just one idea on the clipper card -- it seems to me that in one respect, the ability to get a free clipper card expires in january. at least, that is what we anticipate. and yet, we want more people to sign up here it seems to me what we do encourage greater penetration is to let people know loudly and clearly that if you want a clipper card and you will need one eventually anyway, folks -- this is coming -- if you want to get one for free, you better do it now. and by the way, if we get more cards signed up, that will save more money for muni. i am sure it probably dawn on you, but it seems to me that would be a message you would want to get out clearly with instructions on how folks could get their 3 clipper card. second, i would be remiss if i did not know that paul gillespie, the chair of the taxi commission, is actually here, and while this body took over the agenda and it well, it was really he and some others at the taxi commission and mayor newsom who did the coach. since he is here, i will let him share in that a little bit. >> i have two things. one of them has to do with -- a co

the clipper card has made it much easier for me to do with boarding. even though this -- [unintelligible] everybody is going to have to, i think the instruments that people with disabilities and others with dexterity problems, handling small coins and that kind of thing, we would make it easier by making it faster for people aboard -- who board. there are some ideas on that, too. i would support going to a no cash eventually. commissioner ramos: thank you for following up on this and bringing us this today. i know there are a few people, some advocates who have been pushing on this for a while. i have been pushing on this, dreaming about it every time i see or sitting on a bus waiting for folks to single file to the front door. and to help people realize what this might mean -- and now imagine the kind of restriction being put on our buses. and something that we have the power to lift. just like that. i do not see what would be so confusing. what the concern from the cac was in regards to what to do. you have to have paid a fair. it is not that confusi

there will be a clipper card and you had better get it. it will cost extra. every gstr system -- fare system would be on the card. that would be part of your clipper card. i am happy that it morphed into this. doesn't assure you the need for well-designed buses? even now if disabled folks need the bus that nails, they will go in the front. the rest of us can jump higher in the back. all this will work. this will take pr and a lot of discussion. the cash fair -- fare will cost more. >> i got mixed up with the agenda items. i support the out -- all door boarding. also what was being mentioned about the curbside buses not pulling in to the curb. i live in a residential out of sunset. one aboard the bus especially when the hybrid buses when the rap deploys onto the street, many times i mentioned it to you guys. i am concerned about the safety of these buses. i do not know we can do about it as far as creating more bus zones in these neighborhoods. to board safely, we need to look into that. more curbside parking. like noriega, judah, balboa. all of them are mixed

the clipper card becomes your passport. for someone who is new, this card did everything i needed it to do. for those of us who have seen this and how it is taking shape, this is a huge breakthrough. i do not want to estimate the impact. if you are relying on the street car, it is already full. wherwe have this golden gate li. they get a line at the cost of the muni. a different expense. a line that is not in place now.i want to manage the parking issues.w le'ts evaluate and plan for 2013. quex would be the tricare -- trigger for more restricted access. just to make sure they do not become gridlocked. >> we would propose that the plan works really well. everyone has a tradition. we do not have to talk right closures. san francisco has the experience. you remember the central freeway experience. everybody got notice and caltrans was good in getting the word out. the have boxes of donuts. there was a 5% bomb. that was because we had advance marketing and we did a great job of people in the region. they 18 c process variants -

the clippers are inexpensive, about $12. tourists from china, taiwan and south korea are learning about them by word of mouth. >> translator: these clippers are really good for the elderly and they should last long. >> even japanese end, very high, the price, i think the price is very good, good price to buy this one. >> translator: seki's cutlery products have the qualities of beauty, sharpness and innovative ideas. all of these add value to the product. price is not the issue. we can be competitors in other countries. if our product satisfy customers. >> businesses in seki city are finding their own ways through the currency crisis. they are making cutting-edge products that match customers' preferences and trends. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this item sent by trt, turkey. >>> an explosion in ankara on tuesday has killed at least two people and left 27 others injured. the blast occurred in one of the mos

