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going home but they were very crowded in the afternoon when kids were going home from school so it took a long time and i really, really appreciate it so much, and actually the data that shows how much less crowded the buses are is really remarkable, and also i really i do want us to pay attention to which is kind of surprising to me, the data about how kids are getting to school, who is using what transportation systems and other ways to get to school. it is amazing how many what percentage of kids come to school by car, so i am hoping that we re figuring out ways to sort of market our transportation services more so that we can encourage more families to use the public transportation system, and that s an area they would like us to collaboratively work on because it s information we can get out to our families. thank you. thank you. commissioner mendoza and fewer. thank you. so i am excited that one of the conversations that we have been having was around havi ....
doesn t run and they early release and yet they re out before 3:00 p.m. so they wanted me to bring that issue to you also. everyone that i spoke to, students, they all ride the bus two and from school so that is very good, but one student got a ride but it was very rare. most felt safe on the bus but they have also had phones taken. they have witnessed some violence on the buses, but and let s see what else did they say. they seem to see less of the transit enforcers ever since we had free muni for youth and i am wondering about that. are students getting less tickets for not having a validation of having paid so that was a question i wanted to ask you. well, i love talking to kids because you get these very practical suggestions. the 48 it s probably as close to a school route that we have because it s intended to go from west portal to third street and during school hours we extend it to the beach, and it s our only route that does that and one of our recommendati ....
have other presenters speak i want to be sensitive to the time. we have many members of the public to speak and i would like to open public comment at this time and leave time for more discussion and questions after that. thank you. so at this time opening up for public comment if you would like to speak please line up and approach the microphone. yes and while folks are lining up commissioner mendoza wanted to make some additional points. thank you. i just wanted to thank the director of facilities and david golden and nick director of sustainability who are here today and both acknowledged that we need better communications with mta so as the board members direct them to find the appropriate point person so you have a connection at the school district but i wanted to thank them for being here. thank you. please approach the mic. good afternoon board of supervisors. i aman drew and attend lowell school and for the past six years i have been riding muni to get i ....
coming at that time. thank you. if i can ask you how long it takes on the best and slowest days? on the best day and i leave my house and there is a t there and i don t have to wait that long for the 30 it will take me 40 to 45 minutes to go to school early. commissioner fewer has a question as well. yes, i wanted to know because of muni when you re late for school what happens when you tell them you re late because of muni? well, i can t tell them anything. i just go into class. don t you need a tardy pass or something. no. i think that s only if i don t know. i have never been that late, but you start at 615, but i am wondering what so that s okay. i was just wondering what a school policy is with students that arrive late to school and they re late for class what response the teachers have and how sympathetic are the schools are to the situation. that s all. thank you for sharing. my teachers don t really care. they see me enter a class and ....
all of the information and i know you didn t have a lot of time to do that so i appreciate the work. this is really a first step. we want to ensure that the dialogue and collaboration continues because i think there is a lot of work that all of our agencies can be doing together to make sure that we re providing the best transportation system possible for our students and having said that at this time before we may have other presenters speak i want to be sensitive to the time. we have many members of the public to speak and i would like to open public comment at this time and leave time for more discussion and questions after that. thank you. so at this time opening up for public comment if you would like to speak please line up and approach the microphone. yes and while folks are lining up commissioner mendoza wanted to make some additional points. thank you. i just wanted to thank the director of facilities and david golden and nick director of sustainability who ....