really the caltrain financial state of the state. and the first half and second- half is about our modernization program. i was asked to talk about the second part, so i will be starting from slide 13. ok, so, for the presentation today, and i will be talking about the overall caltrain modernization program, and i will remind on the coordination with high-speed rail, which should complement what luis presented. there are key components to our modernization program. it is the implementation of an advanced signal system, and metrification of our california train system, which is currently diesel, and our goal is to convert it to a better system, and i just want to point out that a consultant with high- speed rail is here today. so our advanced signal system -- basically a distance for communication-based overlay signal system positive train control. there's two key aspects to this signal system. the cboss component is essential to support the blended system. it helps us to increase capacity, which means it allows us to run more trains

it is unfortunate that caltrain does not go downtown. there was long debate about whether that competed with the metro extension. i think the final answer was it did not. they serve different markets. they are both important transportation projects, and i hope we do all things necessary and possible to support caltrain and high-speed rail and make it useful, so i am supportive of this item. thank you. director brinkman: thank you. we need to have a motion for the amendment first? sari, one more public comment. >> good afternoon. i actually hold mr. rolfe's seat on the cac, and i do so with humility. so much of this is predicated on a witch and a prayer, and i think without any funding identified, with the budget for high-speed rail but i think everyone in this room supports doubling over time, we are seeing a lot of wishful thinking here, and it requires looking at why high-spe budget double ol amount of time. have the implants gone up that much? i think there are some legitimate concerns on how this is being managed, and it seems to be

is proposing a tax increase to pay for caltrain. >> the caltrain measure will be a local measure. it's a self-fund locally funded measure to fund all of us. >> reporter: every tax increase has to be approved by voters. >> probably vote against it. >> reporter: why? >> caltrain already costs enough. >> why not? it's all worth it. we need to keep caltrain. >> reporter: officially caltrain says it is premature to talk about a sales tax measure. while other options are still being considered. but if the trains are to keep running, the money has to come from some where. >> reporter: if we don't provide a permanent dedicated source of fund for caltrain, the problems are going to become unsurmountable. they will just wipe away. >> reporter: there's a question whether only san mateo taxpayers will pay for caltrain or whether santa clara county will also share in the cost. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> on our facebook wall tonight we asked if you would support a tax increase to pay for caltrain. many of you were against it. we had a lot of comments. brent writes, no, they need t

is proposing a tax increase to pay for caltrain. >> the caltrain measure will be a local measure. it's a self-fund locally funded measure to fund all of us. >> reporter: every tax increase has to be approved by voters. >> probably vote against it. >> reporter: why? >> caltrain already costs enough. >> why not? it's all worth it. we need to keep caltrain. >> reporter: officially caltrain says it is premature to talk about a sales tax measure. while other options are still being considered. but if the trains are to keep running, the money has to come from some where. >> reporter: if we don't provide a permanent dedicated source of fund for caltrain, the problems are going to become unsurmountable. they will just wipe away. >> reporter: there's a question whether only san mateo taxpayers will pay for caltrain or whether santa clara county will also share in the cost. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> on our facebook wall tonight we asked if you would support a tax increase to pay for caltrain. many of you were against it. we had a lot of comments. brent writes, no, they need t

it is critical we support high speed rail and the electrification ofxd caltrain, because we need it. francisco and san jose. with our airport, we have this complication of the runways, whenever there is fog. landings and takeoffs are reduced 50%. that is because we get an fha extension because our runways are too close to each other -- an faa ex exception -- çexemption i]because our runwas are too close to each other. with the fog and the traffic, we should make a stronger statement about why this is a critical issue for the state at large for them to consider. maybe you can talk a little bit about what is happening with the city response. in the packet, it said we want to get all the different city agencies to make kind of a joint coordinated recommendation. i would like to know what we are looking at. çjohn rahaim: çthere have been a number of letters cosigned by department directors, namely myself, the director of theq transportation authority, and the redevelopment agency, which address a number of concerns, one of them being a concern we identified a year and a half ago, whic

