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The of the San Francisco Transportation Authority im scott wiener the chair of the authority and we want to thank sfgovtv leo and phil for broadcasting todays hearing i want to also welcome our newest and returning Member Commission peskin so Welcome Commission and calling supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absence commission peskin and commissioner mondejar absent supervisor wiener present supervisor yee present we have quorum i thank you very much well now go to item 2 chairs report this is an informational item. Col...

Safety we appreciate the cooperation of the outline network and folks that provided that technical and will be sharing the fgsdz bicycles on Market Street are growing the bikes weve xrementd complemented with mta counted a million trips in 2015 great milestone it is nearly 20 percent over this time last year and since the installation of those counters in may of 2013 we have counted over 2. 3 million trips and see a growing and sales tax were adrc more locations Market Street between hayes valley e hayes valley and a third location with sfmta these in conjunction with the pedestrian encounters...

Before we get started, can everyone please turn off their cell phones . Im sure your ring tones are great. Our guest is better. So we are going to do things a little differently today because this event is being broadcast. Most notably committee q a is going to bump off the bump off a microphone if not this exact microphone, very similar to this one. When we are done speaking, if you could hold your questions until i am interface with a microphone, that would be wonderful to make sure everyone can hear you and that it can be heard on broadcast. Thank you also much for coming to book people ton...

Up next, author and National Parks service historian Jerome Greene talks about his book, american carnage, wounded knee, 1890. The book takes a comprehensive look at south dakota massacre, the causes and the aftermath. Talk, he recounts firsthand recollections from lakota indians about the day in which the u. S. Cavalry fired on their camp. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this program. I am curious how many of you have heard of wounded knee before today . It is wellknown next to the battle of the little bighorn. My first knowledge came from school, probably junior high school. I grew up ...

I appreciate that. I can just look at kevin if i need. Kevin, you teach, right . In addition to blogging. Er, in sorry, pete. Blo and so,gg youre used to being front of unruly crowds. G and you may also have some experience with a particularly nerve wracking speaking engagement. One of those engagements wrote youre not quite sure where the subject matter of your talk fits with the event at hand. And then, adding to that, you learn that perhaps, i dont know, cspan is going to broadcast your talk live on television because, hey, you know, live television. Ppen this stills, happens apparently. Bu...