they come over through bart transportation often. it's like everyone said before, it's safe. it's really conveniently located. what i love about active space, i feel like this broken apart, we have such a great community there. over ten years i've been able to meet so many different therapists. we're even tighter now as a community. for a practitioner, we can't cure everyone. our technique may not great for everyone. it's such a wonderful place to consult with other practitioners and also to one stop shop for our clients. able it see other people when we're there. there's also other communities, other businesses that can be affected all our practitioners leaving. i want to thank you for your time. i hope you consider having us stay. thank you very much. >> i'm evan kaminski. i lived in san francisco now for 25 years. i've been a san francisco business owner for 19. i've been active space for 11. i'm disabled. i'm gay. different issue issues that keee from being to able to work full time. being active space has allowed me to do so. i live in a below market rate apartment. i'm

está fuerte, hoy sentimos la diferencia, hubo demoras de más de 20 minutos en el sistema de transporte del bartrvicio ha vuelvo a funcionar con normalidad, pero también hay hogares sin energía por producto de las altas temperaturas. >> si usted tiene incendios de reportarlo. >> hasta cuando dura este calor? se tuvo que extender el área de zona de advertencia, temperaturas en 80 grados en san francisco san josé en rojo temperaturas sobre 100 grados en cuanto a riesgo de inendio humedad está reducida, vientos t ingredientes de incendios, calidad regular del aire, otro efecto de las temperaturas elevadas, nos quedamos con el aire estancado sin posibilidad de refrescarnos en san francisco le aire está insalubre, cierre la ventanas para que no entre este aire contaminado, temperaturas actuales en los 61 desde san josé líbano, temperaturas todavía para las horas de la noche se mantienen cálidas, también hemos tenido día récord 101 en santa rosa, que no lo veía desde 1921. >> mañana camino al trabajo cálido, en 102 grados en horas de la tarde, concorde, ya sin embargo las temperaturas refrescarán haci

>>plus relief is on the way for bart passengers, how transport how it plans on easing congestion on theirand summer is just around the corner of like really soon kron four's will breeze around rig is here with the forecast will tell us. >>when we're going to feel at n - hi, doug. - hey! [beeping] [♪] my! - pretzelrami is back, with our famous pastrami and a bigger soft pretzel roll. and try the new turkey bistro with warm turkey and smokehouse bacon. or the new hot club chicken dijon with black forest ham. the new hot pretzels, only at togos. how far would you go for a togo? - i own you, doug. >>the serving your san francisco has seen an increase in opioid overdoses and deaths just this month. and especially last weekend that is why there's this new warning for people, thanks for joining us. everyone, i'm grant lotus and on the killer aca's core fours. taylor psaki spoke with a drug safety advocate today. >>she joins us now live taylor. what's the reason for this recent spike. >>well the dough projects says that the city's fentanyl supply is higher than normal meeting that the 3rd that th

take public transportation. bart is'd aing extra trains this morning and this afternoon.ride share, anything you can do to leave that car at home to come down and enjoy the pride. we are just about what, one hour away from the big show. we will be here all day. we are live in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> cornell have a fun time down there. we appreciate it. >>> a quick remindser to plan accordingly for the pride parade today. as cornell mentioned, this is the route. several streets including market will be blocked off. it starts at 10:30 p.m. supposed to wrap at 3:00 p.m. however traffic could be heavy with all the team expected to attend. we have a complete guide to pride including a full schedule of even on our website, abc7 news.com. you will also find information on traffic and transit options during today's parade. >>> developing news. president trump met with north korean leader kim jong-un shaking hands and even extending him an invitation to the white house. through a translator, kim said this was an expression of the president's willingness to op

also because of this movement we have everything from the highway transportation to traditional legacy, local roads. the barta transportation and also in terms of this movement our rail in the regional area. you may be for really are familiar with the company called facebook they have a campus we will be home to the second book and campus of facebook so we have 15 buildings and 750,000 ft.2 coming in so what we are looking at as we welcome corporate entities how do we look at these management plans looking at the opportunities with this core door and looking at the other opportunities we could look at in terms of exploring partnership in the regional bay area multiple county efforts so this isn't just a single one city solution but how do we look at this regionally for opportunities with transportation? >> this question touched on many issues one was with our cities infrastructure and transportation and modes of transportation. in a blooming suburban community where we tend to be not as transportation or inter mogul, we don't have those demands as an urban core or urban city however because of our growth we

