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Our policy will continue to be indexing the fares upward on the average of cost of living and inflation. This is important in order to allow fares to continue to increase with our costs and so that we dont artificially hold fares flat and then be forced to have a massive increase every few years. A modest increase every year is more helpful. All of this is in the context of however we shape the next new revenue measure. The next new revenue measure could ask what is the appropriate fare box return rate for s. F. M. T. A. And make changes there. We can continue to look specifically at who uses ...

Right. We have a quorum. Obviously, these are unique times, as we could say. Given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the attendance of Board Members by telephone, directors rubke and torres will be participating by phone at my request. Caroline and others in the room here to assist with our City Attorney deputy City Attorney, susan cleavelandknowles. We will say, at the end, get through this together. I will ask Board Members to mute their phones. It sounds great right now, but if you want to speak, unmut...

Directors . I am hearing on tow you are comfortable with option two. There are three of us to speak here. That is what i was getting from that group moving in that direction. I am getting on the fare policy you are in the middle. Well maybe the director was on one side and director themingger was on the other. What i heard from the four was there was except acceptance of the premise and which option to use to fill it. One point to clarify with regard to the fare policy and indexes is the board has always had certain goals, equity being one of them, ease of access to the system. Those goals hav...

Creeping into the 30s, 31 minutes. At the Altamont Pass, still in the green on 80, highway 4 and fyi, the travel alert on 101 has been canceled. All lanes on 380 fully open and functional. Great news for those going up the peninsula and those going into or out of marin county, its foggy and you will need extra time. For traffic, its clear. The metering lights are not yet on at the bay bridge this morning but they will be soon. Looking at that traffic stacked up, getting close to the 880 flyover this morning and the san mateo bridge is also busy westbound commute. Im anne makovec at the live ne...

But seasonal daytime highs looking for 86 in concord, 88 in livermore, 70 later in the afternoon and oakland, midof n withcleariand cl cover puing back through the day. More on that cool down coming up. Heating up in some drive spots this morning with the overall main travel time mostly in the green though the Altamont Pass is now in the red, a 42 minute ride out it was the tracy triangle toward the 586 interchange and good to go on highway 4 and 101 and not the story on the nimitz this morning. At 23rd, there is an accident blocking one lane with chp trying to get that cleared and in the mean...