caltrains is considering changing the way it powers its cars.d stevenson is live with why the switch is getting closer to reality. >> reporter: i am at the train station in san francisco. you can't see it. caltrains says the plan has been in the works for decades but there is now an opportunity to bring it into the 21st century. >> reporter: they carry 45,000 commuters. >> the energy part of it. keeping people out of cars. >> reporter: but the system dates back to the 1950s and they are trying to speed up a plan to modernize it by going electric. >> caltrains will become more smoother, cost efficient, better for the environment and could accominate commuter rail and high-speed rail. >>> the costs, from 750 million to a billion dollars for 51 miles of track. the hope is some of the money will come in april after they vote on funding for the high- speed rail system from los angeles is a to san francisco. it means more trains to transport and reduce its yearly deficit. >> allowing us to meet the population, growth demands and increases the revenue

. >>> the problems with the high- speed rail project could benefit caltrain.nels the rail corridor could be back on the fast track. kcbs radio's matt bigler joins from us san jose to explain. >> reporter: good morning. what we're talking about is a pretty serious upgrade for caltrain that could mean trains traveling up to 110 miles per hour as soon as 2016. that's five to 10 years sooner than anyone expected. now, what's going on is bay area transportation officials are talking to each other and to the high-speed rail authority to try and combine funding to pay for this upgrade. it would have to pay electricification of caltrain, advanced train controls, overcrossings or railroad crossings have to be elevated. it would cost up to $1 billion. and the two groups, the bay area transportation groups and the high-speed rail board, would have to combine all that money to pay for the upgrade for caltrain. last year joe simitian from palo alto said caltrain and high-speed rail should work together in a blended rail system on the peninsula. >> rather than thinking of t

you may know that blocked by the giant ball park, close to caltrain and that will be rolling out. people can parked there and pick up their bike and the train or they can take caltrans to pick up their bike share. these are multi modal, and we're working with two facilities on the west part of san francisco. we know that a lot of san franciscans to not want to drive downtown only to come back to the presidio. we're looking at this facilities because they are located to some of those transit lines where augmenting. in the last map that you're looking at here is how we handled party that is close in. one of the risks is people think it is easy to park -- no one think it is easy to park at fisherman's wharf but people might have the idea that there is a bunch of available and free parking at christie field and at the whart. they will be used for ada parking. people will want to get to the set-aside view sites. secured parking makes a big difference. we also might -- want to make sure that if there are tour buses they have a place to park off street. the residence and the merchants of

>> caltrain already cost enough. >> why not?all worth it. >> we need to keep caltrain. >> right now, the tax proposal would only affect san mateo county but could expand to san francisco and santa clara. caltrain says it has other options to consider first. >>> all right, tori. 8:25. well, sal is watching all of your commute options this morning. how is it looking? >> well, dave, we haven't heard any delays on caltrain for sure. that's one thing and let's take a look at 880 northbound. this is the typical slowdown that we see on 880 heading up to hyde street and it usually gets this way after about 8:15 or so and this morning is no different. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we can kind of see it, the it's about a 20-minute delay. san mateo bridge might be a little better for you as you head out to the high rise. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. mostly cloudy out there. a few sunbreaks properly clearing north to south but low clouds, fog. most of that looks to be winding down. but still we have a cloudy morning and a partly s

secretary boomer: item number 12, supporting the electrification of caltrain. >> he felt it was importantthat we move forward on this. he is the mta board's present on the couch rain board, so he is connected to this issue in a number of ways, and while initially we were planning to bring this informational items, there has been a lot of discussion within the city family, through these terrific transportation and planning functions in the city. with regard to high-speed rail, there has been a divorce to the opinions taken with regard to high-speed rail throughout the state, and we want to make sure san francisco is very clear and strong in its support, with a few caveats that you and your of, and they are reflected before you, and we are likewise working on a regional level with san jose and others along been -- the caltrain corridor. we are at a very important point. the next part will be submitted soon to the legislature, which will start the clock for them to act, so we wanted to bring this to you, articulating what others have been advocating a very strong support for the high- speed