we've been focused on transportation and bart as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. this good news for bart came during a twitter town hall during which they were trying to answer writers' concerns. >> dion lim has more. >> bart tweeted out this breaking news from the general manager. >> we got the grant. we're going to be let into engineering. >> reporter: which opened the flood gates from twitter users and riders which we then posed to board member bevan dufty. they were slowing down to help the commute, they had close to a quarter billion dollar in funding >> this is a huge piece that will support us on an order of 306 additional new trains, contribute to the new train control system. >> reporter: when riders asked in today's town hall about alleviating the sardines like cramming on cars, bart suggested reverse commuting and they're talking to large employers to get them to move away from downtown san francisco. >> we're looking for a

bart to san jose. the valley transportation authority has given control of the ten-mile extension and two stations in milpitasrt will spend the next six months testing trains with service expected to begin in december. it's been a monumental effort to get to this point. >> we built roadways as part of the station areas and we did lots of environmental litigations. so it's a large effort that's more than a station and some tracks. >> phase two will bring terminal at the santa clara cal trains station. >> you can share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >> it's been more than ten years since oscar grant died on the platform at the fruitvalley bart station. a new mural honoring his life and legacy will be unveiled. >> leslie brinkley gives us a look at this eye-catching art and introduces us to the man who painted it. >> a blazing wave of blue, and it's oscar grant's favorite color, framed in gold set against the oakland sky line. oscar grant died here at the hands of a bart police officer ten years ago and now the dove ascends from the platform and the cosmos. >> people are already pausing t

transportation. >> reporter: ever since the bart station opened in antioch, it has been filling up by 6:30 am. a drop off only train station. bart seems okay with that, but the local communities are not, they are trying something different. kicking off a app based bus service, try my ride, picking up at homes and neighborhoods within two miles of the antioch and pittsburgh bart stations. >> basically on-demand transit, a unique offering, where you can order a bus from your smart phone. >> reporter: operating in residential areas that would be too narrow for full-size buses, two dollars, less than a parking space. and though it should boost ridership, it is not contributing anything to establish the service. >> this is not a bart endeavor, this is our community and its demands. >> reporter: they have long been frustrated by the unwillingness to provide adequate parking in areas that don't have the frequent bus service of urban cities. >> frustrating when you have a bart board member that says people can bicycle to the station. now if they live five miles away, ride five miles? >> reporter: the

across the bay to get to work but we're hoping as we point everyone towards public transportation and the use of bart and muni that ev paul chambers ktvu fox 2 news. >>> time is 4:16 train track repair work continues this weekend for the sonoma inn railroad system. so starting tonight at 8:003rd street is going to be san rafael, that is through monday morning. >> oh, boy and that train is going to make it all the way to larksburg, the ferry landing there which is pretty exciting for a lot of people. get cars off the road. >> yes, that is exciting. you know what else is exciting we're starting traffic jams a little early today. >> i was going to ask you about that. >> that's very exciting. that's because we're going to livermore and the last hour may not happen. i'll be on the road to livermore. so our theme is 80s and 90s to tie in with steve's weather. >> i like it.ove the 80s, pam. you know that. >> me too. >>> you can see traffic is looking good getting up into san jose. no major issues driving through. traffic continues to look goo id hopefully it's going to be a nice friday commute. pardon me. t

more robust fleet. >> reporter: as you can see from one of bart's tweets, they are still celebrating their new money from the federal transportation administration, but they do warn passengers to be patient before they see any change. in the studio, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> and if you have ideas about bart or how to build a better bay area, we want to hear from you. just head to abc7news.com and search the words better bay area to find a comments page. on twitter, use the #better bay area. on facebook, we created a group called better bay area. >> santa clara vta bus drivers and light rail operators are one step closer tonight to their first-ever strike. the transit workers union voted against a new contract offer by the valley transportation authority. the contract asked workers to contribute more of their paycheck to their pension. the offer also included an 8% wage increase. if workers strike, they will have to give vta 72 hours notice. vta has contacted governor newsome's office to request a self n seven-day cooling period. the first strike could happen the 1st of july. >> a man accused of killing a police officer is in jai

