, our writers and members of the public to support this fare increase. while they would be receptive to the fact it has been years since there has been a fair increase, they would say it has been a long time since we've had a service increase. that has nothing to do with the drivers. i accept that fact. there is no sense from anyone i talked to the problem with the service in this town is the drivers. they are professional, courteous, they know where they are going. that is not the issue. the fact is those drivers are so much in demand, we cannot get them. that has always been the issue. to go forward with the fare increase without offering some incremental, however small, benefit to the riding public in the increased service is to not couple be issues properly. what i would suggest is to hear the request, that we continue this one piece of the item which we would not implement even if we passed today or until the rest had been heard, continue this one piece of the item until one of our to next meetings and no later. if it cannot get these other items be

and that's my point, fareed. i have no idea whether there is a palestinian partner for a secure peace with israel. along the lines of president clinton has laid out. i just know one thing. given the implications for israel, if it gets stuck permanently holding the west bank, it is in israel's overwhelming interest to test, test and test again, okay? because that would be a huge strategic threat to israel if it has no choice but to absorb the west bank. >> but you travel there a lot. and you know the american jewish community here, both those crucial constituencies, it's always struck me that to get peace, you're going to have to convince a majority of israelis because they have the land. they have the land and the guns, in a sense. they're the power on the ground. it's drifting to the right. they are less interested in the kind of deal you're describing. >> well, you have a more conservative on this issue right wing, nationalist population in israel now between the growing orthodox population and the russian jews

i'm not saying that fares are not the only problem. this refers to the issue of gates and some of the unfair and is there in terms of what cabdrivers. with all of that said, since this is the first time this has come up, it does require a unanimous vote. >> i will not be supporting this item. over the years, there has not been any increases on the fares for taxi rider's. the cost increases can be shouldered. this is possible to raise the fares separate from the conditions of the service. >> i am concerned about the service that happened in san francisco. i've heard from numerous folks that live in district 10 of all ages and the i's are in a concern to the lack of taxi service. that is why i will be supporting this legislation. >> any further discussion?

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i'm not saying that fares are not the only problem. this refers to the issue of gates and some of the unfair and is there in terms of what cabdrivers. with all of that said, since this is the first time this has come up, it does require a unanimous vote. >> i will not be supporting this item. over the years, there has not been any increases on the fares for taxi rider's. the cost increases can be shouldered. this is possible to raise the fares separate from the conditions of the service. >> i am concerned about the service that happened in san francisco. i've heard from numerous folks that live in district 10 of all ages and the i's are in a concern to the lack of taxi service. that is why i will be supporting this legislation. >> any further discussion? >> item 34, motion scheduling the board of supervisors to sit as a come order it -- a committee on june 7th to hear a public hearing and ending at the zoning map. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> we will be reviewing the north beach rezoning legislation. there are changes that come out of t

item 11 has to do with the proposed tax the late fare increase. as you know, the materials for this meeting were submitted prior to the town hall meetings that were conducted. there were over 20 hours of town hall meetings conducted. those were very productive sessions, and we did receive a lot of valuable input. as a result of that, our recommendation has changed somewhat. to go over each element of what is in the materials before you, first, there was a recommendation that there be no change to the initial flag drop rate, the first amount of money that goes on the mir for the first 1/5 of a mile of the taxi ride. our initial recommendation was not to increase that rate, but as a result of the town hall meetings, we have revised that recommendation. unfortunately, the new recommendation is not properly noticed for the board today, so we will have to carry that forward into a future meeting, and we will discuss the specifics of that flag drop increase at that time. second, we are no longer recommending a 10 cents per 1/5 of a mile or minute wait t

historically, this rate has increased with regular fares as determined by their board at bart. since 2003 they have had an increase policy based. adjusting to inflation at a less than 5% productivity factor, this policy expires in 2012. i am not sure what the bart board will be doing after that. based on this formula for wage increase, it should be left to 5.5%, if you look at a biannual formula and give it an average inflation rate of 3%. i know that for the past five years, there is in san francisco have increased by 40%. but the key financial terms of the proposal before you suggests that the reimbursement rate goes up by 17%, from $1 to $2.19. because of the length of the term agreement before you, after 2012, the rate increases are consistent with other fare policies as approved by the bart board. also suggesting annual rate cap increases of 10%. the budget analyst recommendation concurs going back and discussing this by not knowing what the board is going to do in the future, something more close to inflation. i will conclude by saying depth both bart and ourselves are co

in your comparative analysis from fares and other cities, why weren't extra fees included? they charge extra fees for things like extra passengers or starting the meter over when there are two trips in one fair. several major changes at the same time of the pilot program are mechanism in place to measure the effects makes monitoring taxi services a moot point. even with one major change, there is an absorption changes needed if you want to measure any long-lasting effects. you want to micromanage taxi drivers. congestive pricing combined with cab pooling is a win/win/win situation. it is the greenest thing you can do. however, a living wage for a taxi driver is the least you can do. but both have one drawback -- it has to be carefully thought out by compassionate people with intelligence. what's a service increase that is already in the pipeline?