caltrain says that the chance of rain next week in put their plan at risk. this is a spokesperson for the bay bridge retrofit project. he explains that they need dry conditions based on the type of work that is scheduled during the shutdown. >>reporter: if we get a storm that last the entire amount of days, we will probably go into the next we can because we have painting work that has to be done in order to realign the lanes. >> so you can not paid it is raining and you cannot rent strike because it is obviously going away. >> that is right. this is not something you can do under sustained rain. >>reporter: with the rain always the possibility of a time when the caltrain and make a decision to paid and paid in february? they said by doing so this actually helps sell the entire project. >> we are doing this project in which the time because it potentially allows us, this will allow us to open the bay bridge a lot sooner and potentially save lives and that is why we are doing it. >>reporter: if it does rain they say they have backed the plan. >> by wednesday

following this board's policy action, we will work with bart, caltrain, mta, and dph, with input from the bicycle committee to ensure a steady stream of projects ready to be implemented. we prioritize funds for by product planning and design. among those, the open field bikeways, cesar java's, masonic avenue, and market street. we revisited and approve the five-year prioritization program for the bicycle project, in addition to the one for traffic signals. on the next page, we've also have a record of projects funded using the transportation fund for clean air, which is the funding source that comes from the bay area air quality management district. in 2011, we program over $1 million in funds to pedestrian and commuter benefits, right batching, electric charging stations, and emergency ride home, and other projects and programs that helps to clean the air by giving people alternative to driving. those bonds leveraged four times their weight in other funds. we managed a total investment of almost $6 million out of that $1 million in funds. in addition to the programming for tfca, ther

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if you look at the 38 from the caltrain station to the bart station to south of market to union square, passed a major tourist destinations, that skirts the waterfront from fort mason all the way out to christie field. it is an excellent line to people who want to review waterfront sites. it is also a work force . it is a line that helps the commuter, the person doing the shopping or someone coming to watch the race. a few more comments about the slide. the new line is the e line. it is the waterfront street car line that would go from mission bay along the waterfront to the ferry building but like the light rail transit, the e line continues on the f line tracks. we would like to test it and see if it moves people who are coming up on caltrain and want to go to the northern waterfront or it helps people who want to get to bar. this is one proposal that sustained planning and it looks like it could have a legacy. the next slide takes the transit level to the region. what is interesting about this slide and some ideas that we're piloting here are that there are current practices right n

including some of our local transit projects, van ness, of brt project, more regional projects, caltrain electrification, and also some of the pricing initiatives that san francisco is developing locally. with respect to low performers, there was just one project in san francisco. that is the historic streetcar expansion program. this project has two components to it. the first is building a turnaround at fourth and king that would enable creation of a new line, e line, and would operate between fourth and came and to the fisherman's wharf. the second component is extending the f line from its current terminus to fort mason. mtc has said that project is at the cusp of a low performer. added benefit to cost ratio of 0.9, with a cup threshold of being one. there have also given cmas information about how to move forward from here. in particular, three criteria that we might use to make a compelling case as to why the project should continue to be considered for the rtp. we are confident that will not be an issue for this project. the project has a significant benefits to recreational and t

caltrain is also discussing what to do about this area.n fact, more than a half-dozen agencies have seen my series and they are getting involved in the cleanup. the agencies include the california highway patrol, the seventh hill county sheriff, the public utilities commission, because this is a part of their property and the san francisco police marine patrol. they will take a closer look at the boat docked of legally. especially this one because the engine was reported stolen from pure 40. other agencies include the san francisco the part of public works, san francisco port authority, san francisco health department, some community outreach agencies and mental health workers. so that the people actually what help can be able to get it. caltrain is also looking for ways to close up the whole more people removed the metal plates and moved in. the cleanup begins next week and i plan to be there to see what happened. >>reporter: stanley roberts of people behaving badly, somehow you find the worst drivers in the bay area doing some dumb stuff

