. >> i guess mta i can't speak for them. >> okay. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, captain. >> does the police department charge cost recovery for example, when we hopefully, will have many more world series parades. >> no that's why this is one of the example the world series playoffs. >> the city absorbs that. >> for the chinese new year's prayed does the police department get cost recovery for an event does the police department get cost recovery from the chinese new year prayed and not that i know of. >> and similar large events along the fema theme of accurate information to the public and not leaving the public to building this is some sort of aberration but large days that are happening but not the case that the police department i think the same is true for rerouting for mta achieving other cost recovery for fence or close to cost recovery and given special treatment to the host committee not the case thank you, captain. >> so next, we have sfmta i see tom maguire i believe candice here as well to speak on the cost estimate that will

>> thank you, we have chad here and the senior, transportation planner and we have john, white from mta as well. good morning, and chad, with the transportation, authority and we have just one request for allocations today and that is $170,000 from the sfmta for the prop k funds for the support and the development of a 20 month, bike safety, and out reach, program, it includes, elbility and specifically for bike, safety and out reach, practice mz in the bike category. and there are $170,000 is just a portion of the over all, 2.3, million available in the bike category. in the passed, the authority has allocated funds to the sfmta for the classes and the workday events and, out reach, promotional and effort and with this round, sfmta is going forward with a new approach and will issue a request for proposals with the respond goals put together by the sfmta. the program will have three tiers, the largest will be a city wide event and maybe, soming similar to what we have had in the past and in san francisco, as the bike to workday, and a little tooir tier that is less frequent, the issues

maguire a clarifying question because the mta is povshl looking at a temporary program the temporary program has to be retroactive until february 1st isn't that correct. >> i don't know. >> you could not do a program you retroactive a program until february 1st i mean for example, you have brought to us leasing leases asking for retroactive to bring the approvals of applications and other things asking for a retroactive start date even though a program starred and even though a lease started even though you've move forward and so i i guess i'm trying to understand this is a same concept if this is probable when we are talking about specifically about the possibility of a temporary program is doing retroactiving making it retroactive to the start of month even though it is being passed over after the most is started i guess is that possible to do. >> the services that you are the fees we collect in the pilot residents from the programs are pagan for we'll not be able to provide those services so we couldn't fund the pcos and great white zones we'll do those operational things that we

maguire a clarifying question because the mta is povshl looking at a temporary program the temporary program has to be retroactive until february 1st isn't that correct. >> i don't know. >> you could not do a program you retroactive a program until february 1st i mean for example, you have brought to us leasing leases asking for retroactive to bring the approvals of applications and other things asking for a retroactive start date even though a program starred and even though a lease started even though you've move forward and so i i guess i'm trying to understand this is a same concept if this is probable when we are talking about specifically about the possibility of a temporary program is doing retroactiving making it retroactive to the start of month even though it is being passed over after the most is started i guess is that possible to do. >> the services that you are the fees we collect in the pilot residents from the programs are pagan for we'll not be able to provide those services so we couldn't fund the pcos and great white zones we'll do those operational things that we

>> thank you, we have chad here and the senior, transportation planner and we have john, white from mta as well. good morning, and chad, with the transportation, authority and we have just one request for allocations today and that is $170,000 from the sfmta for the prop k funds for the support and the development of a 20 month, bike safety, and out reach, program, it includes, elbility and specifically for bike, safety and out reach, practice mz in the bike category. and there are $170,000 is just a portion of the over all, 2.3, million available in the bike category. in the passed, the authority has allocated funds to the sfmta for the classes and the workday events and, out reach, promotional and effort and with this round, sfmta is going forward with a new approach and will issue a request for proposals with the respond goals put together by the sfmta. the program will have three tiers, the largest will be a city wide event and maybe, soming similar to what we have had in the past and in san francisco, as the bike to workday, and a little tooir tier that is less frequent, the issues

the mta and the fire departments. next step is for them to do the engine template, which is scheduled for, i believe, this friday. they're going to go out and actually do that. so, we are very close to agreeing on those templates. when i pulled up any plans. were still using the templates we've always used and is a question that's arisen we go out and do an actual contest to make sure we can physically fit. that's not holding anything up or moving forward the new templates with mta to be a much smoother process with that covers. >> thank you for that. >> any other questions or comments? commissioner hardeman >> i don't expect firefighters to be with to carry people down ladders. the only reason i mention that is you would be shocked, the times i've heard that since i've been a commissioner.. people is somebody able to carry me down the ladder. that's a true statement. i don't expect it personally, but for that comment the members of the public. so i just want tell you why i said that. >> can recall the next item, plea

