Directors and Parking AuthorityCommission Call roll. Director brinkman director borden director ramos director rubke chairman nolan mr. Chairman we have quorum pier 70 great, thank you. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, phones, devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room microphones set on vibrate caused interruption we respectfully ask they be turned off item 4 approval of the minutes. Motion to approve. Any further discussion . The is have it. Communications directors please be advised there will be no closed session today and also posted online an item are regarding 330 stockton it is not on the agenda today to we apologize for any confusion to the public 3 may have caused it will be brought to you at a future meeting any unfinished bus. Director heinecke and i on the board knows a fatality only Market Street about a month ago and rally by the community before this meeting a letter september to director reiskin and copied to us asking for improvements with the person the wheelchair that was struck by a left turning vehicle and as improvements we can do to make it safer on Market Street and i appreciate if staff could report back on any on those particular items as well as short time and long term improvements we can make there. Thank you director heinecke. Anything on the new or unfinished business. Directors report. Director reiskin good afternoon members of the board and public and staff just a couple of items one as i mentioned last night we want to acknowledge on behalf of literally hundreds of mta employees that contributed to the success with the super bowl that happened just about a month ago you recall our goals for that event for the Transportation Associated with that event make sure that people could get to and from the event safely and Everything Else could continue to get around the city whether they were going to the events or not and i think that by and large we achieved those goals it is the result of a lot work from a lot of people both from within the agency and the public again both people that were participating and not just so some of the highlights we encourage folks to take transit and people listened and heeded our transportation ridership on muni was up the day before super bowl and tens of thousands of additional riders on the light rail and buses im sure you saw bart had record breaking numbers folks listened it made a difference and kept the carr geology folks talked about but it was prevented by the fact we had our parking control officers out in force and as i mentioned before the mayor you know himself told me they were doing an outstanding job and gotten a lot of feedback the last couple of weeks folks were surprised how well, the function of the street and not only that but the transportation getting around well there was a lot of communication that went out particularly from us from our website and in the course letters and text and a lot of staff about all the communication but i think that really worked in this case it helped the folks to understand what was open and closed what their options and how to get around that made a difference and i would say that really a lot of this is attribute to the planning extensive planning it was modeled a after previous large events the city and have large events the city this is a city that we are and its our job as the transportation television station to make sure those events work and particularly that people are safe as i mentioned last meeting there were during the event related to the event there were no significant Safety Incidents which is something were very proud of and it really was across the agency and across the city and region effort that made this work we will acknowledge some of the folks one of the key partners the planning and the lesson i can see was the Super Bowl Host Committee i believe Stephanie Martin is here before we recognize the staff ill invite her up to say a few words on behalf of the Host Committee. Good afternoon ms. Martin. Thank you very much for having me, im stephanie the Vice President of the marketing for the super bowl 50 Host Committee couldnt urban design more thankful to be here we have so much to be proud of together as a city and an organization we came together toy define the super bowl that was the goal and together we did and heard that repeatedly from members of the public, from visitors from cio and the nfl owners from the team the experience they had in San FranciscoPolice Commission o San Francisco was one they had nowhere else and super bowl was the biggest celebration to be able to have the super bowl as a significant here to not only post something that was great but also do it in a way that reflects the value of San Francisco was important to us we truly thank the residents and the entire team from the nfl and leadership a and put together a Transportation Plan that was considered by many flawless it was something not been seen before across the country when it comes to super bowl but it sends a terrific model we come together and region can work to collaborate and in particular when it comes to transportation how to take care of our residents and the investors make sure theyre safe they know how to get around and meets the transit transportation was amazing there were hundreds of people we had the honor and privilege to work with in this o i wish i could name them all but truly thank every single one of them for the hard work and it is hard work over a long period of time to pull off something of this nature and again, San Francisco really shined so thank you, very much for the opportunity and congratulations to everyone and youre great partnership. So we wanted to recognize the employees dozens involved the planning and hundreds in the execution were now going to bring up every single of these employees one by one no, we have a few folks to accept the acknowledge from transit operators to parking control officers, street supervisors and maintenance and communication folks and a lot of people to make that happen and im sure to make it happen save 3 folks to come forward to accept the recognition on behalf of all first peter albert the planning manager who was the lead Transportation Planner for the city and region the super bowl ed cobean acting as the transit director his day job the manager of the gary and mr. Smith for all the communication and even though Marketing Efforts for the super bowl come forward. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. I guess i go first peter albert director of mr. Sharp in mta what a pleasure and realize we can pull off something that people recognize as a challenge i could go on and acknowledge people but the groups of people that worked on stbld r sustainable streets in no order acknowledge the security and Enforcement Team the pcos making sure they made the traffic flow and the transit riders and act as ambassadors which they did and the traffic jerry that did work with the permits and that process the problem solving on a daily basis it would be a mistake we sat back and checked the plan everyday the liveable interstates streets people to make sure 9 bikes and vision zero and the parking team to make sure we had the parking done and dont want to lecture out the Planning Team planning this group i headed up and some of the transportation and demands management made a difference how we you know make sure they handled the community and Field Operations when it comes to laying down the stripping at the could through to make sure the information was out there physically and to make that work so thank you to the sustainable streets team. 