Stephen asked a few questions about the SFMTA's Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) in a comment on my earlier entry.

How will the Council take suggestions from MUNI riders as to possible improvements? Will there be meetings? A website?

Answering in reverse, there is already a Citizen's Advisory Committeesection of the SFMTA web site. You are probably looking for more out of the site than just minutes and agendas, but this is where you'll also find the schedules for our meetings. All meetings are open to the public and we because we don't normally get a lot of attendees, there is usually time for those who come to ask questions of the staff presenting.

We have a monthly meeting of the full CAC, normally the first thursday of the month beginning at 5:30, but this month it has not been schedule yet. Along with the full meeting are the four committees which meet throughout the month during the day and with different focusses:

• Engineering, Maintenance & Safety Committee (EMSC)
• Finance & Administration Committee (FAC)
• Operations & Customer Service Committee (OCSC)
• Planning & Marketing Committee (PMC)

You'll find the dates and times of each of these on the web site as well. My committee, the PMC will be meeting the third thursday of the month at 3:30pm. which I need to put together and agenda for.

If you have suggestions or complaints, don't forget you can contact the SFMTA directly attend our meetings or you can send me an email.