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important to the transportation funding in this country. it would not have been possible without of leadership from the executive branch, president obama, and secretary lahood, and also support from the legislative branch. we are so lucky to have here in the bay area strong and committed leadership there, folks that understand the needs of the bay area, the importance of transportation and transit to the bay area. we are pleased to have representatives from two of our congressional leaders that represent the bay area here today. first let me ask patti to come up on behalf of leader p...

eternally grateful to president obama, leader pelosi, senator feinstein, boxer, others who are working so diligently with us to make these connections so that we/xo other regional transit system. so with that, please welcome our deputy administrator for the federal transit authority therese mcmillan. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor lee. before we begin with my very good news for the region, the mayor mentioned how important connections are. i would like all of us to recall another connection we have as a human community and take a moment of silence out of respect for the victi...

i will be wearing four hats. my own, commissioner campos' hat as the chair of the board, board supervisors, and also as a representative of the board of supervisors on the metropolitan transportation commission. but personally, i am delighted to be here today, and i want to extend a warm welcome back to the bay area to be administrator therese macmillan. in doing that, i am not only welcoming a distinguished guest but ab the bay area has just reached the end of an extensive two-year effort to develop the region's first combine regional transportation plan and to sustainable community...

staff for all of your work. i look forward to meeting all of you. [applause] >> we are going to take a break. çthe refreshments -- >> thanks for coming out this beautiful san francisco day. for those of you from out of town, it is like this every day in san franciscoúud i cannot really say that compellingly because some of our out-of-towner's are from the bay area. i'm the director of transportation in san francisco. among other things, it gives me the honor and privilege of running our beloved muni system here in san francisco. on average weekday, that means boarding more than 70...

i'm the director of transportation in san francisco. among other things, it gives me the honor and privilege of running our beloved muni system here in san francisco. on average weekday, that means boarding more than 700,000 people. add ac transit, bart, golden gate, and there are a lot of people that the transit agencies of the bay area are moving to get to work, to get to where they need to go every day. :::::::zoñ pae qeñ?ñ?economy here in the bay ad we feel very honored to be a part of that. but in order to move all those people and in order to move them well, we need to inves...