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and also patrick golier from mta will be sharing the work. mta will be advancing to help improve transportation. >> would it be possible for you to get closer to the microphone? >> better? great. i'm megan wier, i co-chair our city vision zero efforts and i'm the lead on the work for data and evaluation. thank you. vision zero is the city's commitment to safer streets, eliminating traffic dust and eliminating severe injuries. 2017 was our lowest year for traffic deaths in our recorded history of over 100 years, but we know we have a lot more work to do and that's why i'm here today. and core principles of vision zero is preventing severe and fatal injuries, saving lives and addressing equity, ensuring that vision zero benefits all people. we're working to create safe streets, safe people and vehicles and fundamental to vision zero is addressing speed which because there is a leading predictor of whether someone survives a traffic crash. we work to define what inequities and severe and fatal injuries mean, injury outcomes that result from unfa
and also patrick golier from mta will be sharing the work. mta will be advancing to help improve transportation. >> would it be possible for you to get closer to the microphone? >> better? great. i'm megan wier, i co-chair our city vision zero efforts and i'm the lead on the work for data and evaluation. thank you. vision zero is the city's commitment to safer streets, eliminating traffic dust and eliminating severe injuries. 2017 was our lowest year for traffic deaths in our...
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it's also important for us at the mta to think about. visibility at intersections and perhaps relates back to the traffic circle question about as a pedestrian, am i visible? do i feel safe? if i can't see the driver. >> council member sassouni: yeah, it helps so much. as someone from new york, i know what it's like to be in a busy intersection. i think we could -- [inaudible] -- and just look for one another so we don't have shortstops or misunderstandings and that eye contact is key, just an idea. >> co-chair blacksten: now, alex, coming to you. >> circle back to my question. i have two questions. one the original question, what are the improvements they made after the analysis? and second, do you have a targeted location that you follow to improve? >> i think the first question was what type of improvements -- >> that gets done after the analysis? >> that goes back to this slide, where i mentioned a broadening of the different type of engineering solutions that we might install as part of the program. i don't think there is a one size
it's also important for us at the mta to think about. visibility at intersections and perhaps relates back to the traffic circle question about as a pedestrian, am i visible? do i feel safe? if i can't see the driver. >> council member sassouni: yeah, it helps so much. as someone from new york, i know what it's like to be in a busy intersection. i think we could -- [inaudible] -- and just look for one another so we don't have shortstops or misunderstandings and that eye contact is key,...
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we heard a little talk about the mta board of directors. i would want to end by pointing out that our board of directors is extremely clear that ptc is a very, very high priority and absolutely essential for us to bring online and further provide for the safety of our customers. and the -- that commitment extends to our chairman, our managing director, our two railroad presidents, and the entire implementation team. we are working as hard as we can possibly work to bring the promise of ptc into reality. >> good. any hope of continuing that any think you heard today, us convey the sense of urgency we attach to getting implementation done in accordance with the requirement and the deadline. let us know as this moves forward. i know you're going to be consulting obviously with fra. but what additional help you might need, if there's anything that this committee or the congress can do. i'm going to ask unanimous consent to insert a statement for the record from the association of american railroads on the implementation of ptc. we will keep the
we heard a little talk about the mta board of directors. i would want to end by pointing out that our board of directors is extremely clear that ptc is a very, very high priority and absolutely essential for us to bring online and further provide for the safety of our customers. and the -- that commitment extends to our chairman, our managing director, our two railroad presidents, and the entire implementation team. we are working as hard as we can possibly work to bring the promise of ptc into...
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a shout out to the mta folks here. particularly the members of finance and technology teem which i couldn't do anything without. thank you for your support so most of you have an impression there's not a fare i don't like. that's not quite true. what i love are increases to fares. as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. -- all right. if anybody wants my job, or know somebody who you think may want to do my job, forward my name to ed. i need time with my successor to show them where i hide the money, particularly from ed. lastly, i'd like to close by sharing a poem that summarizes my 12 years with the mta finances by an anonymous author called the cork and the whale. a brown cork fell in the path of a whale who lashed it down with his angry tail, but in spite of the blows the cork arose and floated before the whale nose. said the cork to the whale, y
a shout out to the mta folks here. particularly the members of finance and technology teem which i couldn't do anything without. thank you for your support so most of you have an impression there's not a fare i don't like. that's not quite true. what i love are increases to fares. as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. --...