but we're hoping as we point everyone towards public transportation and the use of bart and muni that will ease everyone's concerns. >> but for now the main concern for dub nation the nba finals. a win would be a nice send off for the team. meantime it's time for fans and workers to relish alike. >> i think it will be different. i think it won't be the hometown feel of oakland. it's going to feel like san francisco because it is the city. there's a lot of money over in the city. >> warriors will hold more job fairs in the coming weeks. in oakland i'm paul chambers ktvu fox 2 news. >>> bart is one step closer to opening its new silicon valley extension. the 20201-year long project is approaching its final testing phase. the testing will take about 6 months before trains can start rolling into the bay area. next week bart's board of directors. expected to cost $7.75. bart says the extension should open by the end of this year. >>> homeless advocates in san francisco say city workers are taking the personal possessions of homeless people when those crews clear away homeless encampments.

. >>> ten days ago we were celebrating bart's plans to build a better area. transportation, the company building the fleet of the future is moving its manufacturing plant to pits urtsburgh from upe new york. the plant will bring 50 new jobs to the area and going to start hiring this summer. >>> abc 7 news devoted a full week to covering part to build a better bay area. we rode trains all day long visiting every station. we talked to riders and to the people in charge of making bart bet toter to see the changes coming. you can see the changes at abc7news.com. >>> one week from today san francisco sales force will officially reopen but it might not mean much to commuters. on july 1st, the centers reopening means that people can go inside and can also get access to the rooftop park area. bus service, though, is not going to return on that day. in fact, there is still no clear date for when the buses that originally use the center will return. the discovery of a cracked steel beam shut down the entire transit center 272 days ago. we've been keeping track as you can see from thi

bart dried try to ease congestion. as tom vacar learned that the money becomes available immediately. >> >> reporter: after a long wait and with major assistance from congresswoman nancy pelosi and senator dianne feinstein, the federal transportation administration effectively granted $1.2 billion to bart. >> we are getting 3 million upfront today so to speak. to begin our engineering for this project. >> reporter: the project is a massive $3.5 million upgrade of the entire system giving it far more capacity. not just by adding more trains about by running these trains much more frequently, even with the fixed area of the transbay tube. it will increase price capacity by a whopping 40% from 580,000 riders a day. >> will be able to get and set of 23 trains an hour, from 23 to 30 trains. >> reporter: this is a huge shot in the arm for a system rapidly running out of capacity due to massive bay area growth. >> we ca in the future the demand for travel will be such that we cannot meet it except for this new project. >> reporter: the order for 775 new bart cars cannot be increased by 306 more cars on the way to the eventual 1200 car fleet. also to be added? a new power system for the entire expanded system. a sophisticated train contro

bart. it will help reduce the carbon footprint of transporting the trains on big rigs from new york.o the test tracks in hayward. >> it alois us to really not just lead by example. but really show we can be an organization that tries to partner with the company. and fine solutions that are not only good for the environment. but good nrt region. >> the company says it's planning to add local jobs over the next few years. >> follow up on a highly controversial statue that once stood at the plaza. the judge tossed out a lawsuit into bringing it back. it shows a missionary standing over a fallen native american. many call it racist. it was taken down last year following a deadly demonstration in charlottesville. >> not a beach bum but a beach bummer. one of the most exclusive hotels in the state is hit with a $1.6 million fine. the california coastal commission says the ritz in half-moon bay broke the law trying to keep people off the public beach. we're at the ritz on the coast with answers. >> a $1,000 a night to say here. part of agreement lay louing to build a allow public access to

