i'm not left hand lane biking in san francisco anyway those of us biking make up 2/3rd's of the bikingn market street in has a valley and the lower hate more than 10 percent of traffic on our streets 0 o is biking we see literally thousands of people ridding literally as for bike to work. 20 years ago biking honestly was an afterthought in our transportation system today, the city leaders know it's important to keep san francisco healthy just last week we've launched the bike to work program and special thanks to bart that lifted it's blackout on bikes altogether last year. we see employers really recognizing the value of biking their prior tisz inside biking for their staff and the off-street parking be replaced by bart corals and their 0 no dummies it make sense because people biking and walking and taking transit spend more at local businesses then people driving we can't have better timing unvivid lecture with the best thing for bike on polk street green bike lanes leading to the city hall steps to buffalo designed physically separated with wonderful curb bulk outs and green and yo

how many of you biked to work? biking the wiggle is because of edward reiskin we got the bike lanes put in ahead of schedule now we'll get polk street the ability to come from market street it was an amazing ride i'm happy to be a member of the board of supervisors where we xhvnlly advocate to make our streets safer for not only cyclists but pedestrians we have to participate to make sure we're watching each other's back and we're watching out for safety and holding people account it is is a joint effort we'll do everything we can and, yes supervisor wiener said it is hard but we'll prepared we're all in shape and walking the to work and doing everything we can so we can make the changes necessary to make i safe on the streets thank you very much for being here today (clapping.) thank you supervisor breed we're thrilled to have our support i want to welcome up from district one supervisor mar. >> thank you leah good morning everyone i want to say i want to have apple apple for daniel silverman we've had other leade

parking >> absolutely. >> the bike share we contract with the a company al at that they're the biking contractor and we gave them a purchase order they deployed it and have vance they'll circulate to make sure there's an optimal direction of the bicycles to you don't incur an empty station or full station. >> i think you've found one station that didn't have any bikes i had to wait 5 or 10 minutes during the america's cup race people were getting to the waterfront. but for me to get to meetings and my hope as we expand that we're looking at areas of entity as bryan larkin from the cac raised not only places where we think there will be a lot of bicyclists but other areas that need to market and promote more bicycling as well >> yeah. as we expand too few bikes in stations we that that will work best but as we get bigger groups we'll have a lot more freedom. >> i want to thank michael schwartz and the whole team for the strategic analysis report and it's really, really helpful. i'm hoping we expand bike sharing for transportation purposes as well. any other questions is there any publi

want to have apple apple for daniel silverman we've had other leaders but thank you very much for the bike coalition one thing we did in the richmond we came up to polk street but improvements like this are needed throughout the city and mayor ed lee has strong support we need to increase the funding for bikes lastly i was a student at the uc davis and as what we look at another city and counties cities our city can't be left behind whether the mta or other agency we need to make sure it's a biking city for everyone thank you. >> (clapping) >> thank you supervisor mar. >> i'm thrived next to bring up our supervisor from district 10 yesterday we're honored that the bierlg coalition joined by mr. levy restoring more than 40 bicycles we'll be giving out in the bayview hunters point so welcome supervisor cowen. >> good morning and happy bike to work we had an opportunity to continue to build and bring more bikers here it's critical we give a lot of rest and conversation insuring that the bike community is as difference as any community we're not only providing survivalist pamphlets in english

will include the bike sharing and competitive with the bike sharing and finally everyone is carefully monitoring the bankruptcy issue and delay the last bit of the practice writing project in the las 5 cities that will have 3 hundreds extra bikes extend of the year if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them my colleagues are here as well saw thank you. any questions. i wanted to thank karen from the bay area quality staff for helping to pioneer the project with it was with halted bikes; right? and the bike institution can i explain that >> i'm not the expert but my understanding it is company basis in toronto they provide them with the equipment and the proprietary software so that's what went bankrupt and their international in canada the international portion of the company was purchased we're waiting to determine what's going to happen with the systems but the same companies support of the negotiation system so hopefully, a a lot of big players. >> i'm pleased for our brothers and sisters in the east bay they've been waiting partially as we expand to the peninsula and

part of the city make sure we're singing about biking being safe and it's imperfect of the well-being of the desire city in november we've heard about the vehicle license fee but don't forget to about the other development for our infrastructure. we must do this thank you very much (clapping.) thank you supervisor cowen. sound like you had a productive ride he lets get rid of the hairball make sure we give that up from district 4 katie tang (clapping.) hello everything first of all, a shout out to the group from district 4 and carman that was a great ride. but really a lot of great change in the city when i started to ride my bike my rode on the sidewalk and when supervisor kim went to college i rode my bike everyone i look forward to the improvements in the city thank you very much and hope to see you on the road again (clapping.) thank you supervisor tang. and i want to recognize rehad commuter convey from district 11 those supervisors couldn't be here we have a few more speakers and departments but before we do that i want to quickly recognize the many, many city leaders we're thri