ace, muni, caltrain, ferries, no delays to report right now.01 clear from 92 to the 280 split. no delays to report both directions and 92, san mateo bridge problem-free as well as 92 commute out of half moon bay. don't forget your radio partners, remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >> lawrence with the ladies today. >> i know. >> how lucky am i. [ laughter ] >> who are you going to pick? >> oh, now you're killing me! >> no pressure. >> i like all of you guys. >> equally, i'm sure. >> i'm sure. >>> there could be a decision today on whether to make three different diet drugs available to americans. the u.s. food and drug administration will hear from three california companies. they all have obesity drugs being considered for approval. but they all come with some serious side effects. the "mercury news" reports that one of the companies from mountain view is going before the fda today. >>> a new study suggests women are morgue likely than men to have no chest pain or

maureen kelly give us a tour of the project as caltrain puts on the finishing touches.ter: here is what the tunnels look like from the outside, the digging was finished about one year ago. now here is where a dozen workers are busy paving the roadway. you can see wet concrete being poured directly out of the mixing truck. they have a layer about 9 in. thick, and you can see the workers raking but the more precise work is being done by this the yellow machine that is doing the actual smoothing various--this work is the finishing touches thing done, and the toughest job behind new spending roughly four years of digging out rock to clear the tunnel. but there is still a lot of work to do. they are expected to take about four months to get this project ran traffic which-include putting up white ears and lighting and painting all through here. now here you can get an idea of what this will look like when it is all finished. this side have been paved, each tunnel has room for one lane. it has shoulders on both sides and a bike lane. caltrain is projecting that the tunnel will

for your trip on public transit this morning, there are no delays for bart, ace train or caltrain. >>justine: this story just got my attention, johnson and johnson is recalling about a half million bottles of an offense tylenol off. we are still working to get more information on exactly which medications we're talking about. as soon as more information comes and i will bring that to you can. we will take a break and be right back. if >>mark: authorities say a confrontation happened between immigration and customs officer and his supervisor escalated into gunfire. >> when the incident escalated, one agent fired several rounds at the other agent, killing him. another victim is hospitalized and in stable condition. at that time another agent working nearby intervened and fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds being fired at the victim. this resulted in the death of the shooter. at this time, we believe this was an isolated incident and we believe the shooter was acting alone. >>mark: the name of the dead gunman, the victim and the aged that fire the final rounds have not been

. $16 billion in transit formula funds will use primarily for rehab of bart and caltrain, $14 billion in honor the veterans affairs that mtc is assuming. another $2.7 billion in new bridge tolls. we have no idea how these will be directed to investment in the region transportation plan, but we want to be advocating that we get our fair share. with the good spirit and collaboration of our project sponsors, at a phasing of projects and assumptions about getting future new starts and small start funds for future expansion projects. we have been able to keep our list of regional projects in the rtp. we have often taken a stance. we have identified some regional projects that we think are important. growing local money at them with the idea that mtc will add regional discretion on money so they can be included in rtp. we have included transit operators and our sister congestion management agencies in this. that is evolving. it involves things like enabling potential crossovers at some key places. we know the inner core of the bart system is at capacity. we know where the constraints are. b

caltrain is also discussing what to do about this area. the eaves these include the california highway patrol, the senate tail county sheriff and the public utilities commission. they will be taking a closer look at boats docked in the water illegally, especially this bill because the engine was reported stolen. other agencies include the san francisco department of public works, the port authority, the health department, some community outreach agencies and mental health workers so that people who actually want help can get it. >>darya: if you have a comment or story idea for >>stanley: , you can reach them on our web site or e- mail him directly at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m www.kron4.com. light traffic so far. on the golden gate a smooth ride through marin county and traffic moving smoothly down 101 and across the stand. will be right back as the kron4 news continues. >>james:

