they have to ride the bus for free. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> juan, enriquez. >> i am the youth organ as sizer -- organizer with the community organization. i want to make muni free for all young people. we have been here several times over the last few months. we have heard this from young people and families and community members supporting this idea. their struggles to be able to move around the city freely and to all of the things they want to do. we are here as a board to take action. when we first came here in september, we came here to take action. they said it was a good idea, but you need to find funding. they have been doing all of the leg work to find the funding. you have heard that this proposal is only 1% of the entire budget of the mta. this 1% can impact the lives of 47,000 young people. this is not a question of budget. the question is will this mta board step up to the demands of the community? we have been here and we have yet to clearly get a response from the board on whether this is going to be free or r

we all take the bus. we all got on at the beginning and the end of the day and when we were trying to sneak out of school and go off lunch for campus. we all took the train. hey, i still see you on the bus. having free muni would create a generation of transit rider. s. by former classmates are all there. that is an investment we can make into our future. there is a testimony standing right in front of you. there are young kids that maybe you can see standing here in front of you. i hope you can make the decision soon to prioritize future generations. >> next speaker, please. >> hello. i am a member of the adopt an alley way youth project. my birthday was last week. i had to purchase an adult fast pass. i was swept away by the increase in price from $21 to $61. i am advocating for a reduction for everyone, not just low- income youth. students aged 18 and above ride muni just as much as below those 17 in age. we should not discriminate on their economic burden as well as age. we want to encourage all of th

on a yellow school bus. some of these will work well for families and some families of these do not represent a good fit. we have to say that up front. in terms of immediate access, we want to complete the analysis of the proposal to ensure we are adhering to the policy guidelines at a final level of detail, continue to develop those communication materials, a plan for family support meetings. carla and her team have been involved in that this thinking. in mid-march, she will make the announcements about the changes. there is some other additional information included in the appendices, such as the number of schools. this is on page 21. we have the information by site. this is not represented to that level of detail in this presentation. for after school, the number of students from each quintile -- >> i was wondering thing about that -- i was wondering about that. so you divided it into quintiles? >> in this basically takes the information, the same information which is csp data using english language arts,

let's hear first from a man who was on the bus and then from the head of the bus driver's union. they are all saying this bus driver did a great job in avoiding a very serious accident. >> you see this crash. i heard a lot of boom boom. i look up, and it was a disaster. the bus driver did a good job so we were pretty safe. >> reporter: you saw glass coming from where? >> the windows broke and glass flew in the bus. >> it's a good day. it really is a good day. it could have been a lot worse than it is. it seems like it's a very bad accident, but it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: so this incident is still evolving. we're trying to get information and piece it together. a lot of agencies are involved. d.c. police as well as prince george's county police. we're talking about metro, but we could see at least three vehicles that were seriously damaged. there was a metro bus that was damaged. we saw a prince george's county police cruiser with at least two flat tires. a police officer was injured. a lot of things are here on the scene. a lot of developments. a very serious cr

she refuses to save bus fare, because she wants to eat. they took 20 kids off the bus. when i got here, there were 20 kids lined up. they were given tickets on their way from school. i grounded her for something that i did not know was going on. i told her, sorry, i will have to speak about test. they need to get to school safe and get home safe on a daily basis to get educated. that education, they are our future children. they need to think about the education and how they will get there. the last driver said there was no such thing as courtesy rides. i feel bad, because i volunteer my time for muni before. i feel like this. there is such thing as courtesy rides. if you do not have it, you do not have it. but if you have to get somewhere, you have to get somewhere. [tone] >> thank you. next speaker. quack's [breeds names -- >> [ reads names] >> we recognize the work here to speak about the entire budget. we are active on transit around multiple issues. what is important to note is that this is less than 1% of the mta budget and you have hundreds of people coming out h