. >> just on the bikes. >> yes. >> the bikes, bicycles >> and streets. >> and my uncle was riding a bike, and as a police officer, and bikes in 73, but i think safe streets on bicycles and where the police or the people, it is very important because you can get run over, and in the night or daytime, i think that you should bike in the night to get more correctness because there is not a lot of cars out there and you should not go walking late at night, and i will do that, and >> and sometimes you will know that when, and who is riding on the sidewalk. and you know, i think that all people should know that streets are for bicycles, and i think that the sidewalks actually should be 23 different colors, and you know you want to walk in this way and one going this way and the turn around and that will have the bicyclists as well as the pedestrians, you know, and the pedestrians will walk correctly and they can do the bad things like a bike and around and notice that, and that is why i normally have a whistle. and i blow a whistle and i have it and treat the people that will block your way as

but none of them are like the bikes you finder here at hero bike shop.ks to an industrial designer who took the time to get his hands dirty and develop a new innovative design. woods. >> it is. >> university of kansas professor lance rake knew he could set the local nuisance into a groundbreaking set of wheels. >> why do we choose this one? >> we want something that is big enough, big diameter, green, maybe three years old, seems like the strongest so this is perfect. but it cuts pretty easily. bamboo is just a grass. so -- ah! >> it's some grass. >> it's tough enough, tougher than my saw right now. >> can i try? >> you might have better luck than i am. there you go. >> it ate the saw! all right, timber! >> got it? >> yes. >> so where are we headed next with the bamboo? >> it's only about three blocks. >> and this is how the supply chain moves at hero bikes. >> all right, turning left. >> for three weeks professor rake and a group of students tinkered with prototype bamboo frames finally coming up with a match up hybrid called the semester. >> which part

we also think we need dedicated staffing at the recreational and local level there needs to be a bike sharing in place so he know what the cost sharing will be. since march we've had a number of comments most of the comments are chair bryan larkin referred to the geographic entity and social equity and how to identify the goals that are being met. there is some, some concerns the company that provides the infrastructure for the current pilot has filed for bankruptcy in january we're still waiting with fingers crossed as a result of that so that's come up. and we've received a atheist letter from a coalition of bicycle rental companies that are on the ground existing with the bike sharing system and are concerned and wanting to make sure that as we moved it's contrary to yourselfs the bike rental companies are serving the local services not extensively. some good news since mark mta has that announced a share of $8 million to expand oakdale and other operational support and potential support for the potential cities. their transitioning the district. next m t c is a applying up to 10 m

item number 8 was a strategic action report for local and resemble bike sharing original models and therediscussion of entity and the staff is working with the bicycle coalition to identify and get any issues item 9 was a request for 4 hundred and 6 i6r thousands of prop a fund pardon me prop k funded for the safety related requests and there was no discussion on that item which i think is a positive sign that safety related issue transcend you culture and language barriers that's a good sign. with that, if there are no questions i have to take leave >> thank you, mr. a lawyer kin. open this up for public comment for anyone wishing to speak. >> thank you, supervisors i'd like to briefly elaborate on the item bottom of page 10. it's to share with you the transportation exclamations of closing the street bridge this bridge is actually the underpass for the future of the encountering station so looking at the station you can see the park on the same side of the station so if in the morning you drive up there and heading south to silicon valley the issue is in the evening you're going to be o

to take a tandem bike and this will exclude those of us who ride tandem bikes with sighted pilots to take a bike without blocking the entry way for people who need greater access. when bart needs to put in an electric outlet, lay some water pipes, it will consult with professionals to get this done. but either inside or outside of the organization. somehow, though, when it comes to the needs of the disability community, bart drops this professionalism. if there is any input at all, it is bart seeks it from folks who probably have a lot of experience riding battery and -- bart and give a lot of feedback but some of the accessibility designs going on in the new fleet of the future, really need the attention of the individuals, architects who know about accessibility and design, orientation and mobility specialist. we heard earlier that there were multiple phases prior to this final train phase that has gone on for the last few years that have to do with design. whenever were the professionals that know a thing or two about disabilities and access. bart despite being a huge agency appar

. >>> more than two dozen stolen bikes found in the east bay. officers in fremont are trying to reunite them with their owners. they found 26 bikes at a home last month in the sundale neighborhood just east of the fremont hub shopping center. according to police, the previous tenant left them behind and they believe the bicycles were stolen. the two-wheel rides are at the fremont police station. officers posted photos on the department's facebook page. >>> we have new information on the kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls in nigeria. there are new claims that the nigerian military was warned about the mass kidnapping hours before it happened. today women and students in cities across nigeria marched, many upset about the government's inability to rescue those girls. stephanie gosk has more on the rescue effort. >> reporter: a father of two of the abducted school girls recounts the terror from the day the school was attacked. >> i heard the cry and the shouts of the students because i'm very close to the school. >> reporter: he says the islamic

, 6.7% of commuters are biking or walking. and the extra benefit, the two cities had the lowest combined obesity rate in the country. and just go to ktvu.com for more resources about bike to work day. there we have information on popular bike routes and bicycle friendly employers. just look under the web links section. >>> there are complaints over the effectiveness of a new rule in san francisco banning buses from driving into alamo square where tourists have long flocked to see the painted ladies victorian homes. some residents say despite the ban, they still see some tour bus drivers skirting the rule and bringing tourists into the square. last year, city transportation leaders adopted the ban over noise and pollution concerns as well as concerns about safety for walkers and bicyclists. but many -- while many are upset the ban is not working others say they've seen a reduction of buses in the area. >> i don't feel it's as big of a problem as it was three, four months ago. it doesn't seem nearly as bad. just like small chart

it's bike to work day. we'll tell you about the health benefits of cycling to the office and some of the safety tips from folks to do it on a regular basis. >>> the manhunt continues for a veteran firefighter wanted for murder. the new clue that indicates he may be hiding right here in the bay area. "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> it is 7:00. police on alert and an entire town on edge. we are live in danville where someone is making school threats mentioning today's date. tara moriarty has been at one of the targeted schools since 4:30 this morning and has already witnessed several police patrols going by. we've seen one live coming up in two minutes. she spoke with the school district official and got new information about the nature of this latest threat. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. it's may 8th. >> good morning. >> good morning. >>> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. i see clouds outside our door. >> stepped outside? >> yes. >> and we have a lot o

you are getting a peek at a new bike lane just debuting in a few hours. city leaders say it is a major city improvement. we are live there with alex savage. he will tell us what makes the cycling unique, in two minutes. it is friday, may 2nd. i am pam cook. >> oh, yes, it is friday! good morning. i am dave clark. tell that hot weather to get out of here! >> i am trying. i put the order in. for those of you that loved the hot weather, you had a good week for that, but for those of you that like it cooler, well, that is where we are heading. the usual suspects are seeing the cooler weather already. it is not making much of a push yet but the fog returns. cooler coast and bay. inland warm to hot one more day, tomorrow is when everyone gets in on the cooler weather. 40s to 60s on the coast. wind directions turning more southerly and westerly, knocking the ridge out of here. some of the fog is very thick. if you are stuck in that, it can also be cold. cooler coast and bay, warm to hot inland. more upper 80s and 90s inland and 50s along the water. >>> steve, we

. >> bikes everywhere.s mayhem. >> there was complete chaos everywhere. >> september 8th, 2002, austin circuit, the netherlands. the super bike world championship attracts fans from across europe and beyond. bikes weigh up to 300 pounds and can race at nearly 200 miles per hour. it's a dangerous sport, serious injuries and even fatalities are not uncommon. track conditions are good and energy is high as the race begins. >> they're also very, very fast. >> but as the pack accelerates out of the turn, a german racer gets into serious trouble when his oil filter ruptures. just behind him, a french rider sees the oil spill. the rider, along with his bike, skids violently across the track and then kogan hits the slick surface. his bike goes flying out from under him as the german rider hits the wall and bounces off. kogan's bike misses his head by mere inches. >> oh, two bikes down. >> a dazed kogan gets to his feet and flees. >> there was panic around and there were bikes falling everywhere. >> amidst the chaos

bike. 3,000 of the bait bike stickers will be given out. aimed at making would be thieves think twice before boosting a bike. >> ktvu has resources to help you prevent bicycle thefts. look for the web links button on our home page. >>> a hot one today and many areas. one record was in oakland, 91 degrees. san francisco was 90 degrees, that didn't break a record. 95 in morgan hill. highs tomorrow similar to these. current temperature show numbers that are warm. the winds will be offshore or light at that. we're not seeing the push of onshore winds, we will as we head into tomorrow night. tomorrow night i'll show you cooler temperature or lower temperature as the winds switch around. high clouds make for a beautiful sunset. this is high clouds seeping in over the top. a beautiful sunset this evening, temperature in the 60s and 70s at this hour, the winds are calm, oakland has a west wind at 9 miles an hour. san francisco airport is west. we'll see more of those tomorrow night and the wind speed 20 miles an hour, cooler, moist ir air -- moiste

