but cycling is more than racing, it is a way of transport.especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there,

very very serious issues with transportation. iwhen we talk about spending millions of dollars on this project and that project, we look forward to our citizens advisory committee. we also look forward to the unions, for the unions to get some report. there is a transportation union that is pretty powerful that deals with you. we need to hear from them. some of you are aspiring to be my ears, so it is good for you all to no that the deliberations that take place here, hopefully when you are the major you will do the right thing. -- some of you are aspiring to be mayors, so it is good for you all to know that the deliberations that take place here, hopefully when you are the mayor, you will do the right thing. i want to make good use of my time, so i can tell you exactly what people at home field. when i walked to see it -- streets of san francisco, they come up to me and say thank you. they say thank you because i put myself in their shoes. i really do not need to come here. i am retired. i could go spend a lot of time in the bah

of the oklahoma transportation. we want to thank you and ranking member inhofe for your leadership and efforts to sustain funding levels and increase the efficiency of delivering the transportation projects and reauthorization. as we consider the deficiencies of our national transportation system we recognize the challenges faced by congress are significant. transportation departments across the country are hopeful congress can make every effort to a least fund transportation at historic levels. however we are acutely aware of the difficulties presented by the limitations of the projected high with trust fund revenue. there are five waste benchmark investments and direct more transportation dollars to the core infrastructure is appreciated. we are considering reduced federal funding projection, none of the critical needed transportation projects currently being prepared for delivery in oklahoma can be held harmless in the rebalancing of our fiscal constraint construction work plan. in addition renewed focus on core

the transportation authority has the services of a project management oversight consultant, retaining them for a number of years for a variety of major capital projects. particularly with regard to monitoring expenditures of prop k funds. the original contract to sfgov.orto [unintelligible] was awarded in 2008 and we are requesting approval of the second one year extension in the amount of $1 million, bringing the total contract value to $5,474,000. i will mention that they are a 100% minority-owned firm, including a number of subcontractors that provide specialized expertise for these firms and business enterprises, small business enterprises to our under-represented business enterprises and for our of locally owned business enterprises. three of them are owned by women, the other is owned by asian-pacific. there are 12 women in the position of authority in principle parameters. supervisor mar: thank you for being so specific and concrete. >> one of the owners of the firm is available to answer questions. supervisor kim: i had a quick question about what the folsom st. would trample

as we prepare to spend money, madam chair, transportation dollars in the next version of our transportation infrastructure bill, i hope that we'll try to figure out how to use the money not just to hand it out in formula grants, but to disperse money in ways that actually meet objectives of our nation, reduce dependence on oil, especially foreign oil, reduce pollution. those are good goals for us, and i hope we keep that in mind, and the other thing i want to say, the chairman referred to the gang of six. the gang of six really flows from the simpson led efforts from a year ago, and that's a commission created by president obama, and one of the things the president called for, and supported, i think, by bowles and simpson, and i think by the gang of six, is while it's important for us to reduce our budget deficits, if we don't, we're doomed. we can't go on this way. we need a comprehensive bipartisan approach. there's things i didn't like entirely by the bowles-simpson proposal, but there's good there. same with the gang of six. we need to set aside differences and deal with the issues stra

of transportation. what he said more than 45 years ago is as relevant today as it was then -- the choice is ours to make, we need to plan for america's future that is why through your late -- able leadership, madam chairman, the senate will proceed with a two- year bipartisan bill. two years is not clear -- ideal for a transportation bill. i now chairman barbara boxer held out for a six-year deal for as long as possible, but the issue is funding. the congressional budget office says the highway trust fund needs $12 billion to maintain funding and still have a proven balance at the end of two years. i want to stay -- say publicly that i am working hard to find that money. we're having constructive conversations. nothing is certain around here, but i feel fairly confident with some of the ideas that i am working on that we will, on a bipartisan basis find that $12 million. there is also a sequence of things. senators want to see congress resolved a debt limit before we commit to anything and find that $12