you can't use your clipper cashed here. they left behind graffiti. they sprayed the name, a man that bart police shot and killed charles hill witnesses say the vandals smashed the clipper card readers with hammers last night. no arrests were made. the bulk of bart's problems were at the power station in downtown san francisco. it had to be shut down for two hours after being overrun by protestors. the goal of these protestors is to disband bart police and they will continue to protest until their demands are met. commuters say they are sick of the demonstrations. >> it's not representative of how san franciscans and bay area residents feel. it really needs to stop. it makes you less inclined to come into san francisco because they won't be able to get home. >> about 20-30 people were arrested last night. they were hoping to block the fare gates and force bart to open the emergency doors and let the commuters have a free ride. it didn't work out that way. police pushed the protestors out and they closed the station. besides the vandalism it was relati

the mta will be paid about $50,000 a month until the region's usage of clipper hits that $20 million a month -- 20 million transactions a month average. there was a lot of discussion about how to get even further penetration of clipper into the systems. there was discussion about fair discounting, which i know this board and pretty much every other transit agency board has been reluctant to do in the past. also a lot of discussion about transfer policies or transfer elimination, which i know has also been an issue of great interest here. i think we have gotten major portions of our affair

golden gate ferries have accepted clipper cards for years. >>> b.a.r.t. is apologizing today for a strategy is used to -- it used to try to implement public sentiment. several stations have been followed by -- several demonstrations at stations have been followed by demonstrations. b.a.r.t. asked for a script to follow and rented suvs toe pro-- to provide them -- suvs to provide them transportation. >> why don't they just try to figure it out and resolve it? i'm just tired of it all. i just want to come to work and get to work on time. >> reporter: only one person accepted b.a.r.t. aoffer to speak and they did not need a ride in the suv. so the suvs still cost b.a.r.t. about $900. >> he, i think it's -- well, i think it's unnecessary for people to come to b.a.r.t.'s defense i don't think we need to go out and ask people to represent us. >> the protests began with demands to disband the agency as police force after the fatal shooting of a homeless man allegedly wielding a knife. but they have since grown to include protesters, including a cell phone signal

some of the clipper card readers are now out of service. vandals destroyed them last night, very frustrating for commuters who seen them and very confused as they try to figure out which one works. a repairman was here for 30 minutes. he says he doesn't have the right parts. he says he has to order the parts. no word on when they will be back up and running. there was also graffiti last year. someone spray-painted the man bart police shot and killed. charles hill, they say he threatened him with a knife and they felt they had to shoot them. no raises were made last night but this i wanted the only problem they had to deal with. >> was twa a big hassle at the powell station. protestors moved in at about 5:00 last night. they blocked the fare gate police shut down the station. they closed it down for two hours. they made 30 arrests. it was peaceful, no one was hurt. but commuters were very frustrated and they are going to have to deal with it again. there is not protest scheduled for monday at 5:00 p.m. at civic center station. our other top

card" has reached its short life... . >>> it's the hottest ticket in town, the bay area's clipper card has reached an amazing milestone in its short life of the during the last week of august, more than half a million people tagged in with the card. it's popularity extend expand quickly when seven area transit areas become accessible with the card. >> another reason to make mass transit, cab fares in san francisco rose this week and the meter will now start at $3.50. it's $0.55 for every fifth of a mile driven and $0.10 for everybody minute stuck in traffic. >>> well clipping coupons has reached a new level of the some shoppers are digging through garbage cans, but these shoppers say it's the only way to survive. >> reporter: like card-counter in a casino, they know how to beat the odds at the supermarket. >> i got lots of cop coupons. >> reporter: grocery shopping is a science to them. they are pros at saving money. >> when we did our biggest one a couple of weeks ago we were red in the face and giddy on the way home. >> reporter: jamie and brook have a still and shop only with coupon

