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Speed is 8 and a half miles an hour. On average, and that is what the muni vehicle is helped fast or slow and they travel around the city that has dramatic consequences in terms of people being able to rely on muni to get where they are going, quickly as opposed to crawling at a snails pace. And it has dramatic implications in terms of the cost of operating the system, and if you have slower moving buses, you need to put more buses on to a line, and in order to keep service up and so you are spe...

Item 12. Allocate 13. 1 million in prop k funds, with conditions, to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for preliminary engineering and Detailed Design for the transit effectiveness project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule and amend the bus Rapid Transit muni Metro Network 5year prioritization progra. This is an action item. Commissioner breed . Thank you. I just wanted to make a few comments about the out reach, i know that we all received the ...

Better, for people who are vulnerable, whether it is a person with a baby in a stroller, and a toddler, and having to cross an extra couple of intersections whether it is a senior or a person with a disability. We are not hearing any answers, there is an avoidance. The fact that this is meant for engineering design, was used last week and saying that figuratively some of these concerns dont matter, but the packet that you have before you shows the specific stops being eliminated and so the money...

These safety questions. Thank you, for your comments, next speaker please . Yes, my name is jackie sacks and i want to echo what he just said about regarding eliminating the stops and everything, but one thing that you are not taking into consideration, you are not taking into consideration, the people that work. That when they did the tep, they decided that they should stop buses at midnight, and this sort of thing and they should eliminate, and they should, reroute the buses, and without takin...

Of the bank are people of the toxic city, the wrong complexion for Environmental Protection and remembering to heal and veterans on a mission to restore the past and can also mend the wounds that haunt them in the present. And good evening and thanks for being with us, im joie chan, a verdict who fails to find the shooter guilty of murder and the case against michael dunn who killed jordan davis couldnt agree if he was guilty leading to a mistrial on the most serious count and prosecutors promis...

Of that work, its very important as we wind down the responsibilities of the successor agency. So again, happy to move forward Theo Ellington for seat 1, merily mondajar for seat 3, i want to thank all the member s of the public who came and also waited to speak. We really appreciate that as many of you as possible tried to consolidate your comments as well. Its very clear there is broad support for the 5 commissioner appointees here before us. So we have a motion and a second and we can move fo...

Four of these candidates are profoundly impressive in their qualifications for this type of work. But there is a problem and that is with public process. Its vital to remember that the reason we made sure that some of us fought so hard to make sure that neighborhood representatives were on this commission is that that is right of pa process of appointing them was supposed to entail going to those neighborhoods in depth and getting their input on who these appointees should be. For this to be not...

Characterize it to yourselves. But in fact, you and the mta have not answered the questions asked for years, how is this better, for people who are vulnerable, whether it is a person with a baby in a stroller, and a toddler, and having to cross an extra couple of intersections whether it is a senior or a person with a disability. We are not hearing any answers, there is an avoidance. The fact that this is meant for engineering design, was used last week and saying that figuratively some of these...

On the other side of the San Franciscos glittering bay, are the people the wrong color for Environmental Protection . And remembering to heal. Veterans on a mission to restoring memorials to the past and the wounds that can haunt them in the present. And good evening, thanks for being with us. Im joie chen. To many its a case of deja vu. A white man shooting down an unarmed black teenager in florida. And the failure to find him guilty of murder. The jury couldnt agree whether hes guilty of first...

Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to rem...