the updated ground transportation management system will provide real time tracking of our taxi and ground transportation operators on the airport property, as well as replace existing end of life automated vehicle, identification system and it will provide for an inner face than we currently have with the other agencies regulating these businesses, and the gtms project is critical at the airport as we have over 10,000 permitted ground transportation vehicles. and those vehicles generate 13.5 million dollars, in annual revenue. currently, the revenue lost from failures in the existing system are estimated at about 1.5 million dollars annually. and the original contract with transcar was the result of the competitive request for proposal process and the proposed amendments are necessary to update our current system. the budget analyst recommends approval with a few amendments to the resolution that the airport agreed with and if approved, i will get the revised resolution to the clerk's office this afternoon. i would be happy to answer questions. >> thank you. >> supervisor campos. >> thank

professional services agreement and design and develop install and maintain an integrated ground transportation and taxi management system between trans core pursuant to charter section . >> colleagues any discussion on this item or do we need a role call vote? supervisor campos. >> thank you this is an item that came before the budget and finance committee and it's a contract at the airport i raised concerns at the budget committee and so we'll be voting against that today. thank you. >> all right. any further comments? seeing none same house -- oh, roll call vote madam clerk. >> tang aye weiner aye yee aye supervisor avalos avalos no supervisor breed aye supervisor campos no, supervisor cohen aye supervisor farrell aye supervisor kim kim aye supervisor mar aye. mar aye. >> there are 8 ayes and 2 2 2 noes. >> this resolution shall be adopted. >> item 23 a resolution for installation of subsurface tie backs at 923 if at 923 fulsom street development project. >> without objection this resolution is adopted. supervisor avalos. >> thank you madam clerk i'd like to rescind the vote on item number 7

matching the 200 underground trains people will monitor the trains by the above ground lights colleagues this is the transportation spine of san francisco and one of the most important streets it is deserving of improved treatment compared to what it is today that's why we're moving forward with the better street market plan as the supply moves forward the light rail will build awareness for the 0 future improvements on market street 24 installation was conceived and advanced by the arts that is the same organization be responsible for the beautiful light bay lights on the bay bridge which the m t c approved or answered into an mou to make that installation on the bay bridge permanent this project will be opportunity and maintained for private funds in he and the city will not be responsible for the installation or maintenance slaegz colleagues we'll be hearing more first from the public works and then from ben davies from the arts. >> and good afternoon, supervisors i'm the city person from public works this project was into our office i have - sorry. >> take your time. >> all right. all right. thank you again, t

return to the theme of the airlines, what we'll see is a rebound in both vehicle miles and transportation on the ground and in the air. historical standards, up 8-11% in the next year. to the max is - airlines are holding on to airlines and pricing. we'll see impressive transport number games rebounding to places like orlando and other places where people travel. >> it's interesting to watch for the weeks and months to come. i appreciate the expertise. thank you both >>> a programme note before rapping this up. fracking has been part of the global energy debate. why is it so controversial. join us for a 3-part series. how it affect drought-stricken california. that is storm at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5 pacific >>> others event coming up in "the week ahead" on monday. china begins to build a waterway promote in nicaragua, estimated to cost $50 billion, and expected to rival the pan amma canal. -- panama canal. tuesday - elections for kashmir and another area controlled by india, but claimed by pakistan. exit polls reveal a record turnout. >> orth dox and other eastern right christians celebrate the holiday o

unions called for a strike on monday which would ground strikes, stop public transportations and shut schools and public services. it is in retaliation for the austerity policies. >> this used to be an industrial heartland with coal mines and steelworks. most of the factories closed half a century ago. nowadays, it is one of the poorest parts of belgium with high unemployment. >> this construction company on the outskirts of the town, is an example of how the region is trying to diversify economically. it makes blast furnaces and employs 50 people. the factory is not working during the general strike. the managers expect traffic chaos, so they prefer to remain closed for the day. the technical director says he can see both points of view, the governments and the trade unions. >> i am, between the two, like everyone, i would like to work less. i would like to have a pension. the truth lies between the two. >> belgium's government which took office two months ago is trying to tackle the huge national debt and plans to raise the state's pension age from 65 to 67 and scrap a pay rise due

