Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Land Use Committee 111715 20151119

Opposed. [inaudible] motion to approve discussion. All in favor say aye. [inaudible] thank you. Take a short break here. To session. Well wait for a moment for sfgtv who is catching up item 12 approve various parking traffic and parking modifications associate td with the wiggle neighborhood green corridor project. I wont read through all of those. Any presentation . I guess we are. Gootd afternoon. My name is mareium [inaudible] at sfmta and excited to talk about the wiggle green corridor. This is a joint project we worked with public works and pucf partnersism the wiggle is poornt connection in our bike network. If you are look the key route going east to west across the city it is a part of a critical connection between Market Street and man pan h handle [inaudible] it staarea favored by bicyclist because it is the flattest route between 2 hill squz the reason the puc is interested in the project area as it is flat area where storm water collects. The name wiggle comes because it is a zigzag route. The route is something bicyclist found over the past decades and we have over the years added improvements to make it safer to bike there and more visible. The wiggle today is not just the bicycle route but also a dense residential neighborhoods. It has local xhilsh district and really great transit and popular dog park so it is used by a lot of different people use thg wig today. The bike infrastructure itself [inaudible] at the intersections to help people find their way mpt for the most part it isnt something woe have major bike facilities like bike lanes and or a cycle track and will be a shared street for most the route. Or project goals were in addition to the puc of reducing storm water going into the sigher system we want to improve conditions for people walking and biking. This includes making it safe for pedestrians cross thg streets, minimize congestion for mot r vehicles and make sure people that use the road way are going in a way that is slow and safe and that includes all road way use. Our project timeline included outreach that started in 2013, virementdal revie last year and are in the design phase with construction to complete in 2017. Our Community Outreach includesed 4 Public Community meetings where we had be2950 and 100 people in attenance at each. They were paired with surveys that included on line surveys and with some received over 500 submission. We had smaller meetings [inaudible] walking up and down scott street and attending the meetings of stakeholdser groups and had on going conversation with email and public hearing. The set of elements focus on traffic diverter, ball bouts preferred by people in the outreach process as a way to improve visibility at intersections and people can be seen using the road way. Cross walks which improve pedestrian visibility at those intersection squz your legislation action to approve [inaudible] we have a question about rain gardens. This is the pucs part the project because San Francisco has a combined sewer system the water on the street level mixes with the sue squj if it overflows there is a bad situation so they are looking to improve and one piece is have more rain water absorbed into the ground water that includes add thg rain gardens that allow them to soak into the ground. This is a [inaudible] elements you cant see it that well on the screen and wont go fl into too great detail. Those are primarily the bol bouts included in the project at 8 different locations a well as a few red zones [inaudible] in particular i want to draw your attention to the diverter which is a change at intersection of scott and [inaudible] we no longer permit southbround traffic on scott street or turning left on [inaudible] this is something of interest to residence along skeet street because they see a lot of automobile congestion. It is of the different streets that make thup wiggle this is the street with the highest vehicle volumes and by making the change we reduce the vehicle volumes something more comfortable for those riding bike squz walking on the streets and libing in the neighborhood. Scott street has the longest segment of the bick network as well as other green connection network. At the intersection of scott and [inaudible] the design is a large bull bout on the south west side the street. It also eliminates potential collision which is for cars turns left from [inaudible] to scott where bicyclist wait to make their turn. We all a collision there this past prl due to that movement. Because we will implement this diverter we want to make sure the traffic that is using scott street for southbound travel is accommodated thichb neighborhoods and not on residential streets. Our proposal includes a lot of improvement tooz the deviz dareo cor door including timing the signals as well as eliminate a few left turn locations where we can reduce had delay due to piling up as well as we are proposing red zones on [inaudible] which will allow drivers [inaudible] outside of the travel lane. These improvements some sure traffic can seek out deviz dareo as a alturn toov ative student scott and keep divisadero proving and hopefully these will imprive that. There are key concerns we heard from the residence as we have gone dlou the project and want to address them for a few moment because we may hear about them during public comment. One is concern about the parking reduction due to implementation of the bull bout locations. Sthis something throughout the project we are strategic where we propose bull bouts. We improve visibility with pud estrens to people riding the bikes and driving in the streets. These are also places where we may provide a opportunity for added greenery so thought those benefits were outweighed the fact [inaudible] that was consistent with the feed pm back we received throughout the public process. Overall it is 2 percent of Parking Spaces within a one block radius of the corridor. Aortconcern is about spill over traffic from traffic in scoot street. Well make improvement said to divisadero and at the same time we have done