in a collision, the 97,000 caltrain wins every time. however, and finding drivers will understand that the nlrb always has the right of way is difficult. before crossing an intersection drivers should wait but many do not because this is san francisco and waiting is not in our blood and in some cases, neither is good driving skills. this driver come right in front of the moving l r v why? just to get a parking space. then we have this driver that could not wait for 30 more seconds. one of the other problems, whether there is an el our view-- with or not there is lrv president, drivers were making a left-hand turn from the right-hand lane and right-hand turns from the left-hand lane. i hear that it's even worse with pedestrians during the morning commute so i guess another visit is definitely in the works. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our town. [ dog barks ] for our country. ♪ for our future. ♪ this isn't just the car we wanted to build. it's the car america had to build. ♪ the extended range electric chevy volt. from the heart of detroit to

on the caltrain website there are videos of the work that was being done. that will give you a closer look at the task of the project. >> will we are seeing here is a demolition of a portion of the existing westbound approach. we have is shifted traffic onto a detour, once traffic is on the new detour, there is a portion of the bridge on the northern side that we will demolished. demolition has begun already. they are removing some of the concrete deck and then cutting into it. this is certainly a labor intensive projects. ideally, we want to do this away from motorists. we started doing the demolition while the bridge was closed to take advantage of having that space-bar motorists probably will see the demolition continue. >>george: we have had our share of traffic during the closure of the bridge. for now that the blaze has reopened we are not sisleys of the alternate routes. here is a looks to the audit there are no delays allow lower east shore freeway. the san mateo bridge had some heavy traffic for right now, no delays or problems. taking a look at th

disclosure is necessary because caltrain needs to finish building a short detour west of the toll plazahen the detour is complete and west bound traffic has been three routed, the crews will be opened this section allowing them to connect the eastern section of the bay bridge to interstate 80. the west bound it will be closed from 8:00 p.m. friday february 17th until 5:00 a.m. tuesday figure 21st, caltrans has one that the closure times are subject to change. they made >> marty: shake up at a redwood city preschool. that is where a special education teacher is accused of physically abusing special needs in this woman was arrested last week on charges of abusing 25 year- old autistic boy for a period of two months. now, following an internal investigation school officials are placing a other employees on leave. parents whose children attend school at the campus are concerned. your >> we are scared like everyone else. >> as a parent i am a little worried. but i trust that i know are school. our district did not properly screen and the place someone in their program that should not of been

mass transit is a good option, bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all on time. no delays. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:03. by 10:00 this morning we'll not latest rule on california's proposition 8. lisa washington i here in san francisco where a panel of federal judges will announce its ruling today. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this is a long awaited ruling from the ninth circuit court of appeals. a three-judge panel will today rule on the constitutionality of proposition 8. prop 8 defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. it was approved by california voters in november of 2008. prop 8 came after the california supreme court ruled in may of 2008 that the state's constitution prohibited the state from discriminating against same-sex couples in marriage laws. prop 8 was found to be unconstitutional by a federal court judge in august of 2010. now, that judge was vaughn walker who the proponents of prop 8 said should have recused himself from the case because he is gay and has a long-time partner. the ninth circuit court will rule on judge

bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all on time. south bay check, 280 fine, 101 delay-free. hp pavilion there is a sharks game tonight 7:30 over by hp pavilion, could see some delays along the guadalupe parkway. towards the east bay you can see once again there is a warriors game later on this evening over there by the coliseum so could get a little bit hectic maybe later on this evening 7:30 again start time. san mateo bridge this is looking good, as well. there is overnight roadwork on the dumbarton bridge that's scheduled to be picked up very shortly. that's traffic. back to you. >> i love how you tell us all about the sporting events. >> there's not much going on so i'm trying to fill time. >> so honest. [ laughter ] >> too honest sometimes. >>> 5:05. a candidate picking up an endorsement the other on damage control. >> the momentum shift for the two gop presidential hopefuls. >> it's a big deal. >> one major bank stands to lose a very large customer. bay area city that may drop wells fargo. >>> and a california woman paving the