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in december, at the board of supervisors and the transportation plans and programs committee, moving on transbay, transit center celebrated an above ground milestone to first deal that was put in place and i was pleased to join the celebration this month to celebrate the progress being made on that project and in addition, the focus on the future conference happened, which is the annual meeting of the sales tax county, and the projects like transbay, a major capitol projects that the voters are improving and helping us to implement those up and down the state. and those are hosted in santa clara and linking transportation through the future through technology and on the new way and innovative ways of managing the system, including the development of the managed lanes on the freeway network. we did hear from secretary, brian kelley and the members of the california department of transportation as well as many other panelists to talk about the different ways that the counties and cities are delivering projects and engaging the public to insure the public ininvolvement early on and the major infrastructure plans such as high speed rail and

clean technology attorney and i also have extensive back ground in construction law, including public works and i understand that the transportation, technology very deeply and i understand the energy efficiency issues deeply and i understand the risk management and the business operations such as i believe that we can provide the useful oversight to insure that the brt process is efficiently and effectively played out for the benefit of the richmond district residents, as well as the whole of the city thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> and any other candidates? thank you. >> there is open up for public comment, is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. i see no comments from my colleagues, i wanted to speak in favor of parsons to continue as a member of the cac and i thank jason for his advocacy within the richmond and all of the organizations that he has been involved in, but i think that we have a stellar member of the cac parsons and not only with his awareness that bicycling for middle schoolers at roosevelt and other middle schools but also with the senior, mob

ground. they said they have not not transported any patients and they don't know whether anyone was in a home. this is a tragic situation just north of washington, d.c. in gaithersburg, maryland. we believe it was coming in on a landing approach to the air park when it went down in a neighborhood there just outside of the airport and it is not known about anybody on the ground. >> thank you so much, tom costello. we'll bring you more as we have details. stay with us right here on msnbc. >>> a british invasion of the royal kind is taking the country by storm. you can see the duchess of cambridge is in harlem kicking off the high profile tour of the u.s. they had a private fund-raiser last night, but on the first full day here, prince william addressed the world bank on combatting the wildlife trafficking and one of the big causes after meeting with president obama at the white house. we will show you that in a moment. kate stayed in new york where she visited a childhood development center in harlem where we find the royal expert camilla who joins me by phone. that's where the world couple is

indonesia's acting director of general transportation saying a minlt before ground control lost contact the pilot asked to change his route and increase altitude to avoid clouds in the area. forecasters say powerful storms including showers and hail were in the plane's path. here is a timeline of the flight. it left indonesia sunday morning around 5:35 local time. indonesian air traffic cholesterolers lost contact with the plane at 7:24 a.m. their time. they con if i wered that. the flight was scheduled to land in singapore at 8:30 a.m. local time. there are 162, as i mentioned, individuals on board. most indonesian. 155 passengers including 16 children and one infant. there are two pilots and five crew members on board. relatives of passengers on the missing flight mh 370 that disappeared nine months ago expressed sympathy to the members of the air asia flight. a man whose mother was on mh 370 said he understands how they feel. another person saying he wished for a miracle for the families of those on board the air asia flight. let's now go to kelly kobaya from the london bureau. >> in

grounding of boeing 787 fleet. according to a new report by the national transportation safety board.investigating the fleet after a fire at boston's airport and another incident in japan. safety board investigated the boston up so suggested for the first time that manufacturing flaws caused the fact that allowed the battery cell to fail. >> to is the season for giving back. today is giving tuesday. creating a national day of giving at the start of the holiday season. it is meant to be a charitable response. >> chicago city council has voted 44-5 to raise the city's minimum wage to $13 an hour by the year 2019. >> girl scout cookies are going to be sold on line for the first time. troops in chicago in northwest indiana will actually not be taking part in that. >> major internal database overhaul. >> could implemented in january of 2016. you have to buy them when they're standing outside of the grocery store. >> the chicago bears tried to get over their disaster in detroit and prepare for the cowboys visit to soldier field on thursday. >> we leave you with music. they've never been fur

transportation law. south korea's capital, seoul, may ban the ride sharing service on grounds it's unsafe and competes with licensed taxi services. uber also announced today its users in new york city must pay a $2 surcharge when they book a yellow cab with uber's service. >>> governor brown today kept up with the christmas eve tradition. today he pardoned 105 people who had been convicted of minor drug offenses, completing their sentences decades ago. all of them are posted online. in each notice, brown says each person is now living an honest and upright life. a pardon does not expunge a conviction but it does restore certain rights such as serving on a jury. one man who had been pardoned says good people make mistakes and should be allowed to make u-turns. he now has that opportunity. >>> a lot more to bring you this christmas eve. >> there will always be this divide in the neighborhood. >> one woman's crusade on the streets and her fight to provide a home for local teenager. >>> also one of the state's preeminent conservationists. we are going to go on a stroll of john muir's trail through martinez. >>

