balances, and the fact that mtc says they do not have a funding source for that. this is a way to recover at least a good chunk of that. finally, wanted to bring to your attention the street s bond introduced by the mayor and board of supervisors that will be on the november ballot. it is a $248 million bond, the biggest component of which is for street resurfacing, but there is also $50 million for pedestrian, bicycle, and other streetscapes safety improvements. i think $22 million for city- wide improvements in the public right of way and $20 million for an g-8 transit and traffic signals. this was a bond recommended through the city was a 10-year capital planning process on which the mta has a seat, and what that means in part is that there would be no tax increase as a result of this bond because it recommends issuing debt only as old debt is retired. because this has potential impact, i just wanted to make you aware that that is coming in november, and that concludes my
there is a minority report which she will send you. maybe the director can have the director report and see which one is better. there are costs this is a time to destortroy the medallion vetting list. you are selling medallions. you are gibvinving medallions on the seniority list. they come and claim a medallion. the dirverrivers not on the lisd their opportunity to put their name on the list. i waited ten years to put my name on the list. i urge you to revisit this matter and make a change to issue on the waiting list. it is unfair to drivers like me who have been drivingt continuoosly. i will never receive a note medallion under this system. a both medallion under this system. i would like to ask you one more time. where is my medallion? the medallion ironed and deserve. don t let me cry, please. thank you. what happened in the last meeting, it was on purpose to encourage the cab drivers with no english or little english to come up here and speak for their rights. ye
that work here. i have just a few other short notes, and i hope in the future, these reports will be shorter. i know it is that a couple of months since you all net. i think it has gone very well, been well received. the overhead line. it is not making the long detour around the library. it took a lot of work from both the operations and sustainable streets side of the agency to make it work. there was also significant out reach that went out in former fliers and customer alerts. we had embassadors posted to make sure that nobody would be going to a place that was not a bus stop any more, but a fairly simple change cut a number of minutes, and every one of those is precious for the transit system. just wanted to update your that that, to date, has been a successful reconfiguration. another big project we have going on is the church and dubose project, which has a lot of different components from sewer replacement to streetscape improvements, but most importantly for us, rail
right there, guys. [laughter] before we talk about today s event, i want to meet i want to mention debra johnson, who unfortunately had a medical appointment this morning. she wanted to extend our congratulations. ms. johnson has served this agency so incredibly well. particularly, our work with the union negotiations recently, successfully completed. she is an outstanding, dedicated member of the team here. we look forward to working with her for a long time in the future. i want to say one thing in particular. i think a lot of people from staff are here for the mta. one of the highlights for me was to meet with about 50 of the senior managers and directors, getting input in an incredibly awful experience. i came away more proud than ever. i appreciate the input. i believe our selection reflects all the qualities you talked about. let s talk about the candidate himself. he is one of 30 or 40 applicants for this job. we see in him someone that is a very fast learner, who ha
cheryl brinkman and bruce oka. the director would have been year, but he was away on business in oakland. thank you, directors, for being here. we really appreciate the input we got over 650 responses to the questionnaire, which we put through the citizens advisory committee and other interest groups, and we are very pleased. we believe we of dawn and else standing at job. we believe we have done an outstanding job. [applause] i think that was the honeymoon right there, guys. [laughter] before we talk about today s event, i want to meet i want to mention debra johnson, who unfortunately had a medical appointment this morning. she wanted to extend our congratulations. ms. johnson has served this agency so incredibly well. particularly, our work with the union negotiations recently, successfully completed. she is an outstanding, dedicated member of the team here. we look forward to working with her for a long time in the future. i want to say one thing in particular. i th