>> thank you, we have chad here and the senior, transportation planner and we have john, white from mta as well. good morning, and chad, with the transportation, authority and we have just one request for allocations today and that is $170,000 from the sfmta for the prop k funds for the support and the development of a 20 month, bike safety, and out reach, program, it includes, elbility and specifically for bike, safety and out reach, practice mz in the bike category. and there are $170,000 is just a portion of the over all, 2.3, million available in the bike category. in the passed, the authority has allocated funds to the sfmta for the classes and the workday events and, out reach, promotional and effort and with this round, sfmta is going forward with a new approach and will issue a request for proposals with the respond goals put together by the sfmta. the program will have three tiers, the largest will be a city wide event and maybe, soming similar to what we have had in the past and in san francisco, as the bike to workday, and a little tooir tier that is less frequent, the issues

meanwhile, the fdny says if they see a problem, they'll notify the mta to discuss solutions. pei-sze chang, news 4 new york. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, a brand new i-team investigation about food deliveries to your door. the i-team's chris glorioso first discovered mystery kitchens posted online, serving up meals with fake addresses and no permits. they promised reform, but that i have delivered? we investigate and find a new way some are gaming the system. york after the golden globes. speaking of, live coverage of the golden globes begins with a first-look special at 6:00 and the awards start at 8:00. >> you can keep track of the winners and the unscripted moments on our website at nbcnewyork.com. just click on the entertainment tab. >>> coming up next on this sunday morning, busted. a major break in a jewelry heist investigation across the south. okay. so right n, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." well, because there's never been a better time to get a great deal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 me

maguire a clarifying question because the mta is povshl looking at a temporary program the temporarybe retroactive until february 1st isn't that correct. >> i don't know. >> you could not do a program you retroactive a program until february 1st i mean for example, you have brought to us leasing leases asking for retroactive to bring the approvals of applications and other things asking for a retroactive start date even though a program starred and even though a lease started even though you've move forward and so i i guess i'm trying to understand this is a same concept if this is probable when we are talking about specifically about the possibility of a temporary program is doing retroactiving making it retroactive to the start of month even though it is being passed over after the most is started i guess is that possible to do. >> the services that you are the fees we collect in the pilot residents from the programs are pagan for we'll not be able to provide those services so we couldn't fund the pcos and great white zones we'll do those operational things that we the mta bears to

>> that is the questions news4 posed to mayor de blasio today after the mta said it may have to shut down the service for more than a year. line facing major service disruptions. andrew siff joins us now with the city's response. >> reporter: yeah, chuck, a lot of head aches to go around. this is a major line because there are no backup plans. if you live in williamsburg or parts of green point, the l is your only way by train to get the manhattan. without it people are extremely worried. for l train commuters, a frightening scenario. possibly no service to manhattan for months or even years. >> it's going to be nuts. >> too much for us. how much can we really take? >> reporter: and for n train commuter, no service at 19 stops for 14 months so crumbling stations can get renovations. news4 took commuter worry to the top asking the mayor about contingency plans, even though the state runs the mta. >> and if we feel the state is the riders with we'll address that. >> reporter: so far the mta hasn't said what it will do to help nearly 300,000 people who rely on the l. >> it's going to be

we took a look at subway stats.com which uses the mta data. the light blue line shows service across all lines over the last 30 days. sometimes it's operating at 75 percent. much more erratic is the purple line. this is the 7 train subway service and there are five major outages in this almost two, three week period. it's not your imagine delays are more frequent, but albert is hopeful new ideas will cut down on delays this year, including plans to shorten announcements, to get trains out faster and to add mta personnel to critical hotspots. >> we'll have platform conductors to move people along and to make the conductors close the doors quicker. there's a host of things that make delays less. >> reporter: our insiders at the mta tell us there's a real effort to address the problem at the agency. the introduction of the program fast track a few years ago that shuts down sections of the line for consecutive nights, but they say clearly they have to review what is working here. the inconvenience has been worth the results. ernie: thank you for t

at a community meeting an mta representative was grilled by local leaders. >> explain to us what the problem is. >> basically the problem is we have sandy repairs we have to make in every tube. it's really what we have to look at to do. and that's really all i'm going to say right now. >> reporter: the crowd didn't like that answer. >> their response is totally unacceptable. there's no explanation at all. >> reporter: this woman owns a coffee and sandwich shop in williamsburg. she was ready to expand to a second location. but now she's reconsidering. >> if the l-train is shutting down, i won't have any customers. sections over several years. another, a total shutdown of the l between brooklyn and manhattan for over a year. >> it's pretty horrible. >> well, we're talking an extra hour commute every day. >> reporter: the mta says none of this would happen for several years. they say they'll be talking to the community before they make any decisions. >>> work is ready to get underway in jersey city on a skyscraper that would make manhattan proud. china overseas corporation is building t