transportation law. south korea's capital seoul may ban uber on grounds that it's unsafe and competes with licensed taxiernment will also reward more than $900 to people who provide information on uber's services. uber will fully cooperate with the government's investigation. however, the ride-sharing service believes its service is legal. >>> george h.w. bush is still in the hospitaltonight, as a precaution he's being kept there. the 90-year-old former president is spending christmas eve under observation in a houston hospital. he was admitted yesterday after experiencing shortness of breath. a family spokesman said tonight the former president had a good day and his prognosis remains positive. >>> pope francis celebrated christmas eve with mass at st. peter's basilica, just days after taking his staff to task for a laundry list of sins. he told the faithful that the world needs some tenderness and warmth. the service launches the 72-weeks for the pontiff. he gives the christmas day speech, followed by new year's eve in the 2015 greetings. in january he traveled to sri lanka and the philippines for a w

already very familiar with the transportation alternatives and families for safe streets but it was my first opportunity to actually see what the advocates do on the ground to really push, new york city's policies moving forward. and also the incredible network and those who have lost the members of the family to vehicle collision and how powerful their testimony was both this vision, forward. and just want to recognize that we had a large con ent and we had commaederer from sfpd and we had several including john knox white, and megan wier, also presented and we had members of the pedestrian, safety, advisory committee, and bike coalition and walk sf and china town, and senior disability, action and central city, sro collaborativive. and just a couple of take aways that i had and i know that norman is going to share some of his i was impressed by their work on the city drivers in particular and both are the large vehicles, but any city employee that drives in new york city. and it is something that i think that san francisco should model itself after and use some of their curriculum, and they have the tracking devices on all of the vehicles and the track

transportation. supervisor kim and supervisor wiener. i wanted to give one acknowledgment to the mayor's office, trying to find some parity, some common ground on the best way to solve this problem. also wanted to encourage folks who are watching at home and just to be mindful it's my commitment to you that everything that we are doing has transparency and sometimes that is more difficult than not to actually be able to honor and to perform. so this hearing, supervisor kim, is definitely the right step -- step in the right direction and look forward to hearing this item. >> thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. and so we do have several presenters here today. and i will be listing the order in which they will be presenting. first ryan dykes from transbay joint powers authority and lisa fisher an urban planner with aecom to talk about lessons learned with high-speed rail and casey francen will present from caltrain and we have dave couch from caltrain as well and then ben from california high-speed rail will be the final presenter. and i just wanted to mention again because i sit under two hats, under my hat as chair of transbay joint p

ground contact this afternoon. meteorologists say it appears there were thunderstorms in the area where the plane disappeared. an indonesia transport official says the plane was an airbus 2300. air asia has released a statement that "search-and- rescue operations are in progress." initial reports indicate no americans were on board. >>> tonight's disappearance comes less than ten months after malaysia airlines flight 370 vanished after leading kuala lumpur for beijing. 239 people were on board. a search of 1.8 million square foot of ocean so far and floor on the indian ocean has turned up nothing. >> we'll continue to monitor developments on that miss plane. >>> going new york and the funeral for one of two officers gunned down in the line of duty. ♪[ music ]♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me ♪ >> officers saluting the flag- draped casket of officer rafael ramos as its carried ouv of a new york church. there was a helicopter flyover before his family was presented with that flag. ramos and his fellow officer wenjian liu were ambished last week. dignitaries described that slain officer as a brave husband and officer. dan bowens bringin

national airspace system is to facilitate the transition to next gen air traffic transportation system. currently the ground-based radar system is the foundation of national airspace systems. next gen will allow on g.p.s. satellites that are nor accurate than ground-based radars. it will include a transition from radio voice recognition to one similar to the mobile phone service. this transition will enable air traffic controllers to re-establish air traffic control services much more quickly after this type of disaster. i urge my colleagues to join me in commending the f.a.a.'s response team on a job well done and to support the president's request for full funding for implementing next gen in the 114th congress. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. bilirakis, for five minutes. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate it very much. mr. speaker, i rise today to talk about the 30 million americans who suffer from a rare disease. one in so, mr. speaker, 10% of the country suffers from a rare d