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despite the air fare hikes, more people are flying out of the airport this weekend. >> summer travel has kicked off at do sfo. they expect the number of travelers between thursday and tuesday will go up 4 percent compared to last year. this is despite the fact that the air fare is up significantly. >> it is pretty expensive i got my flight a while ago so it is not that bad. >> it was $300 cheaper to fly out of here than oakland. >> the air fare does not matter, i will still travel all my family lives in the south. what ever the areas, you try to do the best you can. book the best that you can find. >> there is even better news, sfo officials expect the trend to continue and they say by the end of summer travel will be up 4% as well. >> cannot forget about the upcoming changes to the bay bridge, this weekend, we show the new detour and tell drivers what to expect. >> the most important fact, the bay bridge will remain open during the holiday weekend will be no full closure while they worked to create the new deal to work. there will be some lane closures on saturday may 28th and sunda

"i paid my fare. it is my constitutional right."t thing i know, they were dragging me off the bus, dragging me to the police car. [inaudible] "what is wrong with this black? we need to take her to jail." "no, no, no!" next thing i know, they were taking my photographs and fingerprints. dan, i was locked behind this -- then, i was locked behind this cell. two weeks later, people were outraged. women could not believe it -- a child drug off a bus? violated 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 b

i am also introducing a resolution opposing the proposed tax the fare increase. you will recall that several months ago, we approved a resolution indicating that we have inadequate taxi service in san francisco. this is undermining the transportation policy in terms of getting people out of their cars. we need to get better service in san francisco. since then, service has not improved. the mta has not implemented this program. instead, they consider raising fares to make us the most expensive cab city in the united states. we are in a situation with that cab service that is not getting better but is getting more expensive. i find this to be unacceptable. i think we should treat the cab drivers fairly, but the current system does not keep -- treat the drivers well. they deserve to be treated with dignity. but a significant fare increase does not -- should not happen. we should tell them that much. finally, i am asking the city attorney's office to draft legislation amending section 1070 of the police code. this is relating to the extended hours for the restaurant

transit riders will see fare increases. yesterday they voted to raise regular fares by a dime. in addition senior and disabled fares will increase by five cents. district officials say the increase is a small portion of what it needs to reduce the projected $20 million deficit in the next fiscal year. so another round of service cuts will likely be seen. >> and weather forecast time cooloff is well underway. >> and check out what is going on. >> if you are biking heading toward the ocean, stiff wind from time to time. here is a look at the cold front. notice the rain staying to the north, as we talked about yesterday, the cold front will roll through later this morning break that marine layer and see sunshine and warmer weather. until then, looks at the west winds, 12 miles an hour around hayward. 10 miles per hour out of fairfield and southerly wind 10 in concord. biking around mountain view and san jose, calm conditions. mid to upper 40s in los gatos, napa, santa rosa, everybody else a little bit warmer than yesterday and low to mid-50s. this afternoon, warmer than yesterday.

. >> it is my understanding the only item which can talk about or consider is the taximeter fare increase or wait time or traffic delay. i want to ask my fellow directors -- we can either approve the item today or wait for staff to come back with a motion to approve the drug trade. what is your general feeling? director oka: first of all, thank you, mr. chairman. i have heard from almost every member of the taxi industry over the last less than a week, and everybody -- i have heard all your voices. believe me, this is going to be good when we finally put it to work. i am ready to vote on this today, but i know the it is a complicated and complex thing to look at. i will move the item, and if people want to do whatever, i will move the item. >> you are prepared to address it today? director heinicke: i said we should hear from members of the community who have come to address this so that they have maybe something to shoot at, and i will make up my mind after we have heard from them. my inclination would be to hold this over so that we can hear it all as a package. as you mentioned, we can

but things are not the best right now, fareed.ean, the security situation, law and order is not in the best shape. people do not feel secure. they are buying guns to protect themselves. so there's this sense of angst which obviously has great impact on the economy. the economy is bust. cyr voe investment, inflation, budget deficit, lack of tourism. and then add to that that there is no clear road map, where are we heading? what kind of state or regime are we going to have? is it a presidential system? is it a parliamentary system? when will we have a new constitution? when is the presidential election? so it's a total opaque situation coupled with economic deterioration. >> so where does this leave egypt in the sense that you have announced that you will run for the presidency. can you start a campaign? >> i can't even start a campaign. there is no law which says how -- you know, how you run a campaign, how you raise funds, for example. there is no deadline, when you officially can become a candidate. i think they talk about three