. >>> in brooklyn, the next 14 months, the mta will be making m line. that means riders trying to get to manhattan will have to find a different stop to take. borough park. >> a big change and major inconvenience for the 50,000 commuters that ride the line every day. the mta says this is necessary because it will allow them to do renovation work that is long overdue. here is a look the at nine subway stations that will close on the manhattan bound n line from 8th avenue in sunset park to 86th street in bensonhurst. the next 14 months the mta plans to give the closed stations a new look by installing new windows, doors and floors and replacing them and installing a new communication system, wheelchair ramps and elevators will be added to some of those stops. now, the mta first announced the plans to close the stations in 2014 trying to give commuters fair warning but some commuters are convinced the that is being a bit ambitious in believing it can get all the work done in 14 months. it's ridiculous. 14 months no manhattan pound service. that means 17 mo

appreciate your commitment and leadership on this and partnership with the mta. so per the information that is included there is a lot of detail in the vision zero quarterly progress report across all aspects of vision zero action strategy, but with regards to the policy priorities you'll see a deeper-dive, if you will on some of the work that we're doing as it relates to advancing policy changes in particular starting to build support in awareness for the commitment included in the action strategy to advance support for state authorization for automated safety enforcement and i do appreciate the comments of chair kim, with regards to the challenge that we faced to be successful in that regard. but we are 100% committed. and i think we're starting to see traction with some of our other city partners. including city likes the city of san josÉ, that have adopting advancing ase as their priority no. 1 for city transportation. for the work that they have gone to take a deep-dive in-depth review of practices and lessons learned from other jurisdictions, so when we are

to shape the city's future but for considering a career with the city and county of san francisc >> mta and parking commission ms. bloomer commissioner singh commissioner borden director heinecke director ramos director rubke mr. chairman director we have quorum item 3 electronic devices. any person responsible for disruption may be asked to leave the room. set cell phones on vibrate, the vibration could cause an interruption in the proceedings. please note that cells cause trefrnsz item 4 approval of the minutes and motion to >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. so okay under communication let's talk about a lot about of rearranging of the situation due to a closed session at a certain 7, 8, 9 i'll proposing we go through the would hear from the introduction of new unfinished business and he is director's report for special recognition then we will postpone public comment and consent until after the call consent after that and item 12 then the closed session so something on a short break while we will do the closed session 10 or 15 minutes. >> mr. chairman item 12

>> thank you, we have chad here and the senior, transportation planner and we have john, white from mta as well. good morning, and chad, with the transportation, authority and we have just one request for allocations today and that is $170,000 from the sfmta for the prop k funds for the support and the development of a 20 month, bike safety, and out reach, program, it includes, elbility and specifically for bike, safety and out reach, practice mz in the bike category. and there are $170,000 is just a portion of the over all, 2.3, million available in the bike category. in the passed, the authority has allocated funds to the sfmta for the classes and the workday events and, out reach, promotional and effort and with this round, sfmta is going forward with a new approach and will issue a request for proposals with the respond goals put together by the sfmta. the program will have three tiers, the largest will be a city wide event and maybe, soming similar to what we have had in the past and in san francisco, as the bike to workday, and a little tooir tier that is less frequent, the issues

appreciate your commitment and leadership on this and partnership with the mta. so per the information that is included there is a lot of detail in the vision zero quarterly progress report across all aspects of vision zero action strategy, but with regards to the policy priorities you'll see a deeper-dive, if you will on some of the work that we're doing as it relates to advancing policy changes in particular starting to build support in awareness for the commitment included in the action strategy to advance support for state authorization for automated safety enforcement and i do appreciate the comments of chair kim, with regards to the challenge that we faced to be successful in that regard. but we are 100% committed. and i think we're starting to see traction with some of our other city partners. including city likes the city of san josÉ, that have adopting advancing ase as their priority no. 1 for city transportation. for the work that they have gone to take a deep-dive in-depth review of practices and lessons learned from other jurisdictions, so when we are