there are a lot of issues with that property both east and west of the caltrain tracks. this could be a work item for the real estate division, the capital planning committee but i understand there is some movement with respect to the market which the city -- a focused look of all of that property and that configuration going forward. i look forward to those items and maybe you can find some way for them to death attended to in the next 12 months. -- for them to gets attended to in the next 12 months. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i am not sure about that. i am not sure if i'm the best person to answer that. i did not come here to talk about sunshine, but i certainly can. >> if you could send me an e- mail about some of your thoughts. >> i do not have e-mail. >> however you want to communicate. >> in the other members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? public comment is closed. i just want to thank members of the budget and legislative analyst's office. i appreciate your hard work on this. in the comments? -- any comments? so moved. >> item number two, wo

and mass transit looks good no issues for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> city of hercules is on the verge of financial ruin. the city defaulted on its bond payment and owesambeck insurance company $4 million a quarter of the city's budget. if it orders an immediate payment city leaders say hercules could go bankrupt. there is another hearing next month though and now the city does have a plan. >>> there are a number of parcels that the city owns that can be sold. we still try to work out a solution so that we can avoid being backed into a corner where we just can't pay. >> the demise of redevelopment agencies which took effect this week is a major cause of the problem not only for hercules but a number of cities and towns. there are unresolved questions of who owes the debt that's left, the city or the state. >>> it's hard to picture the academy awards without the name kodak up on theater. but get used to it. the troubled film company has filed a motion in court asking to pull its name from the theater that ha

in a few weeks caltrain will move both north and southbound bridge traffic off the old the loyal drive here and on to the new roadway that runs through this new tunnel. after that the crews will begin the second phase of construction by demolishing the wheel drive and building a second elevated road that will have a tunnel. when that is done in 2016, northbound traffic will be rerouted onto the new roadway. >>justine: we have new details about the indicted former commander of the central contra costa county narcotics enforcement team. norman weilsch faces federal charges of stealing and selling drugs from the program as well as conducting phony law- enforcement stings. last week he was granted permission to travel to los angeles to appear on the dr. phil show that you can watch right here on kron4. a federal judge has blocked it saying that he might flee during the trip. his deterrent--his attorney says that the dr. phil appearance was to reach out to other law enforcement officers may be undershot dress and to seek psychological help. >>james: river bed technology which does cloud com

perhaps even trains storage other land that is currently being used to read the current caltrain system in a traditional way, and we may be able to come up with something that is a breakthrough in that area. the key is to quantify that. the last point i will make on this is that the alignments that have been discussed so far were the result of a charade where everybody in the working group was involved and there were some additional invited experts, and those alternatives that were discussed or that surfaced to the top were ones that were already seen as having the most promise in terms of cost reductions, in terms of freeing up land, and so on. but that is that a detailed analysis, and we need to do that. supervisor wiener: thank you for that explanation. i guess what i am wanted to know is i know that there are different alignments and options that the different agencies in the working group may think our best or not best, and what i would like to see is for the hsr working group, as a whole, which ta is part of, to sort of take the lead in studying each of those alignments and option

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caltrain is crediting the rich culture and all the work that is eating up.it >>james: oakland mayor jean quan is looking towards the ec's future. there are too considerable problems, one is a budget deficit and then a continuing crime problem. in the last week along, the string of shootings killed five people. reggie kumar has details of the address to. >>reporter: mayor quan delivered her address, members only of the cabinet were able to watch the speech. she only vaguely alluding to the job layoffs and the occupy protesters she never said the word occupy. >> we can protect and respect the rights of our citizens. i am optimistic that opened on the rise despite the cuts, despite distractions, despite potential redevelopment. >>reporter: she did mention that employees were laid off but there were no specific plans to provide services for the people open. she only said the following. >> we will work very hard in blending our plans. >>reporter: she said one of her top priorities was reducing violence in the city. >> this is something that we must do as a city a