Concern to virtually every member of this body, and i appreciate that the m. T. A. Is taking this seriously. I do have to put it in a little bit of context, and im not pointing fingers or crying about spilled milk, but it is rather astounding that we are playing such a game of catch up. I am not pointing at you, it is better late than never, but whether it is the central subway , which is far behind schedule, and as that gentleman with the red hair to my right sitting behind the commissioner reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on
Such a game of catch up. I am not pointing at you, it is better late than never, but whether it is the central subway , which is far behind schedule, and as that gentleman with the red hair to my right sitting behind the commissioner reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on december 31st of 2019, and we will not be overbudget. It turns out, it is time to rip the bandaid off of that lie, but the reason i am saying that is because the businesses on the 1,900 blocks on stockton street will be, excuse my french, screwed. We have known a
, which is far behind schedule, and as that gentleman with the red hair to my right sitting behind the commissioner reported, it is going to be further delayed, and now i actually am going to point a finger because i said to this reporter when he called, and i said the project management oversight reports that the central subway was going to be even later and that the whole construct that it was still on budget, behind schedule but on budget, may no longer be true, either, and i said the truth, which was, alberto from the sfmta stance in front of all 11 of us and repeatedly says it will be in Revenue Service on december 31st of 2019, and we will not be overbudget. It turns out, it is time to rip the bandaid off of that lie, but the reason i am saying that is because the businesses on the 1,900 blocks on stockton street will be, excuse my french, screwed. We have known about that for years. And then we go headlong into, sorry for getting this off my chest, but then we go headlong into v
They probably should not be on the sidewalk to begin with. You really have to have a uniform procedure for moving vehicles on the sidewalk. You would not allow cars on the sidewalk. He would not allow motorcycles on the sidewalk, that is for sure. We need to have a uniform safety code, so the pedestrians can be protected. That is a an agenda agenda for walk San Francisco. People have to be protected on the sidewalk, as well as the intersection. I certainly support the idea of identification. I think when scooters violate the laws they should be subject to prosecution. We need to have the safety for all san franciscans. Otherwise its going to be a nightmare scenario where youre going to have sidewalks infested with all of these vehicles and even Board Members will be safe either. It will be screaming for help. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, board of directors. Unfortunately the apocalypse that mr. Weiner just predicted his art here. If you got to the west side you will
I think if we cannot assure safety, both for pedestrians on the sidewalk, and the users of these devices on the road. I think we have to go slow. I see your point, director heminger. Mr. Hyde, do you feel with the reporting that we get back from 311, and with the structure we have in place of what we expect to see from these Scooter Companies in terms of not blocking the sidewalk and being locked appropriately, people not riding on the sidewalk. If we were to come into a situation where as they expanded they get more numbers, and we start seeing bad behavior, multiply, do you feel under this proposal you have the tools that you need to then ratchet down on the companies who are not meeting our standards . Absolutely. We are issuing permits that are valid for no longer than one year. That is one thing to consider, these will have to be renewed on an annual basis. Its not like we are just handing over permits forever. Acknowledging that the technology is constantly changing and this mobi