of this spectacular neighborhood anchor, we ll again celebrate the beginning of the amfa campaign. we re glad you re here to celebrate and part of the great family that support our libraries and know what they mean to our communities. you notice that the name of this branch is the richmond milton marks branch. that again is because of an incredible family. and because of the constant giving and jen yossity of this family in so many ways to san francisco and to the richmond district. so i would like to ask caroline marks to come up and say a few words. thank you all. what a glorious day this is. for sfan and for our district, the richmond district of san francisco. this library. is a remark arble institution that bears the name of my husband who supportered libraries throughout his 38 years in the legislature and loved and read and learned and enjoyed from this particular branch. two of our grandchildren have taken out the first books, tcha are being circulated today. i thin
strides in letting people know i think we have made great strides in letting people know to give people a certain level of comfort with when the bus is going to ride. one of my big issues is safety, not just on the bus, but for all street users. i think it is a very important issue, and i think that is an area where we can continue to make improvements, and we can continue to save money, which goes back to the revenue part. i know it can be hard to continue to ask the public for more revenue without actually showing we are saving money in certain areas and increasing operating efficiencies, so for me, those are two of the key issues in front of the board. supervisor mar: thanks for your work, especially on sunday streets, and with others in livable city. some critics have said you are a light person. could you talk about your experience? i do ride my bicycle and a lot. i did go through a year where i rode my bike almost exclusively. i had a work schedule that was not a ru
it s a great honor to be here. my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i d like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they re great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i d like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have pro
like to request you all turn off your cellphones or at least put them on vibrate thing thank you. i m the pedestrian program manager the s.f. municipal agency. i m your, mc for today. peter albert is our director of planning at the mta. [applause] good morning. with christina i welcome you to the 2008 pedestrian summit. i m the deputy of director of planning at the mta and it s my honor and privilege to introduce two of the most important people in san francisco for this. wade is the mayor s point person on climate and environmental policy. wade, thank you for joining us. i ll be brief on behalf of mayor newsom i want to thank everyone for being here today. this is a seminal moment in our city and i want to thank the mta board. some members here today, commissioner bruce oka, commissioner knollen and others for prioritizing pedestrian safety. i think we re ready to take it to the next level in expanding and improving pedestrian environment in san francisco. as someone that
marks to come up and say a few words. thank you all. what a glorious day this is. for sfan and for our district, the richmond district of san francisco. this library. is a remark arble institution that bears the name of my husband who supportered libraries throughout his 38 years in the legislature and loved and read and learned and enjoyed from this particular branch. two of our grandchildren have taken out the first books, tcha are being circulated today. i think that s an honor. i thank you for buying leer today. because you love our libraries and our cities and you have supported the rehabilitation of the libraries with your contributions and any contributions as just mentioned are still very important. no matter how small and no matter how large, we will be grateful for them. so we appreciate the fact that you re here to share the joy of the day and we appreciate the fact that you continue to support us. and most of my family is here today, my daughter carol who is sit