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i didn't have an mta shirt. i want to note retirement. in the future, when people get those, it would be nice to stay for public comment so those of us who wish to thank them publicly, they're still here. mike has been a great hearing officer, very fair and impartial, always willing to take suggestions about the friday morning hearings. he and tom folks have made a great pair. i wanted to really appreciate the work that mike has done. next, regarding construction impacts of the various projects that director reiskin talked about. i've asked several times for some kind of better understanding of these large projects and the particular passenger impacts, if there's a schedule or a single page on the website that talked about the big projects, whether it's twin peaks, inner sunset, the ucsf mission bay platform that' we are going to talk about in a few minutes, all the various projects have passenger impacts, and i am not aware of a public-facing document that expresses how many weekends will be shut down and when so that people can anticipa
i didn't have an mta shirt. i want to note retirement. in the future, when people get those, it would be nice to stay for public comment so those of us who wish to thank them publicly, they're still here. mike has been a great hearing officer, very fair and impartial, always willing to take suggestions about the friday morning hearings. he and tom folks have made a great pair. i wanted to really appreciate the work that mike has done. next, regarding construction impacts of the various projects...
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a punchline about the mta. i'm going to go to the maternity ward where all good punchlines are born. ♪ [ light laughter ] >> seth: which one's yours? >> this little guy right here. isn't he cute? >> seth: yeah, he's adorable. >> yeah, he's going to grow up to be a "laguardia's a bad airport" joke. >> seth: oh, wow. [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: congratulations. >> thanks, it was a long delivery. it was delayed about six hours. [ laughter ] >> seth: hey wait, aren't you sam nunberg? >> yes! >> seth: oh, no. [ laughter ] excuse me, nurse? >> shh! >> yeah? >> seth: do you have any newborn mta punchlines? >> yes. this one here is just two days old. >> seth: oh, my gosh. he's perfect. oh, wow, do you mind if i take him to my desk for a minute? >> you'll have to ask his mother. >> it's fine. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh. oh, you guys. oh, i've got a baby joke. oh, it's a beautiful baby. look at the baby joke. [ laughter ] oh! got a little baby hat. i'm going to take off his little baby swaddle. okay. [ laughter
a punchline about the mta. i'm going to go to the maternity ward where all good punchlines are born. ♪ [ light laughter ] >> seth: which one's yours? >> this little guy right here. isn't he cute? >> seth: yeah, he's adorable. >> yeah, he's going to grow up to be a "laguardia's a bad airport" joke. >> seth: oh, wow. [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: congratulations. >> thanks, it was a long delivery. it was delayed about six hours. [...
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this should definitely be a concern of mta. it's also a source of revenue. bicyclists should be paying their fair share, especially when they do violations. >> next speaker, please. >> matt prezena is the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> we've been making great improvements to fulsome street. unfortunately, seguems of that street have no plan to be safe. this is between 13th and 11th. this section has a section where there's no protected bike lane. we all know that under the mayoral's directive, this is a high-injury corridor and therefore requires a protected bike lane. there's no public meetings held for this segment. this was forgotten. we have a very temporary bad situation. here is a video that came up on twitter just yesterday. luckily, bicyclists are putting cameras up to show evidence now. so they're biking along. right when it becomes unprotected, you see bikes caught inside the curb of that car. this parent is yelling at that driver. we can't have situations like this on an area that you're supposed to be encouraging us to use as a bicycle
this should definitely be a concern of mta. it's also a source of revenue. bicyclists should be paying their fair share, especially when they do violations. >> next speaker, please. >> matt prezena is the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> we've been making great improvements to fulsome street. unfortunately, seguems of that street have no plan to be safe. this is between 13th and 11th. this section has a section where there's no protected bike lane. we all know that...
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very little work we do at the mta that doesn't interact with re rely on the public works or planning or publi public utilits communication. a lot of inter agency coordination. i spend time at city hall meeting with elected and appointed officials to be sure we are response i have to the people who elected them and they represent. i try to spend as much time as possible in the field seeing the work happening talking to the employees in the field as well as talking to other stakeholders in the business community, neighborhood groups and stakeholder to get a good sense of the job. i also my family and i live in the city. when i am not working, i am still on the bus on the train riding my bike, walking, driving in the city. i feel like i am somewhat emersed in the job even when i am not working. that is pretty much what i do. a big part of the job is developing a budget every two years. >> thanks for that. before we get to questions. let's start off with overview about the sfmta budget and describe what it means for the city of san francisco. >> happy to do that. i have slides i will use
very little work we do at the mta that doesn't interact with re rely on the public works or planning or publi public utilits communication. a lot of inter agency coordination. i spend time at city hall meeting with elected and appointed officials to be sure we are response i have to the people who elected them and they represent. i try to spend as much time as possible in the field seeing the work happening talking to the employees in the field as well as talking to other stakeholders in the...