just before the bus got tossed around.michael has a video of the heart pounding race against mother nature. >> reporter: it's 3:15 p.m., march 27ened, storm sirens are whaling , the 36,000-pound school intuse no match for the tornado. debris flying, lightning flashing, watch how the bus moves across the parking lot, slams in to a car, and then is lifted and carried across the road crashing in to a diner. the bus microphone picking up the sound of glass breaking inside the restaurant. on this bus, 13 minutes earlier, 11 children heading home, dismissed early because of the threat of severe weather. the driver reassures them. angel perry , the bus driver, scrambling to find a place to take cover. as the skies darken the chatter increases on the bus and the radio. you can hear perry as she makes her decision to turn the bus around. the bus now a minute and a half from the school. perry is anxious but has calm instructions for her precious cargo. the bus pulls up to the school. >> everybody stay together. all together. right n

the bus. as you can see southern and pennsylvania's intersection is back open. it has been back open for about 15 minutes now. as far as why prince george's county police were starting to try to pull this person over in prince george's county before they fled, we're not sure at this point. we're just told once they tried to pull the suspect over, that suspect fled. we're told after the crash here at the intersection, the suspect apparently got out and tried to run, but was taken into custody. live here right on the border of the district and prince george's county i'm tom rousy abc 7 news. >> now to another developing story from the district. abc 7 news has just learned that a well-known political activist is charged with murdering his neighbor, and sources tell us the argument possibly stemmed from a dog relievering itself in the yard. steven tschida is with us now with the latest. >> audrey, this neighborhood is reeling, this after an incident right here on this street about 10:00 this morni

>> and this bus did flip and pinned the bus down on the bus door so the only exit available to anyone on that bus was the back emergency door. we actually have the police scanners from this incident so you can hear what was going on. >> what have we got? >> school bus on its side. >> and the amazing thing about this accident, three high schoolers spng into action opened started calling the younger students back to the back of the bus. >> respond to the scene on 38th just north of sheely's curve. >> we're available, we'll respond from the hospital. >> by the time emergency workers, firefighters, police emts got to the scene, these high schoolers had gotten most of the students off of this bus. at least five students were injured. three of them were taken to local hospitals. but again, the injuries minor. >> all the kids are off the bus. >> it's going to be all minor injuries. >> was the bus driver in trouble? was she faulted for this? or do they think it was an unfortunate accident? >> the driver is on paid administrative leave while they investigate the situation. >>> one little misst

the impacts on the bus around killing a 9-year-old and injuring 14 other students and the bus driver. the tractor-trailer flipped over but its driver was not injured. the driver of the bus could face charges. video shows a high-speed chase involving a school bus in the mexico earlier this month. you can see the stolen schoolbus going towards albuquerque. the driver stole the bus and drove 80 miles around town before he was spotted. an officer tried to ram his cruiser into the bus but even that did not work. eventually, a state police vehicle was able to stop the bus. no one was hurt. in a matter of hours, and wild fire and the mountains west of denver has spread to four square miles. it is to early to tell how many lives have been lost. more than nine and homes have been evacuated. dry, windy weather is making battling the blazes difficult. still ahead, want to get away? southwest airlines hikes fares. on a diet but having a hard time giving up chocolate. good news, you might not have to. ied in the sweet chocolate might actually be a good thing. >> we have some rain in the forecast.

the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times. to make this information available, muni has tested push to talk buttons at trial shelters. rider when pushes the button, the text is displayed -- when a rider pushes the button. >> the success of these tests led to the expansion of the program to all stations on the light rail and is part of the new shelter contract, push to talk will be installed. check out the new technology making your right easier every day gosh we are here to take the talk about safety on the transportation system. earlier this year, the board of directors adopted a new strategic plan, and while the mission is to move people around san francisco, the number one goal of that strategic plan is safety. that is because no matter where you were in terms of moving around whether you are on foot, on a bike, driving in a car, riding on muni, you need to be able to do so safely and get where you're going safely. we need to make sure the transportation system is clean, and