the mta said 7 of 12 branches would be back by 5:00 a.m. yesterday but it scaled back expectations after switches froze over night. >> every e-mail i got said canceled, canceled, canceled. then they said after 7:00 and then 7:30. >> thousands of people stood confused on crowded platforms in the morning trying to squeeze into delayed trains, shuttled from stations where training weren't running at all. >> governor cuomo said it could have been smoother. >> we had trouble and we knew there would be trouble on some of the lines. >> reporter: we saw a train whiz by earlier so fingers crossed the morning commute will be smoother. andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >>> up next some of the other headlines making the news this morning including the planned parenthood scandal. >> also this morning, 911 calls played in court yesterday as the trial of a new york city police officer begins that's accused of shooting an unarmed man in a >> left out in the cold. why some people holding broadway tickets from last weekend won't get to see the show. >> weather wise

juliet: the mta is not a fan of cover boards. they are concerned so they are warning writers not to bring them on the train , bus or anything else. the new band goes into effect. if you have taken a ride on a new york city subway, you've seen rides to limit beauty in high dream beauty . now they are asking people to limit the use of her boards. >> we have already banned personal wheeled vehicles. they are already banned . the natural thing would be to be in the hover boards. >> they are banned on sub- waves, subway stations, buses , metro-north, staten island and access a ride. this is something appreciate. >> go with the safety factor. they are blowing up . i feel like kids have so much leisure with them. >> people should find a way to enjoy them other places. hover boards are banned by amtrak and other airlines. passenger safety is the top concern. >> using a wheeled vehicle especially motorized , on a platform and near a plane however boards , especially. >> anything involving hazardous material is already prohibited inside th

in the late '70s, the mta closed some entrances because of declining ridership and to prevent crime. but now more than 6.2 million people on a single day calls to reopen the entrances are growing louder. >> what if something happened and everyone is trying to escape. >> here's the fire code. one of the most important ones in the whole code says you cannot block, lock or bar exits. >> glen teaches fire science at the college and says it's a question of safety. >> these exits should be maids available again to meet the criteria of allow people a choice of getting away from something. saying there are building mandated to have a certain number of exhibits. if you have up to 500 people, the build code requires up to at some stations there is only one means of exiting, a clear violation of national fire protection standards which says two means of egress remote from each other shall be provided from each station platform. >> there are normal subway stations, they're vulnerable and easy targets. >> this former commissioner says multiple exits are needed now more than ever. >> you're really

finally you asked for details about the costs so here is a detailed overview i think that will cost mta $2.3 million that is a little bit different than this the nukes you may have seen a, week or so we continue to define those for the most up to date so approximately $1.2 million update that for the cost estimates the $2.3 million is breakdown is the increased muni service the additional buses and operators that will be paying for not only bring people into downtown but maintain the reliability of every neighborhood in the city $700,000 for parking control officers who have both congestion and safety roll in and around downtown and a little bit left turn $200,000 for consumption to the customers that's an important part to make sure that everyone that needs to use the system whether their driving or riding menu muni or a bike for the materials online and the physical ambassadors on the buses to get to every muni rider and again as the previous speaker said the super bowl is a large events one of the many special events we put on each year in san francisco part of our budget there are o

maguire a clarifying question because the mta is povshl looking at a temporary program the temporary program has to be retroactive until february 1st isn't that correct. >> i don't know. >> you could not do a program you retroactive a program until february 1st i mean for example, you have brought to us leasing leases asking for retroactive to bring the approvals of applications and other things asking for a retroactive start date even though a program starred and even though a lease started even though you've move forward and so i i guess i'm trying to understand this is a same concept if this is probable when we are talking about specifically about the possibility of a temporary program is doing retroactiving making it retroactive to the start of month even though it is being passed over after the most is started i guess is that possible to do. >> the services that you are the fees we collect in the pilot residents from the programs are pagan for we'll not be able to provide those services so we couldn't fund the pcos and great white zones we'll do those operational things that we

the mta first announced the plans to close the station in fair warning. some commuters are convinced the mta is being a bit ambitious in believing it can get everything done in 14 months. >> it's ridiculous. 14 months no manhattan bound service. 14 months it will be 17 months, closer to 20 months and then they will flip it around. it's a mess. manhattan side is done, then it will switch over to the brooklyn bound side. essentially we are talking about a more than two years project that it will take them that long to get both sides done. it will be an inconvenience for commuters but the mta says the commuters will enjoy the difference once everything is complete. live in brooklyn, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray, thank you. >>> passengers were evacuated after a power outage shut down all air trains at newark airport last night. a port authority spokesperson said the system lost power about three hours. buses were used to shuttle folks but many were stuck on trains for a long time. a florida woman stuck on a train spoke to us and shared her v