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. >> someone poking fun at mta, putting up face public service announcements like this one. can't make it up. >> that is your weather, this storm is big, how big? dan zarrow has your bill: welcome back to "chasing news," i'm bill spadea, we have more show how about a prank gone awry on new jersey transit has a crew member suspended after an announcement went over pea -- e on the train, but first we have dan zarrow with the way. reporter: things are getting ramped you were, the peak of storm from late morning through hours on wednesday. in terms of snow fall total, i need you to blur your eyes when you look at this map, there is a wiggle factor. as it moves further west or east temperatures may be slightly different, and difference expecting 6 to 12 pluss inches of snow in jersey. we can include new york city. i am thinking 6 to 8 inches there south snow totals will be lessened. in wind, it is lighter than friday but gusts miles an hour could cause sporadic power outages, and d of snow, rain, and wind gusts, highs in 30s. re de furthers die morning -- thursday morning, cleari
. >> someone poking fun at mta, putting up face public service announcements like this one. can't make it up. >> that is your weather, this storm is big, how big? dan zarrow has your bill: welcome back to "chasing news," i'm bill spadea, we have more show how about a prank gone awry on new jersey transit has a crew member suspended after an announcement went over pea -- e on the train, but first we have dan zarrow with the way. reporter: things are getting ramped you were,...
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the mta board and other public meeting also we hold are forums to communication. they can go to the website there are a lot of ways for people to provide input. we really want people in the neighborhoods to be advocates for safety in the neighborhood also. they know the issues and solutions. we strongly encourage people to get involved in any way that work was their schedule. >> this will be the easiest question. what are the different colors on the curbs for? >> i think i know that one. whited for passenger loading. yellow commercial loading. blew handicapped parking only. you need a han handicapped placd or license plate. red means no parking and no stopping. muni zonesra red. don't stop in a muni zone. >> last question. when else can i make comments on the budget? >> the time is really now. go to takgo to takego sfmta the. the board will beholding another public hearing. that will be in two weeks on tuesday march 30th. march 20th. the meeting starts at 1:00 p.m. at city hall. between now and then people should feel free to e-mail. from that point forward the ne
the mta board and other public meeting also we hold are forums to communication. they can go to the website there are a lot of ways for people to provide input. we really want people in the neighborhoods to be advocates for safety in the neighborhood also. they know the issues and solutions. we strongly encourage people to get involved in any way that work was their schedule. >> this will be the easiest question. what are the different colors on the curbs for? >> i think i know that...
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it is not just the mta but now the new jersey transit. you have such a major problem here. it is likely, at this point, according to reports, that new jersey transit is not going to meet this deadline. if that happens is trains will not be able to go through this hudson river crossing. >> that is likely a possibility. i let them know that we are approaching nearly a year ago now as early as last march that i ring the alarm bells internally with the executive director who said from the information i am finding, we are definitely not going to make that deadline. unfortunately i was punished for doing that. >> let me just ask you this. do you have bitterness towards her old agency or do you have more than you think is at play here? our lives at stake? >> yes, i think that the amtrak statement shows that that is the case. is trains are not readily equipped, they don't want them on their tracks. >> using new jersey transit, given their budget issues, given the state budget issues, do you think that they could meet that deadline with different leadership? >> the further we go alo
it is not just the mta but now the new jersey transit. you have such a major problem here. it is likely, at this point, according to reports, that new jersey transit is not going to meet this deadline. if that happens is trains will not be able to go through this hudson river crossing. >> that is likely a possibility. i let them know that we are approaching nearly a year ago now as early as last march that i ring the alarm bells internally with the executive director who said from the...