i -- >> reporter: the bus now nearly 3 miles from school. >> and i stopped the bus for a second, putdown and i said dear lord, what do i do? >> reporter: you can hear perry as she makes her decision to turn the bus around. >> count how many kids we have, please, 11? thank you so much. anybody needs to call their parents we're going back to the school. >> i have to call my parents. >> we'll call them when we get to school, okay? >> tornado on the ground. >> tornado on the ground. be quiet. >> i see the tornado on the ground going towards the school. >> you got a book to put over your head, do it. get in the middle. >> reporter: the bus now a minute and and a half from the school. >> there's a tornado right there, guys. look, the funnel cloud. >> reporter: perry is anxious but has calm instructions for her precious cargo. >> don't block me through traffic. don't block me. guys, we're just going to go as fast as we can into the school. >> reporter: the bus pulls up to the school. >> everybody stay together. all our group together right now, go, go, go, go, go! one, two, three, four, fiv

the bus was reported stolen at 5 temperature. a short time later it was spotted by two officers in the squad car, chasing it for several miles. they say that after trying to run them off the freeway, the driver returned to the muni yards and ran into the darkened shopping center. the officer said that steven glickman chased him, and made a gesture. he said they didn't know the youth was 14, and that the shooting was justified under the circumstances. the check of the records disclose the boy had been arrested six times in the past two years for the theft of buses or other muni property. >> reporter: the muni security officials say its an old problem, buses can't be locked, no keys needed to stop them. >> i don't think there is any bus that can be locked with an ignition key. they started by pushing a button, located on the dash. >> reporter: it is not quite that simple. but people figured out how the start and drive them. the 14-year-old who took this one joy riding yesterday knew how. >> he has been on muni buses in the past on

bus was destroyed. meteorologist ginger zee covered that storm and has the tape that we're receiving for the first time tonight. >> there's a tornado right there. guys look, a funnel cloud. >> reporter: that's the voice of bus driver angel perry. >> if you've got a book to put over your head, do it. get in the middle -- >> reporter: in the driver's seat, a terrified, soon to be hero searched for safety. >> henryville opps, there is a tornado on the ground. >> tornado on the ground. quiet. >> reporter: as a killer tornado screams toward her and the 11 children on board. >> i stopped the bus for a second, put my hands down and said dear lord, what do i do? >> reporter: angel makes the crucial call. >> we're going back to the school. >> reporter: the panicked moments as the students sprint to safety inside the school. >> seven, eight, nine, come on. ten, 11 -- go, go. >> reporter: surveillance video from inside the bus shows the instant the or the tornado hits. 1 175-mile-per-hour winds dragging it into a

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the bus is her livelihood. how she makes her living. if you are being childish and joyride on a school bus, you threw somebody's life off track that was already grieving. >> kids will be kids but taking a school bus. as you can see, police now have the school bus. they hope to identify the young suspects by looking at surveillance video recorded where the bus was found. >>> a world series champion is hiding to prison a judge sentenced lenny dykstra to three years behind bars after he refused to allow him to withdraw his no contest flea in a grand theft auto case. dykstra played for the mets and phillies in his 12-year career. >>> handshakes banned at the upcoming summer olympics. >> not quite but up next, why athletes of one nation are being advised to avoid shaking hands with rivals and dignitaries. >>> it is just steps from the white house and it has been around for almost a hundred years but it may still be one of d.c.'s best kept secrets. i'm he beth parker. i'll tell you all about it coming up. ♪ [ male an

inside that bus.hear the driver counting. >> the calm, too, critical calm. there is that story again, alina. she saw a story touching down, she went for the safety. other people watch, film it, keep on driving. you got to get to safety. >> she had 11 kids on board that bus. >> big difference. >> that's right. >>> we want to move on to the campaign trail. cnn has confirmed a meeting between presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich, not clear what they discussed or whether they cut any deals, but sources tell cnn it happened last weekend in louisiana, taking place right before that state's primary, which, by the way, rick santorum won. sources told cnn's john king that the meeting was productive and pleasant. >>> a bit of an awkward moment on the campaign trail for mitt romney, gop front-runner picked up an endorsement in houston yesterday from former president george h. walker bush. afterwards reporters wanted to know if mitt romney heard from george w. bush in town. listen to romney's ans