dat saw dleckz clecz of where traffic is and continue to monitor that and if there are issues consider making adjustments. For residence of lower hate rr it is appreciation for the benefits of having reduced traffic on scott there are folks concerned about accessing their homes if they come by auto mobile. If you are a residents r rez dent of scott it is still a 2 way street, the diverter blocks fltrust from the south but if you come out your drive way you can exist to the south of the block. The way the bull bout is designed but it will prohibit normal vehicles from entering during normal use if it is a Emergency Vehicle and emergency situation thethere is enough space for a Emergency Vehicle. In a earlier proposal we included a left turn prohibition from divisadero from hate rr and heard if we block access from scott street having the left turn prohibited will make it difficult so we did additional analysis and moved that from our proposal based on resdant request. [inaudible] in the short term if we approve the measures today we have a new elements that can go in right away including the making the bike lane on [inaudible] we will do the diverse dareo turning and parking restrictions a elwith as add painted safety zones that bull bout locations that have the most potential to improve pud lestren safety. We will implement or traffic signal changes on devirs dareo so by the time we impt lment the constructed project in 2017 that traffic will be able to use divisadero. Thats all i have for you today. Happy to take any questions a quick question. Could you explain around the arko station what are you recommended . So, you are probably familiar with the issueoffs the ark estation along [inaudible] this isnt related to that at all. It is related but arko station has a entrance on devirs dareo so northbound devirs dareo if you try to get to the arko station you will block the lane. There are a couple Parking Spaces that block someone from waiting in the parking zone. It is like creating a right turn pocket but it isnt a right turn pocket because it is [inaudible] it is on devirs dareo and not relateed to the challenges we have seen [inaudible] we have a representative from supervisor breeds offices. [inaudible] from supervisor breeds office. Good afternoon good afternoon board of directors [inaudible] supervisor breed. Im here to give supervisor breeds full support for the plans proposed for the igwithal neighborhood green corridor in district 5. Supervisor breed feels the plan makes safety improvements for cyclist and addresses Pedestrian Safety and [inaudible] encouraging safe speed for users mptd she gives her support after years since 2013 of Community Meetings and input that include traffic diverters, raised cross walks and bull bouts and green landscaping and want to give a special thanks to sfmta staff for listening to neighborhood concerns regarding to keep the left turn light on divisadero and hate rr street. The wiggle is a key section of a important route that allows people to move through San Francisco. Supervisor breed want tooz make sure that route is safe and accessible to everyone. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. Hold on. Have to get to the timer here, but i seem to be stuck here. Cathy dulukea file by miles stepto and lawrence lee. Mrs. Duluke ahere . Is miles stepto here followed by lawrence lee and morgan fits gibbons good afternoon, miles [inaudible] San Francisco native member and inturn at San Francisco Bike Coalition. Im here to express Bike Coalition strong support of improvements as part the wiggle cor door project and urge the board to approve this project so construction can begin immediately. Or as soon as possibly. [inaudible] for this project was held april 3 the year which is a [inaudible] and major accident occurred 3 days prior on scott and fell between a car and 3 people on bikes. Given that, we know the traffic diverter proposet supported by local neighborhood associations, San Francisco Bike Coalition members and [inaudible] is more critical than ever. It is nearly 3 years since the first Public Meetings were held where the members pushed for improvements for biking and walking. It is time to make the changes real. The project brings green landscaping [inaudible] pedestrian visibility and a better biking experience for the paubural bike route if thousands of people ride every day. On behalf of our 10 thousand members we hope you approve the changes today to make San Francisco a better city for bikes. [calling names]. The last person to turn in a speaker card is michael [inaudible] lawrence lee and serve on the board of lower hate rr association and strongly support this project. It addresses our neighborhood need for calm streets and increases pedestrian visibility and comfort for access crosses the streets and inyeass safety along the popular route for people bicycleing from other neighborhoods. We cumind the Public Outreach and includingmany meetings with us. Not supposed to use the words innovation this year because it is overused but this includes good ideas and feedback from the community and proiorities that are important to the neighborhood. Good afternoon. Good evening. That is what you get for not looking at the agenda before you come. My name is morgan fits gibbons and district 7 [inaudible] representative for the Pedestrian Safety committee and run the group called the wig party cht i want to read a section the city charter, section 8 a. 115. The third point, decisions regarding the use of limited public street and side walk space will encourage right of way by pedestrian and [inaudible] strive to reduce traffic and public helths and safety. The on thing i want to say is this project has taken too long to happen. Not only did we have the collision in april where 3 people were injuryed, 20s 13 was the date the Public Meeting started. I introduced this idea in 2011, neal [inaudible] back me up on that. This was my idea. By the time it is in the ground it will be around 6 years from introduction to implementation, that is too long. This is one block. The pavement is awesome and will look great. I want to read names [inaudible] all these people are dead and killed on tower our streets and killed on streets in traffic violence, streets that were slated to be improved and the only reason they were not improved is this agency is too slow in getting the streets in the 21 est century. People are dying and neek to take a look in the mirror to see how to move from good yites idees to implementation. Michael [inaudible] hi again. As you may recall i lived in the city fl 35 years and dont drive. Specifically i lived for the last 26 years on scott street between oak and feld so the street with most the proposed changes including the diverter. I sit on the front porch a lot and watch the scene. It isnt uncommon to see drivers [inaudible] get uncomfortable and start to drive aggressively. Honking and yelling and cursing and trying to run bicyclist out of the lane so fully support this. Im thrilled it is finally coming forwards and participated in every public discussion, workshop you name it on this issue for the last 2 and a half year. I want to point out something you did that was in response that we shared and a pedestrian concern and the left turn from bikes from scott at oak out the wiggle to the park. That is currently a very dangerous intersection for pedestrians. As the pedestrian [inaudible] they are concerned being hit by cars coming down the hill so they are look frg the cars and not seeing the pedest rbs and 1ing them down. You are great by doing the side walk intention on the east side so peds have a safe crossing however my prediction is at this corner on the west side the nrbt section now that bikes dont have to be concerned getting hit i wonder how many will stop and yield to pedestrians so think you need to think about increased signage or a flashing sign or maybe a arm to drop down. We mentioned arko and have to share the side walk in frunlt fronts of the entrance to arko is blocked. They dont want to wait. There is a sign that says dont block bike lane and side walk that is ignoreed. I suggest stronger signage and maybe hashing the side walk so cars it is clear you are not supposed to be in this space. Great project and thank you for crrg approval. It is a big improvement. Thank you, i want to acknowledge mr. Fits gibbons and thank him for the years he put towards this. Morgan i know you are leechbing San Francisco and california soon and say you really worked so hard to build Community Around the wiggle and move forward on projects like this and acnology your frustration with how slow it has been and hope when you come back to visit which you will that you see more projicts going in and look what we can do now and be proud of the city you are doing. Good luck, your new city is glad to sl you. Wish you all the best. All in favor say aye. Thank you very much, aprouchb coordination agreement Bike Share Program [inaudible] good afternoon. Excited to be here to talk about a great opportunity to expand cycling in San Francisco and that is the first public action the board can take to expand the bike share system. Today we have the board to support the approval the coordination agreement for the bay area Bike Share Program. This is one of two agreements necessarily frathe expansion from the 700 bike policy today to 7 thousand regional program. The First Agreement is the coordination grument and that is the agreement among all the parties in the regional expansion thrks city of San Francisco, oakland, emreville, [inaudible] the second agreement is between mtc and motivate and motivate will come up and tell more about their role in the program but it is just a coordination we are can asking the board to recommend action on today. Again thrks expansion of bike share is moving from the publicly owned bike to a fully privately operated bike sharing system. No use of public funds. It is like the city bike system in new york but hopefully better. Owned and operated by motivate and the sponsor will fund all the cost of the expansion. Before we invite emily stalepten up i want to thank heath madx and the [inaudible] to what we are excited about which is a transformational expansion of cycling in San Francisco through a privately funded and operated bike share system. With that i will turn it to emily stapletinal. Good afternoon. Thank you tom and chair nolgen members the board. I would like to walk through a little bit more detail of the bay area bicycle Share Program as it is today, what it will look like tomorrow over the term the contract, some the benefits of bike share for the bay area and also the process be which we solicit public feedback. So, the program to date has been operated under a partnership with the bay area air Quality Management district and live since 2013 and successful to date with over 7 thousand trips taken [inaudible] zeer ofatalities. So far the Bike Share Program covered primarily soma and the financial district. Sth innofent pimet is see the adoption of bike share and see the way it interacts with transit and we have seen it is a success and People Incorporated bike share into their commune xhoouting patterns and use it as a first and last mile. The capacity st. Much greater and what has precipitateed conversations to expand this in San Francisco so it covers xhrjs and residential communities. Where we are right now, we have a approved a term sheet as of may for the conditions under which motivate the company i work w for. We operate the expanded bike share system. The system grows from 700 bikes to 7 thousand bikes region wide which is a transformational implementation of the Bike Share Program. You see a couple slides in that the bikes here in Market Street<\/a> and man pan h handle [inaudible] it staarea favored by bicyclist because it is the flattest route between 2 hill squz the reason the puc is interested in the project area as it is flat area where storm water collects. The name wiggle comes because it is a zigzag route. The route is something bicyclist found over the past decades and we have over the years added improvements to make it safer to bike there and more visible. The wiggle today is not just the bicycle route but also a dense residential neighborhoods. It