assistance from nancy pelosi and senator dianne feinstein, the federal transportation administration effectively granted $1.2 billion to bart. >> we're getting 300 million effort today, so to speak to begin our engineering for this project. >> reporter: the project is a massive $3.5 billion upgrade of the entire bart system giving it far more capacity. not just by adding more trains, by running these trains much more frequently, even with the fixed prescription of the transbay tube. the project will increase its capacity by a whopping 40%. two 508,000 riders a day. >> and set of 28 trains an hour we are going from 20 3 to 30 trains an hour. >> reporter: this is a huge shot in the arm for a system running out of capacity due to massive bay area growth >> we carry twice as much traffic as the bridge today and the future the demand for travel will be such that we cannot meet it except for this new project. >> the order for 775 new bart cards can now be increased by 306 more cars on the way to the eventual 1200 car fleet. also to be added? a new power system for the entire expanded system. a sophisticated train control system t

a lot of these overdoses are taking place in the facilities of the transportation system pertaining to muni and also the bart system. i think information should be shared on those types of problems along with the fatalities. all of them is causing death and they are in the same general location. i'm going to start pushing for moves to address the addictions of drugs that is being used two facilities of bart, and the facilities of muni, throughout the subway system and you talk about apartment building complexes that is being built are proposed by weiner in the areas of the bart locations. i am going to be pushing for low income housing in those areas, and rehabilitation centers in the buildings themselves in order to clean up the addiction abuse that is being used in the bart system. i was speak to you lady about that. i want to see some burns issued, the way they are being issued to city college in order to have free college first ordinance, i want to point out i've seen a lot of discrepancies in that. the chancellor there, he is making false statements. he's already $32 million in debt, and he is presentin

is a tookly project that could affect >>> the transportation project is on track to be open by the end of the year. for the first time ever, it will bring bart to san jose. bart will spend the next six months testing trains along the corridor with service expected to begin in december. it's been a monumental effort to get to this point. >> we built roadways, we did lots of environmental mitigation. so it's a large effort that's more than a station and some tracks. >> phase two about bring bart to downtown san jose. >>> bart is something else we have focused on as far as building a better bay area. one of the issues is fair cheats, which costs millions of dollars every year. a recent month-long crackdown in san francisco produced some pretty impressive results. ticket sales went up and sigh cases went down. share your ideas by joining you are better because reminder of how dangerous the heat could be. >> in san jose, the mom locked her keys inside with little oscar. >> the quick solution was to smash the passenger's side window. it's never safe to leave a child alone in a car. in ten minutes, the temperature can reach 20 and it is about to ge

they proved that measure last year, for transportation project. >>> time is 9:19 am. bart planning of pilot program, they will have unarmed passengers patrol bar trains and bart stations. according to the examiner, bart gen. manager set aside $500,000 for this ambassador program, in a proposed budget, it still has to be approved by the bart board. the program will be similar to one on uni, were 16 staffers and yellow safety vests patrol uni buses. they are unarmed, but they are trained to handle conflicts.>>> coming up mornings onto, mornings on 2 the nine. oscar grant was shot and killed by bart police officer. this morning, i'm going to sit down with oscar grant's mother talking about how the community is pulling together, to make sure oscar grant is never forgotten. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit ♪ ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time. this is nis

used on in our efforts to build a better bay area and now bart has announced its future will be built in pittsburgh. lombardier transportation plans to begin assembling rail cars this summer. at least 50 people will get hired at first and pittsburgh's mayor hopes that those jobs improve the quality of life in his city. >> there is a jobs housing imbalance in east county. we really need to create more jobs here in pittsburgh so people can live, work and play here locally. more than 700 new cars will y good-bye to the bart ticket. the transit agency says it plans to phase out the paper ticket by the end of the year and pushing all riders toward using clipper cars. last year bart added a 50-cent per-trip fee by using paper tickets. abc 7 -- abc 7 news devoted a week to covering bart as part of our commitment to building a better bay area. you can see all those stories on our website, abc 7 news.com. 5:06 is the time and happening today, and to help job seekers hone their skills. they're holding a job readiness work shop to teach applicants for one of their jobs and hire ticket takers, ushers, custodian, security and a variety o

