Supervisors. We have limited switchbacks. One of the things that we were very concerned about was that we didnt impact the rest of the system. So weve tried to be very transparent about that during this overall process we have seen an overall decline in switchbacks. We have had a slight increase in deadheading, which is another technique we use if we three or four trains stacked up at the terminal, we will send one or two to kind of express past customers, knowing that there is a train behind it. But we also continue to use that technique sparingly. While we have reached our goal in terms of major subway delays, as you know, this is an incremental goal because ultimately we do not want to have long delays in the subway. I wanted to talk through some of the instances that weve experienced over the last six weeks. The first one was breda with a door malfunction. It was almost a 40minute delay, but what im excited to report is that it wasnt that visible to customers because one of the ach
Technique sparingly. While we have reached our goal in terms of major subway delays, as you know, this is an incremental goal because ultimately we do not want to have long delays in the subway. I wanted to talk through some of the instances that weve experienced over the last six weeks. The first one was breda with a door malfunction. It was almost a 40minute delay, but what im excited to report is that it wasnt that visible to customers because one of the achievements of this 90day plan is we now have the embarcadero crossover fully functional. We have removed the very old legacy wiring which was creating problems with our a. T. C. S. System. So while we did have a train broken down at that platform, we were able to work around it so that customers experienced slower service, but no major stopping. On july 18, we lost the embarcadero station for most of the day due to flooding. We were performing a routine inspection and ended up with a broken water pipe. This system is over 50 years
Switchbacks. We have had a slight increase in deadheading, which is another technique we use if we three or four trains stacked up at the terminal, we will send one or two to kind of express past customers, knowing that there is a train behind it. But we also continue to use that technique sparingly. While we have reached our goal in terms of major subway delays, as you know, this is an incremental goal because ultimately we do not want to have long delays in the subway. I wanted to talk through some of the instances that weve experienced over the last six weeks. The first one was breda with a door malfunction. It was almost a 40minute delay, but what im excited to report is that it wasnt that visible to customers because one of the achievements of this 90day plan is we now have the embarcadero crossover fully functional. We have removed the very old legacy wiring which was creating problems with our a. T. C. S. System. So while we did have a train broken down at that platform, we were
Heinicke are absent with notification. Id like to welcome our newest director, director hemminger. Were delighted t to have him jn us on the board. Would you like to say a few words . It appears you put the rookies next to the executive director. Ed had me under surveillance for years. Its nothing new. I look forward to our work together. Thank you. Item 3, announcements of sound producing devices during the meeting. Be aware the ringing and use of cellphones, pagers and soundproducing devices are prohibited and any person responsible for the rimming of use of a cell phone or similar Electronic Devices may be removed from the meeting. Cellphones set on vibrate cause microphone interference and we request they are in the off position. Approval of the remember meeting minutes. Any comments among the board on the minutes from june 4th . Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . I have not received any speaker cards. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Those are approved.
Item 3, announcements of sound producing devices during the meeting. Be aware the ringing and use of cellphones, pagers and soundproducing devices are prohibited and any person responsible for the rimming of use of a cell phone or similar Electronic Devices may be removed from the meeting. Cellphones set on vibrate cause microphone interference and we request they are in the off position. Approval of the remember meeting minutes. Any comments among the board on the minutes from june 4th . Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . I have not received any speaker cards. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Those are approved. Item 5. Communications. I have no communications so well move on to item 6. Introduction of new or Unfinished Business. Board members. Do you have any new or Unfinished Business . Yes. I wanted to put on the agenda for our next meeting an update on the letter we received from 75 women that work for our agency that are concerned that work being done