Development Of Schedules. 124. At its sole discretion, SFMTA shall schedule service and establish runs in the most cost effective manner consistent with the transit needs of the City and County of San Francisco.
Development Of Schedules. 126. (a) It is the sole right of management to schedule service in the most cost effective manner consistent with the transit needs of the public. Except in emergency situations rendering such action impossible, all proposed scheduling changes will be discussed by management with the union at the earliest possible date. The Union shall be given access to all information available to the schedule department concerning schedule changes, and union division officers shall be permitted to observe and comment on the development of schedules during the process of development. Except for special runs on special events, not less than 30 calendar days prior to the time a schedule is planned to go into effect, the schedule and traffic department shall meet with the union division officers to discuss proposed service changes. Not more than five days after this initial meeting the union shall inform management of any objection it may have relative to proposed service routes, headways, recovery times and running times only on the basis of health or safety hazard to operators. Not more than ten days after the initial scheduled meeting, representatives of management and the union shall meet and endeavor to resolve any differences. If the differences cannot be resolved by mutual agreement, the union may appeal management's proposed action to a Director of the MTA Board chosen by lot who will have presented to him or her the arguments of both management and union and shall render a decision as to the implementation of the proposed schedule changes. The union’s appeal to the MTA may concern only matters of health or safety hazard to operators. Those matters under appeal will be presented to the Director not more than 13 days after the initial scheduled meeting. The schedule change will not be implemented until the Director so decides. The Director shall render a decision within two working days after the hearing date.
Development Of Schedules