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Good afternoon folks cable car im phil in for john hale and super bowl 50 the largest and biggest the city has had posted this event certificate of occupancy will have been made possible without hard work and all 35 hundred members of the community e Muni Community we know how to handle shakespearian events we do it everyday and every weekend but this required all hands on deck for 21 Straight Days and the operational set up to support the entire super bowl from the taxes down to the post take down this insured that our customers and investors got to their designations muni is on time perform was unimpacted by the events and detours thanks to did front line staff we served 21 days of detours the city with that 9 concert across 3 venues and 9 days of activities during super bowl city and the nfl experience this was our finest hour and best 21 days no significant incidents impacting our events and heard a lot about bart barts ridership what about munis ridership our subway was 50 percent higher on the we understand than super bowl city has and we carried over half a million customers on the saturday before super bowl which is almost a hundred thousand customers more that what that says about our system speaks volume behind me are a bunch of folks they played a huge role and it seemed easy but they made it seemed to me that way as possible we brought in representatives from rail and maintenance, street applications, metro rail and planning, station proclamations and Central Control additional our new transportation set up all the front line folks made an International Role and together those individual have over 200 years of services serving muni and the city he wanted to recognize them with you and thank them and colleagues for the eminent support. Thank you, mr. Cobean clapping. and good afternoon ms. Smith. Good afternoon. Director nolan and esteemed Board Members ill the Marketing Manager my honor to be accepting this on behalf of the sfmta team to make sure we delivered our Transportation Plans as i call the groups i want to members to stand up first our finance and Technology Team this group developed the budget and account for the costs related to super bowl 50 and many of the teams they volunteered as transportation ambassadors on the streets to insure that customers would find their way to the bus and around the city next our taxi Accessibility Team this group maintained our taxi zones around the evident and the Parking Enforcement they prioritized the path around the event and assisted with the maps and conveyed the sergeant and insure that the Mayors Office on disability on protocol are these and sensitivity training and over Capital Group this group worked on the octavia boulevard wires and switch backs to successfully implement the muni routes to made sure that the customers got around in a this manner and records on the streets and finally id like to acknowledge the Communication Team my team from our Digital Communication like 9 sfmta. Com the go to transportation to our realtime twitter to our maps and signage and rate findings and the obvious ambassadors this group worked often to insure that no matter if youre trying to get around San Francisco you have the smart choices and get around without a vehicle to once again im pleased to be accepting this on the many folks if our behind the scenes that make it it possible for the front line teams to get it done effectively thank you very much. Thank you clapping. if i may peter albert because i dont want us to video too. People with the up and down motion why not have everyone that worked from mta if you could stand up i see so many folks around here dont be shy we want to make sure that the complexity of that is understood by the variety of people the room we thank you clapping. one on behalf of the board of directors and the region thank you for an outstanding job a lot work to pull this off done very, very well as a special treat youre invited to stay for the entire Board Meeting laughter clapping . Director reiskin. Yes. Mr. Chair two other kick r quick items one you may are read a story from the newspapers about some of the new buses the trolley buses and their performances i wanted to clarify that the craft to what is respond they can climb San Francisco hills without difficulty and as specify theyre performing how they should with the merchandise the 50 foot vehicles the longer vehicles with the partition the middle some have been in service for 9 months no incidents related to the time our tested vehicles have passed every test theyve faced and those tests have specifications the contract a r and on our wish lists one measure of the comprehensive set of tests of vehicle performances and our buses have done quite well in terms of the the wish list and the manufactures r a new flier for the requirements and the trolley also passed every one of those tests those tests were to measure the ability to get up the hills they do so our goal to use the busses on streets with upgrades of less than 10 percent and on safer streets the contract harassed options for 200 and 40, 40 foot trollies well use on the extremist grades since 2014 the buses reliability for the fleet has increased by more than 60 percent as you measured by the distance between fairs so those are performing much, much better and the trollies are making the most defensive in Customer Experience and quality i know that every time i got on one whether a new trollies it is a different feel so want to assure you the buses are performing as designed as they are doing very well and finally want to speak to something that director rubke they mentioned a number of people are here and want to recognize that the tragedy that happened back on february 4th when a Community Member in a wheelchair was hit and killed as crossing Market Street at 7 and first want to express on behalf of the entire agency the condolences to the families and friends and just since learned what a deep impact on San Francisco and the Bay Area Community i know a lot of people were touched and like every fatality collision it was tragedy and preventable everything were doing under the umbrella vision zero to prevent those tragedies from happening as director rubke mentioned our partners to the Mayors Office on disability as well as a number of organizations part of Vision Zero Coalition senior exact action walk sf had a memorial outside to honor ms. Fan and i actually called for action and you know we take this and anything that happened on the streets seriously we dont want to wait and working to be proactive and trying to design or redesign our streets such that a mistake didnt result in death or serious injury so were working very hard everyday to make our streets safely but we will continue the Police Department is investigating so i cant really speak to anything cause or determined at the moment but hsa as theyre investigating we have already started at making improvements like the signage the intersection to help to clarify to all the modes of traffic that can and should be aware of reducing the likelihood regardless what happened in this situation for Something Like this happening again commit to the enforcement on Market Street and argue parking control officers some of them are the room to continue to help guide and educate drivers and people traveling in he every mode to get around safely we are working with the malice environment to allow the citywide viewing of the vehicle training video a video the city first help teach City Employees and anyone else we mandated in our department that anybody in our department that point to say use this vehicle must complete the training and the highlights urban driving practices to drive in San Francisco and that congestion we have in many ways the people get around and the video on oversized vehicles specifically for 3 industry so wanted to acknowledge that i know that is very present in peoples minds today, our condolences to the family and this renewed commitment to make our streets safer and to the early comprehensive report on what we can do with respect to the requests and to the safety on Market Street. Members of the board questions or comments. If we can adjourn the meeting in many fans memory. Members of the public. Yes. Mr. Chairman there are members of the public that wish to address the Commission Calling names . It will be followed by Carla Johnson and jessie. Hello. Good afternoon. Hi, im maria the director of Community Services at light house for the blizzard ill hear to say a couple of comments about the tragedy death of two fans at light house for the blind we train thousands of blind people around the bay area and the beginning of may were moving from van ness to Market Street just half a block from 7th street and market she was kille