has local xhilsh district and really great transit and popular dog park so it is used by a lot of different people use thg wig today. The bike infrastructure itself [inaudible] at the intersections to help people find their way mpt for the most part it isnt something woe have major bike facilities like bike lanes and or a cycle track and will be a shared street for most the route. Or project goals were in addition to the puc of reducing storm water going into the sigher system we want to improve conditions for people walking and biking. This includes making it safe for pedestrians cross thg streets, minimize congestion for mot r vehicles and make sure people that use the road way are going in a way that is slow and safe and that includes all road way use. Our project timeline included outreach that started in 2013, virementdal revie last year and are in the design phase with construction to complete in 2017. Our Community Outreach<\/a> includesed 4 Public Community<\/a> meetings where we had be2950 and 100 people in attenance at each. They were paired with surveys that included on line surveys and with some received over 500 submission. We had smaller meetings [inaudible] walking up and down scott street and attending the meetings of stakeholdser groups and had on going conversation with email and public hearing. The set of elements focus on traffic diverter, ball bouts preferred by people in the outreach process as a way to improve visibility at intersections and people can be seen using the road way. Cross walks which improve pedestrian visibility at those intersection squz your legislation action to approve [inaudible] we have a question about rain gardens. This is the pucs part the project because San Francisco<\/a> has a combined sewer system the water on the street level mixes with the sue squj if it overflows there is a bad situation so they are looking to improve and one piece is have more rain water absorbed into the ground water that includes add thg rain gardens that allow them to soak into the ground. This is a [inaudible] elements you cant see it that well on the screen and wont go fl into too great detail. Those are primarily the bol bouts included in the project at 8 different locations a well as a few red zones [inaudible] in particular i want to draw your attention to the diverter which is a change at intersection of scott and [inaudible] we no longer permit southbround traffic on scott street or turning left on [inaudible] this is something of interest to residence along skeet street because they see a lot of automobile congestion. It is of the different streets that make thup wiggle this is the street with the highest vehicle volumes and by making the change we reduce the vehicle volumes something more comfortable for those riding bike squz walking on the streets and libing in the neighborhood. Scott street has the longest segment of the bick network as well as other green connection network. At the intersection of scott and [inaudible] the design is a large bull bout on the south west side the street. It also eliminates potential collision which is for cars turns left from [inaudible] to scott where bicyclist wait to make their turn. We all a collision there this past prl due to that movement. Because we will implement this diverter we want to make sure the traffic that is using scott street for southbound travel is accommodated thichb neighborhoods and not on residential streets. Our proposal includes a lot of improvement tooz the deviz dareo cor door including timing the signals as well as eliminate a few left turn locations where we can reduce had delay due to piling up as well as we are proposing red zones on [inaudible] which will allow drivers [inaudible] outside of the travel lane. These improvements some sure traffic can seek out deviz dareo as a alturn toov ative student scott and keep divisadero proving and hopefully these will imprive that. There are key concerns we heard from the residence as we have gone dlou the project and want to address them for a few moment because we may hear about them during public comment. One is concern about the parking reduction due to implementation of the bull bout locations. Sthis something throughout the project we are strategic where we propose bull bouts. We improve visibility with pud estrens to people riding the bikes and driving in the streets. These are also places where we may provide a opportunity for added greenery so thought those benefits were outweighed the fact [inaudible] that was consistent with the feed pm back we received throughout the public process. Overall it is 2 percent of Parking Spaces<\/a> within a one block radius of the corridor. Aortconcern is about spill over traffic from traffic in scoot street. Well make improvement said to divisadero and at the same time we have done dat saw dleckz clecz of where traffic is and continue to monitor that and if there are issues consider making adjustments. For residence of lower hate rr it is appreciation for the benefits of having reduced traffic on scott there are folks concerned about accessing their homes if they come by auto mobile. If you are a residents r rez dent of scott it is still a 2 way street, the diverter blocks fltrust from the south but if you come out your drive way you can exist to the south of the block. The way the bull bout is designed but it will prohibit normal vehicles from entering during normal use if it is a Emergency Vehicle<\/a> and emergency situation thethere is enough space for a Emergency Vehicle<\/a>. In a earlier proposal we included a left turn prohibition from divisadero from hate rr and heard if we block access from scott street having the left turn prohibited will make it difficult so we did additional analysis and moved that from our proposal based on resdant request. [inaudible] in the short term if we approve the measures today we have a new elements that can go in right away including the making the bike lane on [inaudible] we will do the diverse dareo turning and parking restrictions a elwith as add painted safety zones that bull bout locations that have the most potential to improve pud lestren