i repeat, the flaw has been the transportation document. of which transportation management is very critical. i know a lot about this. when i went to the city of san francisco, they put emphasis on quality transportation management. which gives you a lot of statistics. but what i received was from empirical data. thank you very much. supervisor mar: would anyone else from the public like to speak? public comment is closed. mr. malkovich? >> [unintelligible] just a quick note. i cannot emphasize how important this effort is. this is the kind of work that you could summarize by doing more with what we have, doing more with that, it is about connecting all of the resources already in the community that can be used more effectively. in this era of shrinking budgets, being able to not only get more by sharing resources, be they owned by community inventions, or services that are already being provided on the health care side, moving through the neighborhood visitors aside, also proving to have an eye to responsible, sustainable climate change re

i think we can have a world- class transportation in our world-class city. the reason i think it is possible -- i think the voters, the people of san francisco really had great foresight and vision, putting all the modes together, which is unique in this country, if not the world. if you need traffic flow -- you need traffic flow to be managed cried. by putting all this authority in one place, i think there is tremendous potential this agency can do. there are wonderful things the men and women of this agency have put in place through tep, sf park, getting the central subway going. the foundation has been laid to spring forward. i also believe and know their are a lot of crete, hard- working, -- great, hard-working, dedicated men and women in mta to have exceptional transit expertise and knowledge they are bringing to bear every day for the people of san francisco. putting all those things together, i see no reason why we cannot have a world-class transportation system. it is incredibly exciting. i am incredibly excited about the opportunity to contribute to

cyclists are not encouraged to take their bikes on public transport. it is especially forbidden to have normal bikes and rush hour. the reason is because of 4% of the clients of public transport of trains, by bike. what they provide for our enough bicycle parking and the possibility to take a bite from the station to where you want to go -- and the possibility to take a bicycle from the station to where you want to go to with a public transport bicycle. they say, we do not want to take the bike on the train, only for recreational purposes. on sunday, it is quite easy to take your bike. outside, it is only folding box and a provide enough bike parking. >> the public transport bicycle at the end of the trip, it is that a bike share program? is that a transit program? >> it is a bicycle sharing program. the bikes are not free. the cost 2.85 euros per day to use it. but it is growing very popular. >> on the issue of bikes and transit, in the u.s., a traditionally we have seen by? -- traditionally we have seen bicycle racks. we cannot really see that in eur

this needs to be transported to our representatives. do not appoint representatives for the sake of appointing representatives. representatives have to represent. they have to put their best foot forward. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call? so moved. next item. >> item 10. allocate $270,819 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for one project and $1,275,900 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the department of public works for two projects, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend the relevant 5-year prioritization program for curb ramps. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: discussions? public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call. so moved. next item. >> item 11. allocate up to $57,213,174 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for the central subway tunnel boring machine

the chairman of the transportation committee became a surprising ally to san francisco. he is very uncertain about the approach in the bill and convinced him to put the bill over to next year. i think the action on this bill, when the legislature reconvenes in january, our recommendation is to work diligently with mtc and try to come up with a structure that represents a true regional compromise rather than let the legislature back and around in sacramento. finally, last time i mentioned something like 20 high-speed rail authority bills. there are still several out there, but it has whittled down to two key bills. they both do relatively the same thing. the reorganized the high-speed rail authority function within state government. the first is a.b. 145 found on page 3. we have a watch position on this one. it would create a department of high-speed trains and transfer the functions of the high-speed rail authority. it would retain authority for political guidance, said the structure would be similar in concept to caltrans and ctc. s.b. 517 by senator lowenthal, page 22

>> we have the truth -- the principal transportation planner here with us. i would like to have them described to you. supervisor mar: thank you. >> the morning, commissioners. technology services maintain the travel demand model. it is the tool that allows us to analyze the different transportation investments we are making in the city with the environmental analysis and impact. it is used as a tool that is federally mandated, essentially, to model our resources for funded projects, including the central subway extension as well as security brt's. we use those not only to fine tune the description, but to finalize environmental reports and submit our funding of proposals to fda to get funding agreements on this. supervisor mar: colleagues, any other questions? seeing no one, let's open this up for public comment. >> let me make a few points very clear. i heard a debate that was kind of meaningful. talking about this, that, and the other that i would like to connect with that this issue. here you have certain people that no legalese and are going to deliver,

