They can pay more. Thank you very much. applause [speaker not understood]. Jane martin. Beatrice herrera. Cynthia cruz. Good afternoon. Hi, thank you for the opportunity. Im a member of walk s. F. , [speaker not understood] car share and bay area bike share program. And this is my 10 Year Anniversary of riedl a bike to work, Company Shuttle and bike to work. They helped solve answers to commuters like me who doesnt want to drive down to the south bay. It is a similar responsive solution to residents currently being faced in San Francisco. It is proposed by city staff and thank you for your continuing [speaker not understood] to residents of San Francisco and the larger bay area. Thank you. Thanks much. Next speaker, please. Howard strassner followed by [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, im Howard Strassner and im privileged to ride muni over 50 years to get to work and around. So, thank you very much for that. But this program and pilot
People going short distance, not wanting to rub elbows with the rest of us. [speaker not understood]. I think its very essential they pay every penny [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] the buses are assigned particular hours a da. Are ~ away [speaker not understood]. Youre going to have to accept that. Let me see. So, we will have to deal with some of the peak hours to deal with some of them. Thank you. Thanks. Next speaker. [speaker not understood]. And Maureen Roland. Good afternoon, ms. Martin. Good afternoon, im jane from people organized employment ride. As you know, we organize lowincome people of transit dependent bus riders. And i appreciate what ed said, this policy debate about the google shuttle really puts the mta in the middle of conversation about bus he. Its about the impact of the Tech Industry, displacement, tenants rights, Affordable Housing, all the issues our members struggle with every day. This city has a very Important Role to make sure that lower
And this proposal will do that. So, i strongly support it. I think its important to back up. And despite haltssome may say, it is absolutely the case, these shuttles are part of our goal to be a transit first city. Would you care so expand on that . Thank you. We know that no matter how good muni is, and i know its going to get better as we really start prioritizing investment in the city over time, no matter how good it is it does not meet everyones needs. When you look at People Living in San Francisco, particularly commuting the work in the city, that is not a new thing. People have commuted from silicon valley. Theyve done it over years. Now they can do it by shuttle. Some people on the peninsula can jump on caltrain and not work for them. Some people with one or two muni bus connections between caltrain, taking caltrain, then maybe having to find the bus or the shuttle to get from there to where theyre working, that can quickly become a 2 to 3 hour commute each way and those peopl
For, you know, stopping at a bus stop is very low, especially in light of what our communities have been facing recently in terms of, you know, having lowincome bus riders being fined 100 for not having 2. 75 to go to work, to help kids be able to get to School Thanks to the mta we were able to Work Together and run free muni for youth. And were in the process of fighting to make this Program Permanent ~. But at the same time, i still meet people who havent heard about the program and trying to find 100 to get to school. Time and time again were told, as were, you know, hoping to build bridges between Community Organizations and the mta board that, you know, the main problem is problems with funding. And, so, when we hear from our communities, you know, my bus didnt come but i did see the twitter bus come and theyre not paying anything. You can see who is being prioritized in the city. It seems really unfair that when there is such a budget crisis right now that were not asking these c
Working with the shuttle providers, working with residents who have expressed concerns in trying to come up with solution. But its not good enough just to have onex lent employee who is trying to hold things together. You need to have a program in place that is funded. And this proposal will do that. So, i strongly support it. I think its important to back up. And despite haltssome may say, it is absolutely the case, these shuttles are part of our goal to be a transit first city. Would you care so expand on that . Thank you. We know that no matter how good muni is, and i know its going to get better as we really start prioritizing investment in the city over time, no matter how good it is it does not meet everyones needs. When you look at People Living in San Francisco, particularly commuting the work in the city, that is not a new thing. People have commuted from silicon valley. Theyve done it over years. Now they can do it by shuttle. Some people on the peninsula can jump on caltrain