the reason we have confusion right now is we still have, even with the advent of clipper, a a number of 25 or 26 different possible affairs of all kinds. we have a confusing system. -- possible fares at all times. if you do go all door boarding to -- if you do go to all door boarding, you're subject to inspection. on rail, there is still some confusion. also, that people understand where they are and what we are asking of them and what the expectations are and finally, the other issue on how to best handle the cash that will be left and remaining. the next several slides are steps that are necessary, no matter what the plan, to make sure the machines are up and reliable, that people understand them and we encourage people to use the rear door when we have that and they begin to turn the message around from a negative to a positive. if we go in this direction, require new sign edge to replace what we have there are a number of ideas we talked about, building on what we have an extended afford to get the message out and educate people. it is important we work with the operators to get

witnesses vandals smashed the clipper card readers were hammers. another problem for bart last night, they are dealing with a protest at powell station. police closed down the station for two hours and protestors blocked the ear gates. police moved in and made arrests and even detained a newspaper reporter and journalism students from san francisco stated. >> some members of the media have legitimate identification but did not have it and processed into the arrest tin bin. there are approximately 26 to 30 that have been placed under arrest. they will be transported to san francisco. >> protestors were hoping to force police to open the emergency stream gates to let riders get by for free but their plan didn't work. police just shut down the station. the protestors attempt to help ride wers a free fare did not gain them much goodwill. commuters say they were very frustrated by the protestors. they are sick of these protests, but there is going to be another one. it is scheduled for monday at 5:00 p.m. at civic center station in downtown san francisc

something like a clipper card. you know where they are locked up. we are requesting that they also have gps chips in them. my sense, from a cost standpoint, that should be doable. the users of the system. as i mentioned, is a membership- based system. even if you are just a day member, you can be a member. the main focus is on short trips. the idea is to provide bicycles as a first or last mile in your trip. basically, looking to get people from transit to their ultimate destination. members need to be 18 years or older. you do need a credit card. an interesting bit of trivia that we found in a couple of cities we have been tracking, the safety record of their users. contrary to what you may think, people who are members of bicycle sharing tend to be safer than average cyclist. talking about pricing, this is something which is a to be determined -- which is yet to be determined here in san francisco. you can have a membership or an annual membership, or anything in between. an example on the right. that is the key fob from the london, barclays byte

-- i attended a meeting of the general managers of the major transit agencies last week about the clipper program. just to update you on some things that you should know about -- first of all, in terms of overall boardings, they were up about 500,000 a day on a weekday average, which is pretty significant considering about a year-and-a-half ago, it was virtually zero. it has ramped up pretty fast. mostly because of the mta. we account for about 60%. we have by far the largest usage, and that is because of the work of staff to get us from the delegates to the passage to the ticket vending machines to get all that in place that has really put us at the front of the pact in terms of clipper, which is a good thing. a couple of fee issues, though, that i want to make sure that you know about. the wheat contract the mtc has with the provider is written is that there is a monthly -- a fixed monthly fee in addition to a variable transaction costs paid to the vendor. it had been covered by a one- time source pot of funds that the mtc had. that source will expire, and this fee will continue to be p

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they posted graffiti, they struck all seven clipper card readers. we still are not sure if they were part of a splinter group from that earlier prom test. >> move back. move back. >> reporter: just after 5:00 last night this one the scene at the powell street station. bart officials said they would allow protests as long as they happened in the free speech area outside of the fare gates but police shut down the station for two hours and arrested 30 people. >> once the circle was closed, the station was also closed. we could not maintain a safe atmosphere with the station open and with pay trents walking around. >> demonstration organizers from no justice no bart said they wanted to test the free speech limitations but bart said the protest interfered with its ability to operate trains. there is another demonstration scheduled for next monday night at the civic center station. live in san francisco i'm tom p.m.. >>> here in the bay area bart sin creasing security ahead of the 9/11 -- bart is increasing security ahead of the 9/11 anniversary. this inc