transported. at that moment i was completely speechless. because when we passed through the station, i saw some actual paintings. further on, i will use bart, subway and the bus when i need to go to middle school. i need to use buses when i get transported. i like the muni project because it taught me a lot of things about safety, being polite and how to get on and off from the buses. thank you for having me in this muni project. >> thank you very much. >> [applause] there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the next generation of muni riders. i'll be happy to take a question but it was a pleasure to work with the students and i want to give a shout out to paul. paul helped us with making sure that the drivers and the other folks at muni knew what we were doing and helped us feel welcome. >> do you have anything you want to contribute. >> thank you so much. this is the second time you've come here with your students and i know it's just a great way to, as you said, get the next generation not only riding muni but realizing how important it is to the city. you all did a really good job and i'm so impressed. you are so poised and arctic lit.

have to travel across the bay to get to work, but as we point everyone towards public transportation and the use of bart, that will ease the concerns.>> they will host several more job fairs in the coming weeks. to find out where, you can go to our website, www.ktvu.com for information. >>> 2 investigates has information on the death of mario woods, that high-profile case involving san francisco police sparked protest and action by the u.s. justice department. internal affairs documents describe what the police officers were thinking just before the shooting. >> reporter: while cell phone video shows moments before the san francisco police shot mario woods in 2015, this internal and fairs affairs investigation released it took 32 seconds from when they made contact to him, to opening fire. the 26-year-old was a suspect in the stabbing of the first officer to approach him had a knife in his hand. verbal commands for him to drop the knife were ineffective. backup officers arrived, while he continued to use his knife, and he did not surrender. the report shows that it did not cross his mind that he was goi

transportation wise. again, the data we are looking at is transit ridership, caltrain, bart, and what the census is estimating the motor to be. >> we did described in the report what we called rideshare which would be the more traditional carpooling has decreased by 26%. that is one of the main reasons why we are not getting as high vehicle occupancy as we would want in the downtown. there is more single person in a car trips because carpooling has been down. >> this is also a regional trend, if you will, too. >> do we have any data how the disruptive construction practices, in downtown, have contributed to making downtown less industry - - interesting retail environment. particular streets to be linkable to projects which have been around for a very, very long time including the unattractiveness of what it takes to maneuver around them and how they could potentially - do we have any data on that? >> we do. no, we do not, commissioner. sorry. >> okay. any other comments or questions, commissioner's? >> very good, item 7 a and b for case numbers 2014. [reading items] >> good afternoon pres. and members of the

bart train in union city today. have a 9:30 this morning. ac transit buses provide transportation for riders. the station reopened at noon, the man's name and age have not yet been released. >>> for the second day in a row someone has been struck and killed by a smart train in baythe north pain today's incident is the third fatality in a year at the same crossing in the park, tom baker has the story. >> reporter: this morning about 6:45 a high-speed southbound smart train hit a man on a bicycle who seemed to be oblivious to the oncoming train. despite bells ringing, lights flashing, and the train sounding its horn from the second the engineer saw him enter the rail right away. >> had a hood on and with the train operator said, looked like he had earphones. he rode onto the tracks, and by the video it looks like he recognizes the train as a danger, right when he gets to the tracks, he tries to dismount his bike, at which time the train struck. >> reporter: what is not known is why the man, not believed to be homeless unlike yesterday's victim, dismounted the bike directly on the centerline of

transportation infrastructure get done. it's the city college and it's also san francisco state. people take bart. get off of balance bow a and baa lot of schools and things that happen there. we need to do better. when the e.i.r. comes, i think a lot of that or my vote on this will be dependent on what the mitigations are and what the balance is of the housing that we're putting in versus the transportation infrastructure. thank you. >> if there's nothing further we can move on. item 10 has been continued to july 11th. but for those of you interested, warriors are down 60-57 at half time. item 11 case 28 -- we have some additional business to attend to so if you are departing, you can do so qi etly. we would appreciate that. item 11 case 2018-009861cua at 1633 fill more street conditional use authorization. >> good evening, members of the planning commission. sharon young planning department staff. item before you is a request for conditional use authorization to establish a former retail use orange theory fitness in 10,155 square foot vacant commercial retail space on the first mesanine at 1633