i will give one example that's outside of transportation. the long beach courthouse was a project in california built with the idea that the private sector could build it at a lower cost and operate at a lower cost. but in return for building the courthouse and operating it and being responsible for all of those ongoing liabilities, kind of shifting the risk to the private sector, the private sector would be able to get certain guarantee payments backed by the credit of the city of long beach. and so yes, that's an obligation for the city ongoing, but those payments are less than it would have been if they were to build and finance it on their own and then cover the operating costs. so everyone do that and other deals that have been done outside the u.s., specifically canada, as an example where it is a win-win, something getting built that wouldn't be built otherwise and having efficiencies that may not have been -- >> are the examples in canada of somebody building a transportation system? i understand the depreciation and all that. i thin

another challenge is transportation. as the city, you are defined by how well your public transportation works or how well it does not work. even though we have had improvements in muni, i think we have to do a lot better. and i think there are issues in terms of the services that are provided, the reliability of the system. i think the ridership is rightly frustrated they have been asked to pay more for less. i do not think that is right. we have focused on the operational and management fees. we tried to make public transportation acceptable to people. i have worked with the other supervisors to provide -- other supervisors supervisor mirkarimi and mayor lee. this allows us to make an investment in public education, but also a long-term investment in public transportation, because as young people from an early age to use the system, the public transportation system, they are going to be committed to public transportation for years to come. >> do you feel additional issues that are facing your district -- that there are

transportation ltd. is another partnership that is ubde, ddde, and women around. on the switch point planning for nelson niagara, it meets the lbe and women requirements. red hill group and trans-metro are small business enterprises that fit sbde requirements. delling associates fulfills dbe and lbde requirements. supervisor cohen: these are people that qualified or people that have received the contract? >> received. and as far as how this will work in terms of awarding actual work, none of these are guaranteed anywhere. it is a matter of work being assigned on a task-order basis. they will need to maintain and week that 8% hiring goal of work being assigned to them with each task order. supervisor cohen: so, who manages the tasks and work orders? >> the authority. supervisor cohen: the authority. my friends over here. i guess my message to the authority is that, you know, i sit here, we pass contracts and have a lot of money. there are a lot of things happening. a lot of changes happening. but we have a lot of businesses. women, minorities. i need you to make su

i say this because transportation plays an important role.u can see, and there is a tendency, when this commission meets, -- you are supervisors, but you call yourselves commissioners in this meeting -- but there is a tendency to pass millions and millions of dollars, hopefully, for the benefit of this great city and county of san francisco par, bue need to deliver it. we need line item accounting. that is the way that we can have transparency. this needs to be transported to our representatives. do not appoint representatives for the sake of

it will be crucial for public transportation is prioritized. because human mobility is essential to our economy and to the life of every citizen, it will take organizations like ours working with the city to realize m.t.a.'s vision for the future transportation of san francisco, a safer, more efficient and lower carbon vision. we remain committed to advocacy, communication and developing existing and new businesses to support the transportation infrastructure of the 2 sst century. -- 21st century. i'd like to thank the other panelists. thank you. [applause] >> next up, we have julia. [applause] >> good afternoon, mayor lee. i am very pleased to read the letter from the gray to green advisory panel. as organizations concerns that the climate will have on green infrastructure and as panelists on the greater green advisory panel to the san francisco climate action plan, we appreciated the opportunity to learn about the city's climate action strategy. we are writing to express our support for the city and county of san francisco's greenhouse gas em

my question about 2-e was about transportation services, the medical transportation services for special aided, and there waa question raised to me about the bidding process. as i understand it, we got a letter. during the bidding process, one bidder had been given notice they had won the bid, and the process was reopened again, apparently because of a complaint by another bidder, and after the same organization and also submitted the lowest dibid it was given to someone else, so there was some question about the issue, and i see the bitter in question has been judged to be non-compliant, and i just have questions about the process, whether it has been carried out appropriately and whether we should vote on this to find out the details. >> we have a speaker on this. johnny. >> he was not able to be here. >> it seems like we are having a discussion right now, so i am not clear. is it ok? i think it would be ok. you want to come up and say something before mr. gardner and answers? >> commissioners. >> you have two minutes to make a comment. >> my name is johnny carter. part of the question

