Transcripts For SFGTV Special Joint PlanningMTA Board 72116

Please be advise cell phones cause microphone interference. Theres likely request they are in the off position. Item 4, communications. Commissioners, directors i know of none at this time. Moving onto your regular special calendar. Item 5, presentation and discussion regarding connect sf Transportation Vision plan. Good morning. I can see all of you, but [laughing] ed reiskin down here. Members of the board, members of the commission, mr. Chairman and mr. Pres. , im really grateful for the opportunity to come together today and in this unique increase my, joint format to talk about an effort that we been undertaking that i think is critical importance as we are facing the demands that the city is. A wild back, director rahaim and director of county Transportation Authority as wells karen rich and gillette from the Mayors Office got together and decided we needed to collaborate on him much longerterm approach to Transportation Planning in the city. I think theres been a lot of great Transportation Planning that has happened in the past few years and decades, whether from the land use planning, the area plans, various kinds of Transportation Plans and project plans that we done. But, i think we all agreed particularly given the dynamic change thats happening in our city that we needed to take a more conference of citywide and longterm approach to planning transportation in the future and doing it with calling it a Transportation Plan but its really a joint land use and Transportation Plan to transfer check plan is very much informed by land use. So, it is been so far a great collaboration should i think its one thats absolutely necessary for us to do as a city. Its probably something we shouldve been doing all along but certainly now given what we are facing as a city, its just all the more important. So it has been a great partnership. I want to thank the Planning Commission for making staff available to work with us. Weve been working between our agency, planning, the mta and Mayors Office. I think this is really important work and will really benefit from whatever feedback and guidance you have to provide us today. Thanks commissioner could i also can see all of you. Im down here on the other side john rahaim with the Planning Department should i want thank you for coming together to get this is been a goal of commissioner johns and for a long time to happy to finally make this happen. As director reiskin said, just a joint effort between the three agencies in the Mayors Office and it is i think the most conference of approach to Transportation Planning that the city is taken in a long time. Something i think that he, we agreed really needs to happen. Especially in light of the citys growth and the reduction in car ownership and all the factors that are going into putting pressure on our transportation system. Inevitably, when your conversations like this they are complex and it is very challenging and appropriately so to talk about transportation in and of itself without talking about land use patterns, without talking about issues of equality and how this how the public gets around the city. So, these discussions will in fact become complicated. They will inevitably involve discussions of the citys growth, where the city is going, how the city is growing as well has access to the Transportation Systems are and where that system evolves and grows. Including issues of Pedestrian Safety housing affordability, Traffic Congestion thats all going to be encompassed in this subway and we have to address accurate as youll hear in the presentations from the staff, we arethis is a Transportation Plan editor needs to be but happily informed by land use patterns and other cities growth in the next coming years. So, what you will hear is a presentation from Reese Espinosa and members of the staff or the mta about the components of this plan. As well as the land use productions we are prepared to kind of informed decisions about this plant can we look forward very much to hearing your comments and as youll hear, we are ready and will be preparing in the fall for a more robust Public Outreach on this effort. So, with that i think will get into staff presentations. Thank you. Good morning commissioners could bury a espinosa with the San Francisco Planning Department i start with a presentation today i want to just ground us in what we heard from the previous two presentations both the mta board and the Planning Commission this week and last week. We talk to you a bit about the state of the mta system in your presentation by tom acquired auditory white from theta. We talked a bit about iran use projections by the patterns of land use and policies that shape what our city looks like today. So, for todays presentation staff will describe to you what this longrange effort is and we all cant connect sf because its about connecting all of those thoughts regarding land use, transportation, economic development, demographics, all of those factors that will go into shaping a very complex city and challenges to come. So i will walk you through the presentation good i will walk you through the what the components are of this effort and it will be over a couple of years because there are so many complex factors. We are coming to you early because we want to get it right. We will make sure were grounded in the framework we get to hear from you and your expectations in this effort. And also that we understand how to shape our conversations with the public and the community as this goes forward. So i really welcome the opportunity to hear your feedback on that get us out with a presentation and then i would like to introduce my colleague ran sub away from the mta to be part of the presentation with me. I also want to about other stop in the room. I appreciate into Michael Schwartz from the mta for being here good as well as other staff who been integral to going this overall effort together. So thank you very much. So, why are we here today . Connect sf as i mentioned is about shaping our citys transportation future. Our Transportation Network is such a finding element of our city and how we get around. It creates a cities livability, our economic vibrancy, it has impacts on Environmental Quality and urban character. I connect sf effort is citywide. It looks to both consolidate and coordinate transportation related Planning Efforts to improve mobility for all folks in San Francisco and as director reiskin mentioned, it is a multi Agency Effort for both the planning and implementation agencies will be involved in connect sf. There are some major components that i want to talk about. First, we have a city gen. Plan and there is a key component in there which is a transportation element did it links all of the citys guiding plans and policies regarding transportation. The transportation element is also the to in a moment has updated in 20 years so we need to catch up our thinking in what policies help guide and shape our modification of how we implement our transportation system. The general plan as you know, is linked to the work of the city Planning Department and in addition, we buy San Francisco Transportation Plan that will be updated get the San Francisco Transportation Plan typically undertaken by the San Francisco Transportation Authority, and it gives shape to our priority projects, our plans, and are funding and Revenue Streams that will help shape the investment in infrastructure over the next 2530 years. Its an important document. Those are guided by our policies. We need to do them but more important way, we need to link them together to make sure they are working in tandem and not at cross purposes. We also will be undertaking a series of mortal studies did with this means looking in detail at the transit network, at our street network, understanding all of the different components and how they will affect our system overall. In so doing, really the leadership of the different agencies in the city came together because they knew they needed to undertake these plans and projects but more importantly, what was missing and absent with this overall vision this overarching vision, for land use and transportation to really help shape and guide the overarching policies for these important implementing documents. The vision is really a process. It will be shaped by stakeholder and public input and it will help guide our thinking 50 years out into the future. You may be asking, why such a significant time horizon . 