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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-12-14 | 18 | Where do we get our BB and measure B monies from? Gail Payne: The Alameda County Transportation Commission. Arnold Brillinger: Through those guys because I've been to some of their meetings and they say, "Well, yes. Alameda's going to meet the quota," and all that kind of stuff. But we could really, if we had it going at the right times, the right places, really make it efficient. I've been on some of the other ones. I've been on the Emery Go-Round. I've been on the Lynx in St. Andrew. I've got a lot of time to go and investigate all these things. Some of these give me some ideas of things that we can do here. Gail Payne: Okay. So you've already given great ideas, which is why we actually switched our routes because of your ideas. So once she gets on board, I think you two should discuss and she'll have more time to really delve into it than here. Arnold Brillinger: Sure. Gail Payne: She'll be working three days a week there. Yes. Elizabeth Kenny: Great. Thank you very much, Gail. Gail Payne: Thank you. Elizabeth Kenny: Great information to get. I don't believe we have any public comment. Oh, we do. Alright, we do have one public comment. Doyle Saylor, please. Doyle Saylor: Hi, I hope everybody can hear me. It's Doyle Saylor with Renewed Hope, which is a non-profit organized around affordable housing. So three things. One is the Commissioner was mentioning the audible signals. That's signage. Signage covers a lot of things and it can be a very important issue in terms of accessibility for people with disabilities. Uber has been barred in some cities because their robot cars go through red lights. But the big issue for people with disabilities is Paratransit. You use Paratransit. It's very slow, it's unreliable. Many people are made to wait hours to get their Paratransit. If the city is serious about doing multi-model transportation, it should really address the poor quality of Paratransit which is what people with disabilities use. I just think the Commissioner is really right to bring that up. There's a lot of work to be done with that, but this is the place to advocate for it. Thank you. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. Arnold Brillinger: I have one more question. Gail Payne: Sure, I could also respond to that comment in that we are looking at how to improve the city's Paratransit program, which is also for seniors. It's not only Paratransit, but the monies we get through Measured B & BB and one of these shifts is happening is this, the Uber or Lyft, and now they have the car pool equivalent of the Uber and Lyfts. It's Lyft-line and Uber Pool. It does provide in the future a potential opportunity for the city to expand its taxi program, and so it would allow for the waits that are happening. Instead of the waits, it would just provide more on-demand services. That does open up a little bit for us. We're not in a position though to use Uber or Lyft because they're so much in flux and that we know it might happen in the future. Gail Payne: But right now, that's one reason why you don't see it up here is that we're waiting for the Alameda CTC to give us the green light to be able to use those services. But it would be a little bit again of a game changer because it would make it, I think, easier for people to, instead of having to | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf |