1. Introductions, Emergency Additions to Agenda, Announcements
2. Reports: Bart to SFO, Caltrain, Transportation and Parking
Commissions, SF Freeways, GG Park, Auto Free, Doyle Drive, Geary
& Bayshore Corridors
3. Rescue Muni Positions related to the SPUR proposal
4. Market Street, no private cars
5. Opposition to pedestrian and bicycle tolls on Golden Gate Bridge
6. Transit Ballot Issues
7. Caltrain Extension
8. Marina Bike Path
9. Next Meeting, April 6, 1998
Call Chair, Howard Strassner, 661-8786 or email to
Ruthow@juno.com for information or additions to the agenda.
Action Minutes - February 2, 1998
1) The JTC accepted the following Rescue Muni positions as reasonable:
We support the combination of City transportation functions under a
single Commission to insure the maintenance of the City’s Transit First
Policy. We oppose the formation of an independent Transit Agency to run
Muni. We support maintaining at least the current contribution to Muni
from the General Fund. We support providing additional dedicated funding
for Muni from some combination of parking taxes, parking fees, parking
fines, meter revenues, gas taxes and auto license fees. We support San
Francisco actively pursuing additional funding for Muni from the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission and from regional, state and
federal sources, including flexibility with regard to operating and
capital funds.
2) The JTC voted to request the Board of Supervisors to hold a
hearing to review the proposed MTC RTP and an alternative which will
serve SF and the Region better, in order order to direct the SF
representatives on the MTC. We also request the SF MTC representatives
not approve any MTC RTP proposals until the hearing is held and they have
instructions from the Supervisors.
Additional Rescue Muni Positions relative to SPUR proposal: Service
Standards: 1) 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 beyond the normal
frequency due to overcrowding when substantially all scheduled vehicles
are running, then schedules on that route must be revised to meet demand.
Muni must revise its public schedule based on accurately forcasted demand
every three months. 2) 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." 3) 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. 4) 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 breakdowns or be forced to ride dirty vehicles. Standard: 99.5% of
trips must be completed without a mechanical breakdown. 5) 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. 6) For riders to feel safe on the system, Muni must show
zero tolerance for crime and harassment of passengers and operators.
Standard: 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. 7) 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 resolve 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 consistent
progress in reducing the number of complaints to national benchmarks. 8)
Muni must be held accountable. 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 basis 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
Transit First Market Street is proposing a 6-month trial starting in May
so it can end before heavy Christmas shopping starts if necessary. The
trial will be for no private vehicles on Market Street from 8th to the
Embarcadero every day all day.
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