we need to innovate, in my opinion, our public transportation system.e are doing things like the bus rapid transit systems, things like being allowed to pay for your public transportation -- we now have the clipper card. let's talk about putting that on your mobile phone and using that. innovating in ways were people say that public transportation is a great way to go. that is the way to achieve true innovation, not through making it so inconvenient for people to drive. i think it is a fact of life. young families are going to use their vehicles. we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san francisco. i think we are missing out on a lot of our diversity when young families leave our city. we need to do all we can to be mindful of the needs of young families in the city. we mentioned housing. schools are a big deal. but also being able to be flexible with transportation and children. >> what is happening with crime in your district? give me your thoughts on how you think the police are doing with respec

so it is energy, water, transportation. >> the project needs broader than transportation.s are potential. but where the bank puts its money has to be determined by congress. congress decides the policy of what to be put before the bank. but the individual projects, the sponsors, they will, they project with all the criteria. the bank would decide which ones are creditworthy. >> the adjustment on those skills are based on the revenue stream. >> part. -- correct. that does not necessarily mean tolls. there is some sort of availability pavement, like used in florida for the miami-ford -- port tunnel. it does not always mean user- fee tolls. it could mean other structure put in place, along with one that is prepare for the west virginia in for sure project you're talking about. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses for coming here today. i believe that we do need to take up the reauthorization bill so people can plan on ever structure in this country. i also want to get back to some basics in making those fortresses. with respect to this fun, do have a ques

there's also the transportation impact of the project. what about the dislocation of the existing tenants? we have to value these things in a different way the we have in the past. >> let's talk about transportation. let's revisit the impact of some of the housing projects on transportation. >> in my district, let's go back to the park merced project. 19th avenue is a mess. there is no easy way to get north-south on the west side. imagine putting 10,000 people right there at the corner of 19th and holloway. it will not make things easier unless there is significant transportation improvements as part of the project. we need to do what we can on the capital side. i would also point to work we were able to accomplish last year in bringing efficiencies to the way we negotiate bus driver contracts through the passage of proposition g. the great deal of savings will result from that. those dollars will go to improve operations. >> what about parking and traffic? is it safe for pedestrians? >> i do not think there is a block in the district tha

se hablo de los problemas del servicio de transporte del miuni . >> el securi cuando uno va de la 1624 está muy peligroso, las balaceras y necesitamos más seguridad. >> asignar letreros más visibles. >> hay una serie de elementos que dependen de la estructura de la ciudad y lae structura de los vehículos . >> mantener mejor las vías . >> cual sería un problema principal del miuni . >> la seguridad porque han tratado de robarme ya antes. >> reuniones comunitarias como estás se harán en el distrito . >> muchas gracias edgardo . >> el auto bus del munic la semana pasad estaba en la ruta equivocada cuando arrollo a una persona. >> el conductor circulaba por un camino que no corresopndia porque no le habían marcado una ruta . >> la investigación continúa para saber que empleado cometió está falta mortal. >> un arresto de 45 personas ayer a personas que hacían revueltas . >> entre tanto hoy el presidente de la agencia de transporte se disculpo por los incidentes que provocaron el cierre de algunas estaciones. >> en los andenes no se puede protestar . >> el grupo de piratas dice que esto no

. >> let's talk about public transportation. is there adequate muni service in your district? what is the parking and traffic situation like? >> muni is not near where it needs to be. in the caster, we have the subway. -- in the castro, we have the subway. a can be terrific or frustrating. we are next to the bart line. in other parts of the district, is unreliable. the writeridership is lower bece of unreliability. other lines are not as frequent and people not think of using them. we have a particular problem in diamond heights. the neighborhood is served primarily by the 52 line. it is incredibly unreliable. the buses miss runs-------. for awhile, muni was ending service at 9:00 or 10:00 at night. it is up on a hill. without service, it is isolated. another thing i am working on is trying to get more taxis onto the street. a world-class taxi system is a complement to any public transportation system. >> how do you think the police department is doing? do you have any thoughts on how the city is dealing with crime? >> i was a b