safety. We will implement or traffic signal changes on devirs dareo so by the time we impt lment the constructed project in 2017 that traffic will be able to use divisadero. Thats all i have for you today. Happy to take any questions a quick question. Could you explain around the arko station what are you recommended . So, you are probably familiar with the issueoffs the ark estation along [inaudible] this isnt related to that at all. It is related but arko station has a entrance on devirs dareo so northbound devirs dareo if you try to get to the arko station you will block the lane. There are a couple Parking Spaces<\/a> that block someone from waiting in the parking zone. It is like creating a right turn pocket but it isnt a right turn pocket because it is [inaudible] it is on devirs dareo and not relateed to the challenges we have seen [inaudible] we have a representative from supervisor breeds offices. [inaudible] from supervisor breeds office. Good afternoon good afternoon board of directors [inaudible] supervisor breed. Im here to give supervisor breeds full support for the plans proposed for the igwithal neighborhood green corridor in district 5. Supervisor breed feels the plan makes safety improvements for cyclist and addresses Pedestrian Safety<\/a> and [inaudible] encouraging safe speed for users mptd she gives her support after years since 2013 of Community Meetings<\/a> and input that include traffic diverters, raised cross walks and bull bouts and green landscaping and want to give a special thanks to sfmta staff for listening to neighborhood concerns regarding to keep the left turn light on divisadero and hate rr street. The wiggle is a key section of a important route that allows people to move through San Francisco<\/a>. Supervisor breed want tooz make sure that route is safe and accessible to everyone. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. Hold on. Have to get to the timer here, but i seem to be stuck here. Cathy dulukea file by miles stepto and lawrence lee. Mrs. Duluke ahere . Is miles stepto here followed by lawrence lee and morgan fits gibbons good afternoon, miles [inaudible] San Francisco<\/a> native member and inturn at San Francisco<\/a> Bike Coalition<\/a>. Im here to express Bike Coalition<\/a> strong support of improvements as part the wiggle cor door project and urge the board to approve this project so construction can begin immediately. Or as soon as possibly. [inaudible] for this project was held april 3 the year which is a [inaudible] and major accident occurred 3 days prior on scott and fell between a car and 3 people on bikes. Given that, we know the traffic diverter proposet supported by local neighborhood associations, San Francisco<\/a> Bike Coalition<\/a> members and [inaudible] is more critical than ever. It is nearly 3 years since the first Public Meetings<\/a> were held where the members pushed for improvements for biking and walking. It is time to make the changes real. The project brings green landscaping [inaudible] pedestrian visibility and a better biking experience for the paubural bike route if thousands of people ride every day. On behalf of our 10 thousand members we hope you approve the changes today to make San Francisco<\/a> a better city for bikes. [calling names]. The last person to turn in a speaker card is michael [inaudible] lawrence lee and serve on the board of lower hate rr association and strongly support this project. It addresses our neighborhood need for calm streets and increases pedestrian visibility and comfort for access crosses the streets and inyeass safety along the popular route for people bicycleing from other neighborhoods. We cumind the Public Outreach<\/a> and includingmany meetings with us. Not supposed to use the words innovation this year because it is overused but this includes good ideas and feedback from the community and proiorities that are important to the neighborhood. Good afternoon. Good evening. That is what you get for not looking at the agenda before you come. My name is morgan fits gibbons and district 7 [inaudible] representative for the Pedestrian Safety<\/a> committee and run the group called the wig party cht i want to read a section the city charter, section 8 a. 115. The third point, decisions regarding the use of limited public street and side walk space will encourage right of way by pedestrian and [inaudible] strive to reduce traffic and public helths and safety. The on thing i want to say is this project has taken too long to happen. Not only did we have the collision in april where 3 people were injuryed, 20s 13 was the date the Public Meeting<\/a> started. I introduced this idea in 2011, neal [inaudible] back me up on that. This was my idea. By the time it is in the ground it will be around 6 years from introduction to implementation, that is too long. This is one block. The pavement is awesome and will look great. I want to read names [inaudible] all these people are dead and killed on tower our streets and killed on streets in traffic violence, streets that were slated to be improved and the only reason they were not improved is this agency is too slow in getting the streets in the 21 est century. People are dying and neek to take a look in the mirror to see how to move from good yites idees to implementation. Michael [inaudible] hi again. As you may recall i lived in the city fl 35 years and dont drive. Specifically i lived for the last 26 years on scott street between oak and feld so the street with most the proposed changes including the diverter. I sit on the front porch a lot and watch the scene. It isnt uncommon to see drivers [inaudible] get uncomfortable and start to drive aggressively. Honking and yelling and cursing and trying to run bicyclist out of the lane so fully support this. Im thrilled it is finally coming forwards and participated in every public discussion, workshop you name it on this issue for the last 2 and a half year. I want to point out something you did that was in response that we shared and a pedestrian concern and the left turn from bikes from scott at oak out the wiggle to the park. That is currently a very dangerous intersection