the scope of work includes 19 but and pedestrian bulbouts and mta has been working on this for the last several months and working to complete, engineering and working closely with the supervisor's office and with the public and also with cal transto come up with the design recommendations and integrate the feedback into the designs complicated as far as the number of agencies and there is a high level of enter agency, coordination and design and environmental and cost, estimates and construction. and so that is something that has been able to be advanced with the funds, and the prop k, funds are levelling as i mentioned the regional acting transportation grant and the general obligation bonds for the construction phase and it is an advertise indicated to be done this summer. >> the next project is the kearny street, for transit and performance and bike facilities and the project, limits are on kearny and montgomery from market to broad way and from washington to clay. sfmta has reviewed, existing conditions and has been putting together, work for out reach, and plans to do the final re

with that, any questions for myself, the county executives or the mta officials?naudible question ] >> you know, luckily, you're right, it did fall on a weekend. it's a saturday, probably a saturday and a sunday for the storm itself. we'll see what monday brings. we're doing our best to get back to work on monday. the economic damage will be nothing like what we went through in the past. superstorm sandy was horrendous. this is a fraction of that in terms of economics. and we hope, in terms of public safety, it's the same. there will be a cost to the state and to the local governments for the response, the crews that are out there, the overtime people will have to work. but in the scope of things, that is not a major issue. in this circumstance, luckily. [ inaudible question ] well, first, you know, we've had the roads open during the day, but we've said all along, unless it is truly an emergency, you should not be on the road. and i know new yorkers, you know, we're tough, and we think that we can handle anything, and we have a four-wheel drive vehicle, which mea

the scope of work includes 19 but and pedestrian bulbouts and mta has been working on this for the last several months and working to complete, engineering and working closely with the supervisor's office and with the public and also with cal transto come up with the design recommendations and integrate the feedback into the designs complicated as far as the number of agencies and there is a high level of enter agency, coordination and design and environmental and cost, estimates and construction. and so that is something that has been able to be advanced with the funds, and the prop k, funds are levelling as i mentioned the regional acting transportation grant and the general obligation bonds for the construction phase and it is an advertise indicated to be done this summer. >> the next project is the kearny street, for transit and performance and bike facilities and the project, limits are on kearny and montgomery from market to broad way and from washington to clay. sfmta has reviewed, existing conditions and has been putting together, work for out reach, and plans to do the final re

reporter: this is where the lines intersecond before entering manhattan, mta tweeted several pictures showing workers and equipment clearing the snow in time for morning, by 5:00 a.m., mta said you should expect to see 80% of lirr service restored, for latest updates, social mead cra accounts, lidia antwan: thank you. >> a close call to tell you about at newark liberty. christina: faa said a delta aircraft from detroit was sitting on a ramp waiting for a gate whenning it tail was clipped by an empty plane that was being towed no one of hurt. antwan: a live look at jfk airport, hundreds of flights have been cancel for tomorrow, if you plan on flying out, check with your our line first. christina: mayor de blasio called out the sanitation department for not doing a good enough job cleaning up queens. antwan: we have more from glean glendale. reporter: folks have been out, tries to remove the snow, so

that is the promise coming to the mta. it will run from 63rd to 96th streets. an independent review is raising concerns that the work won't be the mta will do everything it can. >>> the growing list of places you cannot take your hoverboards. the mta officially banned them systemwide yesterday. it includes metro-north and the lirr. the agency considers hoverboards a fire hazard. they've been banned by amtrak and most u.s. airlines. >>> the families of three men killed on a metro-north train hit an suv in westchester county have filed lawsuits. that crash happening last february at a railroad crossing in mt. pleasant. five people on that train were killed along with the driver of the suv. the lawsuit accuses of train's engineer of failing to apply the brakes on time. they claim the crossing was poorly designed. >>> president obama's warning about a rising tide of anti-semitism. he did that last night during his visit to the israeli embassy in washington. an american president. the president was there to honor two americans and two polish people who helped save p

we have handy tool that lends us to the mta trip site. i can see the arrival time and when my bus is coming and when it will arrive. that's the beauty. you use buy ticket, use ticket. that's where we are. all right. so one last feature. this matters for people who want to keep track of their purchases. if you click on the bottom at my account, you see the profile here. i can manage my password. i can come into my billing information and any of those pieces but very importantly i can look at my transaction history. in the case that i can requisition my purchase with my employer, this is a great feature where i can come in and see just what i bought. another piece and i will wrap, there is also a website for muni mobile. i will encourage everyone to visit it. on your mobile you can purchase from your home computer and it will show up on your device. for people who have fast fingers, boom, you can do it that way. i will stop there. ed,

