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Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of ...

To another. Slide 7 talks about features for individuals who are blind or have a vision impairment. One feature that will continue from the old cars are the external inter car barriers that are meant to help protect people with vision impairments from inadvertently stepping off the flat form and being in danger. Those were retro fitted into old bart cars after ada was passed. But these will be built in from the ground floor to the new cars. I mentioned earlier that we often have people on bart t...

Comprised with the federal registry dimensions. I believe they are 32 x 48. It has some extra room beyond that. Does that answer your question . Im thinking about other times of the day also especially in the rush hours . We will have about 10 percent more standing room per car. So i think in general, well be better off having more cars and that will make a big difference. Thank you. Now, i just have a few quick questions. Then well go to a break and then well come back. We will hear from the st...

Contrast the color strip to the pole to provide greater visibility for lower vision individuals. Slide 8 talks about a few other major improvements on the new train cars. First of all, i talked already about having more doors. Thats going to make getting on and off the train faster and easier and take away for some people that feeling of panic that the doors may close before you have an opportunity to exit. Its going to have a secondary effect of reducing the volume of people going through each ...

The dimensions of the accessible path and i even need to hold it close to my eyes to read them to you, but the engineering measurement for the path from the doorway to the wheelchair zone is 48. 83 inches and the path to the aisle is 42. 78 inches. The car thats pictured there is a cab car which is a car that has a train operator space, the cab where it operates. The noncab cars will look very similar except instead of the cab there, you will have more seating. 40 percent of the bart cars are ca...

Pursue three new Revenue Services combined to address that significant portion of that gap and as well as to continue to support and seek additional state and federal Funding Sources to support policies that will bring in more transportation dollars into San Francisco. So, after taking a look at the needs, the task force looked it is needs to repair the core system, to enhance and expand it and is recommending more of the half of the funds be allocated towards core. The reason is we found that t...

The director of transportation will manage the level of service. In the staff report we recommended 12 we feel thats aggressive. In addition what you dont see on the legislation but i mentioned is its the attorneys he assessment we dont require a board of approval for a cash incentive so weve implemented for the month of december and we have an not advertised this but were going to give that credit in december. So companies have offered to make the payment to the driver on a daily process so the...

Whats going on for ramp taxis. All the rules are based on fines not anatomy rational you pick up. We pick up any wheelchair whether its a paratransit or not but the fact is m b mobile and San Francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they get 58 a piece of for them. Two we cant find drivers that refuse to drive the ramp taxis because they cant pay the tax. And sometimes the ramp taxi no longer goes out because theyre not certified because they cant make any money our repair bills are ...

Needed when there is someone sick or someone needs a break . So we could force ourselves into a situation where all of those kinds of discretionary benefits just cant even be offered because they are not economically possible. It could eliminate profitsharing. It could eliminate the hiring of entrylevel employee because im already paying a wage for someone with experience, so why would i hire someone who doesnt have experience . So as an altruistic as you would like to be, altruism can be stymie...

The the hearing will come to order. Im expecting that my Ranking Member will be here shortly. I just saw him on the cspan screen, so i know he is on the floor, and not here. I have permission from his staff to proceed. He will join us as soon as your schedule permits. I will recognize in the audience pagano. Ano ed we are having hearing today that entitled economic espionage and trade secret theft. Are our laws adequate for todays threats . Today, the subcommittee is going to explore how we can ...