for pedestrians. As the pedestrian [inaudible] they are concerned being hit by cars coming down the hill so they are look frg the cars and not seeing the pedest rbs and 1ing them down. You are great by doing the side walk intention on the east side so peds have a safe crossing however my prediction is at this corner on the west side the nrbt section now that bikes dont have to be concerned getting hit i wonder how many will stop and yield to pedestrians so think you need to think about increased signage or a flashing sign or maybe a arm to drop down. We mentioned arko and have to share the side walk in frunlt fronts of the entrance to arko is blocked. They dont want to wait. There is a sign that says dont block bike lane and side walk that is ignoreed. I suggest stronger signage and maybe hashing the side walk so cars it is clear you are not supposed to be in this space. Great project and thank you for crrg approval. It is a big improvement. Thank you, i want to acknowledge mr. Fits gibbons and thank him for the years he put towards this. Morgan i know you are leechbing San Francisco<\/a> and california soon and say you really worked so hard to build Community Around<\/a> the wiggle and move forward on projects like this and acnology your frustration with how slow it has been and hope when you come back to visit which you will that you see more projicts going in and look what we can do now and be proud of the city you are doing. Good luck, your new city is glad to sl you. Wish you all the best. All in favor say aye. Thank you very much, aprouchb coordination agreement Bike Share Program<\/a> [inaudible] good afternoon. Excited to be here to talk about a great opportunity to expand cycling in San Francisco<\/a> and that is the first public action the board can take to expand the bike share system. Today we have the board to support the approval the coordination agreement for the bay area Bike Share Program<\/a>. This is one of two agreements necessarily frathe expansion from the 700 bike policy today to 7 thousand regional program. The First Agreement<\/a> is the coordination grument and that is the agreement among all the parties in the regional expansion thrks city of San Francisco<\/a>, oakland, emreville, [inaudible] the second agreement is between mtc and motivate and motivate will come up and tell more about their role in the program but it is just a coordination we are can asking the board to recommend action on today. Again thrks expansion of bike share is moving from the publicly owned bike to a fully privately operated bike sharing system. No use of public funds. It is like the city bike system in new york but hopefully better. Owned and operated by motivate and the sponsor will fund all the cost of the expansion. Before we invite emily stalepten up i want to thank heath madx and the [inaudible] to what we are excited about which is a transformational expansion of cycling in San Francisco<\/a> through a privately funded and operated bike share system. With that i will turn it to emily stapletinal. Good afternoon. Thank you tom and chair nolgen members the board. I would like to walk through a little bit more detail of the bay area bicycle Share Program<\/a> as it is today, what it will look like tomorrow over the term the contract, some the benefits of bike share for the bay area and also the process be which we solicit public feedback. So, the program to date has been operated under a partnership with the bay area air Quality Management<\/a> district and live since 2013 and successful to date with over 7 thousand trips taken [inaudible] zeer ofatalities. So far the Bike Share Program<\/a> covered primarily soma and the financial district. Sth innofent pimet is see the adoption of bike share and see the way it interacts with transit and we have seen it is a success and People Incorporated<\/a> bike share into their commune xhoouting patterns and use it as a first and last mile. The capacity st. Much greater and what has precipitateed conversations to expand this in San Francisco<\/a> so it covers xhrjs and residential communities. Where we are right now, we have a approved a term sheet as of may for the conditions under which motivate the company i work w for. We operate the expanded bike share system. The system grows from 700 bikes to 7 thousand bikes region wide which is a transformational implementation of the Bike Share Program<\/a>. You see a couple slides in that the bikes here in San Francisco<\/a> will number about 4500 bicycles which creates a lot of opportunity for additional riders to engage with active transportation that maybe allows them to subsitute bikes other than cars and single occupancy vehicles. The program is klirfbed with entirely no cost to taxpayers, through Sponsorship Funding<\/a> and outside finances. Motivate is excited to bring this to the bay area to allow this to happen quickly rather than incrementally over time. Wrun thing we are proud of is as we site the stations 20 percent are located in communities of concern as desing naitded by the mtc and as i mentioned on the last slide ill talk about how we do outreach in the communities. Background about motivate, this is similar to the city bike program in new york. The program does operate the city bike program as wellies bike shares across the country including [inaudible] in the boston metro area and happy to return to the bay area to expand bike share here. Some the benefits i touched on but to highlight and underscore some of them, bike share provides affordable [inaudible] 149 a year. This is a incredibly cost competitive way to commute around the bay area even compared against transit but bike share works nicely together. This is a more affordable option than car ownership oregon daily use of on demand rides. We are offering a discounted program for customers eligible for both the Life Line Program<\/a> and muni care, so we will have oo membership available for 5 dollars a month or 60 a year so we are able to make bike share accessible to everyone. Bike share a form of active transportation, riders have indicated helthd benefits including loss of weight and feeling more active