steve: the mta warning people to leave the hoverboards at home. the ban started today. dari: audrey puente shows us how the mta is trying to get the word out to commuters. >> reporter: if you've taken a ride on a new yor you've seen ads telling riders to limit beauty and hygiene rituals, save space for others and take your pole routine to a different stage. they're planning a new ad campaign to promote the ban of hoverboards, according to >> for generations we've banned personal wheeled vehicle like skates. the natural progression is to ban the hoverboards. >> they're banned orn >> this is something passengers appreciate. >> you've got to go with the safety factor being they're blowing up and stuff like that. >> i think it's great. i feel like kids have been in so much danger with them. >> people should find a way to enjoy them other places. >> reporter: hoverboards have been banned by amtrak and u.s. airlines. passenger safety is a top concern. >> it was common sense that using a wheeled vehicle, especially a motorized wheeled vehicle on a platform near a train isn't o

we're seeing delays mta buses are running local service only. no express service this morning throughout what i believe will be most of the day. airports, flights canceled into and out of the airport you want to get in touch with your individual carrier, i am sure your flight is not taking off today a lot of flights canceled tomorrow. let's go over to a webcam, show you how things look on 195. that's a good thing. usually you see a lot of cars especially when i'm talking about what's going on with traffic. 195 not a bad ride because we don't have any cars as far as bad rise don't go there unless you absolutely have to, new jersey, mass transit is not an option because it is suspended with new jersey transit trains, buses light rail, again, unless it is an absolute emergency you want to stay home if you can. i'm going to toss it back over to michelle and rob now. >>> i got an update on power outages, trees down, about 100,000 power outages in new jersey, 50,000 in the southern part of the state and 50,000 backup here, evenly split, but power outa

>> we also have with us today mary lee our long time crossing guard working as a crossing gaud for mta for 38 years since 1977 (clapping.) since 1979 assigned to the school and being there for 36 years she's well known to the community as a puny i can't tell and courteous public sirntd with a positive attitude railing members of the commission a shift the commission recognized here and almost every year she's received an award that is a tremendous tremendous feather in the cap she reports 15 minutes earlier four her shift and makes sure that over ask the crows the street safely and for the parents and general public we are happy to have her protecting our vulnerable on the streets. >> on behalf of the board and the mta thank you for your services for 38 years you have family here good; right? >> right. >> (clapping.) >> mr. chair a few other recognized happy to announce that earlier this year the polk street bike way on the awards won the trails project if the bay area section of the american society of civil engineers in addition the city agency will recognize for the caesar chavez st

i would like to thank you, and your aids for working so closely with sfcta and mta staff on developing the skoepz and the projects. it has been, immensely helpful to get the back back early and i would also like to thank, craig who is here today and he is the sfmta coordinator who has been a great co-partner in this. and the project manager, that both the ta and the sfmta and as well as the planning department and received the funds for implementing the two projects and lastly, i would like to thank, tad who will be leaving the transportation authority to join, sfmta staff in a few weeks and so we wish him well at the sathly. >> and we know that we will continue to work with him. >> the program as i will refer to it, so, going forward. in 2014, the transportation, authority board adopted san francisco long range transportation plan, or the san francisco transportation plan, sftp, and advanced the investment for the sftp, and it implementation in the first five years with the adoption of the funding priorities and created the n-tip, program and so what is n-tip and why did we develop it

23e7b9 that included the mcallister park and staff from the rec and park department public works and mta and our transportation authority the groundbreaking kickoff destruction of this safety project that converts 4 lanes into a pedestrian walkway for mcallister park the $7 million project has collaboration and funding resources including the transportation authorities one bay area grant program the vehicle registration and the prop k savings thank you to the ta staff fro organizing the event and all who worked on the project and the bureau ton band that entertained us and feinstein several individuals at the transportation authority for their service thank you to our cca sequence advisory committee my prediction to supervisor tang for the chairing of the plans committee and supervisor avalos for the finance committee and thank you to supervisor kim for our vision zero and leading the work on the transit 2rr8d mobility plan and also see acknowledge former supervisor christensen for her services on the transportation authority and welcome again to commission peskin as we prepare for the h