50 years is a long time. Who knows who can predict the future but we do know what some of the key uncertainties are get we do know some of those drivers and change will be and we also know what Disruptive Forces are happening now do we need to Pay Attention to whether its changing demographics, or different regional funding opportunities could all those factors we need to have in one place understand and talk about the implications of each. So, those are the main components. I will walk through what each one is. We could not do this without Stakeholder Involvement. So this includes not only our partner agencies, but other agencies within the city. Clinically, regional partners such as are other operating agencies bart as an example being other key partners that will help shape policy decisions for land use and transportation in the region. We also critically feel Stakeholder Involvement means communicating with the public and hearing what peoples needs concerns, thoughts are. As we go through for the as john mentioned, were going to be undertaking a series of outreach opportunities through the fall to keep this off and understand the needs of the public. So, with the vision i will walk you through what that entails. The opportunity for the vision isnt funding pensions it allows us to test our thinking with big ideas and really see what can we innovate, what can we shape. How do we need to think outside the box and maybe think about this cchanges though becoming and a future. We will identify the goals objectives and policy grammar as i mentioned give that overarching framework to help guide our policy documents to come. We know that there are some uncertainty in the future. Especially for such a longterm horizon, but will allow us to test our thinking in different ways by using scenario planning to help shape different pathways if we went one direction and invested in the Network Without look like . If we took a totally different approach what would that mean for our city . So it will allow us to have these conversations. We are not necessarily unique in this idea. New york deftly undertook a visioning process called one new york but i think as a city, so important to the economy and to housing considerations in this region, we are going to be a leader in our thought processes and thinking to help other cities in the region tackle these Big Questions as well. So, will introduce the transportation dialogue engage the community, discuss ideas, and really identified a number of different scenarios plus preferred future we want to see. We really have this opportunity to shape the future we want and so this is an important dialogue will be undertaking it this year with the Public Outreach kit will be doing that in the fall and into 2017. We are going to start out with some guiding goals that we want to see if that resonates with the public. Certainly, we envision a future that thinks about equity and im really helps to understand the implications of equity for our city, making sure users of our system both equitable and Affordable Access to good services, activities and destinations. We know that safety and moving is of quite critical importance of our community to be above attractive and safe travel options that support health, livable neighborhoods and address the needs of all users. Environmental sustainability is a critical component of this because we want to support a healthy environment with clear quality that is responsive to Climate Change and different dynamics that provide Sustainable Choices for our future. And Economic Vitality is a key foundational goal of this effort. The people and businesses easily access to destinations for jobs and commerce, including both established and growing neighborhoods in San Francisco and the region. So, this is our starting point. We like to take these calls out to the public and see what resonates and if the public thinks these are the core that we should focus on. Other major components as i mentioned, mortal studies. We are doing some pulmonary work now for a subway vision. So i might think we heard comments from the Planning Commission previously about with the future of our local Rapid Transit network and how can we both plan and build and think about those things in tandem. So were doing a lot of Technical Work to study these efforts now and will be bringing Something Back in the fall. We also will be looking at both opportunities for muni transit and Regional Trends and how they link together how they serve the city them how they serve the immunity patterns into and out of San Francisco. We will be looking at the role of our freeways and arterials. So, how do those major linkages for Goods Movement and Service Delivery shape a role for that travel and transportation here in the city. We will be building on existing and ongoing multimodal lands. So, not just about transit. We are a city that thinks about and welcomes into theinvestments and pedestrian and bicycle safety. Better infrastructure for both those modes which as weve seen, with a reduction in car ownership for newer generation, theres an opportunity here to invest in those modes as well. We will also be undertaking a San Francisco Transportation Plan 2050 which will be a critical component for input into the next round of the regions plan bay area. So, this will be the most informed by the mortal studies and vision to ensure Regional Transit and that investment is linked to that will be looking at investment scenarios so opportunities for funding, revenue sources, Revenue Streams and where we prioritize those investments. It would be important to mention our transportation element update, which as part of the general plan, is an important codification of her citys transportation goals and policies. The last transportation element update really gave shape to the Transportation Network that you see today with the four corridor plan. We also know that our application of these is what you see as directors and Board Members when projects come to you get so this is a way to link all those things together at the local and neighborhood scale. So, with that i like to turn it over to my colleague graham, to ground us in the current commit conditions and what we need to think about today. Thank you teresa. Good morning commissioners and Board Members. Grandfrom sfmta. Building a little bit on what some of the Planning Commission heard from tom and victoria last week in terms of where are we at today the transportation system. From a regional perspective, we have seen dramatic growth in ridership on caltrain and bart. Over the last five years, unique metro has also seen increased demand for its services. And under each of these systems are at times when we are forced to leave passengers behind at the platform and the demand simply exceeds the services we can provide today. Also, i want to note the muni rail system while wholly contained with the geography of the city and county of San Francisco, the rail system and bus system are absolutely key pieces in the result has petition network and fully serve that function and continue to integrate regional and local services to make it seems transit experience for travelers. Specifically, looking at bart, their extensive stream ridership pushing not only beyond their own adopted standards in terms of Customer Experience and passenger comfort onbo