and energetic. Over the course the program we expect that the number of single occupancy vehicle ridership will decrease which will bear on reducing the emissions in the bay area and congestion on the proceeds with additional cars that hopefully have stated home in the garages while people enjoy a bike ride. As mentioned this form of transportation is a excellent [inaudible] first last mile connecting with cal train, bart, muni and expands the horizon for how people commute athround bay and this arrival the system in the east bay that activates a additional set of peep lt that maybe dont drive over the bay bridge but take bart and completing their trip into San Francisco<\/a> with a bike. Of course one the themes we heard today with the other initiatives up before the board is the safety of the communities and bike share moving more peep tool active transportation support vision zero and aim towards zero traffic related deaths. Finally, the bike share will grow and need additional staff, Bike Mechanic<\/a> squz checkers in the field, system rebalancers to make sure the bikeerize allocated properly to make sure we have a excellent Customer Experience<\/a> for all the rider jz excited to offering green caller jobs that they provide a living wage and benefits. The scale of the system is expected to be 4500 bikes in San Francisco<\/a>. San jose will expand to 1 thousand bike squz east bay about 1500 bikes as well each system will be its own bike share on its own and San Francisco<\/a> will be a very very dynamic environment for the bike share. I would like to talk about Public Outreach<\/a>. As of the announcement of the turn key agreement in may we activated a station site on our website, bay area bike share and had thousands of request for bike share station which we see ask a positive design for public desire to have this transportation option. [inaudible] continue to contribute their ideas where they would like to the see bike shares. We are integrating the feedback into our initial site proposal and the maps that will be presented to the public through open sessions through next year and each of the phases of the roll out. We will present to the Community Small<\/a> neighborhood snap shots of potential bike Share Location<\/a> squz allow the community to have a very active conversation but what stations look like they may work and which spaces will not and what we may have missed. We are valuing the opportunities to hear from the public on this. This will result in a service area that touches all most all corners of San Francisco<\/a> and covers all 7 communities of concern. Well have a vibrant notework of bike share across San Francisco<\/a> and bay yauria and look forward to delivering that members of the public [inaudible] jurks one member the public is [inaudible] here . Good afternoon. My name is [inaudible] i work for the San Francisco<\/a> Bike Coalition<\/a>. The San Francisco<\/a> Bike Coalition<\/a> is excited about the bike share expansion. For years our vision is see a world class bike share system with 7 thousand bikes, 4500 in San Francisco<\/a> this expansion is exactly that. We consider the upgraded bike share system to be San Francisco<\/a>s first new Transit System<\/a> in generations and the best way to achieve San Francisco<\/a>s Green House Gas<\/a> emissions and [inaudible] goals. Making bike share afortable and accessible provides low income communities a healthy transportation option and improve access to jobs and schools and other opportunities. [inaudible] by creating new transportation and bike related jobs, something for us is very important and for member thofz community who may not ride bikes will also be very important. We are proud to support motivate and the sfmta and work hard to insure the expansion progresss on schedule with robust Public Engagement<\/a>. The San Francisco<\/a> Bike Coalition<\/a> looks forward engaging the ebmize thoferb knhing months tooz make the bike share system the best possible. What is your plezer . I is no questions but make a motion to approve i have a couple questions maybe. Im excited about the expansion the program 10 fold and it is great you show about the suggested location for sites because i had questions about that. Two questions one a friend wanted me to ask about helmet, i know we dont have helmets that stations but some wish they could have helmets is that something discussed in other cities sit . In my most recent market in hub way thrfs a pilot for a helmet vending program and something the bike share industry that is young only 5 years olds in the u. S. Is attempting but there isnt a model yet that is the perfect solution. I know seattle has a hellimate law that requires hellmet and delivery option as well and think it is snng well look at over time. In the mean time we have relationships with local vendors for discount helmets so riders can purchase. Today it isnt part the roll out but something we can look at will you have sponsorship because the price is significantly more expensive than it is today and expanded so did ntd know if you would have sponsor like a new york city bike will we have that too . That is part the effort to source a sponsor for this program as well. That would be the Title Sponsor<\/a> and the branding on the bikes would reflect that as well. Motion to second . Quick question, i appreciate the affordable and exwitable strat agthat you are pursuing and i have a feeling for some of us as affordable as 5 dollars a monthss is i wuder is that something people can pay as they goory pay a up front 60 dollar a month membership fee . The idea is it a annual membership paid as a installment plan so 5 dollars per mounth, people have a way of paying cash for that . Not today, but that is another bike share industry question we are working to solve. It is something i think we could incorporate in the program ovtime but as of today we are not able to do that i encourage you to try tapush it. There are a lot [inaudible] for one reason or another and imagine that is the type oof community we would like to reach deeper into so encourage you to look for ways to address that. We have a motion and