bart i live in san francisco. so my commutes i pretty inexpensive that unlike a 10 year-old honda that i never drive so. >>everyone has a different form of transportation and everyone seems to pay a different price. >>6, 8, $100 a month. without $5 a day if i don't do anything after work. i added up because seriously it would probably bother me if i knew how much was going out, but i mean right now. >>i'm filling up halfway there and it's only $38 so we've got a little ways to go. >>new research shows california commuters surveyed spend an average of $1800 a year that dollar amount based on the federal minimum wage of $7.25. >>the study done by sky blue credit involve the time spent commuting and the cost of commuting in one year michael glasgow from aaa says motorists should also consider it cost about $7,000 just in terms of maintaining your vehicle is. >>and it really comes down to the individual. a driver us to make the decision is that the compensation level you know that would ever gets around taking that you are driving to the city is it really enough you know to make me want to spend 2 hours of my life and traficant. >>the study involved commut

bart is one of the topics abc 7 news has focused on in our efforts to build a better bay . and no bt hasnnounced its eeof the future will be built in pittsburgh. lombardier transportation plans to begin abling rail cars this summer. at least 50 people will get hired at first. the mayor hopes it will improve the quality life in his city. >> there's a jobs-housing imbalance in the east county. we need to create more jobs in pittsburg so people can live, work and play here locally. >> more than 700 new cars will replace bart's original fleet. >>> and say good-bye to the bart ticket. the transit agency says it plans to faze out the paper ticket by the end of the year. it's pushing all riders toward using clipper cards. bart added a 50-cent per trip fee for all trips paid for using paper tickets in 2018. abc 7 news devoted a week to covering bart as part of our commitment to building a better bay area.e, abc7news.com. >>> the toronto raptors say they are cooperating with the alameda county sheriff's office as the agency pursues a misdemeanor battery complaint against the team's general manager. masai ujiri is accused of pushing and hitting a deputy while trying to get on th

year 2050, we took the transportation network assumptions from plan bay area 2040 and the project in that includes gary, bus rapid transit, central subway. downtown extension, more bart service through the san francisco core as well as express lanes on 101 and 280. through connect sf we will identify new concepts based on our needs to help us assess how we are doing. we identified metrics corresponding to the goals and objectives in the slides that follow we highlight a sub set of metrics summariesing the findings from the statements of needs. these reflect a typical weekday in san francisco. i will start off with good news first. more jobs are accessible to san francisco residents in 2050. and there is a greatter increase in the number of jobs accessible by transit than by auto. this tells us that san francisco and other cities are putting jobs closer to transit and/or planned transit improvements are having a positive effect on accessibility. you can still get to a lot more jobs by car in 2050. they tend to have a longer commute as shown by the darkest red portions of the map. while it is good that average commute times are changing little with the growth we are ex

transportation. get a lot of the vehicles off of the road. and to reduce traffic. >> reporter: another step going towards reducing traffic, the bart extension track, now that transit agency, this will take about six months. the goal is to have bar trains running all the way down to warm springs by the end of this year. going back to vta and the extension, they hope to have this done by 2025. we're live from the san jose studio this afternoon, ktvu fox news. back to you. >> certainly a lot of people none area. thank you. >>> and number of homes were evacuated when brush fire broke out in solano county this afternoon. this started on nelson hill, near cordelia road. several homes were evacuated as crews deal with this fire. the fire started about 1 pm and he quickly grew to for alarms. there were flames burning through trees and brush, crews were called in from fairfield, solano county and several other neighboring fire departments. you could see person watering down there roof, just in case. authorities say that this fire has now stopped growing and the evacuation orders have been lifted. the cause of this afternoon's fire is still under investiga