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the only place where bikes are allowed? >> there is no rule for bikes to a rack. i think your original question is will there be enough? i think sometimes yes and sometimes no. for perspective bart trains at 700 feet long, with one rack per car will provide enough capacity for 30 bicycles and probably additional one if a bicyclist want to keep their bike with them. it's a fairly significant capacity. >> thank you. >> councilmember wong? >> hi, thank you again for coming out to get this presentation and also for participating in the outreach and everything. i have one still a little concerned about the color of the priority seating. the lime green or lime yellow. i find that it's really too bright and i know that i understand that it would help people to actually find a seat once you get into car. i try to find it through the transportation regulations, i don't know what they call it to see if there is a color scheme for compliance with the ada. i was suggesting to probably use the international color, well, i don't know if

i'm here to a represent cork wide bike rentals. thank you to the ct a for working with us with the bike sharing expansion and parkway appreciates it. park would like park ride wants to request two small language changes into the document and i'll hand you a copy of the changes. on page 9 bullet one should strike the station side planning and receptionist that with the prior tiger's travel to and from the straight transit and next on page the number 3 bullet two should add sfmta should in front of the sentence develop a business model it shows how the expansion can reach the sustainability through the private sponsoring of the revenue and the combination of all the sources. the requested changes are written here for your information >> it's mr. granting. >> pardon me i wrote i'm not a doctor sometimes my writing isn't good. >> let me take a quick look. is there any further public comment >> mr. bryant did you give a copy to amber with the transportation authority. >> (inaudible). >> so we'll pass it on to amber. >> next speaker >> h

radiofrequency id tags have been placed in an unknown number of bikes like these. the bikes are tied to racks around the city in hopes that thieves will take the bait. >> we can track them and warehouses, closets, cars, anywhere. believe we will and we will come form. >> freedman says there've already been several arrests including the thief that stalled the beep bike that was tethered to this chain. police and cycling advocates hope that thefees will get confused. >> at any time throughout city any bicycle can be a bait bike. >> 3000 of the san francisco bait bike stickers are said to be given out in the coming months. >>> oklahoma's governor is calling for independent review of lethal injection protocols after a botched execution yesterday. oklahoma stop the execution of convicted murderer clayton locke in about 20 minutes in the procedure. he'd been declared unconscious but started rising and calling out. he died about 45 minutes later. now questions are being raised about the drugs used. another note oklahoma supreme court had ordered a stay of the execution, b

this is not just about biking.hink this is also a very similar to what goes on in the battle zone. this is a team that they have lost their limbs, their arms, but they are not going to give up. they are resilient and are going to get back up. you know, when one of them falls in this bike ride, everyone else is going to help that person get back on. that's what it's all about being in a battle zone, and the message that president bush is sending out there is you never give up and ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder, there's a cure for it, but we have to be very open to these people coming back. these are people that put their lives out there to help us and this whole stigma about this has to go away. my advice, marc, if president bush is listening, not only to drop "d" but also drop "s." this should be a post-traumatic injury wows the stress and whole disease stigma that comes with it. that makes it a lot easier for people to come from the war, to go to the middle zone and recover and come back to society. the bigg

here is more on bike to workday. you look like you are on a bike. >> i am, going nowhere fast. that could have been bad and that was almost an accident right there and that's why you have to be safe and wear your helmets and your lights. tens of thousands will be taking part in bike to workday. this is one of those energy stations here on the north end of the golden gate bridge, people will be coming in give being away some snacks am and we have bike to work today, it is the 20th anniversary here in the bay area. the event is sponsored by the transportation commission. we have a sports medicine commissioner and he has more on the benefits of this exercise and he says if you are biking to work done push it. >> you definitely want a bike friendly compute, it is an area where bikes are traveling with them. >> you can expect some really big crowds it is one of the most popular here in the bay area and the popularity has grown over the years just in san francisco alone, the number of cyclists has -- cyclists have doubled.