. >> let's agree on something, fareed za fareed zakaria are enormously known in the region.ody thinks th s thas that je advice is going to pop up. >> you brought up the tahrir square business. >> michael, i was listening to it. i was here. here's the larger point, what we are saying there is an arc of history and there is movement in a particular direction. and while we don't have any illusions about where we'll end up, and we understand iran and what has happened in afghanistan time and time again, what we're saying, positioning our foreign policy no longer behind the tyrants but in front of the popular movement that george w. bush articulated. that makes sense. i'll give you the last couple seconds. you obviously thing i'm wrong. tell me why. >> i think bush is wrong. clinton was wrong. this guy is wrong. it's just not going to happen in the way you think it's going to happen, sir. even if it did, if we had democracy from more taina to jordan, those democracies would have to reflect popular opinion. what you would have is the greatest anti-israeli movement than you've seen

>>mark: there's a new fare policy that will automatically raise fares at regular intervals for the next decade. the first change takes effect august 1st. and send increase. the new tenured policy will increase it every two-three intervals. a reevaluation of the agency's finances as mandated before any increases will take effect. these the writers. >> reporter: these are some of the writers that were i ec transit on a daily basis. there is 2 under and 36,000 folks there right ac transit around on me that. and, you can talk about the fare increases and it seems like every couple of months we hear about them. it is ac transit's term. i talked to a writer this morning at the time which is foreign to her for them to pay the extra money. bamut is crazy, we already give enough money. >> the configured sub fleet out, make the transfers last longer. >> reporter: the fare increases will not take affect until august 1st. the folks that ride these buses on a daily basis is already hurting them. we will be back as kron4 news continues. >> reporter: can welcome back to kron4 news it. we are getting c

fareed, as always, thank you so much for being here.simplest way to think about it i think is we don't realize what the unemployment rate is. we think we have about 7 million people unemployed. actually, if you take into account the people who have stopped looking for work and you take into account the people who have part-time jobs and these part-time jobs pay on average $19,000, which is half the median wage, so if you put all that together, you have 24 million people unemployed. this is almost close to great depression levels of unemployment. what unemployment does is outside of the fact that it means you have fewer tax, all your budgets get screwed up at the state level, the personal tragedy of unemployment is that you lose these people. this becomes a lost generation because they lose skills, they lose work habits. they kind of get lost to society. >> let me summarize it this way. there's a corrosive effect to our society. we have 20-plus million unemployed. then as you point out, all the presumptions about the federal budget are c

they have refused any fare that is not good enough for them or paid in cash. and unwilling to wash or change out of their pajamas before going to work. and taxi drivers refuse to respond to radio calls because they're on their way to or from the airport or unwilling to leave downtown. if you want the public to what is the events as the taxi, look at the mirror. you have to look for a part of the solution to the problem. that may be so, but i have worked in private businesses my entire life. [chime] the way you and improve the quality of employees and the workmanship is to increase pay and working conditions. neither of which this panel is doing. >> good afternoon. and then if you don't help us, next time i'll ask credit-card customers to bring me eggs and oranges. >> in this country, everybody has the rights. we are driving cabs, perhaps altogether. could you list for us what rights we have? we only have the right to family and kids. i beg of you to not raise the price. >> if there are people in room 408 or in the southport that wish to address the board, coul

there may be fares to pick up. there may be somebody who needs a cab and does not know where to find a bus. i would appreciate it if you could work out something in the legislation that gives some dispensation to cabdrivers, especially on the weekends, when more and more people have time on their hands. maybe they need to attend a business meeting and have time on their hands before or after their events starts. i hope you can take that into consideration. >> can you give the board a little more background on why we are doing? >> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board, mr. ford. this is the third year that we are doing a pilot. the last year you may remember the reported back and it was pretty successful. the muni travel times on the 39 bus decrease significantly, and the writer ship has gone up almost double. the level of congestion in the entire area has decreased significantly because now there is no incentive for a line of vehicles cued up on telegraph boulevard to get up to the top of the parking area

. >> air fares are shooting up and that doesn't seem to be grounding passengers. airline fuel coasts are up 48 percent and on average. airlines have hiked their fares 7 times . >> they are struggling with those fuel prices. >> space shuttle endeavor started its journey after undocking from the international space station. endeavor's crew of six enjoyed a victory lap around the station. the astronauts spent more than len days there. nasa expects endeavor to return on wednesday morning. the ship will head to a museum in los angeles. atlantis by the way will fly the space shuttle program's final mission coming up in july. >> that will truly be an end of an era. >> we'll talk about things on terra firma. >> wind and coolie. >> we saw the forecast. >> it looks like it will continue. this is the unusual start of summer. >> supposed to be. we have pretty clouds to show you. how is that for memorial day . emeryville. we are looking a higher clouds and sunshine around the bay. if you can stand the gusty on shore winds. temperatures cooler than yesterday and sierra nevada,