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> 001 - ruthow@juno.com (howard s - Jan and Feb RM Minutes
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> From: ruthow@juno.com (howard strassner)
> Subject: Jan and Feb RM Minutes
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 03:44:46 -0800
>
> Rescue Muni - Excom/Steercom
> Action Minutes - 1/12and 1/20/98 @ Sierra Club
>
> Present, Both: Joan Downey, Dan Murphy, Ken Neimi, David Pilpel,
> John
> Rudolph, Howard Strass-ner, and Andrew Sullivan. Visitors: Marc Norton
>
> and Norm Rolfe.
>
> Membership: a) We have 211 paid members.
> b) Dan and Joan will update welcome packet.
> c) John will phone old prospects. d) Renewals for this quarter will go
>
> out in February.
>
> Financial: a) Our fixed monthly charges are $68 per month plus annual
> PO
> Box. b) Joan will try to get us a less costly checking account. c)
> Will
> try to use bulk mailing when ever practical. David has a per-mit. d)
> We
> agreed to pay current bills submitted on Stamper’s proper form first.
> e)
> Old bills will be paid as money is available if bills are submitted to
>
> Joan before February.
>
> Webpage: a) Andy to call aid to help update.
> b) Steercom and Excom should submit 75 to 100 word bios. c) Committee
> chair should describe committee scope and give meeting dates.
>
> General Meeting: a) Reset for February. b) Joan will get UC space.
> Ken,
> David and Andy will call for Panel members. Panel discussion will
> cover
> Metro. Howard will moderate.
>
> Excom: a) We elected Joan Downey Vice Chair.
> b) We recognized Service Standards as a Standing Committee.
>
> Steercom: a) We welcomed Committee representa-tives as Steercom
> members:
> David Pilpel from Service Standards; John Rudolph from Governance; and
>
> Richard Mlynarik from Metro. b) We elected Dan Murphy Vice Chair. c)
> We
> decided to call a special meeting later in January to complete work on
>
> Service Standards. d) We received the Report from the Governance
> Committee. e) We delayed meeting with Supervisors until we have a more
>
> complete Muni improvement program.
>
> On Time Survey: a) The Survey will start in Febru-ary and the report
> will
> be given to press in April.
> b) Forms will be mailed out with meeting notice to save postage.
>
> Policy Positions: a) Request Metro service from 12 to 1 am to return
> previous service. b) Endorse Tran-sit First Market Street six
> month trial : no autos from 7 am to 7 pm; with appropriate signage and
>
> enforcement; and 24 hour transit preference for track lanes. c) We
> support the combination of City transportation functions under a
> single
> Commission to insure the maintenance of the City’s Transit First
> Policy.
> d) We oppose the formation of an independ-ent Transit Agency to run
> Muni.
> e) We support maintaining at least the current contribution to Muni
> from
> the General Fund. f) We support pro-viding additional dedicated
> funding
> for Muni from some combination of parking taxes, parking fees, parking
>
> fines, meter revenues, gas taxes and auto license fees. g) We support
> San
> Francisco actively pursuing additional funding for Muni from the
> Metropolitan Transportation Commission and from regional, state and
> federal sources, including flexi-bility with regard to operating and
> capital funds.
> h) Muni shall schedule service to all neighborhoods at a minimum of
> once
> very twenty minutes from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. and service on key corridors
> 24
> hours a day. Service must be scheduled at a level to meet demand.
> Standard: If riders are forced to wait be-yond the normal frequency
> due
> to overcrowding when substantially all scheduled vehicles are
> run-ning,
> then schedules on that route must be revised to meet demand. Muni must
>
> revise its public sched-ule based on accurately forcasted demand every
>
> three months. i) Muni must publish a dependable schedule and 70% of
> trips
> must be run on time. Standard: Muni vehicles must not depart early and
>
> must leave no more than three minutes late from every scheduled time
> point to be considered "on time." j) Muni must advertise a level of
> service that can be provided and provide sufficient vehicles and
> operators to meet schedule requirements every day. Muni must miss no
> more
> than 1% of its scheduled service. k) Muni must keep the system clean
> and
> in good working order.This means keeping vehicles and facilities well
> maintained and free of trash and graffiti. Riders should not be
> affected
> by break-downs or be forced to ride dirty vehicles. Standard: 99.5% of
>
> trips must be completed without a me-chanical breakdown. l) Muni must
> keep accidents to a minimum. Muni must proactively work to reduce all
> accidents involving Muni vehicles. Standard: Muni must reduce the
> number
> of accidents every year, towards a near-term goal of no more than 5
> per
> day, on average. m) For riders to feel safe on the system, Muni must
> show
> zero tolerance for crime and harassment of passengers and operators.
> Stan-dard: Muni and the SF Police Department must make steady progress
> in
> reducing crime on Muni, towards a near-term goal of less than 5 crimes
>
> per month from the current 17. n) Muni must provide good customer
> service
> and accurate information. Muni must provide accurate information on
> service availability, particularly in cases when service is changed
> due
> to construction or emergencies Muni must also be responsive to
> customer
> input and re-solve problems quickly. Standard: The information line
> should be open at least from 6 a.m. to midnight and an operator should
>
> answer the phone in less than 3 minutes. Standard: Muni must make
> consis-tent progress in reducing the number of complaints to national
>
> benchmarks. o) Muni must be held ac-countable. Muni must track all
> statistics discussed here, publishing them on a much more regular
> basis
> Selected data (reliability, customer service) should be audited by an
> independent firm on a regular ba-sis to ensure accuracy. Muni staff
> and
> management must be evaluated based on Muni performance. Standard: Muni
>
> needs to publish all performance data monthly, on the World Wide Web
> and
> in print, and announce them to the Public Transportation Commission.
> Data
> compiled daily (e.g. missed runs) should be published daily.
>
> Rescue Muni - Excom/Steercom
> Action Minutes - 2/9/98 @ Sierra Club
>
> Present, Both: Joan Downey, Dan Murphy, David Pilpel, John Rudolph,
> Howard Strassner, and An-drew Sullivan. Visitors: Charlotte
> Breckenridge,
> Marc Norton and Norm Rolfe.
>
> Membership: a) First set of renewal notices are ready to go out. b)
> Membership packets are also being mailed. c) John suggested the
> formation
> of a telephone bank which will engender more member-ship contacts and
> hopefully generated stronger sup-port. This may take a notice on
> membership forms to allow use of phone numbers.
>
> General Meeting: a) Confirmed February 25 meet-ing at the Sierra Club.
>
> b) Muni and Metro panelists are not available. Agenda will cover:
> latest
> posi-tions, preliminary survey results, volunteer tasks and
> development
> of bus line committees. c) Andy will write letter requesting
> permission
> to advertise RM meeting on Muni vehicles.
>
> Policy Position: We oppose in concept the con-struction of a
> subsidized
> garage in Golden Gate Park because it does not adequately support
> public
> transit alternatives for access to the Park. 5 -1
>
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