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so that's not really something that is coming from the mta as part of its budget. but i did want to go back to another item which is the taxi zone fees that you charge which amount to thousands of dollars for setting up a taxi stand. and depending on the size of it, anywhere from 500 plus to $1,000 plus a year to maintain that stand. and these stands are a benefit to the public. they put taxis in places where teaks are neede -- taxis are needed and used. they are a left certainly to the city and to the environment because they take the taxis out of circumstancelation o circumstancelatio out -- circulation on the streets. they are of tremendous benefit to the drivers and i think it's in everybody's interest, for a waiver of these fees so we can have a significant expansion of the number of taxi stands in san francisco. this is in everybody's best interest. so i hope you consider that. thank you. >> the chair: thank you very much, mr. gruberg as always. any further speak hers on the budget, miss booner. >> no, mr. speaker i have no more speaker cards left. >> the cha
so that's not really something that is coming from the mta as part of its budget. but i did want to go back to another item which is the taxi zone fees that you charge which amount to thousands of dollars for setting up a taxi stand. and depending on the size of it, anywhere from 500 plus to $1,000 plus a year to maintain that stand. and these stands are a benefit to the public. they put taxis in places where teaks are neede -- taxis are needed and used. they are a left certainly to the city...
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we've morked with mta very closely to identify the right levels of transit service that correspond to each phase of development. it's a little hard to see on these screens, but what we've done here is we've ensured all the transit lines that extend into the transit center itself, in the interim phase, all of the transit lines will continue to overlap so that there's still that opportunity for connection between all of the transit routes. so this is the phase one program, you can almost see it here. i'm sure your screen is a little larger, but the hunters point express -- hunters point shipyard express point will come into the southern part of the site to ensure that connectivity. basically, we've just rhea lined some of the routes to match where the roads are being constructed, so it'll still continue to provide that over y&p, and then, a final phase build out, which includes the construction of the transit center. another feature of the site that you've probably seen before is that it includes a robust bicycle network to ensure that bicycling is another high priority mode of transpor
we've morked with mta very closely to identify the right levels of transit service that correspond to each phase of development. it's a little hard to see on these screens, but what we've done here is we've ensured all the transit lines that extend into the transit center itself, in the interim phase, all of the transit lines will continue to overlap so that there's still that opportunity for connection between all of the transit routes. so this is the phase one program, you can almost see it...
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mta would usually want to talk to us about. there are recommendations around monitoring emissions from the southeast treatment plant. those are things that the project is currently analyzing, and if for whatever the reason there isn't that increase in the emissions, we've been working very closely with the project team to look at potential offsets to make sure we can bring that net increase down, things like reducing woodburning fireplaces in the community or street sweeping in the community, so things that are really specific to bayview that we know that cause air quality issues in bayview. around this cbc stuff, community benefit recommendations, a lot of those things are under "ay." the ej analysis spoke a lot about the disproportionate social impacts in bayview as compared to the rest of the city, things like unemployment and poverty, child care access, and the cost of child care, so some of the recommendations included things like providing paid internships to 150 to 200 bayview residents annually. we currently do that thr
mta would usually want to talk to us about. there are recommendations around monitoring emissions from the southeast treatment plant. those are things that the project is currently analyzing, and if for whatever the reason there isn't that increase in the emissions, we've been working very closely with the project team to look at potential offsets to make sure we can bring that net increase down, things like reducing woodburning fireplaces in the community or street sweeping in the community,...
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you have seen that through notifications through your offices and online and other outreach that mta has been doing. this is the final phase of the 2018 service equity strategy. this began in 2013 actually under a prior county-wide plan and mta's own strategic plan, focusing on eight equity neighborhoods and making sure we close gaps and improve conditions for those most dependant on public transportation. mta has administered general surveys and received quite a few responses and will recommend to their board and plan to come to our board as well to brief you all and the public through our board. please stand by... and set up any debt needed and update the debt strategy from the cash flow needed, for the larger projects. over the next two months, we'll reach out to your offices to schedule briefings with you and your staff about this fro ses and how you would like to weigh in on the use of these sales tax funds over the next five years, we look forward to that work as well. turning to project delivery, thank the deputy for capital project and his team, peer review of the technical q
you have seen that through notifications through your offices and online and other outreach that mta has been doing. this is the final phase of the 2018 service equity strategy. this began in 2013 actually under a prior county-wide plan and mta's own strategic plan, focusing on eight equity neighborhoods and making sure we close gaps and improve conditions for those most dependant on public transportation. mta has administered general surveys and received quite a few responses and will...