we want to talk to mta about what the situation is now. adam are you with us? >>> loud and clear. >>> unfortunately the long island railroad -- full service a lot of problems with the line refreezing over night as a result we are saying we can't get service going until at least 7 a.m. this morning. >>> can you tell us -- >> across all branches. >>> can you tell us what the 7 a.m. service will look like? >> honestly not yet we have lines that refroze over night, and we also had problems with trying to position crews and trains in locations with that line station we are working frantically to determine what that service will look like, and it is going to be at least until 7 a.m. until we have service going on the lirr. the best thing you can do is keep checking mta i'm looking at that right now, you'll see changes on there as soon as that occurs. you shouldn't head out to the station until you've seen confirmation. >>> what about bus service where does that stand? subway and bus services operating normally. there are bus routes that have reroutes because of road

the mta will have to be creative in how it gets this done. more at 6:00. report live on the upper west side, dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> police in new jersey have arrested a woman who they say instructed a young boy to steal a cell phone from a restaurant in saddle brook. 37-year-old maya rodriguez is charged with theft and endangering the welfare of a minor. police say she was caught on surveillance video telling a young boy to pick up a phone that someone had accidentally dropped. it happened in the saddle brook mall last sunday. the suspect told police that she mailed the phone to them after all the media coverage of the theft but police say they still have not received it. >>> new numbers show people dying from fires in city are on the decline. the fdny says 2015 had 59 fire deaths, down from 71 the year before. that makes this the second began keeping records in 1916. the city now has ten consecutive years with fewer than 100 fire related deaths. >>> well, a lawmaker in brooklyn says all the lights cameras and actions from film shoots i

votes 3 to one to deny the appeals to the commission is upheld in this case and as you may know the mta will be coming back to you within 6 possess to discuss the redesign the bus short term and have a panning plan how to rehabilitate those trolley poles there was a lot of discussion at that previous hearing two other items more updates one to remind you the cal house is still pend at the board of supervisors with the new year and some discussions with the supervisor were seeking sponsorship of that to move forward to the land use committee the supervisor of that district is interested in a site tour we are trying to arrange the site tour prior to any further discussion and second in 90 second street the board and building is pending another the board of supervisors and again, we're working with the specifies office in this district to seek sponsorship and more information hopefully at the next hearing that conclude any announcements for you unless you have additional questions thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioners, that places you under your amazements you no announcements. >> cons

street corridor something that be proud of thanks to much for watching and tune in next time for >> mta and parking commission ms. bloomer commissioner singh commissioner borden director heinecke director ramos director rubke mr. chairman director we have quorum item 3 electronic devices. any person responsible for disruption may be asked to leave the room. set cell phones on vibrate, the vibration could cause an interruption in the proceedings. please note that cells cause trefrnsz item 4 approval of the minutes and motion to >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. so okay under communication let's talk about a lot about of rearranging of the situation due to a closed session at a certain 7, 8, 9 i'll proposing we go through the would hear from the introduction of new unfinished business and he is director's report for special recognition then we will postpone public comment and consent until after the call consent after that and item 12 then the closed session so something on a short break while we will do the closed session 10 or 15 minutes. >> mr. chairman item 12

>> we also have with us today mary lee our long time crossing guard working as a crossing gaud for mta for 38 years since 1977 (clapping.) since 1979 assigned to the school and being there for 36 years she's well knowno the community as a puny i can't tell and courteous public sirntd with a positive attitude railing members of the commission a shift the commission recognized here and almost every year she's received an award that is a tremendous tremendous feather in the cap she reports 15 minutes earlier four her shift and makes sure that over ask the crows the street safely and for the parents and general public we are happy to have her protecting our vulnerable on the streets. >> on behalf of the board and the mta thank you for your services for 38 years you have family here good; right? >> right. >> (clapping.) >> mr. chair a few other recognized happy to announce that earlier this year the polk street bike way on the awards won the trails project if the bay area section of the american society of civil engineers in addition the city agency will recognize for the caesar chavez stra

