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
Live and work in San Francisco. My daily commute is on muni. [speaker not understood] i am fully in favor of these commuter shuttles having a space in our city. These shuttles take thousands of cars off of the road and [speaker not understood]. The rising cost in San Francisco is happening. It has been happening for a long time now, but it is not because of these shuttles. These shuttles are merely an answer to the growing population of residents who do not want to drive alone in a car every day 2 and from work. The adoption of this Pilot Program will ensure people do not start driving in cars to work. Because of these reasons i urge the board to a reasonable step in the right direction. Thank you for your time. Next speaker, please. Forest hanson, drew sherwood, aim os gregory, and [speaker not understood]. Hello, my name is forest same son and im here in support of the Pilot Program. Im able to live and work here in San Francisco thanks to my employment in the shuttle sector. I would
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
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
Understood]. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is [speaker not understood]. Im an organizer with power with working morals with black and latino families. Were here as an organization because were concerned about the proposals ~ charging 1 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,