second. All in favor aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have. Thank you very much. Presentation discussion of action regarding the Residential Permit<\/a> Parking Program<\/a> evaluation and reform project. Mr. Chairman, no member rosales of the public submitted a speaker cards. Excellent presentation i might add. Good afternoon chairman nolan and drerkts ted [inaudible] im joined by cathy [inaudible] rpp reform project manager. At the march 3 meeting the board asked staff to provide update on the reform program. Today we will provide that update and [inaudible] the rpp program was establish said in 1976 [inaudible] also in technology. For example, while establishing [inaudible] specifically at the time had board requested a staff to evaluate access to short term parkic permits pricing pr motorcycles business [inaudible] and consideration for time limit frz visitors. In given the sfmta realized the [inaudible] and awarded a federal grant to ensue the work. To provide detail on the status of the evaluation a [inaudible] i turn the presentation to cathy. Thank you ted. What we have here is a flow chart as a major component of the project and the timeline. We are all most complete with our Research Program<\/a> and expect to be complete with that in february and at that point well start the next phase which is identifying specific issuewise the rpp program and drafting possible policy solutions. Public outreach and Engagement Process<\/a> which starts this week. By a year from now fall, 2016 well present to the board a evaluation report that includes recommendations for a policy and process changes. For some context, this is a map of the 29 rpp areas and as you can see from that map it covers about a 4th the sit aiz Geographic Area<\/a> and includes 40 pert of all households and 28 of all on street Parking Spaces<\/a>. As you can see from the map is the size of theair air area varies. As far as program actirfbsty is concerned in the last fiscal year we [inaudible] 90 thousand Residential Permit<\/a>s. Our Research Shows<\/a> that despite the fact houses are able to purchase up to 4 permits, 94 percent of the houses purchase one or two permits. We are aggregating data from multiple sources includinging the census by rpp area. This is how we will display the findings at meetings and the report. It is useful at the meetings because we are able to give out information to the Community Working<\/a> in. The permitsuchuation rate, permits issued per available on Street Parking<\/a> space is of particular concern through most of the city, the ratio is 1 to 1 or less, however, there is a number of areas in the city where it is up to 1. 5. As i said, we have a robust public Engagement Process<\/a>, the first phase is in 2 phases and the first phase is about building awareness. We begin that this week. We send briefs to associations, merchants groups and other stakeholders. We have a House Hold Survey<\/a> being launched this week that will be a random survey to house throughout the city and we expect about 1600 responses from that. The second phase is when the research is done and that is when we go out into the had community can presentations we have 2 rounds of pleasanitations. The first rowd is sharing the findings and engage thg community about their parking issues and haepfully getting into possible solutions. The second roundf presentations goes back to the community with possible policy options thereat are based on a Research Findings<\/a> and public input. So, we havethat is a brief overview the project, but we are not waiting until had thofend project to make program impluvment said. We made an aloneance for electric mopeds and bring the program into the 21 century. We launched our petition that makes it easier to [inaudible] we are tailoring or parking strategies towards neighborhood particularly neighborhood context. Woe just completed a thorough parking occupancy and Utilization Survey<\/a> in 5 large areas the city. Compiling data by rpp area and issuing the house survey thatd goes out in the next couple days will provide information about access to vehicles, access to parking, awareness the program and satisfy action. The next step is continue with the phase 1 of the Public Engagement<\/a> to finish our Research Project<\/a> and then initiate the next phase and come back a year from now with policy recommendations. Thank you very much. Member thofz board questions . This is a exciting and appreciate getting the update on this. I think it is a big piece of parking policy in San Francisco<\/a> to chew on and slide 6 tells us why it is such a big piece. That is what people rerch to as the license to hunt versus the permit to park. There are so many more permits sold then legal parking spots. That is fascinating data to see. How much ofyou dont know yet but assume a good portion the reform or what we need to do we may include state legislative changes since i understand we are a little bit prescribed what we can do at the state level. I think howard straussner isnt here to remind us the cost to park for a year is slightly more than the monthly muni pass. Yes. That is a issue, prop 218 as you murd many times related to the Commuter Shuttle Program<\/a> limits to cost rescorfbry so we cant use price as a way to manage demand but we have ideas working with that but it requires us going city council to be sure. I have no other questions and pleased to see the update and fascinateding to see what you come up with and good look. It is a big piece to chew on and really important. [inaudible] those people who dont own cars are also paying more to park per day than if they werefor the year proportioninately so it is a example as is the Commuter Shuttle Bus Program<\/a> that as the face the sitee changes the face of transportation is changing and how we look at curb spaces is changing quickly. Member the board. Seems like it is a very thoughtful approach to this and look forward to further reports of the progress happens. Anything else for the board today . Mr. Chairman that concludes the business brf ber you today. 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