Serve, there are brighter days ahead. There is an important economic convergence going on in South Carolina today. On one side we have a growing economy with more of our people working than ever before. With unemployment down to rate wes havent seen in many years. With people moving from welfare to work by the tens of thousands and with new Companies Moving in or starting up all the time, it is indeed a great day in South Carolina. [ applause ] but how did get there . There are several factors including our business regulatory approach our right to work laws and our Strong Economic Development and recruitment efforts but also no question our tax system plays an important part in our economy too. Our economic competitiveness as a state is in really good shape. But the nature of competition is that just when you think you are doing well, your competitors are gaining on you. In order to continue our states remarkable progress, we must take further steps to improve our standing. We are com
Much thank you very much, sir. Next speaker. And good afternoon robert director for transit id like to echo some of the comments ac transit fully supports the study and the recommendations thats been nearly a decade since the network as the person mentioned and theres a couple of things one it is 10 years since we last looked at this and the land use has changed the region if you look at the downtown coordinator and oakland that type of land use in the night time didnt exist so one thing i want to nevertheless that was a transit issue the region looked at as a whole and m t c took a lead and the Pilot Service that the operation t is in mrs. Jordan or participating are bart stooernl the service a good Lifetime Service it can assess the public thats convenient for the Service Needs to be improved and frequency and where the Service Going is one piece of that as the presentation sat down Better Safety and waiting it is more important in the night time and it is good you address all those
Abby a majority of the residents including the bus service is articulating too long or require a interfere or taxis are too expensive or concerned about safety when walking or biking as well as the expensive uber and concerned about personal safety or security when on transit in addition to this question or a lot of interesting things in the surveys some contained in the report but in summary form is available on the sf night liquify website we reviewed the testimony from a year ago to encapita late all the things people encounter bans that we have arranged those two 5 categories the report is structured that excludes the availability and coverage in particular about the transportation coaches and the fees or reliability safety and security and the Traffic Safety, awareness and comfortable and cost of equality so one of the first things we did recognizing the transit availability wax a map about the service what it looks like another different times of the day on the left is a snapshot
And back this is something ill be advocating for and well appreciate all our support in the regional context so i think this report is terrific and provide a lot of important things we need to work on so thank you very much for having us speak and the good work. Okay. Ill read the names we have kevin carol and Bruce Robert Glen Charles r5g9 bone and others. Thank you, supervisor wiener my name is bruce and as a lifelong transit rider i consider myself a native san franciscan even though i didnt get here until i was thirty years old you dont joe i wont tell you how long ago that was one thing ive learned awhile serving on the board of directors for the sfmta we didnt have a very good Transit System at night i was riding muni morning noun and night as a director and one of the things ive heard time and again, its not safe to ride or work at night because i have no way to get home and this is something that i know that as a muni user i know i used to go to many, many giant games and candl
Issues but several other issues were responded to where someone abby a majority of the residents including the bus service is articulating too long or require a interfere or taxis are too expensive or concerned about safety when walking or biking as well as the expensive uber and concerned about personal safety or security when on transit in addition to this question or a lot of interesting things in the surveys some contained in the report but in summary form is available on the sf night liquify website we reviewed the testimony from a year ago to encapita late all the things people encounter bans that we have arranged those two 5 categories the report is structured that excludes the availability and coverage in particular about the transportation coaches and the fees or reliability safety and security and the Traffic Safety, awareness and comfortable and cost of equality so one of the first things we did recognizing the transit availability wax a map about the service what it looks l