>> we also have with us today mary lee our long time crossing guard working as a crossing gaud for mta for 38 years since 1977 (clapping.) since 1979 assigned to the school and being there for 36 years she's well known to the community as a puny i can't tell and courteous public sirntd with a positive attitude railing members of the commission a shift the commission recognized here and almost every year she's received an award that is a tremendous tremendous feather in the cap she reports 15 minutes earlier four her shift and makes sure that over ask the crows the street safely and for the parents and general public we are happy to have her protecting our vulnerable on the streets. >> on behalf of the board and the mta thank you for your services for 38 years you have family here good; right? >> right. >> (clapping.) >> mr. chair a few other recognized happy to announce that earlier this year the polk street bike way on the awards won the trails project if the bay area section of the american society of civil engineers in addition the city agency will recognize for the caesar chavez st

the mta hasn't told them how this will all work. mta officials said they haven't yet decided on the plan to do it. this is because of damage from sandy on the l train between brooklyn and manhattan. it includes a total shutdown of the canarsie 2 for a year and a half. residents say that would be devastating. >> it would massively affect the way people commute to work. i would say most people probably work in manhattan, and i know the business owners are extra concerned about it. >> reporter: and mta officials tell me they haven't finalized any plans yet and this project is still years down the road and they say they'll listen to the we're live inwilliamsburg, news 4. >> thank you. >>> to decision 2016 and the results of a nbc news/wall street journal/marrist poll shows donald trump at 32%. ted cruz at 25%. earlier this month ted cruz was ahead by four points and hillary clinton is neck and neck with bernie sanders in iowa, but new hampshire is a different story. sanders jumped out to a 57% lead over clinton's 38%. earlier this month

the mta is considering shutting down the l train tunnel for at least three years for repairs. cbs 2's life in the east village with the story. sonja? >> reporter: it is a transit nightmare that could become very real. the already crowded l train out of commission between action and brooklyn. riders are getting the bad news today. l service between the boroughs could be shut down or painfully >> i think it's awful. it's awful. i don't know what i'm going to do. >> reporter: the mta says it needs to make repairs to the tunnel under the east river. >> the l train was indicated with hundreds of thousands of gallons of salty water. it flooded into the system during superstorm sandy. >> reporter: the mta hasn't decided yet on a part-time or full-time shut down. 12 at a time or both? it's a couple years away. >> and getting them onto the m training and increasing capacity would be an obvious way to go. also can you get more people to go to queens and change at queens plaza? options. >> i grabbed the l train to hear. it's the first avenue station. if there's no service, i may have to

that said, louis medena says he's putting his faith in the mta. how are you getting to work tomorrow? >> well, hopefully on the railroad. >> reporter: fingers crossed? >> fingers crossed. >> reporter: yep, fingers crossed. hopefully they'll be running. again at this point, we really don't know. and the problem is if the trains are not running, there aren't many alternatives for so many people. it's either drive or stay home, but they do need time to make alternative plans. hopefully we'll get that information at some point this evening. ida siegal, news 4 new york. >>> before we head to break, we'll look at how you spent your snow day. helping daddy dig. this is a cool shot of a father/son moment from ashley. she says every able body pitched in to help dig out. >>> as we said, the blizzard turned into a deadly one with eight snow-related deaths. >> the two in new jersey we three other people died in new york city and three on long island as well. among them, 94-year-old charles watson found outside his home near a snow blower. stacey stacey cheng

i just rea ed out to the mta, but no word yet on when service will be fully restored. we're life in floral park, news4 new york. >> we need some sunshine and 40 >> we're going to have it. but the dilemma is, once we get those 40 degree temperatures, at night we're going subfreezing again. that ices things up for the overnight and early commute. take a look outside right now. slow and steady wins the race, or at least gets you to the finish line. 35 degrees is the current temperature. mostly sunny conditions out there. to what you were just talking about, we're above the freezing mark right now. so we are going to see that melting. sloppy conditions out there. sunny and sloppy is the combo. slick and dangerous is the two-fer tonight. we're watching friday closely because believe it or not, there's another storm. how closely it works in our direction remains the question. 35 in the city, 38 in west hampton. still not at the 32-degree mark in monticello. so as we head to tonight, here's the problem. if you take a look at new york city temperatures, up to white plains, ove

the mta, port authority, has done a phenomenal job. and they all cooperated. me, last year we had seven feet of snow in buffalo. just to put in for new yorkers downstate we had a lot of snow. seven feet of snow is a lot of snow. seven feet of snow in buffalo. and i called mayor de blasio and he had sent up nypd and fire department personnel. and i met the fire department personnel in buffalo and i said, you know, i want to thank you very much for being here. it is a long ride in a fire truck from new york city to buffalo. and they said without hesitation, you know, everybody was there for us after 9/11 and we'll never forget that, and when anybody in the state needs help, we're going to be there. on this occasion we had crews from upstate who were down in new york city. upstate to come down with machinery, et cetera. and i saw them yesterday. and they said the exact recipro col. they said the new york fdny was there for us when we needed help and whatever they need there for them. and that's new york. other. that is at the end of the day where one upstate help