needs of the most vulnerable, and to mitigating the impacts of climate change and increasing frequency of devastating disasters. we have $74.3 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $3.2 billion over 2019, and $15.8 billion above the president's budget request. much of this increased allocation suzz absorbed, i'm debt absorbed, i'm afraid by -- was absorbed i'm afraid by rising housing costs and rental expenses and decline regular seats for the f.h.a. -- declining receipts for the f.h.a. i believe this is a bill we can all proudly support and i urge colleagues to do just that. mr. mcgovern: thank you very much. mr. diaz-balart. mr. diaz-balart: chairman mcgovern, thank you. ranking member cole. thanks for the opportunity to appear in font of you. -- in front of you. i would be remiss if i didn't mention three other people in the committee that we're at today, a member of the t-h.u.d. subcommittee, mrs. torres has been an active member, particularly in our subcommittee, thank her for her leadership on this bill and my two

will mean that we put the focus on public transport to enable people to travel at a reasonable cost. we want to ensure that we are doing our piece to mitigated road maintenance, so that is money that would then be diverted. which projects would not happen as a result of that? that's correct, this is the road—building project which the government has put forward. they wa nt to the government has put forward. they want to have the most damaging road—building project, put a new expressways and widening roads, and we know that in future years, it just builds a congestion problem for the country. so we want to say that we will put public transport first, we will put public transport first, we also yesterday announced a position on active travel, putting investment into cycling and walking, urban areas, which will make a real transformative difference to our air quality, our environment and our wider climate, and it is about re—prioritisation of the transport system. it is a lot of money as you say that building more roads creates more problems, but there will be people in areas obviously where road widening or a road that will help to alleviate

transportation sector. the transition away from conventional internal combustion engines into electric vehicles. so what we believe is the energy transition is actually an attractive commercial opportunity, and contributes to mitigatingmpact of climate change. alix: where in particular? so many new technologies keep cropping up. how do you find the best opportunities? pooja: we typically tend to avoid science experiments. we recognize at the end of the day, you are in a commodity sector, so you've got to produce that electron as cheaply as possible and with as much scale as possible. what we've noticed is over the last 15 years, the cost to produce electricity using wind and solar have declined meaningfully. the cost to produce electricity has declined by over 55% over the last 10 years, and the cost to produce electricity using solar has declined more than 85% over the last 10 years, making solar and wind competitive with conventional sources of power. we think those are scalable opportunities. we tend to avoid sectors when there are lots of strategic's involved. you mentioned the oil and gas majors may have a lower cost of capital than what the private sector would look to target. we tend to avoid sectors that you'

call it invests in america's transportation and housing infrastructure with the particular stress on safety, on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable, and on mitigating the impacts of climate change. it includes $74.3 billion in discretionary funding, that's an increase of $3.2 billion above the 2019 level, and it's $15.8 billion above the president's budget request. on the housing side of the ledger, all section 8 vouchers are renewed. the home program and community development block grants each receive $100 million in increased funding, and there is a $95 million increase for public housing capital expenditures to address the growing maintenance backlog. vital transportation programs are also robustly funded, including $1 billion for build grants. we provide more than $3 billion in discretionary resources above authorized levels for highways, transit, and aviation projects affecting every state and territory in this nation. amtrak, competitive rail grant programs, and port infrastructure also receive strong funding. these investments support a renewed commitment to safety. the f.a.a. receives additional resources to bolster aircraft certification,