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at the same time the mta is also considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate numerous fare changes later today to help close a $20 million budget deficit. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," walmart turning up the heat on amazon and food delivery services like blue apron. the retailer launching a line of meals. we will tell you how much it will cost and where you can get them. that's still ahead. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy and here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open higher this morning after yesterday's big rally. the dow snapping a four day losing streak as investors looked beyond the threat of a global trade war sparked by president trump's tariff announcement to focus more on positive economic data. we will get a report this morning on factory orders. the dow jumping 336 points to 24,874, the nasdaq rising 72 to 7,330. in order strum has rejected an offer to take the retailer private. that bid worth $8.4 billion is less than the company's actual market value. the move comes as the industry is facing a re
at the same time the mta is also considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate numerous fare changes later today to help close a $20 million budget deficit. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," walmart turning up the heat on amazon and food delivery services like blue apron. the retailer launching a line of meals. we will tell you how much it will cost and where you can get them. that's still ahead. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy and here are...
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to john ram and planning, ed riskin and the mta. that was a collective effort from the city family. as elaine mentioned, huge thanks to lieutenant-governor, alan and especially thank in closing to our late mayor ed lee who worked very, very hard on this for his entire time in office. and i just think he would be proud of being here today. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, mayor farrell. i'm larry bear from the giants and i have to say this is truly an exciting day for the organization. it has been mentioned, it was a decade in the making. i think maybe a little north, 1, 12 years, i was just sitting here thinking nobody on the giants roster right now was actually on the roster when we staed this project. i believe bruce was a rookie manager at the time for the giants. but really valuable, important projects are worth taking the time and being very carefully done. i have to -- there is a number of people we want to thank because they led with their hearts in making this project happen. they understood the vision, saw the vision and led with th
to john ram and planning, ed riskin and the mta. that was a collective effort from the city family. as elaine mentioned, huge thanks to lieutenant-governor, alan and especially thank in closing to our late mayor ed lee who worked very, very hard on this for his entire time in office. and i just think he would be proud of being here today. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, mayor farrell. i'm larry bear from the giants and i have to say this is truly...
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at the same time the mta is considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate all of those changes later today to help close a 20 million budget deficit. >>> new video coming in this morning of a dramatic rescue of two men caught in an avalanche saturday in washington state. this is helmet cam video from one of the rescuers. the drama laid out 50 miles west of seattle. the men were snowboarding when they were caught up in that avalanche. sadly, two other people died in that very same slide. >>> dramatic new video to show you with a happy outcome here. you have to see for yourself. take a look at the little girl in the pink damageling from a chair lift. there was a crowd gathered below. she was being held by the hoodie of her jacket by someone in the chair lift above. it was actually her ski instructor. the crowd gathered below trying to get out a tarp to can a much that little girl which they did and she was okay. the ski resort reportedly looking into why this even happened. >>> a north bay high school theater group is getting a huge lift than
at the same time the mta is considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate all of those changes later today to help close a 20 million budget deficit. >>> new video coming in this morning of a dramatic rescue of two men caught in an avalanche saturday in washington state. this is helmet cam video from one of the rescuers. the drama laid out 50 miles west of seattle. the men were snowboarding when they were caught up in that avalanche. sadly, two other people died in that...
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at the same time the mta is also considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate numerous fare changes later today to help close a $20 million budget deficit. >>> amazon expanding its two hour delivery service from whole foods to two more markets, atlanta and san francisco. the service free for prime members on orders of more than $35. this has been available for about a month in austin, dallas, cincinnati and virginia beach. other cities are expected later this year. customers in san francisco will be able to order beer and wine as well. >>> happening today students from marjory stoneman douglas high school will perform at new york's carnegie hall. members of the school's wind symphony arrived at jfk over the weekend. they will perform this afternoon at the 2018 new york wind festival. the band was one of six schools in the nation chosen to perform at the prestigious venue. obviously the high school thrust into the spotlight on valentine's day when a gunman opened fire killing 17 people. >>> if you are a fan of the hbo show big little lies this m
at the same time the mta is also considering more fare hikes in other areas. they will debate numerous fare changes later today to help close a $20 million budget deficit. >>> amazon expanding its two hour delivery service from whole foods to two more markets, atlanta and san francisco. the service free for prime members on orders of more than $35. this has been available for about a month in austin, dallas, cincinnati and virginia beach. other cities are expected later this year....