utility of existing transportation and especially transit infrastructure investments, that have been made by the region to date. whether it's caltrain, high-speed rail activities, muni, bart or others. so it does serve that local, regional and national function. and as i mentioned before, we're -- we're referring to, as the train project, because downtown extension doesn't really do justice to what this project can accomplish. and doesn't get to the benefit value to the larger region. one of the key initial recommendations is to build the long-term and durable support of stakeholders and local regional, state and federal elected officials. it is an essential element of a project. if you look at the mega-projects nationally and internationally that have succeeded, one common characteristic is they've spent the time and effort up front and it's often considerable effort to build the broad coalition of support. the value proposition is very clear on why the project is important. and, for example, engaging the project directly here, talking about some of the larger goals. like all transportation projects, this is a means to an end. and if the larger goals are things like soci

bart. by night, he is the vice chair of the bayview citizen's advisory committee where he has been a fierce advocate for equitable housing, smart land-use planning, critically needed transportation investment , inclusive community engagement, and workforce opportunities for bayview residents. he is also on the board of san francisco league conservation voters. he advocates for sound environmental policy, and works to hold us accountable. good government, equitable housing, and transportation investments, in district ten and across the city of san francisco in his spare time, he volunteers at open house as a companion for disabled lgbtq seniors and that -- in visitation valley. he hopes his involvement will have positive impacts on his district ten and lgbtq communities. tim chan is community minded, and really focused working with neighbors to make life great in bayview and in district ten. i am proud to have leaders like tim from the lgbtq community in my district and we appreciate and honor you today. this certificate reads, in recognition of your many years of dedication to our community, and fierce advocacy for environmental policy, good government, equitable housing, and tr

bart i live in san francisco. so my commutes i inexpensive that unlike a 10 year-old honda that i never drive so. >>everyone has a different form of transportation and everyone seems to pay a different price. >>6, 8, $100 a month. without $5 a day if i don't do anything after work. i don't added up because seriously it would probably bother me if i knew how much was going out, but i mean right now. >>i'm filling up halfway there and it's only $38 so we've got a little ways to go. >>new research shows california commuters surveyed spend an average of $1800 a year that dollar amount based on the federal minimum wage of $7.25. >>the study done by sky blue credit involved the time spent commuting and the cost of commuting in one year michael glasgow from aaa says motorists should also consider it cost about $7,000 just in terms of maintaining your vehicle is. >>and it really comes down to the individual. a driver us to make the decision is that the compensation level you know that word ever gets t king that you are driving to the city is it really enough you know to make me want to spend 2 hours of my life in traffic. >>the study involved commuters

bart is bringing its manufacturing operations to the east bay, it's coming to pittsburgh in the next few months kron four's felipe gaulle has the details. >>3,000 miles away in upstate new already a transportationberk fleet of the future cars then having the finished products delivered to the bay area gap is now closed marty a says it has signed a lease for this industrial warehouse off leverage road in pittsburgh. it will be transformed into a real care assembly line and hiring local workers to build most of the fleet of the future, real car. right here the mardi a and bart say the move is expected to create at least 50 local jobs. the new operations. >>with the mardi a represents a commitment from the city of pittsburgh. they continue job growth and economic development, good paying jobs based in manufacturing here in pittsburgh, will maintain its new york facility, but this move will allow the company to focus the operations there to east coast related projects is about mobility getting people. >>cars and 2. >>transit systems that are going to deliver them. that the same time are people that are well trained to live and work. >>right here at home. the new assembly line is expected to be oper

transportation authority. before i begin, i just wanted to clarify a statement that was made by the representative from the citizens' advisory committee about the two bart allocation requests. just wanted to clarify that the high percentage was for construction management or soft costs, costs that are related to the oversight that is done of the work that is performed. and so it wasn't a percent of an increase in a cost. it was actually a cost that is relative to a construction contract. what we typically see in san francisco, the 15% to 30% of construction management costs as a percent of the construction cost estimate for the contract. and in this case, we saw ranges of between 50% and 60%. just wanted to clarify we have received information from bart staff, as of this morning. and we will be reviewing it and expect to present the two allocation requests next month to the board. so the first request that is before you today is for the great highway project. this is a revised scope of work for the erosion repair and drainage work that needs to be done to preserve the existing roadways. initially public works had been working to reconfigure the roadway