>> the bike lane is over there, dude! that's the bike lane. i don't know what the sign says. you ain't got to touch my car. >> this is a one-way street these guys are going down. if you notice right over here, that counter flow lane is for bikes going in the opposite direction on this one-way street. mr. watt does say i don't know about this counter flow lane business. he thinks that's where evan w t should be. this is a one-way street. i can share the road with you. >> the bicycles have the same right. >> mr. watt not having any of it. >> you better call the police. >> what? >> what is he going to steal it? >> the bike, he throws it in and the bike bounces right back out. >> what a jerk. >> destruction of property at this point. >> what happens to this guy? did police get involved? >> police did get involved. the cyclist says while he was at the er an officer arrived and gave him a notice of infraction for following too closely. we contacted d.c. police. they said mr. wilder was cited but they had not seen the video and upon further review a determination will be made as to

a bicyclist crashes his bike on a popular biking trail then falls down a very steep ravine prompting this dangerous and difficult rescue. it happened at china camp state park in san rafael. kron 4's scott rates walks us through the rescue and how that man is doing tonight. park police out here tell me it is amazing that this man did not suffer more serious injuries from the fall. concede the power lines up here. the bike trail is right beneath those power lines. this biker fell from the trail about 50 ft. below today's tough terrain. this happened around 630 tonight. that is when the rescue got under way. he fell at least a hundred and 50 ft. and landed in a very hard spot to get. because of that helicopter, was brought in and a line was propelled to him. after she was placed on a bank board, he and the rescuer were placed and hoisted up into the helicopter. > > there is a very steep ravine in a very popular tasted like in campanella looking at ways to improve the safety. > > there's still no word on what caused him to lose control of his bike. in the first bike firefighters respond

enthusiast and bike advocate. but it wasn't until 20008 after more than 20 years of item oig wo i.t. work that michael made it his full-time job. en under his leadership, revenue has tripled. and a nonprofit that used to rely on grants to stay afloat now sustains itself with the money it brings in. >> and that is always wonderful when its do nonprofits when they are able to run a business that sustains themselves and doesn't have to rely on grants. that frees up people who run it not to spend all the time asking for money and really focus all their energy on the nonprofit. it's such a win/win when you can make that happen. >> i've rented from there before. i'll rent more often. thanks. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri. so president obama is here. what is his forecast? >> plenty of cloud cover for everyone including the president. a storm system moving in across the west right now. the core of the storm is way, way too far to the north to bring us any kind of heavy rainfall, so it's a cold front. we will

because i think for someone like me to get 30,000, 40,000 people biking with single bike tandem bikess a great inspiration to anyone because it can be done. >> absolutely. i actually have the official program guide, the fire borough bike tour, may 4th, 2014. i may have to get you to autograph it -- no, i'm going to keep it. sell it on ebay, i'm just kidding. you were born in trinidad and lived in the u.s. virgin island before coming to the mainland in '79. when someone said to you the first ride that you can do this, was there ever any doubt in your mind? >> there was no doubt because i like sports and that is a four-month sport and healthy and easy to do. >> lastly for people who believe they cannot do it, what do you say to them? >> i will say to anyone out there, once you get a bike, and you get a helmet, get in touch with bike new york and you can just get on your bike and just take your time. you will start off very slow, bought you're going to get to the finish line. fantastic. >> getting to the finish line in life is always pleasant and wonderful. >> oh, yeah. thank you so much

and bike parts that are locked up outside. >> my first job was as a bike messenger.ived here a couple of days and my bike, my means of income, my means of transportation was stolen from right in front of my apartment. >> he decides to see what people will do, if anything, when they reasons a flagrant theft right in front of their own eyes. so he locks up his own bike in various public places in new york and prepares to steal it. all captured by a secret camera. >> we shot most of the video on these little shoots. these things can zoom in pretty well. it wasn't a camera crew with us or anything like that. it was somebody standing across the street with a little camera. we tried to make it so there was no question about what we were doing. >> first stop, a hacksaw at 1:00 p.m. in the heart of downtown manhattan. >> we started with a hacksaw. it's noisy and took a while. >> as the video shows, more than a dozen people watch him and do nothing. >> just hacking through that chain, waiting for somebody to grab me on the shoulder. waiting for somebody to ask what i was doin

if you don't have a bike you can get a $5 pass from the bay area bike share.e bikes that you see at the stations around san francisco. that can help you out. if you want to give it a rye, buy the passes through may 11 and that will be good for the rest of the month. all right. let's take a look right now what's happening in san jose. you can see we have construction out here. southbound along the nimitz. that will last until 7:00 this morning. right now we are going to see a buildup of traffic. 40 miles per hour as you leaf the split up to the nimitz. it thins out once you get up to the san jose airport. to dublin, eastbound of the 580 to isabelle avenue, that is where we will have a couple of lanes blocked there until 6:00. westbound traffic certainly very slow as you approach the dublin interchange. >> thanks. 5:40. next, hiroing moments at a crime scene. a man behind a wheel of this car plowed right into a crowd of onlookers. his connection to the crime. >>> remember the fake interpreter from nelson mandela's funeral? he is back in the headlines this mornin