to-5 feet will be heavy pavement for the bus vehicles. -- 2-5 feet will be heavy pavement for the bus vehicles. we have a very large bridge structure over second street, which will carry the buses. the whole site is surrounded by sound walls. ifurther, we will have some security controls, and minor street improvements and sidewalks. that is the brunt of the scoping. >> the schedule for the work? >> we plan to bid by early 2013. it is a 15-18-month construction schedule. we will work hand in hand with caltrans because it is underneath the western approach, along with other members of the city family. >> you made reference, and the contractor should know this is an area that had a lot of construction disruption from the bay bridge approach, and caltrans did a lot of our reach in working with the neighbors. and i know they are very eager for this project to get done. we want to make sure we are very sensitive to the continued disruption from -- that this project will bring. i know they have been eager. we will need to be extra careful with out reach and making sure folks know when things

>> a school bus crashed into a bus and the bus -- the school bus crashed into a bridge and the bus driver> are there kids on the bus. >> yeah, we're getting them off now. >> is it northbound or southbound. >> southbound. >> and it's on emerson? >> yes. >> okay. all right, we've got someone on the way. >> okay. jon: joining us on the phone for the very latest captain rita burris of the indianapolis fire department. the bus is rolling along on a wet road but it wasn't raining. what caused it to hit that bridge abutment? >> well at this time we're not really sure. witnesses told firefighters and police officers that they did not see anything unusual prior to the bus hitting the abutment, so at this point we are just letting the coroner do their kregs, as well as the impd. there could be an underlying medical issue that the bus driver had or something to that effect. but at this time we really don't know what the cause was. jon: the bus driver is deceased along with one child, is that correct. >> correct. jon: there were what about 50 students aeupblgts five to 16 on thiages five to 16 on thi

women could not believe it -- a child drug off a bus?lated segregation law, but they dropped two of the charges because i think they thought we were trying to challenge the case, take it higher. [inaudible] he actin' crazy. i just stopped looking people in the eye and kept to myself. felt like an outsider. i don't want to be humiliated. [inaudible] [applause] >> that is the piece that people are finally learning about -- that is the case that people are finally learned about, but more important is the case that happened a year later. a federal court case was filed challenging the segregated buses. the plaintiffs -- on may 11, that hearing began in 1956. the attorney, her lawyer when she was 15, and who did not win that case, but said her case [inaudible] realized that they could potentially win. claudette colvin was the star witness in the federal court case. that case had went to the supreme -- that case went to the supreme court. [inaudible] the rest is history. [applause] >> ok, i would like to bring to the stage our honored guest. i'

. >> bus driver didn't do nothing but stand there and look. see, if he had -- when he let her off the bus, he should have shut the door right then and there. >> thomas isn't sure who called metro police, but she says when the beating stopped, she called her children for help. chef says she was treated at d.c. general -- she says she was treated at d.c. general and even though she says she's better she says she is hurt by what happened on metro and how no one came to their aid. >> they're out here hurting the senior -- to her aid. >> they're out hire hurting the senior citizens, but they don't realize they got a parent. >> thomas said she heard the woman who attacked her had been acting crazy before either one of them got on the bus. a metro spokesman said the suspect was arrested and charged with simple assault. their investigation continues. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro for you. if you have a story idea, take a picture, send us a video to fox5metro at gmail.com. >>> now a developing story in fairfax county, virginia, the fbi and police buste

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we need to move the bus through the light to do that design. the stop changes include several treatments as well as creating places for buses to not have to pull in and out of traffic. parking and turn restrictions is the fourth category. there are locations on mission street where we restrict turns to reduce the amount of left- burning cars. we recommend expanding that to other locations to improve the throughput of the lanes we to have. the fifth category is pedestrian improvement. improving the quality of the pedestrian environment we believe is key and that can help with transit reliability. thus bulbs that shorten the crossing distance produce delay. 19th avenue, creative curve extensions this can also improve the amount of green time for the major corridor which can also help with transit travel time. with all of those ingredients, we are headed out to the community to find out where the proposal's work and were they know. we are also continuing to move the the ir work forward and we anticipate having the initial study completed and the d

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