the taxes, what you do as the professionals, the natural supporters for barack obama, the coupon clippers would pay more, it wouldn't be -- >> the buffet rule, everybody should pay the same percentage. >> you have to change tax rates to make that happen. raising a lot of the capital gains rates. >> the president is not opposed to that. >> more opposed than you think. >> i don't think the president is not doing a lot what mark is suggesting. he has talked about being above the fray and trying to come up with a reasonable plan. the other side is not giving him the latitude to do that. >> against unfairness. with the the buffet rule. the american people if he fights with fairness at the top, thank you. up next, this one works. ooh, the price sure doesn't. i'm tired of shopping around. [ sigh ] too bad you're not buying car insurance. like that's easy. oh, it is. progressive direct showed me their rates and the rates of their competitors. i saved hundreds when switching. we could use hundreds. yeah. wake up and smell the savings. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >> back t

but there is a clipper card that transfers will go through the back toward.hey are trying to cut down on the amount of time when go to city stops. >> if you go in the back you give your clipper card, it is more room and more convenient. >> reporter: one of the biggest changes muny will face is implementing this all door boarding system and cracking down on folks who don't pay their fares. they are already losing $20 million a year because of riders who done pay their fares. they will have been accused of targeting nonwhite passengers with their inspection program live in san francisco, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well the cost of the recent bart protest has reached thousands of dollars. so far across the transit agency, they have lost $100,000 and most of that money went for overtime fees for staff. they will try to force bart to allow people to ride free. >>> the death toll in new delhily after a deadly explosion. it blew up outside of a crowded courthouse at least ten people were killed more than 70 others were hurt. an islamic extremist group ta

> reporter: it could soon change and they are considering opening up all the doors especially the clipper or transfers. now one of the biggest challenges they will face with an all door boarding system is cracking down on folks who done pay their fares. they are already losing $20 million a year because of free riders. they would have to beef under the number of fair inspectors and enforce payments more consistently. they are targeting low income or nonwhite passengers. it will still require folks to wait in line and board through the front door but it will cut down on time where buses sit at stops. they do support the idea so you could see the all door boarding system going into effect next year. around 6:00 they will start lining up so we will get reaction from folks. live in san francisco, i am tara moriarty. >>> they are hoping to slow down a raging wildfire. the flames have destroyed more than 600 homes and so far at least four people are dead. we will find out what they can do to help local agencies look for victims. >>> closer to home a local wildfire is still threateningit 650 hom

. >> officials signed a contract to install clipper card readers on ferry systems. ferries have long accepted clipper cards. >>> woman who was abandoned as a baby shirred her story on television today. she was a few hours hold in 1987 when a highway patrol officer rescued her. she was in a brown paper bag. officers called her miraculous mary. today she told anderson kuper the family that adopted and raised her told her how she came into their lives. >> that story wasn't shaird till i was 10 or 11. i knew i was a special child. i knew it was a difficult story. >> she was joined in the interview by another woman who was abandoned in that same year. >> did ebay try to rip off craigslist? plus the three thing as report says bp did wrong that led to that massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico last year and what is going on with the grape harvest, the good and bad. and we continue to bring you live pictures of a protest in front of a major san francisco hotel. we will bring you the latest when we come back. [ male announcer ] humble beginnings are true beginnings. they a

the transit agency representing 95% of ridership in the bay area have already converted to the clippersystem which is considered a fast pass for all mass transits. it allows loading by cash or computer but they have postponed a move for remaining transit districts in several counties. >>> time for a little weather check at 5:16. it looks like a nice day ahead. >> a little warmer inland. still the threat of storms. that is mainly south around monterey bay and sierra, there is flooding possible later today. that is where the main threat is going to stay. >> beautiful picture of coit tower as we remember what happened ten years and a day ago. here is another look i'll say emeryville, or east bay looking back towards san francisco. we'll talk to sue and getting all the monday morning commuting needs. and up and down the sierra that is where we have a flash flood watch for this afternoon as the storms are in that area. steering currents could push several of them our way and they will mainly down around the monterey bay. temperatures, let's get you out the door this morning, upper 50s to lo

