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Impact because the percent minority using the two pass types are more than our city wide average plus the threshold. The threshold developing the thresholds as i said they need to be sensitive enough to distinguish between differences and disparate impact on minority and non minority populations. We essentially set the threshold at 15 and brought them down to 8 based on analysis of all of the spectrum of minority and low income populations on each of our routes. We also compared ourselves to pee...

Are not many dont speak english and they have been severely impacted by the transit effectiveness projected and one stopped at Park Presidio and my understanding youre going to curtail the service further and like the ft. Sutter run and the trolleys are still there and basically a violation of civil rights with the transit effectiveness project. It really is wrong headed. Its based on supply and demand. Its not based on moral principles and sufficient rights and that is fundamentally wrong and i...

Of the upcoming Budget Dialogue they anticipate will start this fall. The title six Program Update as i said is happening this fall as well and we will be bringing that to you in november or late october for your approval. Were also really excited as i said to get the Demographic Data to really find out if the demographics of the neighborhood is indicative or reflective of the dem graph ikts of the routes. In some cities it is and some cities it isnt. For example los angeles is 70 minority but t...

That question about seniors and i understand in your presentation you said this is actually not the appropriate tool to address the question of seniors and people with disabilities and im sorry did you say which one is the correct tool and i missed it . Or is that something we approach on a granduear level. Exactly. Through our Service Standards so for stops for example and one of the things the standards speaks to is go to a shorter stop spacing with grades or considering the adjacent land uses...

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Of the board. Good presentation. Yeah good presentation. Thank you very much. I did have one question. I know we do the a letter from the bcdc asking that question about seniors and i understand in your presentation you said this is actually not the appropriate tool to address the question of seniors and people with disabilities and im sorry did you say which one is the correct tool and i missed it . Or is that something we approach on a granduear level. Exactly. Through our Service Standards so...

If we make changes to the cash fare and used by this amount of people and 160,000 are minority and because of the percent and the 8 threshold this isnt considered a disparate impact. Alternatively if we were making changes to the youth pass and in this example its used by 75 minority that is considered a disparate impact but if were making changes to the two at the same time we would look at them collectively and collectively they would be found to have a disparate impact because the percent min...

To make incremental changes but at the same time you want to make sure youre capturing important equity issues. We did make several changes to this definition based on the public process. One of the key things was that we added this rolling 24 month period to the system changes. What the concern was in the public process was that we would make a 2 change one year and then a 1 change six months later and a 3 change six months after that, and that we would be stringing together these smaller chang...

I understand in your presentation you said this is actually not the appropriate tool to address the question of seniors and people with disabilities and im sorry did you say which one is the correct tool and i missed it . Or is that something we approach on a granduear level. Exactly. Through our Service Standards so for stops for example and one of the things the standards speaks to is go to a shorter stop spacing with grades or considering the adjacent land uses. Its part of the information th...

First case of ebola in new york sending futures lower. Is wall street finally giving up on amazon . It was a big mix. Head winds bring worries to that stock. The company poised to open down over 10 . Value in proctor or ford or ups . Those companies in the green this morning after reporting earnings, as well. Futures are moving lower to the down side after lows of the morning amid concerns about new york citys first ebola case. A doctor tested positive for the virus after treating ebola patients...