they report the transit agencies representing 95% of bay area have converted the clipper card system that is fast track to for all mass transit. but they have postponed the remaining transit districts in several counties saying simply it doesn't have enough readers for the other system. we've got a developing traffic problem on westbound 580 that is sue is getting more information. right now. let's check in with mike and got a pretty nice weather forecast. >> it looks like we're going to have decent weather. we've got the storms that are threatening up in the sierras. the low that devastating, but for us back here at home, we've got a little bit of an offshore wind. good morning on this monday morning. we'll have warmer weather especially inland low is pulling away, counterclockwise flow pushing some of the wind offshore. another low develop down to the south, the storms if we see them will be south of the monterey bay near big sur and higher elevations around there. let's talk about what it feels like to step out this morning, pretty mild. slightly warm. 54 in mountain view and san

riders could have clipper card or proof of payment to enter through the rear door.lipper card readers are already installed. >>> san francisco supervisors are now addressing the issue of undressing in public. wayne freedman reveals the issue is more about hygiene than modesty. >> welcome to the naked city. castro district of san francisco that is not just a saying, it's a lifestyle. >> i'm kind of a weather opportunist. >> you will find george davis just about any day of market and castro, soaking up the sun and criticism from people like andrea that run a local merchant association. >> so with the purpose of sanitizing nudity, san francisco supervisor scott weiner introduced legislation to require to cover before sitting down and cover themselves before entering restaurants. >> this legislation is not about whether to ban or not ban public nudity. it's a basic public health measure. >> as we sit around castro and market, several men walked past on full display. one a no comment. george davis bares his body and soul as sitting on his pants. >> i see it both ways. >>

additional clipper card readers have already been installed. muni currently allows all door boarding at crowded bus stops but riders could technically get a ticket for it but not for much longer. >>> fight over same sex marriage that began in 2004 with marriages in san francisco had yet another day in court today. this time in the state high court. as carolyn explains, justices are being asked now whether those who want to prohibit gay marriage have the right the legal stand to go take this battle to a higher court. >>reporter: it was the first case on the first day of the court fall calendar. >> all the cases that came before if our area never had to decide this issue. >>reporter: the justices including the newest member lou have been asked to decide if the sponsors of prop 8 the vot voter approved ban on same sex marriage can continue the legal battle. federal judge has ruled denying gay the right to wed if uncons stawtional and state attorney general agrees. prop 8 supporters say that means they are the only ones left to mount an appeal. >>

they used hammers to smash the turnstiles and damage clipper readers and they also spray-painted charles hill on the ground. that was the homeless man bart shot and killed after he threatened them with a knife. a group of anear counterfeits are taking credit for the protest. >> i don't approve of it at all. they are inconveniencing a lot of people not just trying to make a point. i'm sure there are other ways they can make a point. >> riders have faced some declaration because of the damaged card readers and police have not made any arrests so far. >> president obama is urging voters to get behind the new jobs bill and pressure lawmakers to pass it. he took his newly unveiled jobs initiative to richmond, virginia. he laid out his plan in a speech. the proposal would cost $450 billion. it would provide a tax cuts to employers and tax cuts for workers. >>> everything that america jobs bill is the kind of proposal that has been supported in the past by both democrats and republicans, nothing radical. everything in it will put more people back to work. >> the things that we don't like are th

their most needed muni lines but also just inquiries about where they could get information about the clipper card, healthy fret -- san francisco, ideas of how they can access city hall, other programs. these became important topics for the ambassadors to absorb themselves, share that information in a multi legal way. and i have to thank them because they are a brave bunch. these are people who wanted to be trained through the police academy, they got that training route former chief, now present chief's officer, to go through the academy and get updated constantly. they got the backing of our police commission to make sure they were truly ambassadors. non law enforcement residence but equipped with knowledge and cell phones that are provided more free by at&t so that they can help make important calls. if they see something wrong or out of place, they can do that on behalf of modeling will residents in this area, and to allow information to be shared among everyone. just to have the presence of 12 more people along this corridor, in hot spots where people feel more isolated, is extremely imp

they smashed all seven clipper cards. officials believe they were part of a splinter group from that earlier protest. now just after 5:00 -- >> you can't kill us all. you can't kill us all. >> reporter: just after 5:00 last night this was the scene at the powell street station and police eventually closed in on the demonstrators here shutting down the station for two hours and arresting 30 people. bart officials have said previously that they would allow protests as long as they happened in the free speech areas outside of the fair gates. >> it's illegal to corral us like this. they closed a station. this is where it's supposed to be. >> reporter: demonstration organizers from no justice no bart say they wanted to test the free speech limitations but bart said the protest interfered with its ability to operate train. this is the sixth protest since the summer started. the next one is scheduled next monday night at the civic center station. i'm tara moriarty county ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the lights are coming back on in

badly >> many of their ancestors they rarely can jockey for fair importers in opera they must have a clipper card or transfer card if you don't we please stop outside his personal is checked for ida and is giving without warning or of lying about hundred dollars that members' dues of transfer but it was two days old and now i have to figure out who he is. since there is a question about his name and birth date of police officer gets involved >> if you have no idea i have to find out who you are have you ever been are arrested for shoplifting are anything >> turns out he was using his friend's name and what so he got up police failure to pay a police division " panful yield you alive >> they gave up 23 warnings and issued 45 tickets in just 90 minutes with one >> while we come back at 5:00 a.m. we will talk about our top stories and traffic see you in a few minutes >> >> thanks for hearing has, thursday morning where >> they're going to meet to discuss a budget plan and doubling it tuition and the next couple of years and the details on this plan parents are watching and planning for their ki

they used hammers to smash the turnstiles and damage clipper readers and they also spray-painted charles hill on the ground. that was the homeless man bart shot and killed after he threatened them with a knife. a group of anear counterfeits are taking credit for the protest. >> i don't approve of it at all. they are inconveniencing a lot of people not just trying to make a point. i'm sure there are other ways they can make a point. >> riders have faced some declaration because of the damaged card readers and police have not made any arrests so far. >> president obama is urging voters to get behind the new jobs bill and pressure lawmakers to pass it. he took his newly unveiled jobs initiative to richmond, virginia. he laid out his plan in a speech. the proposal would cost $450 billion. it would provide a tax cuts to employers and tax cuts for workers. >>> everything that america jobs bill is the kind of proposal that has been supported in the past by both democrats and republicans, nothing radical. everything in it will put more people back to work. >> the things that we don't like are th

we would like to see a ruled out for people who already use clipper and everyone else can board through the front. to those concerns, the expectation of the writers -- riders is most important. they have their fair ready and -- fare ready and evasion is lower. i urge you to implement all door boarding as soon as possible. >> our next speakers. i read some comments on line on this issue. i do have to say, i already like the directors reality check. he tells the truth. i am telling you, there is a lot of issues that have to be dealt with before you implement it. so, the one issue i have is when people need to get off the bus, you have people crowding around the back door, you cannot get off the bus. how do you do with that issue? that is discouraging for people trying to leave the bus. the enforcement part is with the inspectors. if you do not have enough inspectors or do not focus them properly, or you only do discrimination with certain nationalities or ethnic groups where they live or travel, you have problems. i was hoping you would do a pilot program. to not so much get the -- to get

wearing hoodies and carrying hammers swarmed into the station just before 11:00 p.m., they smashed clipper card readers and machines workers examined them. the vandalism surprised some riders. >> this is one of the out of the way bart stations that you would not think that you are going to do something going on and it is like now they are starting in glen park so what is next, just walk to work or bike to work maybe? >> the vandals also spray painted what appeared to be the name oscar grant on a wall and the name charles hill on a floor. grant is the man bart police shot, hill is the homeless man officers shot this summer. they say he threatend passengers with knives. >>> the vandalism followed protests over those shootings. police in circled them, closed the station and arrested between 20 and 30 protesters. although a massive power outage is over in southern california, utility officials are still asking people there to conserve energy. service was restored to san diego customers early this morning after 12 hours without electricity in sweltering heat. but officials say the system is sti